The
trademark The Celtic Lords has been the first to be
created and used. After a while, I've
decided to create a second trademark named Musica Canora for the purposes of
new songs that can be less personal, much more for distribution or as a brand
new commercial perspective. At first, I didn't imagine using other name than
The Celtic Lords. But the idea of using Musica Canora for exporting new
projects appeared to be the solution. Finally, for copyrights purposes, the
trademark named The Celtic Lords And Musica Canora Projects © has been registrated under the
certificate number ******, July 25th 19**, nature littary-musical, owner F.
R******** aka F. R. Lantz, by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
First
5 years ran under the Celtic
Lords, then came Musica
Canora. I've decided to split amongst all songs some of it and
include them into the appropriate brand name. This is why many songs appear
many years because they were at first just ideas to develop and became lately
different versions of the same songs which will finally be considered as
"finished" songs in 2003. The unfinished songs will be lately
remastered and in some cases, as old ideas from the past, incorporated into
new songs for 2004 or later.
The
year 1990 was productive; almost a song by
week during 3 months. But those songs were not good; this was the idea that I
did not develop as much as I should. Same for my skills... In this
regard, the equipment was largely responsible for the talent: a good sequencer
can make your coffee as well as playing all suitable channels in the same time
! But I was hardly capable of well quantizing... Well, I guess I had to start
somewhere !
In
1990's year I was using my stereo system, my only keyboard
S-10, no mic, nothing else than my attempts to bring a song to life ! I must
say that the result - which was sometimes horrifying - was pretty well
recorded, keeping in mind that I had nothing to work with. The vocals were not
developed at all; only singing with a plane voice, no harmonics - Jesus, how
to do this ?! - only giving the lyrics. These
lyrics were in English, German, Latin, and French.
I was recording a drum part with a keyboard part, then playing back the tape
with my stereo while I was singing and doing another keyboard track. At
the end, it became the song... A song a week ! Then later on...
Then in
1992, the first song mixed with a Fostex 280 consol, which I really enjoyed
having! I bought this 8 track - 4 stereo, and I can say that I was really
starting at this point ! Blind Vision became the first song to
be completed and mixed. I had a girl friend of mine (thanks Lucie!) who gave
me back vocals on this.
After
having done a couple of dumb things and ideas with a potential in it, I
may say that the good results of my songs today are mostly in the
arrangements. I consider myself much more as a sound manipulator and as a
composer. I'm not a performer.
The
equipment I had in all those years was mostly the same: drum
machine (TR-505), effect pedals, 8-track, electric guitar, bass (borrowed to a
friend), keyboard (Roland S-10, lately I got Roland Juno60) Kawai Midi Key
plugged into a Yamaha TG100, computer software as midi controler (Voyetra,
Cakewalk) and lately effects, digital mastering, digital recording with
softwares such as CubaseVST, etc. A good effect processor Yamaha Emp100 came
to give some extras. I would say today that I still don't need the latest
technology for making music; I just need to follow the basis of technology and
try to exploite all potential in a given instrument. Don't need to have the
latest full-equiped synth that can make you coffee while you're
singing...under your shower!
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