Crazy SOBs

[johnegenes@gmail.com]

Thought I'd post a tune I did on my Stone Soup album. The record was a study in what Alvin Toffler described as "ad hocracy", which also describes our digital culture and online ecosystems. No single person is in charge. Leadership changes with the needs of the group, or project. In this case, each musician was her/his own producer. I sent VERY basic rhythm tracks out to my friends (22 in all, for the album), and gave them NO instructions. The guide tracks were just acoustic guitar, vocal, and a tic-tok click track. I just told them to play what they felt. These players never heard each other. They were scattered all over the world. I never heard any of their tracks, either, while I was doing my own. So, I ended up with almost 800 tracks for the 13 songs on the record. It took a while to piece everything together, but the end result was surprisingly coherent. 

This song is all about endangered species, and all critters, to be honest. Picture yourself as your favorite animal... then listen to the tune as if that critter were singing it. 

Marcel Rodeka (New Zealand).........   drums
Mark Andes (Texas)............................... bass
Rob Bird-Robinson (Calif)................... electric guitars
Jane Clark (Denmark).......................... fiddle
John Egenes (New Zealand)..............acoustic guitars, dobro  

Enjoy. And all my music is free to download from my Bandcamp site. Thanks.   --je 
 

 

[Larry T.]

Excellent. Music: everything fits together perfectly, great production all the way around. I can only imagine the amount of work it must have taken but the results are really nice. Video: the sepia tones (i guess that's what they are as I know next to nothing about photography) deliver????

[Ross S]

Outstanding collab!! The music is cohesive and really works. Great production value as well. Congrats on this!

[jwnicholson78]

The song is incredible, and I love your description of how it developed.  I had to quit watching the video though, because the pictures of people smiling and posing over their kills was making me too angry.

Edited May 23, 2023 by jwnicholson78

[jack c.]

nice.maybe more highs on voice.jack c

[Lynn Wilson]

The subject of this song and video are dear to my heart.  I can't think of a better song to deliver the message!  Everything if top notch all the way which shows that you have some very talented friends and a lot of skill and patience.  Hope to hear more from you!

Btw, there used to be a guy named Mark Andes that played bass in Spirit - coincidence? 

[johnegenes@gmail.com]

@Lynn Wilson,  yep, Mark played with Spirit, and with a lot of other folks as well. He's a dear friend.  Thanks for the kind words.   --je

[Bajan Blue]

Great track and a great story about how you put all this together - must have been a mission with all those tracks

But the end result really worth the effort - sounds excellent.

also a subject close to my heart - I have a small company that try's to help stop Rhino poaching here in Africa

Cool

Nigel

 

Edited May 25, 2023 by Bajan Blue

[SUPAREELS]

My God!!!

This is most probably the the song I would love to have written before I died... the production, the lyrics your vox  .. just GREAT !

Really Really good

So kinda liked it ?

Steve ( SRM )

[Johnbee58]

A very amusing outlook from the point of view of the "critters".  It's not hard to imagine they are probably thinking these thoughts.

Well produced.  Great work by all involved.

?John B