Click on the thumbnail to view a printable cd sleeve.- Title: Battle of the E-Bands
- Artist: Tripecac
- Timespan: 2021-2023
- Theme: competition
- Length: 77:53
- Tracks: 11
- Lyrics: 4
- MP3s: 11 play all locally
- Rating: (none) rate this album
Track List
| # | title | lyrics | time | download | listen | started | recorded | rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Battle Theme | lyrics | 3:44 | download | listen locally | 2021-03-15 | 2021-05-31 | (none) |
| 2 | Frizzle | lyrics | 8:04 | download | listen locally | 2021-06-14 | 2021-09-13 | (none) |
| 3 | Give It Up | lyrics | 6:00 | download | listen locally | 2021-09-27 | 2021-10-25 | (none) |
| 4 | Foster Cat | - | 5:20 | download | listen locally | 2021-11-01 | 2021-11-29 | (none) |
| 5 | Dud End | - | 11:47 | download | listen locally | 2021-12-07 | 2021-12-08 | (none) |
| 6 | Glass Battle | - | 8:04 | download | listen locally | 2021-12-09 | 2021-12-13 | (none) |
| 7 | Tock Tick | - | 5:19 | download | listen locally | 2021-12-20 | 2022-04-12 | (none) |
| 8 | Back At It | - | 8:12 | download | listen locally | 2022-09-19 | 2023-04-29 | (none) |
| 9 | Roosty | - | 5:45 | download | listen locally | 2023-04-30 | 2023-06-03 | (none) |
| 10 | Thymeless | lyrics | 11:18 | download | listen locally | 2023-06-08 | 2023-07-23 | (none) |
| 11 | Tite | - | 4:20 | download | listen locally | 2023-03-25 | 2023-08-27 | (none) |
| Total | 77:53 | play all locally | album rating: | (none) | ||||
Notes
This is my current project.
Songs
Battle Theme
- Battle of the E-Bands track 1
- started: 2021-03-15
- recorded: 2021-05-31
- length: 3:44
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5, vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
It took me forever to finish this because I kept losing Mondays to school holidays and sick girls. By the time I finally had time, I'd lost any interest in polishing it, so it comes out a bit rough. At least it's short. And it's supposed to sound "live" and amateurish. So I guess it's not a complete disaster.
Lyrics to "Battle Theme":
ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the battle of the e-bands ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the battle of the e-bands ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the battle of the e-bands all right everybody give it up all right everybody give it up all right everybody give it up all right come on now everybody give it up e-bands everybody give it up for the e-bands everybody give it up for the e-bands everybody give it up for the e-bands [etc]
Frizzle
- Battle of the E-Bands track 2
- started: 2021-06-14
- recorded: 2021-09-13
- length: 8:04
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5, vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
This is the first "band" to participate in the "battle". It's pretty bad. I'd like to pretend that the lameness is intentional. But it's not. I just had interruption after interruption and never got a decent idea together. It took almost 3 months to finish it. Not that it shows.
Lyrics to "Frizzle":
i am feeling a bit nervous
i'm feeling really nervous
standing up here in front of you all
standing trembling in front of this very large audience
you feel empathically embarassed
you, i assume, i actually can't sense your
while partially hoping that i'll have a great fall
like humpty dumpty
we are connected
are connected
through the tension in the air
tension, these backup vocals really suck
we should be allies
we we we we we allies axis allies
should try to play with each other in a way that's fair
hmm oh god these lyrics really bite
but now i am feeling a bit more confident
i'm starting to move my hips as i sing these brilliant words
and while you - you're smelling a bit flatulent
yes you are
pretending that your neighbor did it and not you
who dealt it well you smelt it, i smelt it too guess what i dealt it too
so we - we are connected
we we we we connected
with the methane swirls circling through the air
swirls huh oh god stifling air this band sucks
yeah yeah yeah
ok i'll get off the mike
all right about time
oh god i thought this band was done
fine here we go again
hello everybody
the lyrics previously expressed
don't necessarily represent
the viewpoint of everybody up here on stage
but this fancy organ solo does
fancy organ solo here i go
fancy organ solo here i go
the fanciest moment of the show
fancy fancy fancy eskimo
i am so proud does it show
fancy fancy fancy in the snow
really should have written some words at home
improvisation doesn't come naturally
to somebody as dimwitted as me
oh gosh
i have trouble lyricing and speaking at the same time
oh god what happened
i will perseverse with my organ solo
i just hope they do not kick me off the show
i hope they do not see inside my thought bubble, bubble, bubble
thought bubble bubble bubble
woah what happened to that really fancy guitar
technical difficulties
we're stuck with drum and bass
oh yes this is representative of drum and bass
and bass and bass and bass and bass and bass and bass
it numbs my face
has anyone found the power cord to their amps?
i agree
has anyone found the power cord to our amps?
we need those amps unplugged
our organ player is zoning out
and so is the audience
i think they zoned out long ago
it is time for a new band
all right give a hand to frizzle
all right next band
um. come on frizzle
hey, you need to give the other bands a chance
come on now, stop playing
just stop playing
your song isn't all that good
i mean it's actually kind of bad
i mean i don't want to be impolite
but your song is like something i stepped in on the way home
so please, step off the stage
now, it is time for you to go
oh god, that organ player
here he goes again
is he deaf? i said get off
hey organ player, are you deaf?
i think he is
ok new rule
no deaf musicians are allowed to play in this battle of the bands
it's just, it's too time consuming and patience consuming
can you abide by that rule?
hello?
ugh, finally
Give It Up
- Battle of the E-Bands track 3
- started: 2021-09-27
- recorded: 2021-10-25
- length: 6:00
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 6, vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
This sounds like some forgettable test from 15+ years ago. I tried to make it sound like the Anchovies but it completely flopped. Oh well. Flops are all part of the "plot" of this album, right? So it's justified. Right???
