How hard can it be to make a track listing?

I just wanted to share with you the thought process that it takes to do the track listing on an album..

To be fair i've not had a lot else to think of since i damaged my back!!

Anyway last week i said the track listing for echo was this

1.Into The Sea
2.Burnt Out Car
3.Ghost
4.Eleven
5.Big Sky
6.Late Man
7.Glide
8.8.19
9.Draw
10.Moondial

Well now its

1.Into The Sea
2.Big Sky
3.Eleven
4.Draw
5.Burnt Out Car
6.Late Man
7.Glide
8.8.19
9.Ghost
10.Moondial

It drives me mad working out track listings this is how we did it:

I work out the key speed and time signature:

1.Into The Sea - em - mid pace - 5/8
2.Big Sky - Emajor - fast - 4/4
3.Eleven - Dm - Mid Pace - 11/8
4.Draw - Em - 6/8 - Mid pace
5.Burnt Out Car - E - Fast - 4/4
6.Late Man Am - Slow - 4/4
7.Glide C - Fast - 4/4
8.8.19 Am - Fast - 4/4
9.Ghost Bm - Slow - 6/8 - 7/8
10.Moondial - Am - mid pace 4/4

Then spend ages working out the different running orders - trying to get as much variation as possible - there are infinite possibilities for different versions of an album. This can take days. The whole album becomes one huge epic composition with dynamic peaks and troughs.

It drives you mad.

I just want to say Mr Kevin Feazey has done a magnificent job of mixing and mastering Ghost. Thanks man.

Some photos from todays walk.



Thanks


Matt Stevens
www.mattstevensguitar.com

Sunday Free Noodle 12 (on a tuesday)

Apologies for the delay on this - its a Tuesday noodle this week - no web=no noodle!

This week’s noodle is:

Matt Stevens (Guitars/Loops/) - Dolls House Live On Ustream 2009

This is a live version of my song Dolls House from the album Echo. Its from the run of ustream concerts streamed on the internet last year. Its twice the length of the original version and has more guitar solos than the whole of my new album!

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Please let me know what you think of this and if you would like to do a remix or collaborate give me a shout.

More noodles next week

Subscribe to my podcast feed here and get the Sunday Free Noodle every week:

If you like this you get get my album Echo as a "pay what you want" download here

About The Sunday Free Noodle

The Sunday Free Noodle project is a free MP3 ever week - remixes, collaborations, live stuff, spoken word stuff and other odd things - for the next year. 52 MP3’s (thats alot). I think it will be a challenge to keep this going and I’m really looking forward to doing it - please subscribe to the podcast feed on itunes to get it free every week and tell me what you think(yes you can say if you think if its crap). I hope you enjoy it.

This project has only really come about because i have injured my back and have had a chance to go through my hard drives whilst lying on the floor with the laptop on my chest. Odd how things happen.

I really it want to be a collaborative process. Let me know - if you are a remixer, cellist, vocalist, percussionist, film maker,trumpet player or visual artist or anything else let me know(although I draw the line at juggling) . Perhaps i could send you some stuff(loops and noodles) to add something to?

Speak soon


Matt

Speak Soon
www.mattstevensguitar.com
mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com

Top Ten Metal Albums

Looks like the Sundayfreenoodle is going to be a Tuesdayfreenoodle - I've had no BT web access for a while. Hopefully back tomorrow. In the meantime

The Top Ten Heavy Metal Albums of All Time(by me)

1. Slayer - Reign In Blood
2.Carcass - Necrotisism Descanting The Insalubrious
3.Faith No More - The Real Thing
4.Napalm Death - Scum
5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
6.Megadeth -Rust In Peace
7.Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
8.Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror
9.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
10.Voivod - Nothingface

I'll probably change my mind tomorrow.

ta

Matt

"Free" Music

This is a preview of a song from Ghost which is my second album which is out in June. If you want to download the track, pay what you want and help us finishing making the record that would be great. Free is also fine! Please let me know what you think of it?

This new record is quite different to the the first album - its like a cross between Echo and The Fierce and The dead.

I like giving away free music - in fact please DO upload my stuff to file sharing sites and take away free music from my site. One thing i would ask is that you perhaps email the mp3's of songs you like to your friends and help spread the word - thanks so much.

Also out next week is a limited edition CD Digipack version of my first album Echo its available here.

I hope you enjoy this music.

Matt

Ghost Artwork

Hello all

I thought I'd share this with you - this the track list for Ghost

1.Into The Sea
2.Burnt Out Car
3.Ghost
4.Eleven
5.Big Sky
6.Late Man
7.Glide
8.8.19
9.Draw
10.Moondial

And this is the art work - let me know what you think?

Sunday Free Noodle 11

This week’s noodle is:

Matt Stevens (Guitars/Loops/Whammy Pedal/Ebow) - 8.19 Live On Ustream 2009

This is a live version of my song 8.19 which is going to be on my second album which is called Ghost and is out later in the year. The “synth” type noise is an ebow run through a whammy pedal. Its from the run of ustream concerts streamed on the internet last year. Its quite a Smiths/Fripp type track.

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Please let me know what you think of this and if you would like to do a remix or collaborate give me a shout.

More noodles next week

Subscribe to my podcast feed here and get the Sunday Free Noodle every week:

If you like this you get get my album Echo as a "pay what you want" download here

About The Sunday Free Noodle

The Sunday Free Noodle project is a free MP3 ever week - remixes, collaborations, live stuff, spoken word stuff and other odd things - for the next year. 52 MP3’s (thats alot). I think it will be a challenge to keep this going and I’m really looking forward to doing it - please subscribe to the podcast feed on itunes to get it free every week and tell me what you think(yes you can say if you think if its crap). I hope you enjoy it.

This project has only really come about because i have injured my back and have had a chance to go through my hard drives whilst lying on the floor with the laptop on my chest. Odd how things happen.

I really it want to be a collaborative process. Let me know - if you are a remixer, cellist, vocalist, percussionist, film maker,trumpet player or visual artist or anything else let me know(although I draw the line at juggling) . Perhaps i could send you some stuff(loops and noodles) to add something to?

Speak soon


Matt

Speak Soon
www.mattstevensguitar.com
mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com

Ghost inside cover and track listing

ghost inside
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This is the Inside artwork for my new album Ghost - what do you think?

Thanks all


Matt