Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Smiths Project

So this lovely gal Janice Whaley came up with a wonderfully strange and crazy scheme to remake every Smiths song a cappella within one year. Here is "You Just Haven't Earned it Yet Baby", one of my FAVORITE Smiths songs and you know what... I love it. I love the Smiths, I love Morrissey and now I love Janice Whaley! Brilliant.

You have to check out her other covers. "Vicar in a Tutu" is great! etc... it's incredible that every voice is hers, complete with beatboxing! Did I say how much I love this?

www.thesmithsproject.blogspot.com/

"The music contains no instruments- everything you hear was made using only my voice and basic effects/editing techniques. I use pitch-shift to drop my voice down for bass lines, but otherwise there is no pitch correction involved. Each song contains anywhere between 30-50 layers of vocals and take as many hours to complete over several months. I worked on many songs at once as inspiration struck and time allowed.

The goal was to complete the entire catalog of original Smiths songs by the end of 2010. It was one of the most challenging experiences of my life and I am thrilled to say that I completed my goal- ahead of schedule! This would have been a daunting project just for the music alone, but I was also fitting the music time in around parenting, working, commuting, etc. It was a true labor of love to give up every ounce of free time for a year but it was the best thing I've ever done. Thank you for visiting my personal tribute to The Smiths and for cheering me on."



IS IT REALLY SO STRANGE?????


1 comment:

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