I don't have a cure for a Conceptual Anomaly so you've got to be wary. They're sneaky. It seems like everything is cool ... and then you fall into a hole. It laughs. It finds that very funny.
The song list for "Ride the Dragon" seemed tight. A few wobbled a little and I thought might not make the cut but overall the list looked strong so, ok, go with it.
The EQ treatment this time was for "The Girl Who Would Be Lavender" and I'm pleased with the result but I'll let it bubble about for a bit before calling it final.
The Conceptual Anomaly is that "The Girl Who Would Be Lavender" is one of four songs telling the story of Boudika, Queen of the Iceni. Brits call her Boadicea which is her Latin name from the Romans but calling her that is a wee bit insulting after the Romans killed her.
So ... where are the others.
Option 1: bring the other three into this CD plus kick a few others out.
Option 2: kick The Girl from this one even though I like how she sounds.
Where this becomes a Compound Conceptual Anomaly is bringing in the others as that gets Jethro Tull with a concept album when my actual purpose was never to make the four-song story an entire set but rather a sub-set within the primary.
Given it's that much of a component of the CD, naming it after "Ride the Dragon" becomes less coherent.
Where it becomes a Complex Compound Conceptual Anomaly is the story of Boudika is very much an anti-war statement even though it's not pounding you over the head with it. There is no general theme of that nature with riding dragons although you could stretch it but soooo thin. Be daring, make peace. Sure, it's true, but it's sexy like steak and cabbage and it connects like it's over-cooked linguini. Steak and cabbage over linguini. There's a taste treat, huh.
There's a Medium Conceptual Anomaly in that there's a lot of death in the song list. There are two wake songs and Lavender Girl so I'm calling that a lot of death even though there's nary a pipe organ in any of them. These songs are not funereal but I sound highly busted-up in talking for one. The song doesn't sound that way but you hear from the voice. Still, they aren't really death songs but rather tribute songs. Even so, that's a lot of croakage.
None of these things are problems. I can have music for a certain period and then there needs to be silence. It's exhausting listening to this at full P.A. volume as "Ride the Dragon" is one intense song. It's ultra-intense for me as I'm trying to listen even for each cymbal strike but that doesn't make it work. I just absorb and absorb and absorb ... and you better stop now, pal, or you goin' blow.
In the silence I consider the concept. Focus, focus, focus. I will upload the Lavender Girl maybe tomorrow. She's already soap and may be final right now, tho. Even so, not until tomorrow.
Note: soap = 99.4% pure
The song list for "Ride the Dragon" seemed tight. A few wobbled a little and I thought might not make the cut but overall the list looked strong so, ok, go with it.
The EQ treatment this time was for "The Girl Who Would Be Lavender" and I'm pleased with the result but I'll let it bubble about for a bit before calling it final.
The Conceptual Anomaly is that "The Girl Who Would Be Lavender" is one of four songs telling the story of Boudika, Queen of the Iceni. Brits call her Boadicea which is her Latin name from the Romans but calling her that is a wee bit insulting after the Romans killed her.
So ... where are the others.
Option 1: bring the other three into this CD plus kick a few others out.
Option 2: kick The Girl from this one even though I like how she sounds.
Where this becomes a Compound Conceptual Anomaly is bringing in the others as that gets Jethro Tull with a concept album when my actual purpose was never to make the four-song story an entire set but rather a sub-set within the primary.
Given it's that much of a component of the CD, naming it after "Ride the Dragon" becomes less coherent.
Where it becomes a Complex Compound Conceptual Anomaly is the story of Boudika is very much an anti-war statement even though it's not pounding you over the head with it. There is no general theme of that nature with riding dragons although you could stretch it but soooo thin. Be daring, make peace. Sure, it's true, but it's sexy like steak and cabbage and it connects like it's over-cooked linguini. Steak and cabbage over linguini. There's a taste treat, huh.
There's a Medium Conceptual Anomaly in that there's a lot of death in the song list. There are two wake songs and Lavender Girl so I'm calling that a lot of death even though there's nary a pipe organ in any of them. These songs are not funereal but I sound highly busted-up in talking for one. The song doesn't sound that way but you hear from the voice. Still, they aren't really death songs but rather tribute songs. Even so, that's a lot of croakage.
None of these things are problems. I can have music for a certain period and then there needs to be silence. It's exhausting listening to this at full P.A. volume as "Ride the Dragon" is one intense song. It's ultra-intense for me as I'm trying to listen even for each cymbal strike but that doesn't make it work. I just absorb and absorb and absorb ... and you better stop now, pal, or you goin' blow.
In the silence I consider the concept. Focus, focus, focus. I will upload the Lavender Girl maybe tomorrow. She's already soap and may be final right now, tho. Even so, not until tomorrow.
Note: soap = 99.4% pure
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