Latest bits (don't you know it!)

2006-06-10/

• Marja Mattlar - Kehtolaulu - I hacked together the backing track for this from a midi of my piano transcription. Programming in all of the pedal markings is a lot of work, so I just cranked up the reverb for a neat 'ethereal' effect that actually suits the song rather well.

2006-06-16 (today)/

• Kuolema tekee taiteilijan (that newfangled harmony thing version) - So, apparently there's the orchestral instrumental track that plays over the end credits of NW's new "End of an Era" DVD thingamajig. I had someone send me a rip of it, and then made this. (No, I'm not convinced to buy it. Sorry. I just can't stand the thought of watching a rock concert whilst sitting on a couch, let alone watching a rock concert in the first place.) This time I actually wrote out the vocal parts before I sang, which really helps with the 'I know what I'm singing' part of doing harmony lines. My singing still sucks on this song. Tonally, I mean.
  
• Dae Janggeum soundtrack - Hamangyeon - I totally mutilated the Korean lyrics...I'm not sure if the original singer (Alessandro Safina) mutilated them too, because I compared the transcription I have to what he sings and I don't know if he's really singing it or what. There's also English lyrics to the song, but they're so terribly written I'd have to rewrite them before I dare sing them. This song just doesn't work right without a tenor voice... *sigh*