its a mashup of all the below jazzups.
May 27, 2011 • 2:32 am 0
Is you Marilyn or is you Monk?
Totally in time and it works. The original audio file below, is audibly not synchronised but works with a great dynamic energy and is more the exciting piece because of it. Playing it straight here is rewarding to a point, hence the brevity of the piece.
see below for more details.
May 26, 2011 • 5:17 pm 0
Is you Marilyn or is you Monk? Audio versions:
This one is close enough to put in time relatively easily, but why? It would make it adhere to convention and it would probably swing a treat. It would still be out of sync in terms of arrangement, and I would not want to change that. It is tempting to do it but there is something great about it being out of time. Might be worth doing it just to compare. I’ll let it sit in the wine cellar for a while.
I love the trumpet and sax soloing together. Makes me think of King Oliver era.
There we go, it really didn’t work in sync half as well as out of sync, but I edited it into shape, taking out much of the falafel and leaving the meat. I had some fun along the way, hinting at moves where I made some of the edits but really trying to keep a low profile at the same time. Again its the King Oliver vibe that gets me.
Now I have made a video version, posted above.
May 15, 2011 • 2:18 pm 0
Mash-up in Vermont
Betty carter vs Gerry Mulligan Quartet: Moonlight in Vermont. Maybe not so much a mash-up as a jazz-up.
Two versions of the same song, in the same key, by two different artists.
I like the way the harmonies seem to follow each other but you cant quite tell who is following who, it all just moves up and down with that great way jazz solists have of blurring the beat, stretching time before we knew how digitally. I didn’t need to and I certainly didn’t want to. Meanwhile, the rhythm sections, aided by the famous absence of the piano in the Mulligan Quartet, make that exciting double trouble bass player energy of the Garrison / Workman type combination, only much lighter here. Only one drummer is really audible, on brushes, giving a solid underlying groove for all the others to ping off.
The only audio editing was to almost accidentally place the start of the Gerry Mulligan file on the downbeat of the Betty Carter version. It sat nicely so i kept it. The other edit was in finding the right moment to stop the Mulligan file which runs much longer than the Carter version. Apart from that, the tracks are un-warped or stretched.
I reduced some of the HF noise from the Mulligan VHS and rolled off the bass a touch to settle it into the mix, then compressed and limited the summed frequencies from both tracks below 120hz by about 5-7db to tighten the basses up again, for a much clearer definition. I added a room reverb to the master bus to put the combined ensembles into a shared sonic space and limited the output a touch for a stronger, unified sound. Works for me.
Interestingly, the upload confirmation email from youtube said:
“Your video, Mash-up in Vermont, may have content that is owned or licensed by SME. No action is required on your part; however, if you’re interested in learning how this affects your video, please visit the Content ID Matches section of your account for more information.”
Following up, it appears that the video is not available to be viewed in Germany:
“Copyright Info: Mash-up in Vermont Your video, Mash-up in Vermont , may include content that is owned or administered by these entities:
Entity: Believe, The Orchard Music, SME, and SME Content Type: Sound Recording As a result, your video is blocked in these locations:
Germany What should I do? No action is required on your part. Your video is still available everywhere not listed above. In some cases ads may appear next to your video.”
An ad for what is probably the original Betty Carter track appears under the video.
Both videos in this jazz-up were sourced from existing youtube uploads by other users. The Betty Carter video has had over 40,000 views and displays the same ad. The Gerry Mulligan Quartet video has had almost 130,000 views.
I am quite impressed that YouTube’s copyright infringement software can decipher the audio of one tune as distinct from the other as they play simultaneously.
Also interesting to note that the SME license infringement is producing lots of hits in other peoples searches so my stats have jumped right up since posting!
