very unfortunate news: ive just watched the full hour and a half tape notes podcast on patreon and have devastatingly become more inlove with matty and george and their humor/brains/creative ability
In this episode, John heads to Fiction Studios to catch up with Jon and Alex of Everything Everything to talk about how they wrote, recorded and produced the album ‘Raw Data Feel’.
Taking us through the very first scraps of ideas, Jon and Alex pull apart the elements within each demo they often endeavour to carry into the final songs, from the qualities found within their raw desk mixes to the hidden melodies that end up pulling a whole track together.
Alongside Jon’s tips on writing to suit different people’s vocal ranges and Alex’s deep dive into his modular synth collection, we’re given a glimpse into the influence and use of AI on the album, including a sneak peek at the lyrics generated when a system is fed with text from Beowulf, Tumblr feeds and the LinkedIn T&Cs.
Listen to find out how a studio clean out led to a slide guitar feature, why limitation is such a useful tool and what to start cutting out when you’re bored with a track.
Tracks discussed: Jennifer, Leviathan, Software Greatman
Rex: So General Kenobi, how come you speak mando'a?
Obi-Wan: I've always been interested in the culture and I spent a year on Mandalore for a mission in my youth :)
Rex: I see, what about you, General Skywalker?
Anakin: Huh? Oh Obi-Wan used to drop me off in mando daycare when he went to get laid in little Keldabe, fun times, they taught me how to headbutt someone.
voice actors my beloveds. audio drama actors my belovededs. voice actors audio drama actors sometimes u are one and the same my beloevds. voice acting is a craft a craft such an aRt hngngng
The Japanese George Tape Notes episode is such a gift and one we fully deserved.
Thank you John Kennedy for being the best host in the game, thank you Amber for writing beautiful music, and thank you George for allowing yourself to be silly on main from time to time ❤️
The amount of b-grade/miscut/misprint stickers I get when making batches is goofy
What's in my hand is usable and can be sent out, the boxes behind it are all ones with imperfections/ damage but can't bring myself to throw away because it feels like I'm being wasteful. I might make 'scrap baggies' for each fandom and offer them on kofi for like 7-10 stickers for the price of one or something again
Analyzing Tumblr sexymen so people don't feel the need to judge someone for their "HEAR ME OUT" characters, Vox from Hazbin Hotel addition! Also, since I think this is like, the first actually terrible person that I've covered, plz note that someone liking a terrible character doesn't mean they condone their actions!
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There's probably other stuff in there as well, like how shipping him with Val probably enhanced his chances of being a popular sexyman 🤷♂️