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MAC QUAYLE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS
A little while ago, NewOrderOnline members were asked to send their questions to Mac Quayle, long time New Order collaborator and mixer/producer of the bonus track on the US version of Waiting For The Sirens' Call due by the end of April.
So here they are:
From Robert Monday, North Carolina, U.S.A.: (about Guilt is a Useless Emotion) So, how much of a difference can we expect? What are the stand out differences? New vocals sections? More guitar maybe? Just basic curiousity.
MQ: My version is very different than Stuart’s – a lot more aggressive, more guitars, more Hooky – I think the vocals are pretty much the same though.
You can visit Mac Quayle's website at http://www.macquayle.com
See the rest of the Q&A sessions by clicking more, and you can preview the Mac Quayle vocal mix of Guilt Is A Useless Emotion by going to the [innerurl=http://www.neworderonline.com/Music/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=129]discography page.[/innerurl]
So here they are:
From Robert Monday, North Carolina, U.S.A.: (about Guilt is a Useless Emotion) So, how much of a difference can we expect? What are the stand out differences? New vocals sections? More guitar maybe? Just basic curiousity.
MQ: My version is very different than Stuart’s – a lot more aggressive, more guitars, more Hooky – I think the vocals are pretty much the same though.
You can visit Mac Quayle's website at http://www.macquayle.com
See the rest of the Q&A sessions by clicking more, and you can preview the Mac Quayle vocal mix of Guilt Is A Useless Emotion by going to the [innerurl=http://www.neworderonline.com/Music/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=129]discography page.[/innerurl]
A little while ago, NewOrderOnline members were asked to send their questions to Mac Quayle, long time New Order collaborator and mixer/producer of the bonus track on the US version of Waiting For The Sirens' Call due by the end of April.
So here they are:
From Robert Monday, North Carolina, U.S.A.: (about Guilt is a Useless Emotion) So, how much of a difference can we expect? What are the stand out differences? New vocals sections? More guitar maybe? Just basic curiousity.
MQ: My version is very different than Stuart’s – a lot more aggressive, more guitars, more Hooky – I think the vocals are pretty much the same though.
From Depthcharge, Australia:
1. Can you tell us about the evolution of Guilt is a Useless Emotion? I read somewhere that it was a long process that went several different directions. When did you work on it and when did Stuart Price work on it? How does your mix sound compared to his?
MQ: When I got involved with Guilt there had already been one version done by the band and a second done by another producer. My first attempt was the song’s third incarnation but we didn’t feel it was right yet so I did yet another version which is the one being released. Stuart’s track makes five different takes on the song that I know about!
2. Can you offer any insight into the way New Order work in the studio? Specifically regarding their creative process, personalities, attributes, etc.
MQ: These guys have been doing this for a really long time and I definitely got a real sense of family working with them. Everyone has their role and knows how to do it well. The songs on this album were written and produced in a variety of ways, from jamming together as a band everything live to individuals working on computers and sequencers. At one point I think we had 2 main studios and 4 smaller workstations going at once. They tend to be really meticulus, spending a lot of time getting things just so, which is how I like to work as well so we got along well. As far as personality goes they are all extremely funny and kept me laughing the whole way through, although don’t turn your back on them they like to play jokes!
3. Can you tell us what exactly you have worked on with NO in the past, your discography mentions involvement on remixes of Love Will Tear Us Apart, 1963, Confusion as well as tracks with Electronic.
MQ: I have to credit my involvement with New Order to Arthur Baker, I worked with him on those early remixes and he also brought me in to work with Bernard and Johnny on Twisted Tenderness. Up until Guilt my contribution had been as a keyboard player and programmer and I also contributed to a few other tracks on Sirens that Stephen Street produced.
4. It sounds like you were involved in the some really exciting phases of dance music, it must have been awesome working NYC in the late 80s with Arthur Baker, Morales, Vega, etc.
MQ: Yeah it was a cool time. Exciting for me cause I was just getting started and all of a sudden I did one session that led to another and another and next thing I knew I was working on all of these records. Hearing my work in a club for the first time was awesome...
From Andrew Morrison, Portsmouth, U.K. : To the best of your knowledge, is this US bonus track going to be an additional track on a future CD single in the UK (along with the Japanese bonus track version of Krafty), or am I going to have to buy 'Waiting For The Sirens' Call' in three different versions at vast expense to keep my New Order collection complete???
MQ: That is a question for the record label! I just make the music, they package it.
