Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

Suzanne

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while Tobin was touring out of town, i was cleaning the studio and noticed a cd of african vocal samples. playing them turned into play around with them which turned into making a fun little song around them. on the weekend when he came back, in the middle of his touring, tobin added keyboards. i was going to do more to it but it seems finished enough for what it is. nothing earth-shaking, just a bit of fun summertime computer voodoo. i have no idea what the singers are saying, but "rock the baby" seemed like a fun mis-translation!

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...rock the baby with voodoo...

Song Stats

Hits: 6017
Comments: 51
Fans: 29
Plays: 1110
Downloads: 211
Votes: 35
Uploaded: Jun 14, 2005 - 10:11:31 AM
Last Updated: Jan 17, 2006 - 11:44:51 AM Last Played: Oct 17, 2009 - 01:39:59 PM

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Creative Commons License:
NonCommercial

Song Actions

Keywords:

african (13), voodoo (7), tobin (69), chant (9), electric guitar (37), instrumental (556)

Hardware:

collaboration with TobinMueller in keyboards
"mulletsrock" on basses
me on guitars
GB on drums

Software:

GB; digidesign's Voices of Africa

Comments

TobinMueller

TobinMueller said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)

Voodoo lady
My favorite part is the little jazz break in the middle, after
the swirling voodoo dance bit, kind of like a moment with
mother and child, a hope-in-dream, a modern moment
sandwiched between the ethnic past; or maybe the whole
song is the dream, and that moment is the present, a sort
of interruption of flow. It brings a new dimension. I could
never get that Digidesign sampler to work right on my old
G3; really glad you found some of the old disks! (Oh, and
thanks for cleaning up. The studio looked great.) It was
great fun adding all those silly licks to your sound collage.

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	said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)
	Voodoo lady Tobin, "JINX"... I almost beat you to the punch! We were typing at the same time! Very cool! --- "The time has come"

said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)

Suzanne is Back!
I was surprised to see your name in the new song listings!
It is so good to hear you again featuring your guitar work
in a new submission at MacJams. I haven't commented
much lately, but had to speak here. Such a great mixture
of styles and textures... I love the breaks and
instrumentation. The vocals sound so intense. If you aren't
right-on about your translation... it doesn't matter!

Suzanne	Suzanne said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)
	Suzanne is Back! thanks, alimar. i started a few things that didn't turn out. and had delays due to health. but i just got back from the dentist and read all these comments and was perked right up! thank you for coming out of retirement. almost like old home week! (sad/happy nodding) --- morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

Jim Bouchard	Jim Bouchard said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)
	fun the interation between the guitar and voices is this mighty cool. There's a lot going on and I think I like it a bit more when the guitar takes the lead, but it certainly is summertimey. Great playing! Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze

Suzanne	Suzanne said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)
	fun thanks, Jim. i much prefer to play off someone, to fit licks and whammy bar bends in between singing or other player's spots. its what i did when i played more. i tried to make it a call-and-response type thing, which fit in with the vocal styles, i think. thanks for your kind words. --- morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

Mcboy	Mcboy said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)
	straight... to the ipod, baby.......very,very kool......is that a midi guitar?......sounded great nonetheless......thanks for sharing!..... Check out my latest song called Heros( aclarke/mcboy)

Suzanne	Suzanne said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)
	straight... the guitar is me, pick in hand. i can't play keys so midi guitar is out for me. i think it is so cool that a place like this can instantly release a tune to someone's ipod. thanks for doing it. makes me feel very cool. thanks! --- morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

	said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)
	BTW If my calculations are correct, this turns out to be song #8,000 here at MJ! Congrats!

Suzanne	Suzanne said 1606 days ago (June 15th, 2005)
	BTW Tiger just arrived in the mail. now i know why! --- morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

alley-oop

alley-oop said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)

Soothng vibe
Very cool. The chants, the rhythm.�I like how everything hangs on to that simple keyboard riff. The guitars are what makes this for me. Those funky wah licks, yeah! The squeeky squeels, ooo!
The middle section with the clean groove change up, very nice. Bass and keyboards right in the pocket.
Such a pleasure to hear something very different and VERY TASTY.

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Suzanne	Suzanne said 1606 days ago (June 15th, 2005)
	Soothng vibe i'm all about soothing vibes lately. maybe its my age. that's what drew me to cook it into a sort of funk nu-gospel groove with slinky riffs. thanks for tasting! --- morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

SlimGirlFat	SlimGirlFat said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)
	OOOH Suzanne, this is great. Such a long time since you posted a new track!! what a stomping return..heh heh. Excellent guitar riffs and I love how you have blended the african vocals. I love it all, all the layers and weaving in and out of all the sounds. Totally brilliant production. MORE MORE MORE!! D/L Slimmie Check out my latest song called Not Enough

