Posted on Oktober 31, 2010 von lars_alexander
traurig nicht wahr (sad not true)
I recorded a so called Crap Art album (Album-A-Day) in a spontaneous session that took about an hour. Duration of the album is 35 minutes.
Both guitar playing, and vocals are improvised. There are 10 tracks, 6 of which feature improvised lyrics (AutoPoetry).
When I started the croon papillon project I had some real crooning in mind, but recorded instrumentals only. This album does not feature the kind of vocals I had in mind, rather they are raw, and way down the abyss. They fit the lyrics well, I guess. So, I gotta do some real crooning another time – I’ve been singing that deeply melancholic “Our Love is Easy” by Melody Gardot quite a lot recently …
The whole EP was recorded and “produced” in about 12 hours: recordings, some minor mixing, WAV/MP3 encoding, album cover art, liner notes and the transcripition of the lyrics. They are improvised, so even I had to listen again to get what I made up there 
Enjoy the music, and sing your own song!
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Posted on September 26, 2009 von lars_alexander
There is a new croon papillon track on MySpace.
It’s called whistle and features my out-of-tune vintage Framus acoustic guitar and some whistling.
Both guitar playing and whistling are first-take improvisation including mistakes and all. I listened to the guitar track twice before I recorded the whistling.
I’ve got to get back to those recordings and do a proper composition based upon the tracks.
If you’re interested in some form of collaboration feel free to contact me.
Enjoy a peaceful autumn and take care!
-croon papillon
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Posted on Juli 6, 2009 von lars_alexander
Today I played and recorded an improvisation on an acoustic guitar I bought at a flea market. It’s a vintage Framus folk guitar with broken machine-heads. Since one them wouldn’t budge anymore I tuned all strings according to one.
I recorded the guitar with an Audio Technica AT2020 into the Steinberg MI4-System and added some reverb in Cubase.
You can listen to the track here: croon papillon @ MySpace.
Listen and relax to it!
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Posted on Juli 5, 2009 von lars_alexander
Welcome to croon papillon!
croon papillon is a music project to explore the connections and context of improvisation and composition.
Enjoy the music, download and share!
Play, record and share your own music!
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