Comments on: Jim Cooper demo – “Children of the Night” http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/ A repository for your common-sense lifestyle Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:18:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: kebabdylan http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-1558 kebabdylan Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:33:38 +0000 http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-1558 so anyway, my wife, autumn, within the week, may be standing within Vlad's Castle in Transylvania thought I'd give this song a spin in honor of that so anyway, my wife, autumn, within the week, may be standing within Vlad’s Castle in Transylvania

thought I’d give this song a spin in honor of that

]]> By: detholz http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-287 detholz Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:59:37 +0000 http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-287 Jim: My musical project these days is to use elements I would ordinarily sniff at. Sniff, sniff. Jim: My musical project these days is to use elements I would ordinarily sniff at. Sniff, sniff.

]]> By: Jim http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-244 Jim Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:05:25 +0000 http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-244 Man, it's been a while since I could divert my attention the best thing my Wednesdays have to offer. Good to be back. Anywho... It took me a while to really make up my mind how I feel about this tune. Besides the first three notes in the guitar/bell part, I don't hear any resemblance of Blackbird. But I do think this tune is downright beautiful. I'm surprised that you used the backwards guitar effect. It just seems that would be something you would normally grit your teeth at, but it works great. A vampire/love song. Very interesting concept. I'm digging it. Man, it’s been a while since I could divert my attention the best thing my Wednesdays have to offer. Good to be back. Anywho…
It took me a while to really make up my mind how I feel about this tune. Besides the first three notes in the guitar/bell part, I don’t hear any resemblance of Blackbird. But I do think this tune is downright beautiful. I’m surprised that you used the backwards guitar effect. It just seems that would be something you would normally grit your teeth at, but it works great.
A vampire/love song. Very interesting concept. I’m digging it.

]]> By: detholz http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-236 detholz Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:42:17 +0000 http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-236 'Bab: "Vlad About You" Steve: Heh. I remember that afternoon well. We had a show that night and the MSC coffeehouse was infested with Koinonia Kreatures ALL DAY. Man, those folks were in that place ALL the time. Anyway, we were forced to practice in the bathroom, and our friend Dennis was there to capture the glorious moment. How did it feel to practice in a bathroom? All in all, I'd say it was a huge relief. ‘Bab: “Vlad About You”

Steve: Heh. I remember that afternoon well. We had a show that night and the MSC coffeehouse was infested with Koinonia Kreatures ALL DAY. Man, those folks were in that place ALL the time.

Anyway, we were forced to practice in the bathroom, and our friend Dennis was there to capture the glorious moment.

How did it feel to practice in a bathroom? All in all, I’d say it was a huge relief.

]]> By: Steve Chignell http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-233 Steve Chignell Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:18:36 +0000 http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-233 Yeah, Aural skills is ear training and dictation. It's freakin hard. Anyway, that's interesting about the solo-- great idea there. I think it worked well with the mood of the song. My friend's mom here gave me an old article she found of the Wheaton Record from April 18, 1997. On the back is an article (complete with pictures) about the Detholz playing in the men's bathroom of the MSC. It's got Jer in the stall with his drum kit and you grinning by the sink. It's really funny-- I can show it to you if you want. Yeah, Aural skills is ear training and dictation. It’s freakin hard. Anyway, that’s interesting about the solo– great idea there. I think it worked well with the mood of the song.

My friend’s mom here gave me an old article she found of the Wheaton Record from April 18, 1997. On the back is an article (complete with pictures) about the Detholz playing in the men’s bathroom of the MSC. It’s got Jer in the stall with his drum kit and you grinning by the sink. It’s really funny– I can show it to you if you want.

]]> By: kebabdylan http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-232 kebabdylan Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:19:29 +0000 http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-232 yes! vlad is da man. write a song about him called "I used to disagree with him, but now I see that Vlad has a point" yes! vlad is da man. write a song about him called “I used to disagree with him, but now I see that Vlad has a point”

