Yet Another New Message From Darren!!

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August 17th, 2005, 09:55 AM
DarrensPassion

This just in from www.darrenhayes.com

August 17 2005
We've been tracking in Van Nuys.

It took me ages to be able to pronounce that.Van NICE. There. It's easy.

Tracking meaning, laying down tracks I guess, with a band. I haven't done that in a while either! I'm so used to working with keyboards, drum machines, samples etc that I forgot how warm a sound it can be to go all analog. So to speak. Not that I've given up on electronica all together. Oh no. I'm still dabbling on something secret for some as yet undecided project - but at the moment, the technology is taking a bit more of a back seat.

I'm so partial to my keyboards though that I couldn't completely cut all ties with my love of the emotion a moog can bring. So yesterday, along with a bass player, guitarist and drummer, we had an array of vintage keys plugged in. So magical what a few carefully placed bits of atmosphere can bring.

Got me all excited about music. Which is a good thing!
xD

I am getting really excited about this! Sounds like a return to <u>real</u> instruments!! [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

Janie xx
August 17th, 2005, 10:12 AM
Kattitude

Wooohooo a band .. real instruments *gets excited*

Its all sounding very promising. Good to hear him happy about some good music.

Kat
August 17th, 2005, 10:22 AM
twizzle

OMG! Real instruments! [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img] How awesome is that?! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

*dances .... a little bit* [img]wink.gif[/img]
August 17th, 2005, 10:26 AM
Donna_32

These new songs sound like they're going to be great!!! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

Pssst... one question... what's a moog? [img]redface.gif[/img]
August 17th, 2005, 10:34 AM
twizzle

A 'moog' is a synthesizer - a keyboard which can produce the sounds of different instruments and suchlike. [img]smile.gif[/img]
August 17th, 2005, 10:43 AM
Donna_32

Thanks Terry, I felt like a bit of a tit asking but it was starting to bug me! [img]redface.gif[/img]
August 17th, 2005, 12:36 PM
BarbT

[img]smile.gif[/img] real instruments
August 17th, 2005, 08:14 PM
Disco Biscuit

Quote:

I forgot how warm a sound it can be to go all analog.

<font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh hello....

Guess someone had to spend 4 years learning a lesson huh? *sad smile*
August 17th, 2005, 11:30 PM
Dyan

Well............. it's been a while since I could give an unqualified thumbs up to something in Darren land. Real instruments are that something.

Darren has a beautiful, pure voice, and I have often wondered why it was allowed to get lost in all the (sorry) noise of electronica.

Real instruments ......... yeah!
August 18th, 2005, 03:55 AM
sharonlk

Quote:

Originally posted by BarbT:
[img]smile.gif[/img] real instruments

<font size="3" face="Tempus sans ITC, Papyrus,Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is sounding even better by the day, isn't it?
[img]biggrin.gif[/img]
August 18th, 2005, 05:00 PM
Juliet10

Real instruments = about bloody time [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Michelle

xx