"Monsters, Inc." original

[Jim1970]

This is an AWESOME track!!
The Talent on this forum is incredible.
I wonder if any signed bands Go to forums like this one and look
for some fresh ideas?  Or steal songs?
just a thought.

JIM

[Ted]

Thanks for the positive strokes.

Answers to questions are forthcoming, but first, the lyrics as requested:
Monster's Inc.
© 2007  Ted Johnson

The villagers came to our castle door,
With torches and pitchforks, led by the mayor.
The mob was answered by my ancestor.
"How can I help you tonight, your honor?"
And then he faced the crowd and spoke some more.

"My fellow citizens, lend me your ears--or what's been amputated.
I'll build a monster to kill the monster
That we created."

Oh, by the way, he was an investor
In the mayor's torch and pitchfork store.
The new monster was more vicious than before.
But it was ours, and it was the victor.
But then it turned into a defector.

"As monsters are so deeply hated, I'll build a monster to kill the monster
That we created to kill the monster
That we created."

It's alive! (3X)
It's a lie. (2X)

With the help of the tax collector,
He built one bigger than a dinosaur.
That's what the monster budget is there for.
He built a factory, gave his son a tour.
"One day all these monsters will be yours."

"We need monsters to kill the monsters that we created to kill the monsters
That we created to kill the monsters that we created to kill the monsters that we created..." etc.

[Tony W]

I dream of playing a lead to something awesome like this piece of tedolicious, without destroying it. This song is awesome in every facet.

[Ted]

putting it on my mbr .. and maybe sending you some guitar back .... but I'm sure you'll get more that one offer on this one !!

That would be amazing.  The other version is only about 15 seconds longer with no fade-out, and a big Rock ending.  It's a hair over 5MB, but I could e-mail it to you or any other willing screechers.

This is the best song I've ever heard you do. The production was fantastic - It's almost unbelievable that you did it on an MBR, but I trust you on that one. The BR purists must stick together!

Yep.  All on the MBR.  I did a little effect tweaking too--overcoming my tweakaphobia.  I still haven't gotten down the "exciting compressor" thing, but it did help even out the levels.  Compression and EQ are my next frontiers.

The production is great, excellent combination of clean and distorted guitars and I love the bass sound and bass work - did you use the Zoom pedal for the bass sound?

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Afraid it may even topple "Dechromium Cob" from its perch as my favourite Tedsong.

Probably overdoing it, but I used my Bass Xciter into my B2 (Patch d0, in case you're wondering) and then a little MBR reverb.

this is great, reminds me of a cross between tom petty and camper van beethoven,

Somehow I missed out on CVB in the 80's (and went right to being a fan of Cracker in the 00's) until last year when I bought a "best of" CD about a month before they came through Flagstaff.  As for Tom Petty, I confess that I referenced Runnin' Down A Dream when I was working on this song.  You were going to rat me out if I didn't fess up, weren't you, ORH?

Oh yeah, the drums...  This may be the best drum programming on the micro I have heard, very organic sounding.  Are you adding your little drum machine in here along with the micro drums.

I fully intended to use my DD-55 drums on the chorus, but I got lazy.  There are about 60 steps to this drum arrangement--10 more than the drum arranger can handle.  I bounced the second half of the drums to a v-track pair (as described here) and programmed in some long pauses into the first half (which turned into a friggin' algebra assignment as described here, only worse) and then just copied those chorus crashes to the right spots on those v-tracks.

While I was working on the song, those long pauses were filled with metronome clicks so that I could sing and play on the right beats. My goal was to make it sound like a band was taking cues from a singer, and not a singer listening to an annoying click-click-click in his cans.  So I definitely appreciate the "organic" comment, BB.

I wonder if any signed bands Go to forums like this one and look
for some fresh ideas?  Or steal songs?
just a thought.

Don't make me paranoid.  I'm already worried about foreign policy and the military industrial complex.

And monsters.

[SenhorLampada]

Congrats, Ted!
Great work, man!

This song is well recorded/produced... and is really good

And thanks for posting the "how i did it"

It's good to see how each one does all their magic!

Cheers!

[zabel8484]

Good Work!!!
Incredible what you can do with the MicroBR.

Keep it up!!

[SE]

Just too good, excellent production but for me but the song is the stand out for me just great songwriting.

[Ted]

This had moved to page two already, and I just can't have that yet.

Monsterbump.

[Oldrottenhead]

As for Tom Petty, I confess that I referenced Runnin' Down A Dream when I was working on this song.  You were going to rat me out if I didn't fess up, weren't you, ORH?

cant say ive heard that one lol, but ted this is freakin awesome. and like you i found cracker first before backtracking to cvb.
my nom de plume is in part a tribute to cracker and to rbert wyatt

from cracker album old kerosene hat
and robert wyatt album oldrottenhat

[OsCKilO]

By this I mean that it is unbelievably Good!


Great to an extra ordinary standard!!!!!!!

Awesome......



I cant see how I Missed this yesterday

Thanks for Bumping it Ted!!!!!


You RawwwKKK HARRD!!!!!!!!!!!








Peace

T(Osckilo)