Lyrics to "Give It Up":
give it up give it up give it up give it up for the give it up give it up give it up give it up for the anchovies just give give it up just give give it up and i'm not talking about your day job you definitely don't want to give that up and i'm not talking about your day job you better keep your day job and i'm not talking about your day job definitely not talking about your day job so you wanna give it up you wanna give it up you wanna give it up you wanna give it up you wanna give it up you wanna give it up you wanna give it up you wanna give it up your job either way you wanna give it up you wanna give it up you wanna give it up you wanna give it up next
Foster Cat
- Battle of the E-Bands track 4
- started: 2021-11-01
- recorded: 2021-11-29
- length: 5:20
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5, Dimension Pro
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
I tried to make this jazzy instrumental sound like a wild live version of IPECAC. The energy is good but it lacks polish. And writing. And the sax solo was so sloppy I ended up naming this after a certain other sax player! ;)
Dud End
- Battle of the E-Bands track 5
- started: 2021-12-07
- recorded: 2021-12-08
- length: 11:47
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
Here it is December and I'm nowhere close to done with the album. So I need something long. And something I can finish off quickly. This means the old standby: jazzy reggae groove. Yep, I'm keeping it simple, stupid.
I thought it was going to be a dud when I named it. But it ended up not as bad as I thought. Or did it? It's all a whirlwind in my head right now, since I finished it in 2 days. I need to give it some time to evaluate it properly. So do you. A few dozen listens oughta do it.
Glass Battle
- Battle of the E-Bands track 6
- started: 2021-12-09
- recorded: 2021-12-13
- length: 8:04
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
Denali had a dream last night about people throwing glasses at each other. Someone refered to it as a "glass battle".
I liked the name.
So I took the name.
Whatcha gonna do about it?
Wanna fight me for it?
I got a whole stack of glass right here.
Tock Tick
- Battle of the E-Bands track 7
- started: 2021-12-20
- recorded: 2022-04-12
- length: 5:19
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 5
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
Time ran out for this one.
I started in December 2021, but I was too busy to finish it by the end of the year. This was the first year since 2000 that I didn't finish an album. Oh well.
I didn't resume work on the song until I got a new computer in March 2022. And that was just to get the instrument sorted. I didn't really start doing any editing until April. So sheesh, it took almost 5 months to finish this song!
Was it worth the wait?
Ha. Very funny.
Back At It
- Battle of the E-Bands track 8
- started: 2022-09-19
- recorded: 2023-04-29
- length: 8:12
- Travis Emmitt - Cakewalk by BandLab, Kontakt 7
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
Don't laugh, but this song took me more than 7 months to finish! Well, it's not like I worked on it every day. Or every month.
But, well... at least it's done. An 8 minute jam, somewhat aimless and poorly mixed, but with hopefully some nice moments. Like all my music!
Technical note: this is the first song I finished with Cakewalk by BandLab (the free successor to Sonar), and the first with Kontakt 7 (which came with Komplete 14). Not that it made any difference to the quality!
Nothing does, except luck! Well, that and practice. But who has time for that???
Roosty
- Battle of the E-Bands track 9
- started: 2023-04-30
- recorded: 2023-06-03
- length: 5:45
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 7
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
Rusty.
Get it?
Yeah, the music is about that clever too.
The one salvation is the horn part, which I added as an afterthought.
Actually most of my music is an afterthought.
Or an afterwhim.
Or an aftermistake.
Take your pick!
Anyway, I've now finished 2 songs this year, which is already more than last year! Hooray!
Thymeless
- Battle of the E-Bands track 10
- started: 2023-06-08
- recorded: 2023-07-23
- length: 11:18
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 7, vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
This song was a bit of a mess, starting as a vocal improv and then turning into a solo-ridden jam. It was so long that I decided to have it be the closer for the (ahem) "concert". So I added the announcer at the end (bookending the first song). The announcer thanks the audience and then tells them they can leave. And then, at the very end, there's a twist...
Lyrics to "Thymeless":
i have no thyme no thyme at all i have no thyme no thyme at all ... thyme grows on the rocks but i've no rocks at all thyme grows on rocks but i've no rocks at all ... it's thyme to rock i can't rock at all it's thyme to rock i can't rock at all i wanna thank you for coming out today to listen to our little battle sorry it took over 2 years to finish and it kind sucked well that's what you get when you feature a bunch of highschool level talent no offense to all the, um, actually talented highschoolers out there well, i guess i just wasn't one of them well anyway so you are all now free to go you can leave via the designated exits as opposed to the entrances don't leave by those or you'll be forever stuck here listening to this sh__ ok so... just go see ya next year or next decade or however long it takes us slash me to finish this ahh oh yeah thank you thank you okay, are they gone? yeah? ok good well now that i have this place to myself and no one's listening and there's all this gear set up well, i can, um, just try out a little idea that's been rolling around my head... and no it's not asmr, i promise i promise
Tite
- Battle of the E-Bands track 11
- started: 2023-03-25
- recorded: 2023-08-27
- length: 4:20
- Travis Emmitt - Kontakt 7
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
I started this back when I was also working on "Back At It". I think I was getting tired of the other song and decided to start a peppier one, which I decided would be the "encore" so that the album could finish on an uplifting note.
So here it is, the final song in the album that took me 2.5 years to finish! Wayyy too long IMO, but at least I'm done and can move on from it.