trade winds

wow. no excuses. long time since the last release of a tradewinds track. as our lives all get busier, it gets trickier and trickier to set aside time for these little, experimental projects. but wow…. they are fun to make. this latest track is a collaboration between max floatation and myself, first started nearly a year ago. i love the vocals on this track – you just have to listen to see what i mean. we’re pretty happy with the final version of this track, especially considering that it bounced back and forth through cyberspace a total of six times during its making.

we hope that you enjoy.

chez.

here’s a new tradewinds track created by max floatation, chez
jonesy, and new tradewinds artist, ‘the time being’. this track
started with a solid drum track, and built up from there into a
really interesting piece of music. i’m always amazed at how the
process works, and at the side-winder like path a track takes
along it’s way to completion. the wide range of instruments makes
this final product especially intersting to me.

make more music.

chez.

this track started out with nothing more than a beat for a seed
track from max. and a nice beat, at that. from there, all hell
broke loose. you’ll hear a wide array of electric guitars, synths,
blips, blops, and samples in this one. we had four (4)
participants in on this one: max, his brother lars, myself, and
the newest member of the trade winds project, emoil (mayor of
boomcity). check out his town site here. the result of this
collaboration is, i think, the best example of how to assemble
songs over the net. great diversity of ideas and instruments, and
an interesting and enjoyable final product. take a wisten…

chez.

after nearly a year without a new ‘tradewinds’ track, i’m pleased
to announce that the project is back on the wagon with another
offering. max floatation and i have been noodling with this one
for the last few months, and we finally feel like we have the mix
about the way we like it. it’s the same old story with these
things… how much tinkering can you put into it before you say
“ok, that’s enough. let’s stop there?”

please have a listen. all in all, we’re both excited about the
track, and would love to know if you like it.

keep making music.

chez.

here’s another installment in the trade winds project. this time,
three participants. max floatation, his brother lars, and myself.
this time again, it started with a great guitar lick that max laid
down (heard in the intro). lars then jumped in with a FANTASTIC
beat. a few synth layers, an ebow guitar layer, a rolling bass,
and even a vocoder round out the rest of this track. take a
listen… it sounds really cool.

chez.

this is the first ‘trade winds’ track of all. collaborators on
this song were max floatation and myself. the track started out
with a nice guitar riff that max had recorded. from there, some
more guitars, synths, and even a piano were added. there were
about five back-and-forths on this one, and the final result is a
pretty little thing. max recorded from victoria, and i recorded
from vancouver. truly a long distance affair. hope you like.

chez