re: #47 makeitstop

Whenever I see a multi-part video like that, I always end up wondering where the starting point was. I’ve done a fair amount of multi-tracking over the years, an I always started at the most fundamental part and built out.

But the rhythm of the backing vocals is so off-kilter (he’s dancing around the ‘one’ for most of the verses), it’s hard for me to get a handle on exactly which part he started with.

But where I’m working with a theory engine of a VW Bug, he’s got a rocket ship. I can’t even comprehend some of the stuff he’s doing, and he’s got a handle on six parts and keyboards. I’ll say it again, it’s insane.

He can layer and he stays clean in sound. It is real easy to layer and get muddy sound. Somehow he keeps it simple and gets the complication from the sum of the simple parts.