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SKG Hunting Of The Snark (expanded)

by SKG

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Landing 12:11
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2.
Speech 04:02
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Tale 05:16
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4.
Hunting 09:18
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5.
Lesson 05:10
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Dreaming 07:09
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7.
Fate 04:24
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8.
Vanishing 08:59
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Expanded version -- parts 2, 3, 5 and 7 added and all placed in new order

ALynn commented:

I've been listening to bits and pieces but I didn't want to comment until I had a chance to listen in one sitting and after doing a little research on Lewis Carroll's poem.

Landing - Energetic rhythm building with layers - keys, guitar and brass all lending themselves to an interplay or dialogue until it all comes to a "the place for a snark". There is a sense of anticipation; a relentless movement forward to whatever adventure lies ahead. The chords repeating three times several times at the end keep that momentum going even as this section comes to an end.

Hunting - sets us in an ethereal landscape with some distant drums bringing us to a very active bass riff that sets the pace for this hunt. Then it leaves us perhaps wandering and searching with the quieter flute section before some the bass starts its move forward again. Some real contrast happens in this hunt in moods and textures.

Dreaming - The interplay of drums and percussion is really terrific. The flute and string melody harmony is really nice - possibly the most lyrical, melodic part in this drama. Bells, steel drums all add a lot of color to this section.

Vanishing - This movement picks up momentum again with a great riff. This may be my personal favorite because I love the interplay of piano with that driving bass. And it sets us up for the 'confusion' about the Snark that clearly comes through with the voices overlapping and echoing. And then it seemed to me that the mood became rather light-hearted after that so maybe the Snark vanishing is a good thing :-) Maybe the hunt was necessary but the vanishing is a relief. I'm not sure as I haven't read the poem and can only guess what it might mean. But I didn't think the Vanishing left us frustrated and struggling with the impossibilities. I think it left us OK. Ready for the next adventure maybe?

Very creative adventure in all. Nice contrast between the movements with very nice instrument choices and interplay between them. I didn't notice any real stars - somehow all the 'characters' of the instruments took their turns and worked together really well - maybe like all the B characters of the poem? Again, I don't know the characters of the poem and whether that comment makes any sense at all. But musically, it was convincing, energetic with many layers that deserve further exploration - a musically epic drama unfolding for all who may be hunting their own snark!

In the first quarter of 2021 the 'missing' sections of the whole story got produced. So now here is the full eight part extravaganza ...

Additional comments from April 2021:

APi: Top of the list is Lesson, very pleasantly rocking and surprising with its Indian middle part.
SKG: The indian part came first. It’s something in 9/8. Took the ‘melody’ and used it in 4/4 for the guitar sections.
Alynn: Interesting way to interweave the Indian sounds within 4/4 guitar....Adds very interesting sound and flavor to it. I really like how this comes together...very nice! My favorite part is where the flute enters and sits just beautifully in the mix.

APi: Tale draws its charm from the lengthy drum soloing, even answering the cowbell question.
SKG: If you look at the original name of that section in the poem it is called ‘Bakers Tale’. So I thought to use the ghost of my old friend Ginger Baker and his licks on ’Tales of Brave Ulysses’ as the base here. Didn’t try to be close or far from the original, just had some fun with it.
Alynn: The fun comes out in this one right away....upbeat and ...did I hear cowbells?!!!... Too funny Stephan!! Now I'll never hear your Tale without thinking of that SNL clip. Can't have too much of those cowbells after all...or humor!!

APi: Speech tends to get a bit too repetive in its second half -sorry-.
SKG: … and so do many speeches … don’t they???
Alynn: On the other hand, the repetition of that theme holds the whole thing together...I think very effectively with all the sonically creative stuff happening throughout.

APi: Fate comes close to Lesson in attractiveness, the buildup character is well placed through the whole track.
SKG: This starts with a bad and a good theme. and develops it from there. The Synth arpeggiator merges it all together into what we find in life. Or so …
Alynn: Sure; I assume sales will go through the roof. Grammy is next. I do think a little synopsis of these ideas ....like your ideas behind Fate are a benefit to those thousands of fans getting ready to join the hunt with you!!

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released April 15, 2021

released April 15, 2021

All tracks composed by Stephan Gipp (SKG)
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APi Vollersode, Germany

Making music since age 8, guitar at 15, starting a band (mainly bass). Doing many genres, slightly biased towards prog rock [see www.ZeltaZonk.de].
Created tracks with many instruments to analogue tapes. Digital music editing started in mid 2000s, the DAW in 2018. Tapes got reworked. Since then new tracks are created. Since 2020 he works with co-musicians and publishes them. ... more

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