RTA 905 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Multitrack Recording, Melle Mel, Big Bank Hank
17 May 2016
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Example: donna summer (1975) love to love you baby . Multi-track recording separates instruments and positions l & r in space. Synthesizer imitates other instruments and is now able to play multiple pitches. Reverb had heavy wet sound, mushy in terms of sonic qualities. Original version = 17 minutes (good for dancing: single = less than 5 minutes. Rhythm track very similar to funk wah-wah pedals. Sexy whispering vocals enter; then closed hi-hat (paired cymbals played with foot on drum set then electric gtr. (+ wahwah pedal played with foot) Song is a tribute to sex with her baby . Glamorous stars and clubbers (dress code: contrast to jeans and torn t-shirts of rock. Disco does not take itself too seriously: contrasts the popular music before concerning civil rights, war, etc, don"t tend to hear disco songs that deal with heavy topics.
