DANIEL EON'S TELSTAR MEGA-MIX
+ added August 2008 A new version of the 1967 song,
GREEN TAMBOURINE by Steve Edgren and
Daniel Eon. Produced by Daniel Eon
+ added October 2008 a new song I PROTEST
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- but first read Daniel's comments on how he made his Telstar Mega-mix:
Joe Meek's original TELSTAR was apparently never mixed in true stereo,
so I have done that here using various tricks of modern recording. First, Pro Tools was used to clean up and restore a mono copy of the tune
pulled from my clean American vinal LP. I then added some Pro Tools plug-ins to spread the mix out into stereo, with phasing adjusted to make
the main "synth" melody subtly appear to come from the left and the guitar interludes appear to come from the right.
I love the electronic effects at the beginning so much that I isolated them and then extended them, playing them forward as Meek originally
recorded them, then cross fading into the backward version of them as they appear at the beginning and end of the Meek's original mix. By
adding a duplicate mono track of the effects to the stereo effects tracks, I was able to add some automated panning to the effects track as
they progress.
By using his compression techniques, Meek obviously intended TELSTAR to be a "powerhouse" tune, but the overdubbing he was forced to do with his
limited equipment muddied up the "presence" of some of the tracks, such as the harps and percussion, so I added new performances of the harps,
high-pitched rhythm ticks, and the bass track to not only clean up the
presence of those parts, but also restore and maintain the powerhouse quality of the tune. Much EQing of all the tracks was done to add to
this "power" aspect also.
In addition, Meek could overdub his tune only so many times before the technical quality would suffer too much. So there's only one male voice
singing the main melody an octave lower in the last verse of the song. I added several more tracks of male voices, mixed low enough to not stand
out too much, to give the part a more "choral" effect in keeping with the powerhouse quality of the song.
All this was carefully mixed in true stereo in a delicate balance designed to maintain the power of the original song without overwhelming
it, and from the initial reactions I've gotten about my mix of the song, I did manage to achieve that balance.
I only wish Joe Meek was here to hear it and give me HIS reaction.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it
Daniel Eon
Portland, Oregon, USA.
TELSTAR MEGA-MIX
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GREEN TAMBOURINE
New version of the 1967 song,
by Steve Edgren and Daniel Eon.
Produced by Daniel Eon
Vocals: J R (Jack) Viohl
Keys: Mike George
Guitars: Steve Edgren
Percussion & EFX: Daniel Eon
2008 re-mix produced by Daniel Eon.
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I PROTEST (MY PROTEST SONG)
(C.2008 by Daniel J. Fiebiger, Daniel Eon.)
(Published by DiverCity Music, BMI)
Chorus:
I protest things in general.
I protest those in power.
I protest limited thinking.
I protest the way things are.
Verse 1:
I protest politicians.
I protest big box stores.
I protest corporations.
I protest foreign wars.
Verse 2:
I protest clear cut forests.
I protest burning coal.
I protest global warming
I protest Republican goals.
Verse 3:
I protest being greedy.
I protest being poor.
I protest not helping the needy.
I protest missing votes for Al Gore.
Chorus: (Repeat).
Verse 4:
I protest fossil fuels
I protest over-development
I protest parking structures.
I protest too much cement.
Verse 5:
I protest traffic gridlock.
I protest Bureaucracy.
I protest religious terror.
I protest hypocrisy.
Verse 6:
I protest nuclear power.
I protest no common sense.
I protest plastic flowers.
I protest violence.
Chorus: (Repeat).
Verse 7:
I protest exploitation.
I protest oursourcing jobs.
I protest price inflation.
I protest mindless mobs.
Verse 8:
I protest imitation.
I protest nuclear bombs.
I protest warring nations.
I protest corporate songs.
Verse 9:
I protest impearlism.
I protest sweatshop labor.
I protest reducing freedom.
I protest all torture.
Chorus: (Repeat).
Verse 10:
I protest too many taxes.
I protest living in fear.
I protest politicians from Texas.
I protest war profiteers.
Verse 11:
I protest alcoholism.
I protest those who don't care.
I protest drug addition.
I protest dirty air.
Verse 12:
I protest animal cruelty.
I protest the price of oil crude.
I protest media monopolies.
I chemical food.
Chorus: (Repeat).
Verse 13:
I protest election rigging.
I protest more land fills.
I protest price fixing.
I protest oil spills.
Verse 14:
I protest lack of unions.
I protest long work days.
I protest no benefits.
I protest lousy pay.
Verse 15:
I protest historic revision.
I protest racist talk.
I protest bad education.
I protest culture shock.
Verse 16:
I protest Broken families.
I protest not having home.
I protest trashing the oceans.
I protest, now go write your own.
Chorus: (Repeat 3 times).
Tag: I protest (repeat 8 times).
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