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Magnetic Rose – A driving rock song

Nadine — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:49:58 +0000

Every year, there’s a special kind of collaboration that I enjoy a lot: team up with random musicians and create a song in an add a track game. This is how we created “Magnetic Rose”, a fast alternative rock song with a heavy beat. If you remember my post on “Mr. Tumbleweed” last Summer, we organized a similar event in February. We barely know each other, we don’t have a plan, but somebody starts with one track and all other band members add whatever instrument, vocal or sample they like. “Magnetic Rose” started with the rhythm guitar tracks and reached me in second position. I decided to add drums instead of keys, because I saw this song converging towards rock. The risk to finish such a driving song without vocals or drums has been too high. Right after me, T.C. added a bass track. Finally, Rod decided to write lyrics and sing. We should have ended with 4 tracks, but I needed a wall of guitars, so we recorded 9 tracks in total. As you can see, the challenge is a lot about taking quick, irreversible decisions and getting things done. The whole composition, recording and mixing process took one month and sounds like this: You can listen to the song on YouTube or download it for free on SoundCloud. The band has been awesome to work with, thank you for collaborating.

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Let yourself drift like Mr. Tumbleweed

Nadine — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 10:55:56 +0000

“Mr. Tumbleweed” is the name of a song, that has been recorded in an international collaboration. But one thing is special: We didn’t know each other, and we didn’t have a plan. Read how this turned out. There are many ways to write songs with a group of people. But most of them have something in common: You know your people. At least, you know them well enough that you talked about the instrument, the level of knowledge and the style. But “Mr. Tumbleweed” torn the whole concept apart. We recorded this song track by track. Whoever joined the collaboration added whatever instrument they preferred. This kind of collaboration works because of three simple rules: I started this project by programming drums. This way, tempo and structure are fixed. The Fishermen & The Priestess added guitars and fixed the chord scheme. Patti Fetz added a synthesizer bass and Cheslain dropped in with vocals and lyrics. The last track has been some synthesizer pads from Floral Tops. I have been the producer, so I mixed and mastered it to a song. “Mr. Tumbleweed” is about a person, who doesn’t care about rules and liabilities. He lives from one day to another. Maybe a prowler, maybe somebody you won’t like to meet. Nobody knows. We are very proud of our result. My SoundCloud followers were able to hear this song right after production, but now it also moved to my YouTube channel. I’d like to thank all talented musicians who joined this experiment. It has been fun to work with you and thus, nice to meet you!

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The Verge Longplayer “Something you did not know”

Nadine — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:17:00 +0000

My internet band The Verge has finished their long player “Something you did not know”. Our album is an energetic blend of alternative rock, blues rock, pop and punk consisting of 12 songs about daily life. Now we’re coming to the best news: The Verge’s alternative rock long player is free of charge! You can listen to all songs on our SoundCloud and Reverbnation profile. If you’re a SoundCloud member, you can also download the songs for free. I’d like to thank Horace and ibzstrat for our long-term collaboration and the foundation of the band. While working with you, I have learned a lot about songwriting, mixing and mastering of handmade music. I hope, that The Verge will carry on for a long time. As band, we would like to thank The Witness, Martin S. and Martin B. for contributing on Open Ended Cue, Haunted and Smash. P.S. Our music is licensed under Creative Commons and is made for private, non-commercial use. Contact us, If you want to use it for broadcasts, videos, websites or commercial purposes. Thanks.

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