From Sébastien Boisvert, Montreal, QC, Canada :
1. If New Order were to ask you to re-work/revamp some of their older songs, to give them a more "actual" sound, would you do it? If yes, are there any particular tracks you would like to work on?
MQ: I have always loved some of those early tracks like Temptation and Everything’s Gone Green and could see doing something fun with those.
2. I'm amazed by all the remixed and production work you've done. What else are you working on at the moment ?
MQ: I’ve just completed a remix for another English act, Mama Razzi, the song is called “As I Kiss You”, and a production with LA based dance artist Colton Ford, “Got Your Vibe (In Me)”. Soon I will be starting my first score for a new independent film, “God’s Forgotten House”.
You can visit Mac Quayle's website at http://www.macquayle.com
You can preview the Mac Quayle vocal mix of Guilt Is A Useless Emotion by going to the [innerurl=http://www.neworderonline.com/Music/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=129]discography page.[/innerurl]
So here they are:
From Robert Monday, North Carolina, U.S.A.: (about Guilt is a Useless Emotion) So, how much of a difference can we expect? What are the stand out differences? New vocals sections? More guitar maybe? Just basic curiousity.
MQ: My version is very different than Stuart’s – a lot more aggressive, more guitars, more Hooky – I think the vocals are pretty much the same though.
From Depthcharge, Australia:
1. Can you tell us about the evolution of Guilt is a Useless Emotion? I read somewhere that it was a long process that went several different directions. When did you work on it and when did Stuart Price work on it? How does your mix sound compared to his?
MQ: When I got involved with Guilt there had already been one version done by the band and a second done by another producer. My first attempt was the song’s third incarnation but we didn’t feel it was right yet so I did yet another version which is the one being released. Stuart’s track makes five different takes on the song that I know about!
2. Can you offer any insight into the way New Order work in the studio? Specifically regarding their creative process, personalities, attributes, etc.
MQ: These guys have been doing this for a really long time and I definitely got a real sense of family working with them. Everyone has their role and knows how to do it well. The songs on this album were written and produced in a variety of ways, from jamming together as a band everything live to individuals working on computers and sequencers. At one point I think we had 2 main studios and 4 smaller workstations going at once. They tend to be really meticulus, spending a lot of time getting things just so, which is how I like to work as well so we got along well. As far as personality goes they are all extremely funny and kept me laughing the whole way through, although don’t turn your back on them they like to play jokes!
3. Can you tell us what exactly you have worked on with NO in the past, your discography mentions involvement on remixes of Love Will Tear Us Apart, 1963, Confusion as well as tracks with Electronic.
MQ: I have to credit my involvement with New Order to Arthur Baker, I worked with him on those early remixes and he also brought me in to work with Bernard and Johnny on Twisted Tenderness. Up until Guilt my contribution had been as a keyboard player and programmer and I also contributed to a few other tracks on Sirens that Stephen Street produced.
4. It sounds like you were involved in the some really exciting phases of dance music, it must have been awesome working NYC in the late 80s with Arthur Baker, Morales, Vega, etc.
MQ: Yeah it was a cool time. Exciting for me cause I was just getting started and all of a sudden I did one session that led to another and another and next thing I knew I was working on all of these records. Hearing my work in a club for the first time was awesome...
From Andrew Morrison, Portsmouth, U.K. : To the best of your knowledge, is this US bonus track going to be an additional track on a future CD single in the UK (along with the Japanese bonus track version of Krafty), or am I going to have to buy 'Waiting For The Sirens' Call' in three different versions at vast expense to keep my New Order collection complete???
MQ: That is a question for the record label! I just make the music, they package it.
From Sébastien Boisvert, Montreal, QC, Canada :
1. If New Order were to ask you to re-work/revamp some of their older songs, to give them a more "actual" sound, would you do it? If yes, are there any particular tracks you would like to work on?
MQ: I have always loved some of those early tracks like Temptation and Everything’s Gone Green and could see doing something fun with those.
2. I'm amazed by all the remixed and production work you've done. What else are you working on at the moment ?
MQ: I’ve just completed a remix for another English act, Mama Razzi, the song is called “As I Kiss You”, and a production with LA based dance artist Colton Ford, “Got Your Vibe (In Me)”. Soon I will be starting my first score for a new independent film, “God’s Forgotten House”.
You can visit Mac Quayle's website at http://www.macquayle.com
You can preview the Mac Quayle vocal mix of Guilt Is A Useless Emotion by going to the [innerurl=http://www.neworderonline.com/Music/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=129]discography page.[/innerurl]
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Thanks to: Sébastien Boisvert & Mac Quayle
