"Embrace The Drone"

S-s-s-s-southbound pachyderm anyone?
Droning is indeed almost hypnotising.

Thanks for the cool vid Andrew, much appreciated!
 
Thanks Andy, nice stuff! I couldn't help but think about The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden when you started with your major harmonic ideas. :-)
 
...and while you 're talking about meditation and hypnotizing effect... I couldn't help but (yet again) think about the hymns chanted in Orthodox Christian churches (the major religion in Greece). This musical pattern of a deep (bass!) background voice keeping a steady tone while the foreground voice is moving melodically is very characteristic. :-)

[video=youtube;MmH0Ntc1aAU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmH0Ntc1aAU[/video]

...and yet again, while you 're talking about dissonance and "weird tones" being useful, in this specific context, the chant is based in various odd musical modes that are pretty foreign to most contemporary modern music. They sound very strange and interesting. And moreover, the voice is not restrained to the tones of the mode used, but move freely between them with all kinds of embellishments throughout. Not very familiar with the strict technical details but that's roughly what's happening. :-)
 
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I love the drone. I first started messing with it after watching a video of Flea demonstrating something. I have a few little things that I rip down the fretboard now and then. It's definitely a good and fun sound to play around with.
 
Cool stuff everyone thanks for sharing!! Yes the drone is minimalistic by definition but to me is very powerful, seems the longer I play into the drone, the cooler it gets. It's a bit hard when making a video, because I'm not really "free" my mind still not 100% clear. I'm thinking about the time and the sound and so on. But in private practice it is awesome for relaxation and some real nirvana can be reached.
 
Hey Andy - welcome to the forum! Thanks for dropping by and sharing.

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Thanks Andy,

I'll do some droning meditation right now, thanks for the tip :-)
 
Hey Andy,
I love you yt-channel! You really do a great job there, gives me a lot of inspiration.
And about the drone. That...
Andy Irvine Bassist said:
it is awesome for relaxation and some real nirvana can be reached.
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...I can approve 100%. Definitely a meditative thing for lonely saturday evenings and what not =)

cheers!
J.S.E.
 
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