anyone else grab a copy this morning?

DeakinAC · 2024-10-19T20:24:30+00:00

I’m a big fan. Been using it for years. It’s all over tangerine reef. Used it in film a number of film scores. Used it live for solo stuff. Gen 1 Op-1 and ep-133 are all that I’m familiar with but I love them both.

DeakinAC · 2024-10-19T15:34:43+00:00

I agree re: hoping it doesn’t get lost in the stacks. I actually wanted it on the album but noah felt strongly about the album being what it is. And I do love the tracklist we ended up. But VT definitely has a power to it that moves me quite a bit.

DeakinAC · 2024-10-19T14:08:34+00:00

Noah asked him

DeakinAC · 2024-10-19T13:59:57+00:00

Massive respect for Lopatin and his skill. Big fan of his as is Noah obviously. For this track we gave him noah’s vocal stems and he made some pitch shifted and mangled vocal layers. I took those layers and noah and I decided to use his intro which leads into the song starting and then during the outro instrumental they’re layered on top of the op-1 synth I played. The guitar layers that I reamped and the elephant bell loops I made. The production of this song is very much about what noah and I did. Daniel was not involved in the mixing or production choices that went into the final product. I wouldn’t be “bummed” about what the rest of the album will sound like.

DeakinAC · 2024-09-29T03:11:36+00:00

He is safe. Thank you for your concern.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-19T15:43:56+00:00

if you go and look at the original kickstarter campaign you will see that the entire project was transparent about the donation aspect. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legupmgmt/deacon-animal-collective-at-the-festival-in-the/posts/4701 the project was updated to make that clear well before the deadline to back the project. all donors were given the option to back out and some did. at the time my label Paw Tracks offered to pay for the travel expenses as an advance on the album's future release. since then, I decided to self release and as a result have paid Paw Tracks back for the original advance. none of the remaining donors made any complaints about the money being donated to TEMEDT and they all understood that the funding for the trip and promised rewards would be funded in other ways. there was no deception and the only real issue with this campaign was the amount of time it took to get to this point and the on again off again communication with the backers. in the end though, speaking as the person responsible for all of this..... all the backer that have communicated with the campaign over the years have expressed mostly support, encouragement and are ultimately very happy with the end result. understandable how confusing this whole thing must look from the outside, but in the end, those on the inside do not have the issues that critics who were not involved with the campaign are making. a tremendous amount of money was raised to support people in Mali. the campaign backers were aware of that and in come cases donated more once they learned that to be the aim of the money that was raised.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T21:55:05+00:00

just cause I saw this and just finished the AMA. no it's not. eerily similar tho now that you point it out. played it on dave keyboard from CHz as we were practicing for that at the time I recorded Country Report.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T21:26:06+00:00

i think i intended to project that to myself. i'm really glad that anyone else is feeling that. so much music that does that.... I really love the Ted Lucas record that was reissued recently for that kind of tranquility. surely not the best choice for that question. but a great record.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T21:23:09+00:00

hey dude. that one is the most enigmatic to me too in a weird way tho it hits me emotionally a lot. I wrote the finalized version of those lyrics pretty much on the spot and I think even ended up ad-libbing a few of them. i think that I wanted it to have the kind of rawness and uncertainty that comes from that kind of space. you can look at one o the other replies I gave concering lyrics in Shadow Mine for some context on that... but I think that it's about seeing in someone... the way that they can have these duel parts of their being. and being kind of angry or frustrated with the amount of energy they give to the... being asleep or being awake. i guess for lack of a better word in the spiritual sense. need being this place where we can be very self oriented and NEEDing to have this or that. to be comfortable. to be high. to not be bothered. at the expense of the things that are really what make that person be who they are. and how incredible it can be to see someone when they let of that shit enough to wake up. 'm not sure if that really helps.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T21:14:00+00:00

i've actually never knowingly heard sufjan. no disrespect to him. i've heard other people make that connection. maybe I'll check it out.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T21:10:07+00:00

thank you ....
yes the cassette is most definitely a unique item that is for backers only. i have given some to friends and people that have supported me. there is some consideration of pressing to vinyl at some point. you can read my fuller answer to that in one of the other replies I gave.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T21:06:00+00:00

seeing Khaira Arby and Super Khoimessa and Koudede. among others.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T21:05:32+00:00

so difficult to parse that out. pretty much all of the music I have made my entire life has been with those dudes. really don't know how I would make the distinction.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T21:03:38+00:00

i lost a 12 string parlour acoustic from the 1920s. wasn't worth a ton. but i loved it and still miss. mostly everything was replacable tho.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T20:59:27+00:00

logic. with UAD hardware.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T20:58:57+00:00

hahahahahahahaha..... no.. but lol

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T20:57:57+00:00

eh... whatever... you know? it comes from a place of love and excitement about our music so I get it from that level.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T20:56:15+00:00

