OK Y'all, I've been tweaking the arrangement and mix of this track for
a couple of weeks, and now I think it's ready for prime time:
http://avalon.net/~sean/NoOneKnows(rmx).mp3
This uses vocalmaterial from the traditional spiritual "Ain't No One Knows"
as recorded by the a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock. As time permits
I'll put up an MP3 of the original alongside my track. It's a really
amazing bit of singing.
The bassline was created in Martin Faye's VAZ Pro virtual modular synthesizer,
and the breaks I programmed using individual drum hits bit off a variety
of break CD's. I think on some level I was going after the harder, bass
heavy break sound I have been hearing in the last few months. But when I
get done, I'm not sure if anyone would fit it into that genre. I will say
that I set out to get hectic, and I've achieved that.