A Cast of Billions

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A Cast of Billions, poetry by Evan K. Harrington, Music in 17 equal by Chris Vaisvil

I made a conscious effort to try to sound different from 12 equal and compose music that was quite microtonal.

Recorded in Sonar X1 with 17 note per octave electric guitar (2 tracks), Washburn fretless bass, vocal, drumkit, bongos, comgas, taikos, djembes, darabuka – dunbeck, Ewe – Toke, Kroboto – boba – kidi

A Cast of Billions
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on the dispassionate shore
on the longitude of recursive naught
on a formal lacidity overlooking the deep end
of your swimming pool of thought
and wherewithal without, I am a native
of the repository of selfless abandon
and you a radiation of the contemplative
comb which filters the streaming random
fractured days of redundant indiscipline
cannot weight against the globes
stalwart artists can pencil in
orgasmic frenzies of the lobes
where camouflage rages gain
if we love it is from fear
but that is nature's game
returning from detouring years
applaud the cast of billions
for the splendid production
in all of its revisions
in all of its conduction
all of this amorphously to say
we've still not drained the pool
although it's often murky
and quite the abode of fools

EKH 4/14/92

I liked the instrumentals and I dig the lyrics but the vocals
killed it for me. -Carl

At 12:44 PM 2/18/2011, you wrote:
>download
>http://micro.soonlabel.com/17-ET/if20110209-17-a-cast-of-billions.mp3
>
>online play
> http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=519
>
>A Cast of Billions, poetry by Evan K. Harrington, Music in 17 equal by
>Chris Vaisvil
>
>I made a conscious effort to try to sound different from 12 equal and
>compose music that was quite microtonal.
>
>Recorded in Sonar X1 with 17 note per octave electric guitar (2
>tracks), Washburn fretless bass, vocal, drumkit, bongos, comgas,
>taikos, djembes, darabuka ­ dunbeck, Ewe ­ Toke, Kroboto ­ boba ­ kidi
>
>A Cast of Billions
>Download
>
>
>on the dispassionate shore
>on the longitude of recursive naught
>on a formal lacidity overlooking the deep end
>of your swimming pool of thought
>and wherewithal without, I am a native
>of the repository of selfless abandon
>and you a radiation of the contemplative
>comb which filters the streaming random
>fractured days of redundant indiscipline
>cannot weight against the globes
>stalwart artists can pencil in
>orgasmic frenzies of the lobes
>where camouflage rages gain
>if we love it is from fear
>but that is nature's game
>returning from detouring years
>applaud the cast of billions
>for the splendid production
>in all of its revisions
>in all of its conduction
>all of this amorphously to say
>we've still not drained the pool
>although it's often murky
>and quite the abode of fools
>
>EKH 4/14/92
>
>

Hi Carl,

Thanks for your listen, comment, and honest opinion.

I ran off a version without the vocals. You may like it better.

I named the no vocal version Billions Without Voices

download
http://micro.soonlabel.com/harmonic_series/if20110209-17-a-cast-of-billions-no-vocal.mp3

online play
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=519

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Carl Lumma <carl@...> wrote:

>
>
> I liked the instrumentals and I dig the lyrics but the vocals
> killed it for me. -Carl
>
>
> At 12:44 PM 2/18/2011, you wrote:
> >download
> >http://micro.soonlabel.com/17-ET/if20110209-17-a-cast-of-billions.mp3
> >
> >online play
> > http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=519
> >
> >A Cast of Billions, poetry by Evan K. Harrington, Music in 17 equal by
> >Chris Vaisvil
> >
> >I made a conscious effort to try to sound different from 12 equal and
> >compose music that was quite microtonal.
> >
> >Recorded in Sonar X1 with 17 note per octave electric guitar (2
> >tracks), Washburn fretless bass, vocal, drumkit, bongos, comgas,
> >taikos, djembes, darabuka � dunbeck, Ewe � Toke, Kroboto � boba � kidi
> >
> >A Cast of Billions
> >Download
> >
> >
> >on the dispassionate shore
> >on the longitude of recursive naught
> >on a formal lacidity overlooking the deep end
> >of your swimming pool of thought
> >and wherewithal without, I am a native
> >of the repository of selfless abandon
> >and you a radiation of the contemplative
> >comb which filters the streaming random
> >fractured days of redundant indiscipline
> >cannot weight against the globes
> >stalwart artists can pencil in
> >orgasmic frenzies of the lobes
> >where camouflage rages gain
> >if we love it is from fear
> >but that is nature's game
> >returning from detouring years
> >applaud the cast of billions
> >for the splendid production
> >in all of its revisions
> >in all of its conduction
> >all of this amorphously to say
> >we've still not drained the pool
> >although it's often murky
> >and quite the abode of fools
> >
> >EKH 4/14/92
> >
> >
>
>
>

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Chris,

This is one of the better bits I've heard from you in the short time I've been listening to your stuff. Definitely not a "standard" scale, kind of an Eastern feel to it, but accessible and interesting.

I didn't hear the one with vocals.

Regards,
Jake

Jake the vocal version is still available on www.chrisvaisvil.com under the title of this email's subject.

I am pleased with your impression of the instrumental version. You may not like the vocal version so well. I'm afflicted with loving to sing and NOT having a good voice and I forget sometimes just how bad it sounds to others.

Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Jake Freivald <jdfreivald@...>
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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:55:05
To: <MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com>
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Subject: Re: [MMM] A Cast of Billions

Chris,

This is one of the better bits I've heard from you in the short time
I've been listening to your stuff. Definitely not a "standard" scale,
kind of an Eastern feel to it, but accessible and interesting.

I didn't hear the one with vocals.

Regards,
Jake

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