]]> By: detholz http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-231 detholz Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:46:26 +0000 http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-231 'Bab: Vlad the Impaler, eh? Perhaps the next love song I write will be from his perspective... or would that be too bawdy? Deej: A show that will live in infamy. Thank you for being discreet. Steve: Glad you like it! You missed a good one: we played in a large, opulent ballroom at the Art Institute, and Thax (rock n roll poet) addressed the audience from the balcony before we played, invoking images of a bearded male Eva Peron. What is "Aural Skills?" Is that what they're calling "Ear Training" these days? Taking dictation and the like? The backwards guitar solo wasn't hard: I played a "forwards" solo first, kinda bluesy, lots of bends, and made sure to stay in and around the tonal center most of the time. Thinking towards reversing the solo, the effect I was going for was more "droney" than "bluesy"-- cf. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_Never_Knows" rel="nofollow">"Tomorrow Never Knows"</a> by The Beatles (the link will take you to an excellent Wikipedia article about that song). After that, I simply brought up the waveform in my sequencer (I use an outdated version of Logic Audio Platinum by Emagic) and hit the "reverse" button. And voila! ‘Bab: Vlad the Impaler, eh? Perhaps the next love song I write will be from his perspective… or would that be too bawdy?

Deej: A show that will live in infamy. Thank you for being discreet.

Steve: Glad you like it! You missed a good one: we played in a large, opulent ballroom at the Art Institute, and Thax (rock n roll poet) addressed the audience from the balcony before we played, invoking images of a bearded male Eva Peron.

What is “Aural Skills?” Is that what they’re calling “Ear Training” these days? Taking dictation and the like?

The backwards guitar solo wasn’t hard: I played a “forwards” solo first, kinda bluesy, lots of bends, and made sure to stay in and around the tonal center most of the time. Thinking towards reversing the solo, the effect I was going for was more “droney” than “bluesy”– cf. “Tomorrow Never Knows” by The Beatles (the link will take you to an excellent Wikipedia article about that song).

After that, I simply brought up the waveform in my sequencer (I use an outdated version of Logic Audio Platinum by Emagic) and hit the “reverse” button. And voila!

]]> By: Steve Chignell http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-230 Steve Chignell Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:19:49 +0000 http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-230 Cool man. This is one of my favorites of the new ones. Very chill, very trippy. How did you do the "backwards guitar solo?" Hope your show went well tonight, I had work to do, so I couldn't go. Oh, and by the way, Aural Skills is raping me. Cool man. This is one of my favorites of the new ones. Very chill, very trippy. How did you do the “backwards guitar solo?” Hope your show went well tonight, I had work to do, so I couldn’t go. Oh, and by the way, Aural Skills is raping me.

]]> By: dj http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-229 dj Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:00:47 +0000 http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-229 After I posted, I was going to log back on and make the Blackbird comment and bring up our collective favorite performance of the Beatles tune. Someone beat me to it. Kind of. Good luck with the Vampire novel. After I posted, I was going to log back on and make the Blackbird comment and bring up our collective favorite performance of the Beatles tune. Someone beat me to it. Kind of.

Good luck with the Vampire novel.

]]> By: kebabdylan http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-228 kebabdylan Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:59:34 +0000 http://detholz.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/jim-cooper-demo-children-of-the-night/#comment-228 screw "death to the traitor", the new detholz album MUST be named "disco black mass". I might just be a strange one, but if I heard you were going to debut this one, I would be more excited to hear it than most other songs. I really think you should consider it. I mean, what other song right now calls for the lighter? and its not like it's "dust in the wind". It has a solid drum beat to it (which I forgot to add, that is great when it comes in). The historian is like 800 pages but its a quick read. I actually had to check out the "large print" edition that just shouted "you are an idiot for reading this" even more. But it delves into the whole history of vlad tepes and the legends surrounding him and the whole vampire thing so if you plan to write you masterpiece, it might be good research. At the time I was challenging myself to write a song for every book I read, just so I had something to sing about. that book has been my undoing. they lyric are just ridiculous. but you have inspired me. If the mighty super-duper-cooper can write about vampires, why not lowly me? and for the record. I never thought deBarge... screw “death to the traitor”, the new detholz album MUST be named “disco black mass”. I might just be a strange one, but if I heard you were going to debut this one, I would be more excited to hear it than most other songs. I really think you should consider it. I mean, what other song right now calls for the lighter? and its not like it’s “dust in the wind”. It has a solid drum beat to it (which I forgot to add, that is great when it comes in).

The historian is like 800 pages but its a quick read. I actually had to check out the “large print” edition that just shouted “you are an idiot for reading this” even more. But it delves into the whole history of vlad tepes and the legends surrounding him and the whole vampire thing so if you plan to write you masterpiece, it might be good research. At the time I was challenging myself to write a song for every book I read, just so I had something to sing about. that book has been my undoing. they lyric are just ridiculous. but you have inspired me. If the mighty super-duper-cooper can write about vampires, why not lowly me?

and for the record. I never thought deBarge…

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