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This is quite a departure from Postludes Trio's past sonnet songs. Here is the first of three different versions of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 138. The process started about three months ago with a simple double bass loop in the key of Cmaj and Jack and Rich both doing free-form vocal tests. We let it vegetate for a while, then decided to lower the key two full steps to Amaj. Rich sent Jack the transposed double bass loop and Jack laid down a soulful vocal track on his lunch break. Mungo accepted our invitation to help fortify the musical landscape. Richard and he put a bunch of hours into this project. So much so that it resulted in a trilogy of stylings.
Richard's comments: "Our collaboration on Sonnet 138 throws the door wide open to a myriad of ways to interpret Shakespeare's immortal words. Jack laid down an excellent vocal track that is proving to be adaptable to various treatments. Our sonnet styling up to this point had been too narrow (i.e. in the folk and soft rock/adult genres). Playing off of Jack's vocal movements, I penciled in Gothic organ chords in the MIDI editor in GarageBand 2--a very powerful tool for customizing your sonic landscape. I used the +12 and -12 tone setting to color mungo's synthetic atmospherics."
Bill's comments: "I was flattered to take part in this collaboration and enjoyed it very much."
Jack's comments: "Mungo and rschletty took my fairly unremarkable vox and applied their creativity to come up with Gothic Rock, Industrial and Jazz versions of Shakespeare's Sonnet 138. We will upload the other two over the next two days."
VERSION 1: ALTERNATIVE/INDIE ROCK - this song page
VERSION 2: INDUSTRIAL - http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=10132
VERSION 3: JAZZ - http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=10181
Related pieces:
- A "clean" mix of Jazz version (no chatter or coughing): http://www.schletty.com/music/WMLS(S138)-Jazz-nochatter.mp3
- S138 Study, by rschletty: http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=9693 (an early study by Rich in Cmaj)
- Ghost of 138, by mungo: http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=10223
Richard's comments: "Our collaboration on Sonnet 138 throws the door wide open to a myriad of ways to interpret Shakespeare's immortal words. Jack laid down an excellent vocal track that is proving to be adaptable to various treatments. Our sonnet styling up to this point had been too narrow (i.e. in the folk and soft rock/adult genres). Playing off of Jack's vocal movements, I penciled in Gothic organ chords in the MIDI editor in GarageBand 2--a very powerful tool for customizing your sonic landscape. I used the +12 and -12 tone setting to color mungo's synthetic atmospherics."
Bill's comments: "I was flattered to take part in this collaboration and enjoyed it very much."
Jack's comments: "Mungo and rschletty took my fairly unremarkable vox and applied their creativity to come up with Gothic Rock, Industrial and Jazz versions of Shakespeare's Sonnet 138. We will upload the other two over the next two days."
VERSION 1: ALTERNATIVE/INDIE ROCK - this song page
VERSION 2: INDUSTRIAL - http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=10132
VERSION 3: JAZZ - http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=10181
Related pieces:
- A "clean" mix of Jazz version (no chatter or coughing): http://www.schletty.com/music/WMLS(S138)-Jazz-nochatter.mp3
- S138 Study, by rschletty: http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=9693 (an early study by Rich in Cmaj)
- Ghost of 138, by mungo: http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=10223
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Lyrics
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When my love swears that she is made of truth,
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutor'd youth,
Unskilful in the world's false forgeries.
Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
Although I know my years be past the best,
I smiling credit her false-speaking tongue,
Outfacing faults in love with love's ill rest.
But wherefore says my love that she is young?
And wherefore say not I that I am old?
O, love's best habit is a soothing tongue,
And age, in love, loves not to have years told.
Therefore I'll lie with love, and love with me,
Since that our faults in love thus smother'd be.
-The Passionate Pilgrim (1599), William Shakespeare
When my love swears that she is made of truth,
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutor'd youth,
Unskilful in the world's false forgeries.
Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
Although I know my years be past the best,
I smiling credit her false-speaking tongue,
Outfacing faults in love with love's ill rest.
But wherefore says my love that she is young?
And wherefore say not I that I am old?
O, love's best habit is a soothing tongue,
And age, in love, loves not to have years told.
Therefore I'll lie with love, and love with me,
Since that our faults in love thus smother'd be.
-The Passionate Pilgrim (1599), William Shakespeare
_nderscore
this is great guys! what a fresh take on 'ole bill's work. the
synths makes this super enjoyable to me. major kudos on
the creation of the soundscape/movement/mood. the gothic
organs & vocals (from 1599!) create an interesting contrast
to the fresh electronics, making it hard to place this in time..
is it old or is it new? very fresh (okay, i'm gushing). can't wait
to hear the industrial take
DL/faved