Monday, July 8, 2013

(Pronounced 'Vo͝or-'ōls)


 This evening, I decided to clarify the pronunciation of The Voorholes.
It is pronounced 'Vo͝or-'ōls. The 'h' of 'Voorh' is silent.
Perhaps it is somewhat reminiscent of a 1950's Doo-wop group or a 1960's British popular music group such as The Tremeloes


A recording project is slowly under way.
As I sit here and compose a few tracks, there is a sizable amount of copying and pasting of musical passages.
It is not a bad idea to sound out whatever one can from musical instruments and signal processing, it just takes a while.
At times, it is much easier to release material without hesitation if there is a known comparable style in the past, a strong knowledge in post World War II popular music can be advantageous.

These recordings that will eventually be part of an album:


‘When Our Children Are Grown and Tell’
The Voorholes 2013


This is the first recording that I used a 4 string bass with a 
capo clamped on the strings, 
I played it as a three string bass, 
the lowest string was played singularly and, 
the other strings were played as double strings. 



‘Forced Into Isolation by the Will of Another’
The Voorholes 2013


A fun song for all!!



 ‘The Constant Sorrow of Gravity’s Downward Situation’
The Voorholes 2013

The song was too long so, I slowly increased the speed of the entire playback in the last 2/3rds of the song.
Another option would be to only change the speed of one or several tracks; I was tired.
It all is simply a matter of experimentation.