Answers to Carl's question on Cry4America song.

> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:14:12 -0700
> From: Carl Lumma <ekin@lumma.org>
> Subject: Re: Topical Song - microtuned using Logic 7 new tuning > capabilities
>
>> http://www.lucytune.com/mp3/Cry4America.mp3
>
> Fascinating. What are the details of this piece? Do I
> know the tune from somewhere? Who's singing?
>
> -Carl

I wrote the melody and some of the words about thirty years.
The melody will sound familiar, as it is written over the ubiquitous fifties chord sequence C Am Dm7 G7 (I, VIm, IIm, V7) in the key of A, and the rest of the chord sequences are very conventional country-rock, except for a key change about three minutes into the piece. It was originally composed in 12tET on guiitar. About six months ago I started playing with it again, with the idea of making an ironic statement about the current state of the US government and society generally.
I used Logic 6 and EXS24 having microtuned every note for every sample which I used, so that I had many zones for each sound. Very tedious;-)

I got a local medical student to put a vocal on it for me, and put a link to it on the tuning list.
I got criticism about the synth horns sound, the out of tune vocals, and the general levels in the mix.
Having just started using Logic 7, which has microtuning capability, I was now able to use any instruments including synths.

Hence the new version with vocals by my mad Welsh friend Mike James, who also put on the trumpet parts.
A little auto tune on the vocals and acoustic instruments matched up the pitch inconsistencies.

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>I wrote the melody and some of the words about thirty years.
>The melody will sound familiar, as it is written over the ubiquitous
>fifties chord sequence C Am Dm7 G7 (I, VIm, IIm, V7) in the key of A,
>and the rest of the chord sequences are very conventional country-rock,
>except for a key change about three minutes into the piece. It was
>originally composed in 12tET on guiitar. About six months ago I started
>playing with it again, with the idea of making an ironic statement
>about the current state of the US government and society generally.
>I used Logic 6 and EXS24 having microtuned every note for every sample
>which I used, so that I had many zones for each sound. Very tedious;-)
>
>I got a local medical student to put a vocal on it for me, and put a
>link to it on the tuning list.
>I got criticism about the synth horns sound, the out of tune vocals,
>and the general levels in the mix.
>Having just started using Logic 7, which has microtuning capability, I
>was now able to use any instruments including synths.
>
>Hence the new version with vocals by my mad Welsh friend Mike James,
>who also put on the trumpet parts.
>A little auto tune on the vocals and acoustic instruments matched up
>the pitch inconsistencies.

Thanks for the details, Charles!

-Carl