Disco Boo - EricMilligan

Thanks, Mark. It was a fun track to make. Anytime I actually get something worth finishing I'm amazed. So many dead ends. :( So, even better if there's a wee bit of humour underlying the piece! I'm pretty sure, however, that Bailey (our cat) is not impressed! :)

Hi, Oli! Yes, isn't exactly 70's. I tried, but didn't quite hit the mark. The vocal actually isn't really AI. Synth V is just a very sophisticated sampler VST. Needs midi input or drawing in the notes to establish the melody line. Lyrics are inputted by the user, not AI generated, It is quite different from all those AI voice things that are out there now. The lyrics for this track would probably have been lot better if done by AI. Ha!

I just checked your "influences" listed in your profile. We share many of the same ones, including Enigma. But, there are some I don't know and will check them out.

Eric

Thanks, Russian!

Thanks, Wayne. And Bailey thanks you as well! :)

I'm pretty sure I never had moon shoes (don't actually know what they are), but I think I might still have my mood ring salted away someplace in the bottom of my sock drawer! :)

Eric

Hi, Dean. I'm very gratified that you liked the cat vocal! And yes, Cat petty much got all the reverb and quite a bit of delay as well! :)

Thanks, Kirkoid. Was actually fun to make. I don't usually come up with great bass lines, but this one did seem to fit.

Eric

Thanks, VicaMOOR. I think the lyrics are actually kind of funny. Singing about a cat, but for some reason they did come together pretty easily (very unusual) and allowed me to finish the track. :)

Steve: thanks so much for connecting me with the music of Chicane. You are right, I really do like Trance a lot, but I really only have a superficial knowledge about it, frankly. Had never heard of Chicane or the track, Saltwater. Just spend a couple of hours learning about him and listening to his music. Definitely my kind of music for sure. Is (almost) inspiring me to try once again to make a Trance track worth listening to.

Thanks, Dean. Had to check out Murder on the Dancefloor on Apple Music. I definitely can see connection you noted - with the original version. The vibes in the versions by Royel Otis and the remix by Guetta and quite different. Less disco.

Worked a lot on automation generally with the track, including automating several of the variables controlling the reverbs on the vocals. Also did multiple layers of some of the vocals, with panning and very short time delay offsets. Reverb mix and delay settings on the L and R panned tracks was a bit more than the ones for the C panned tracks. Initially had issues getting the lyrics to be intelligible in the mix, but that method seemed to work mostly OK. I generally try to restrain myself using reverb so things don't get all mushed up.

Thanks for encouragement, Dimestop. I was too busy trying to be a lawyer to do much dancing back then, but never let go of the music. I'm getting better at doing vocals with the Synthesizer V software, but there people on their forum who have done really amazing stuff, with videos, posted on Youtube. I really don't know how they get the vocals so nuanced. Yet, still not even close to what a real human vocalist can do, which is frankly, comforting in a way. :)

Eric

Thanks Steve. You are right. Need more strings, and French horns, and flutes and wah wah chunky-chunk rhythm guitar. Going to give that some thought. Thanks for the links. I am enjoying where you took me with them.

Eric