Studio Release: Abaculus - An Improvisational Experience
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@damian Thats basically what I was thinking! Like a whole new level of crowd participation
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Think we could pick a time to do a shared listen and compare notes? Like a reddit setlist thread.
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@spiggy Definitely. Listening parties were an early idea for the site. Let's figure out how to make this happen. I think it's a brilliant idea and I think we should do it sooner than later... while the album is still super fresh on everybody's ears.
I'm going to call out to @RadiantDarkness on this one but I'm definitely here to help. Also @spiggy if you want to take the lead on organization send me a chat message. Let's figure it out.
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Love the idea of a listening party guys
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I'm definitely down for a listening party as well. @damian maybe have @phattyred play it through his Mixlr channel?
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@myanruth I had the same thought, although the sound quality on Mixlr always leaves something to be desired. Not sure that we've got a better option for coordinated listening though.
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Maybe someone could stream it through YouTube or Facebook?
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@spiggy Maybe, though we definitely need to be conscious of copyright here. I'm sure nobody would complain about us sharing it for a listening party but I would want to make sure it isn't left there for people to listen to later. Actually, I think that Spafford was streaming it on their fbook today. I wonder if we can ask them to do it for us at a particular time. Maybe even promote it.
Actually, that's an excellent idea. Give me a bit and I'll see if I can coordinate this.
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Would love a tracked out version of this. Was kind of hoping that's what they'd do but I can totally understand why it wasn't.
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@Chris-Ogor-Lopez On second listen today I kept thinking of just calling them "Movements." I mean, we can't title them because that's dumb, and trying to say "Red's lead" or whatever is equally difficult. With Abaculus on in the background while coding I noticed 3 distinct Movements, but I didn't check the time on them or write it down. At this point it's still just for the listening.
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@damian I agreee with that, "Chapters" was the first thing that came to my mind so they don't necessarily need proper song titles
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I loved it! An hour of straight jamming?? I'll take that any day!! They should just release something like this every year
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@Andrew-Hilston It's a really cool concept. It isn't a show, it's studio work. But it wasn't planned or scripted. It just happened to be captured and so it could be produced. I wonder if planning it would affect creation in the future.
With that said, bands like Led Zeppelin have released their "studio outtakes" which are essentially just cuts from when the tape recorder was running. If Spafford made it a point to record their rehearsals it might make for these kinds of things in the future without necessarily planning to do it.
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I am game for whatever you all would like to do. Mixlr has updated some of the files they now play. So loss less stuff actually sounds good. But I will possibly not be here this weekend.
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Pretty awesome road jams! Enjoyed it the first listen through (we had to sit and listen to last ten minutes after turning off the engine... Good to the last drop!)
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@damian The jams at 17ish -> 23min and 53ish->end are amazing.
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@itsabunch99 That end jam is absolutely beautiful
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As of now I want to say the last five minutes are my favorite, but I'm sure that will change since the whole thing is just so damn good.
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someone was asking about this on Reditt today. Hope they found it.
My favorite Stafford show is the next one. Hope to see you there. #killingit