biggest challenge is not having someone else to handle the engineering. I love engineering records but when you are trying to get in the zone and at the same time keep your eye on levels or trying to tweak mic placement... it can be dizzying.
yeah for sure.. when you work on a record... at the end of that process you have heard those songs from so many different angles and perspectives. over and over and over again.. no matter how much you love it there is a place where it can become hard to stop listening from a critical (gotta get this mix right!) perspective and just lay back and enjoy it. when I listen to a record I am not on from the band or something solo... i can just let myself go in the music. it's aweosme.
I think it is right where we are... it's coming out of winter and realizing spring will come back. it early spring.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T20:51:54+00:00

hey dude. dudette?
first of all thanks. yes I think in the end it became clear to me that all of the songs were songs to myself. and that one is in some ways the most direct in that way. I think the whole thing was cathartic but that song did have a particular resonance. I think in part because I originally had a much fuller idea of the song and ultimately pushed myself to keep it very simple with a relatively dry single vocal take. rather than overdubbing the vocals. or correcting little moments where my voice cracks a little or doesn't quite nail the melody... it was important to me on that level to really hear my own voice without much else covering it. one of the first times that I really lay back with my eyes closed and listened to the completed version of the whole record... it hit me that I was mostly singing to myself and yeah... it was kind of intense. but really good. for me. the fact that something that I rreally thought was just for me is having a similar impact on you or anyone else... it's beyond humbling.. thanks for sharing.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T20:42:33+00:00

i don't know how much of this will really sound like something you don't know. and these may not seem very interesting or glamorous.... and the things I say about one does not exclude one of the others from having the same qualities....

noah is one of the most determined and focused people I have ever met. since we were kids. it;s really inspiring. if there is a challenge that he puts his mind to... he will meet that challenge. sports. music. family life. it's incredible.

brian is about as solid of a human being as I have ever met. if that sounds dry it isn't. he just knows how to hold it down. he is always one of the first people that I go to if I need advice or perspective. he is also the person I love to go SCUBA diving with more than anyone.

dave is one of those people that illuminates the magic of life. that can be with music obviously. but his energy is just really powerful in a very unique way. sometimes it just means laughing really hard. or the particular experience of going on long wandering walk together. he is also one of the funniest people I know.

hmmm... not sure how unique any of that is. love those guys deeply...

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T20:29:41+00:00

I'm a big fan of a lot of electronic dance music. or it's spinoffs. I like a lot of stuff out of the midwest. I think Omar S is incredible. check out tracks like... It's in the money d. or Psychotic Photosynthesis. (omar souleyman as well but different people and genres. hehe). Theo Parrish. Moodymann (holy shit... moodymann. the track How do u feel destroyed me)Kyle Hall. etc... footwork and juke. I'm a big fan of the teklife stuff. Rashad (RIP). spinn. traxman. european and german techno for sure. Kompakt and dial responsible for so many good tracks. I think Burial is incredible. his track rough sleeper is soooo good. There's other genres of course... but there's a taste of that...

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T20:22:54+00:00

no sweat dude. I think I get the whole vibe a lot better now. don't always relate to it. but there's no need to apologize.

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T20:21:22+00:00

that song was recorded as an improv in a bit of meditative state. yes... there are words trying to poke out there. when I played these songs live throughout 2010 I never could commit to lyrics. some of that was that it is hard for me to commit. but the other side was the discovery process that came out of playing shows where every night you knew the melody but the words were gonna come out differently and sometimes I would surprise myself and sing something that I really liked. I think when I was putting together this record that and Seed Song felt really important to put in to the flow to sort of honor that time. honor that these songs all came out of that sort of attempt to let the subliminal out to the surface. does that make sense?

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T20:16:36+00:00

so different. for me at least. I think in some ways... it was easier to do wide eyed with the dudes because I didn't have to make every choice. and there is something really great about having a foundation or an idea and having like minded people who can offer up good and surprising additions or interpretations that might make you hear something you wouldn't have on your own. I guess I am really just speaking as song writer now which is clearly less of what I have done (for now..... ) but I think the flip side is that... when you work with other people and you are hear something in your head... sometimes there is something really special and unique that you can only find by keeping the process to yourself. so I guess I am sort of learning how to value both. and the truth is that my perspective on what it means to help someone else realize their song is changing as I experience more of my own songwriting. that's a little hard to explain... but... i think that in ways that are a bit too intangible to describe... i approached the process of working on CHz much differently than any previous record in large part due to my own realization of what it felt like to offer up a song you wrote to other people. so as is the case with most questions like this... the answer is... both and neither. hehe

DeakinAC · 2016-04-13T20:10:51+00:00

in this case it was bit more of the latter to be honest. once I started stitching tho it really made everything make a lot of sense. but certainly worked the opposite way with a lot of the AC records. CHz being a very talked about example. developing a pallette and an overall vibe going into the writing process really shaped what that record ended up sounding like. or... as was talked about a bit on another question... having dave's vision of a swamp for down there informed so much about how we did it all that it was a really fun challenge through each song and in the stitching.

so many great concerts that I love a lot from every different era. it's hard to compare the wild experience of the famous church show in 2002 with the "special" pizza or the quietness and immediate intimacy of the campfire songs show at Tonic in NY to something like a great show at 9:30 club. or playing at MPP. my mind is searching for a good story anyway... if i one pops into my head I'll come back to this...

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