Elephant Flatulence

[billg]

While all of the rest of you were probably doing something constructive today, I learned that I can make a fretless bass sound like a slide trombone. Now why would I want to do this you ask? I don't know. But I could make some really cool fart sounds (and everybody thinks farts are funny even if they don't want to admit it.) So I laid this down. I was going for something that could be used for a "drunken walk home" kind of comedic situation. Anyway, I thought it was funny . . . might make you smile. For right now I call it Elephant Flatulence. Is it funny?http://www.billgaunce.com/song/102

[jonathanm]

Nice, Bill. Mancini has his "Baby Elephant Walk", and, well, you've covered the rest. Nice groove. Is that Addictive Drums you're still using? Sweet job overall.

[matthoggard]

Ok BIll,Put the bong down!! I love this. It really reminds me of some of the bed music to the old Fat Albert cartoons.How the heck did you get it to sound like that? I played bass for many years and this blows me away.Your flatulence is amazing sir!M~

[davekershaw]

Well Bill, I gotta say, I'm about as offended by this as I was Paul's"Gassy Rudolph". Some of us suffer from excess gas, and it ain't no joke I can tell you! We don't need ridicule, we need sympathy - especially when we're in elevators!Having said that, this was awesome!

[davekershaw]

Quote: Not sure I would have gotten the flatulence thing without the song title or your explanation, but once you listen for it .. yeah, you hear it. lolYou obviously don't have excess gas Dean.If you did, you'd soon recognise that sound! Hey and Bill, why "Elephant"? Lots'a humans make sounds like that!

[davekershaw]

Dec 18, 2008, 3:31am, feaker wrote:billThere is a place for this. I will put my thinking cap on today and get back to ya.DaveyYup, ruddy could have used some of those accents. BTW my grandkids call me "master blaster":) Yeah, team Rudolph up with that Elephant and you've got a hit!

[devin]

Dec 17, 2008, 10:24pm, wta wrote: Am I the only one who feels slightly violated? Did your dad ever play the fart game with you (I"m still trying to get that smell out head? Now it's BillG, I WILL need counseling now for sure... '-) wtaHe's YOUR bass player. YOU talk to him! And do it quick...the groupies are starting to talk to the opening act instead....Us guys running security for IXAT can only do so much, you know!

[jonathanm]

Just wondering how you got the bass to pull your finger that many times.

[zoom]

Dec 18, 2008, 6:02am, billg wrote:You people are cracking me up!I'm taking pre-orders for a bass stomp box I'm working on that emulates that sound . . . BOSS has offered me BIG bucks for my secret . . . Think I'm gonna call it THE BUTT SCREAMER.Seems like I remember another thread not to long ago with something similiar . . . Mmmmm, I'd better go talk to my lawyer! Actually.... you should call it the Cheese Cutter! Great track for comedy Bill... definitely has a Fat Albert ring to it. I'll suggest a couple of little things for this one.... first, your drums might need to take a back seat in the mix -- less of the overhead mic would be good too, as the splashy hat is a little much for me, and it doesn't really sound like it's in the same room as the rest of the instruments. I've found that to be true for most every song I've recorded with EZD. To showcase the bass more, I'd stick with more simple patterns and fills... or perhaps a longer version of the track where you can switch it up to give the editors more options.Another thing might be to throw an exciter on the lead bass to give the tone some more punch. It's a great sound, and should have a big bright spotlight on it!Again, nice work.... you've definitely got something very cool here!

[wta]

Dec 18, 2008, 5:32am, devin wrote:Dec 17, 2008, 10:24pm, wta wrote: Am I the only one who feels slightly violated? Did your dad ever play the fart game with you (I"m still trying to get that smell out head? Now it's BillG, I WILL need counseling now for sure... '-) wtaHe's YOUR bass player. YOU talk to him! And do it quick...the groupies are starting to talk to the opening act instead....Us guys running security for IXAT can only do so much, you know! Billy, babe the whole world is calling me with this gas thing! They're going to cancel our world tour and replace us with Tiny Tim.