Hymn Remix]

June 5, 2009 in songwriting with 12 Comments

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So I’ve done it. I think I’ve successfully mashed up a good rock/electronic vibe with some hip hop a la Kanye/Lil Wayne (think autotune) and Adam Lambert (Ya know the falsetto screamer on American Idol). What’s so funny is I ABSOLUTELY hate the autotune sound. But I made myself use it for this. You know the challenge of trying to use something you wouldn’t normally. You’ll have to listen to hear it.

I’ve taken the text and tune from an old Public Domain hymn (Nothing But The Blood) and reworked it a bit.

All in garage band. No fancy mics or anything. And all the guitar work is just me playing my acoustic through GB amp simulators and such.

You’ll either love it or hate it.

Nothing But The Blood [electronic/rock/hymn remix]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

About Russ Hutto: Russ & his wife, Lydia, live and work in the beautiful Golden Isles region of SE Georgia. You'll find him designing in print for WYIM Publications during the week. He is also the Creative Director of HPP Publishing which includes song development, catalog management, and the development of songwriter relations and publishing. On the weekends, he's usually volunteering in the Worship Ministry at St. Simons Community Church or traveling to help smaller churches with Worship Ministry Development.

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12 Responses to “50 Songs: Nothing But The Blood [Rock/Electronic/Hymn Remix]”

Indian Lake Papa June 6, 2009 at 9:51 am #

Russ – a very precious hymn that I can remember from childhood till present. I remember the words from times past. A great song with a great message – no matter how it is dressed up. Good job!

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Russ Hutto June 6, 2009 at 11:24 am #

Thanks, Papa.

This is one of my favorite hymns as well.

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Indian Lake Papa June 6, 2009 at 1:08 pm #

I love the old hymns – but I am learning to like the re-mix as well!

I want music that can touch a 65 year old heart Russ, but I first need to concentrate on having a heart that can be touched – that has to come first.

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mandythompson June 6, 2009 at 1:13 pm #

wow.
Interesting.
I’m not a fan of the autotuner either…
I will say this: I REALLY like the groove – the feel of the song – and the breakdown verse…
and the drums. I heart drums.

How’d you get that feedback tone bringing it all back in?

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Russ Hutto June 6, 2009 at 2:50 pm #

The feedback is actual feedback from my acoustic guitar run through an amp simulator really close to the laptop mic. Haha. Pretty rigged, but I got the sound I was looking for!

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Brian Peters June 6, 2009 at 7:57 pm #

Yeah. Send a version without drums. I want to put some live drums in it!

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mandythompson June 7, 2009 at 1:12 pm #

oh wow that feedback worked. hysterical!!! You did a great job russ!

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Russ Hutto June 7, 2009 at 10:36 pm #

Thanks Mandy!

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David June 8, 2009 at 7:59 am #

Yeah, autotune. Funny thing, I’ve tried to use autotune / vocoder stuff before, for about 10 years, and it never sounds like it’s turned on unless I deliberately sing differently. The first studio engineer I worked with thought something was wrong with his equipment. I tried to put some on Awesomesauce, but it just didn’t sound different to my normal singing…*sigh*

But I pretty much like everything else about this Russ – great rearrangement of a great great hymn. And some of the autotune does actually work quite well too – just might be a bit tooooo much of it – haha.

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Dean Lusk June 29, 2009 at 10:24 am #

For some reason I thought of “Video Killed the Radio Star” when the first chorus hit.

Nice! Creative! I don’t know that I’m going to steal this version for use during worship, but I loved it.

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Russ Hutto June 29, 2009 at 11:04 am #

Haha, thanks Dean. I don’t necessarily see this as being used in a normal church worship setting, as much as a creative exercise.

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