Worldwide cooperation for "The colour of the Rain" needed

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Permalink Reply by Carsten Trotzkowski on March 24, 2009 at 2:16am

THE COLOUR OF PIZZA

Moin, Conny,

tja, mein erster Anlauf ist leider etwas danebengegangen :-( Statt einem saftigen Kudu-Steak hat es mal wieder nur zu einer Tiefkühlpizza gereicht - aber anbei trotzdem mal der erste Schnipsel davon:

"Pizza HopeHasNoColour alla Quattro Stagioni"

well, my first approach did not quite make the grade :-( In stead of a hefty Kudu steak it's once more only frozen pizza - yet I attached for you a little first slice of the

"Pizza HopeHasNoColour alla Quattro Stagioni".

Bon appétit!

:-) Carsten (-:

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• Pizza_HopeHasNoColor_alla_Quattro_Stagioni.mp3, 1 MB

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Permalink Reply by Conny on March 24, 2009 at 8:01pm

Hi Carsten,

the first piece of pizza is really good. I am looking forward what will be the four seasons. At the moment i thought we should make a CD with all the finished versions of "The colour of the rain" and than sell if for some music projekts with kids also here in Germany. So - Rain has no colour - and "Hope has no end".

Conny

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Permalink Reply by Carsten Trotzkowski on March 31, 2009 at 12:19am

Moin, Conny,

2nd try, and hopefully a better one.

I now made a short demo over your introduction, scripting your (almost) original first violin voive over and above a kind of counterpointed string arrangement that imitate your "Hope Has No Colour"-maintheme, modulating to a major key repetition with "hopeful ending".

Now what do you think which way to go? I could offer either to rearrange it completely that way, or I could try to orchestrate Vladimir's original score with some more up-to-date orchestra sounds.

What would be your choice?

:-) Carsten (-:

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• hope_has_no_color_quintett_a_la_brathaendel_0.3.mp3, 617 KB

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Permalink Reply by Conny on March 31, 2009 at 11:58pm

Hi Carsten, i think i like the brathändl version better than the pizza, although i am half italian. What about our Football song. They try to find now someone to do this. Shall we restart our sleeping "Beauty"? i mean the "Sitting round the tablemountain". Has it a reason you call it allways my "Hope has no colour"? The right name should be "The coloru of the rain". Good night

Conny

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Permalink Reply by Carsten Trotzkowski on April 1, 2009 at 12:31am

...well, the reason must be something between my head and my brain :-)

(oder: "Es kommt nicht auf die Hose an, sondern auf das Herz, das darin schlägt").

Indeed sometimes I think about completing the All-Stars Football Song all by myself. The only problem is, that I'm still missing the first-hand information about South African soccer, i.e. the kind of sound and rythm during a match, fan tunes, important chanting words, etc. For my eye, it may become a beautiful song, but a somehow incomplete one, because it would lack authentency... A "Two Stars" project is not an "All Stars Project".

In fact "who" is trying to find one to do it? I thought that no one (besides you) would care any more, or that our Guitar World Record organizers would make an own "closed" version (when I asked them to join, communication ended abruptly).... Lately I get the impression that "core business" of Sawubona has turned it's back completely on public participators and that all official music action will someday suddenly emerge from a Stuttgart production studio, with official "Label" pro's only (anyway, maybe really the best approach to get a well selling donation CD in the end) - well I'm not the only one who thinks that way. So that's why I concentrate on friends here who have proven to interact and communicate, and I'd rather pick the Factory poems than the official lyrics, because the poets will care about it.

After all - that's why I think the beautiful melody and lyrics of your rain/hope song are first to be completed. I'd really like to help Vladimir and you, you'll just have to say what you would like me to do - you shall order, I shall deliver :-)

:-) Carsten (-:

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Permalink Reply by Petra Rennings on April 1, 2009 at 10:32am

Hey Ihr beiden, Carsten und Conny,

sounds good, the first takes. I like the song.
If I listen, I can hear a fat guitar-riff coming in, to set a contrast to the classical-Sound of the pizza- and the brathaendl-sound. But this is just an idea.
Sorry, I still cannot join you because my equipment is not ready. But I love to listen...
keep on groovin'.... :o)
Liebe Grüße,
Petra

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Permalink Reply by Conny on April 1, 2009 at 10:13pm

Hi to you and all listeners,

i now load up the last mp3 Vladimir gave to me and a midi file to work on for who like to join us.
If you like to try to sing to the "Soundbase" and record it i would be delighted. i put also a pdf of a workshop Gina Sanders, NZ-Soprano and friend of mine is giving in Stuttgart in June. She i ready to record the song together with musicians and pupils in NZ, Auckland and then mail it to me. I will ask her to make a video of the recording session. She will also perform "The colour of the rain" on the Concert in June.

Hope to hear news from you all

Conny

Attachments:

• Flyer Workshop mit Gina Sanders.pdf, 328 KB
• ColourOfRain07.mid, 31 KB

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Permalink Reply by Conny on April 3, 2009 at 9:17pm

here is the mp3 i forgot

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• ColourOfRain07.mp3, 5.5 MB

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Permalink Reply by Carsten Trotzkowski on April 6, 2009 at 3:25am

Moin, Conny,

just another fast offer - a sandwich version with salad and a light dressing - Vladimir's original arrangement in another sound orchestration - just for a demo. Drums have not been adjusted completely yet - note layout appears to be different, some edits are pending..

As I said - any meal will be delivered home!

:-) Carsten (-:

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• rain_has_no_color_sandwich_edition_0.01.mp3, 3.7 MB

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Permalink Reply by Conny on April 7, 2009 at 11:59pm

not so bad, but "ein bischen übersteuert" in diversen Passagen. I really think we should do a complete CD of the different recordings of "The colour of the rain" . what do you think?
I am tired, allways happy to realise there is at least one who is colaborating.

Conny

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Permalink Reply by Carsten Trotzkowski on April 8, 2009 at 1:03am

Moin, Conny,

thank you very much for your comment.

Dunno if it is distorted - I think the oboe should be tamed in articulation - anyway this was only a fast re-instrumentation as a demo which direction the sound could go.

IMHO, I don't think we should collect versions by default - better we should try to share forces to make one "full featured" version instead of n+1 versions that (only) almost make the grade. Everyone of us has a special talent the others do not have - You have sweet melody ideas, Vladimir is perfect in keeping the arrangement transparent and light-weight (in a positive sense), and my string arrangements are more authentic and could be played by a real ensemble. These are the building blocks we should combine, plus that guitar idea that Petra stated (maybe Billy?). What do you think?

If not - while experimenting with different versions I had a lillte idea (lasting only for a few seconds). We could use your song as a workshop how to arrange to one melody - I almost published the strings with comments how to do it. Alas this of course is much work, and we should be sure if there is an audience worth the hassle. Till then, I'd prefer the "normal" collab approach as stated above.

If yes - I suggest you take over guidance and tell your preferations, so we could prepare and deliver.

What do you think?

:-) Carsten (-:

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Permalink Reply by Conny on April 8, 2009 at 10:19pm

Hi Carsten,

you mean a workshop over the internet? Gina arranged it in NZ and will record it with pupils and musicians in arround ten days. Then she will perform the song, i am very proud of this, on the workshop i arranged for her . I will upload the flyer file so you can make some publicity too. Who knows, there are people who like to do a holiday week in Stuttgart and join the workshop.

So happy easter to you and your family

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• fertiges_Plakat.pdf, 243 KB
• Flyer_zum_Versand.pdf, 291 KB

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