Suzanne	Suzanne said 1606 days ago (June 15th, 2005)
	OOOH thanks, slimmie. so good to hear from you too. you're one of the joyous shining people and i truly appreciate your comments. --- morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

illuminati	illuminati said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)
	Different and very cool Sounds like the best stuff by artists exploring African textures, reminds me a bit of Thomas Dolby, May the Cube Be With You era. Check out my latest song called Vainglorious

Suzanne	Suzanne said 1606 days ago (June 15th, 2005)
	Different and very cool i'm deffinitely an era girl. there is a spirit line through all this music, and that is one of the things i was trying to bring to it. a sort of lineage. i tried to show that in how my guitar echoes the vocals, yet shifts them into hard rock riffs. --- morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

Z293	Z293 said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)
	Welcome Back Or maybe you never left, you've just been tuck away working on something great and this is it. Love the different textures of everything. Check out my latest song called Lazy Days

Suzanne	Suzanne said 1606 days ago (June 15th, 2005)
	Welcome Back thanks. i like that, "tucked away." i'm going to use that from now on. "what you been doing?" "oh, tucked away, enjoying life..." --- morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 1607 days ago (June 14th, 2005)
	bizzarrrrgh interesting combination of styles you have here... all connected together with that searing guitar. I love "interesting combinations"... Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

Suzanne	Suzanne said 1590 days ago (July 1st, 2005)
	bizzarrrrgh i was trying for interesting, but not bizarre. i hope it wasn't bizarre, i hope it shows the easy way different types of music fit because they have such similar roots. thats what i was hoping. --- morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

mandolinquent	mandolinquent said 1606 days ago (June 15th, 2005)
	What a great stew... It's nice the way the rhythm of the chant cuts across your own rhythms. Joyous stuff, beautifully put together. Very awed. Check out my latest song called Had We But World Enough

Suzanne	Suzanne said 1590 days ago (July 1st, 2005)
	What a great stew... ... a tribute to what inspires. roots. mothers. community music. like babies in hands. the stirring of spirits that possess... --- morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1605 days ago (June 16th, 2005)
	Wow I'm just blown away by the creativity and beauty in this. It's a perfect blend of disparate, individually interesting elements. I've tried working with African singing like that, without much success so far--but here it's very nicely integrated. Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

Suzanne	Suzanne said 1590 days ago (July 1st, 2005)
	Wow thanks. i worry over so many details. hard to sit behind a computer when that's what i do all day long at work. it feels good to finally submit songs that take so long to compelte. i really like what you said. --- morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

irocc	irocc said 1604 days ago (June 17th, 2005)
	smooth i like the textures. groove on Check out my latest song called Performance (Weapons of Mass Bullsh*t

Mr. S	Mr. S said 1603 days ago (June 18th, 2005)
	... got a lil' funk in this one. I'm diggin' those back sounds. S Check out my latest song called MacJammer's Tribute

TobinMueller	TobinMueller said 1590 days ago (July 1st, 2005)
	... Thanks, the keyboardist often gets lost in the shuffle. I was trying to be hip and understated, thinking like a percussion section. It is fitting you noticed, since some of your tracks have a similar feel. Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

thetiler	thetiler said 1603 days ago (June 18th, 2005)
	very interesting tune Love that black sound, nice guitar wha nice production Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

Cameron

Cameron said 1601 days ago (June 20th, 2005)

artful & quirky
Lots of interesting twists and turns of sound on this,
Suzanne! Definitely one of the most unique tracks on
MacJams at the moment.

I like the change of pace just past the middle, then back
to the earlier groove with voices. Nice!

This song has a very organic feeling even with such
different elements -- you combine them very well into a
pleasing whole.

Your guitar flourishes are cool. Nice keyboards, Tobin.

WOW! Just noticed that "rating is offline"! Oh well....

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Suzanne

Suzanne said 1590 days ago (July 1st, 2005)

artful & quirky
i like the quirky. thanks. the transition into that middle part works for me, but the ubruptness of the transition back into the groove was a hard one to do. i have several version and opted to just get back into it. cleaner and more straightforward. if you stretch a bit, it makes sense. thanks for enjoying the quirkiness!

---
morning girl

Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

eDrew	eDrew said 1600 days ago (June 21st, 2005)
	Bassline That Bassline is Funky. Totally enjoyable. I enjoyed you guitar touches Check out my latest song called Corporate Presentation

Suzanne	Suzanne said 1590 days ago (July 1st, 2005)
	Bassline thanks for noticing the bassline. a family friend laid it in, replacing what i played on guitar and then some. some cool riffs. thanks professor! --- morning girl Check out my latest song called Rock The Baby With Voodoo (w/Tobin)

	repitx said 1594 days ago (June 27th, 2005)
	Great! Great song!

