Hi All: I am working with Sean Eaton, a filmaker on a documentary on my life. He threw together a quick video to one of my songs for the bushman world harmonica contest. He even had an actor play me-due to us not being able to get together. It is a solo harmonica song of a somewhat off blue nature?? Walter
ps: it isn't too late to get in on the fun. You have till dec 31st to submit one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIc2CbCMKsQ
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walter tore's sponotbeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. Whats that mean dont get me wrong i like your work very professional setup ,but are you saying you have a million songs,i was doing some math on that and if you wrote a song a day it would take allmost 3000 years.Man take a break lol its probelly a misunderstanding on my part so i hope i dont affend you i have a steele plate in my head sometimes I's gets confussed
Hi Hobostubs Ashlock: I got a kick out of your post! I record over 300 full lenght cds a year in my studio, do about 50 gigs a year, dream with songs in them, daydream with songs in them....... Last year I recorded 30 cds in 18 days for the RPM challenge- achallenge to record a cd in a month. I took a day off and then did 16 more by the end of the month. This was while working full time and having a cold. I am currently off for christmas break (I am now a teacher), so with 2 weeks of free time, I have recorded about 20 cds and made a few videos. I don't write songs down. I make them up as I go along. All my performances and recording sessions are done this way. I have no idea what will come out. I just follow along.
My mother told me as soon as I could make sounds I was making up songs. I have been doing this for about 50 years. A million songs may be an exageration or understatement. I was born with the gift of drifting into other realities. I know this sounds crazy, but it is true. Often times when playing live, people will comment that I looked like an old man onstage and in the flesh a young one. I am getting to be an old man so maybe they will start seeing as a young man :). Stories come through me nonstop. I just am a channel for them. I literally walk into the songs and travel around the world and through time. This is a very addictive thing. When I close my eyes, stories unfold that are lifelike just like being there in the flesh. I become the song and when it ends I open my eyes and here I am back where the body of walter tore sits. I have said no to many offers from major music industry people to go with the normal flow of doing music. I just can't give up this addiction. I could care less about getting well known if it meant giving up spontobeat. I am in my own universe. That is one reason I belive the 1 man band came about. I never planned on being one. It just happened over time. Having my own studio coupled with being free of being dependent on other musicians to make music that satifies my soul has been a wonderful journey. Does this help explain things? Walter ---------- walter tore's sponotbeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing.
thats a lot of writing i can understand somewhat i played guitar for over 10 years and wrote 10 songs all i had, but i wont forget them then last year i got a 8 track and ive recorded over 80 songs but i can only perform about 6 of them right now as we speak,i wrote them and recorded them and went on,I gueess if i needed to work more into a set i could but i would have to go back and study it.but ive been having lots of new ideas and dont want to slow down right now.
I find going back a non issue because there is always an endless amount of songs right in front of us every second of the day. I call it life! Life is one continous song. People tend to get caught up in what has been declared the norm with most anything. For performing music this usually means rehearsing and following a lot of rules about time and chord changes. With writing songs if one compares what they are writing to songs by others, their song may never seem good enough. My songs are all good enough because they are an honest, unfiltered, reflection of those moments in time.
I am hearing songs right now as I type. I am mixing some songs I recorded this afternoon. I have figured different templates for each set up I do. It takes about 2-5 minutes to mix a song and turn it to a wave file for cds and then an mp3 for posting on the net. This is the longest part of my recording process. I wish it would go faster so I could spend more time playing/recording. I say dream big and follow them suckers! Walter ---------- walter tore's sponotbeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing.
i seen you have yours for sale,i would like to get better at recording and set them up for downloads that people can buy,but im not sure of what steps need to be taken to acomplish that.
all you have to do is check the box on soundclick when uploading them. I gave them away for the past 4 years, but figured what the heck. You can still listen to them for free. It has been a real intense journey learning about recording. I was computer illiterate but the drive to learn it got me through. THe times I spent in studios with tape, taught me alot that I was able to carry over. The ears are the key to good recordings IMO. I mix my songs to my liking. I started with one of those 20 doolar desktop panasonic recorders in the 60's and moved up to jamboxes. They both sounded like crap. Then I went to mini disc, adat, dat, and the computer. Mechanical things can always be figured out- like chords and riffs- but the soul is the one thing that is unique to each of us. Good luck with it. Walter ---------- walter tore's sponotbeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing.
check the site out. It is simple and free. ---------- walter tore's sponotbeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing.
It's too late for me to get out my low D. Is that bubbly sound on the low reeds a growl? You know, like snoring when breathing in? I've never tried it on reeds that low. Sounds great, though. ---------- YouTube SlimHarpMick a.k.a. HarmonicaMick
Hi mickil: Thanks for watching it. Is that a low D harp? I record so many songs I can't remember what is what. That sound is a rolling tongue, like "roll your r's" in espanol. I think I invented this lick- all by accident on that song. Walter ---------- walter tore's sponotbeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing.
Yeah, Walter. I had an A in my hand when I listened to it, and the 4 blow seemed to be the tonic. So I figured it must be cross harp on a low D. Thanks for that explanation. It's one of those sounds you hear and think, 'How the hell do you do that?' Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I heard that same kind of effect on some DeFord Bailey I downloaded from iTunes the other day. ---------- YouTube SlimHarpMick a.k.a. HarmonicaMick
darn, I thought I invented something :-) I think you are right on the low d. I have one. Here is another different sounding one I call "donald ducking the harp". I overdubbed the harp, doing drums and keys on the first take. I rarely overdub, but sometimes it hits me. I enjoy being able to use my hands on the harp. Walter
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7228374
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Hey, you know that the telephone was invented on both sides of the Atlantic by two different people at around the same time! ---------- YouTube SlimHarpMick a.k.a. HarmonicaMick
yeah but Deford preceeded me by a few :-) Walter ---------- walter tore's sponotbeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing.
hi germanharpist: Thanks. I hope you aren't disapointed when you listen. I am a simple player. Walter ---------- walter tore's sponotbeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing.
The way you play rack harp is amazing, Walter. I find just learning throat tremolo is hard. You have the whole repertoire of effects that hand-cupping players have, but with no hands. Not to mention that on top of that, you're playing drums and guitar at the same time! I was going to ask if you've been on TV - but thought I'd just YouTube first. TV Special:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPfohHgqs-k Amazing!
Hi Gwythion: Thanks for the compliment! I wish this net thing was around when I was playing full time. I could never crack through the music business hierarchy with my spontobeat concept. Back then if you weren't on stage, no one heard you. When I did gigs people generally liked it, but with no promo machine behind spontobeat, it was real hard sell getting in the door. Now I am able to share my music around the world without having to clear it with the big wigs. This is very moving after so many years of pure hellish struggle.
mickil: thanks for posting the video! I still can't belive NBC hired me to do a totally spontaneous soundtrack for a thanksgiving tv special. Walter
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