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...power of his first album with the smart sophistication of his second. "I wanted to make a more raw record," he says. "Not as produced. I wanted to make sure that it was more open, more from the heart." Human Being, co-produced by Seal's longtime collaborator Trevor Horn, draws on soul, folk, rock and even a bit from drum 'n' bass to create a sound that's personal and purposeful. Says Seal: "I'm constantly searching for a sound that can become timeless...
Striving for timelessness can take time, and the recording process was a long, arduous one. Horn signed on to the project, was pushed off of it while Seal explored his options with two other producers, and then was invited back to finish the record. "[Seal] got a bit manic with the whole thing," says Horn. "He was going through a fair amount of turmoil as we started working. By the end of the record it was like having an old friend back. Taking people, calling them a star, it screws people's heads up. It did change him a little...
...hearing the tape and reading the score, Allanbrook Jr. became convinced, that "it was a good piece and meant to be preformed." Ethan Frome is hardly a simple musical undertaking, demanding not only a well-appointed string section, but also a full brass section, concert bassoon, bass clarinet. English horn and piccolo. After informing his father of his production plans, Allanbrook Jr. spent 12-hour days throughout the summer entering the score into the computer program Finale in order to produce the orchestral parts...
...times. Boys usually appreciate hygiene, so if you cease to bathe and never leave the room unless you are in your smelly flannel pajamas with a few strands of greasy hair hanging down one side of your face, you will probably fend off any attacks from those Harvard horn-balls...
...Dara Horn '99 is a literature concentrator in Eliot House. Her column appears on alternate Thursdays...