Warren Smith

Warren Smith said 1590 days ago (July 1st, 2005)

21st Century Global Village
This actually is an eating festival song, and what they are really asking is, do you want "rocks with your gravy?" Just kidding, of course. No matter what you imagined you might come up with when you started working on this recording, you ended up developing a highly imaginative piece, full of diverse textures, full of dynamic surprises. It feels African, from the singing, but it's clearly Western, in the screaming guitar, the drumset and the bass riffs. But it takes multiple listenings to untangle these threads, because it's all so wonderfully woven together that it feels organic, like it comes from a specific time and place, which, for lack of better definition, I would call 21st Century Global Village.

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	said 1575 days ago (July 16th, 2005)
	Love it. I had to download this. The bass line is like Me'Shell N'Degecello. What a great groove. Very well produced too. Kudos. You should check out the musician Gigi. BP

FEEL	FEEL said 1574 days ago (July 17th, 2005)
	Wicked Loved those fat leads. Check out my latest song called Pigs Fly

HGB	HGB said 1553 days ago (August 7th, 2005)
	*Cool~tuneguitar~riff** Thanks~for~sharin'~enjoyed~your~song-HGB Check out my latest song called Tobbaco Road(Updated Live Version)

ziti	ziti said 1506 days ago (September 23rd, 2005)
	wow suzzanne!!! I really LOVE this! You play very very nicely...I am way impressed!! This is one of the best sounding recordings I've heard on the site, the production is tremendous!!! I broke my iPod....this is D/L and burned to disk...a fave. sheeesh....sorry I took so long to find this great music!!! deep bow z Check out my latest song called Stepping Down

chakeres	chakeres said 1506 days ago (September 23rd, 2005)
	Highly recommeded You came highly reccommended from Ziti, so I checked you out. I agree with him, well done and good production. It has an interesting mix of funk, fusion jazz, and african beat. Nice guitar playing it accents all the other stuff nicely. Enjoyed listening.-JAC Check out my latest song called Steady

	T-Man said 1439 days ago (November 29th, 2005)
	Now that's what garage band is for Congratulations, you are the first track I have added to my favourites. This mix was very good and the eclectic path that you followed maintained my interest in the song. Great work!

Isak Sherwood	Isak Sherwood said 1381 days ago (January 26th, 2006)
	Lion King meets Sly and Jimi Any song with such a great photo has to get my Fan vote. I dig the mix of funk, African, rock, blues, chant, jazz. Lion King meets Sly and Jimi.

daydream nation	daydream nation said 1325 days ago (March 23rd, 2006)
	add some sinister great work but very bright, I would love to hear a darker version. great art. Check out my latest song called bitter rockets

burtonger	burtonger said 1269 days ago (May 18th, 2006)
	Nice times I love out of the box,with groove,nice mix and tastie placement of instruments and loops. Check out my latest song called Euro-Asian Celtic warriors

TMRSoul	TMRSoul said 1190 days ago (August 6th, 2006)
	Very cool Hi. Just wanted to say this is some very cool vibey stuff you got going on here. I love the African chanting and that guitar sound is killin. The groove is very nice and chill. Great mix as well. Excellent.! Check out my latest song called Movin On

heatherbrooks

heatherbrooks said 1170 days ago (August 25th, 2006)

rock on Suzanne!
Great use of the found samples, but, girl it's your guitar playing that
knocked me out! You are killer, and I can't wait to get into the rest of
your trax. Hot stuff, sistah!! On to bassland...'mulletsrock' has got it goin
on and on. Bass line is deep, dirrrty and in the hole. Keyboard is
complex but subtle-great blend. I'm freakin over this, ya'll.

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heatherbrooks	heatherbrooks said 1170 days ago (August 25th, 2006)
	share your wisdom... how do you guys get your trax so quiet?? there's absolutely no noise whatsoever. flawless! Check out my latest song called Run Aground

Hectorious	Hectorious said 1141 days ago (September 23rd, 2006)
	Dannngggg This is just Funky. I totaly dig it;0} Check out my latest song called Short Circuit (Sample)

tsand19151	tsand19151 said 1097 days ago (November 6th, 2006)
	wow..... this is KILLER!!! Love the groove. Excellent production. Great work. Check out my latest song called Kool Hot Flashes

tsand19151	tsand19151 said 1097 days ago (November 6th, 2006)
	wow..... this is KILLER!!! Love the groove. Excellent production. Great work. Check out my latest song called Kool Hot Flashes

	said 1001 days ago (February 10th, 2007)
	!!!!! what a Glorious Celebration of Sound! it's sensational - very Cool Piece. anne

thoddi

thoddi said 947 days ago (April 5th, 2007)

awsome guitar
You sure play some stunning guitar licks Suzanne.

Fun samples of those Africans. Coupled with the groove and cool synth work it sounds very fresh and interesting.

I'd say that the drum loop used here is a groovy one very suited and funky, but could maybe have been spiced up/altered at some points to avoid getting to "sing-song" like;)

But I came for the guitars (clicked on your banner by impulse), and they didn't dissapoint:)

Bottom-line: Impressive! Give us more:)

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