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The Universe Will Provide / Parallel Universe

by Mike Keneally + Metropole Orkest

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Blue 68 01:52
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Room 06:00
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Quiet? 01:23
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Bullies 06:46
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Atticus 04:26
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Mwah Origin 01:31
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Roomius 06:47
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Sirius 04:34
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Bullius 01:22
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Misc. 02:40
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Claudius 03:27
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CO/MK 03:22
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Blue 69 01:08

about

THE UNIVERSE WILL PROVIDE: Tracks 1-13
Track 14: "Twenty Seconds Silence"
PARALLEL UNIVERSE: Tracks 15-25

THE UNIVERSE WILL PROVIDE

Hello listener!

This music was a collaboration between me and my eight-year-old self,
was composed for the enjoyment of eight-year-olds of all ages
and is dedicated to my wonderful mother, Josephine Keneally.

Receive my humble gratitude now!:
Co de Kloet - for insisting that this thing happen
Chris Opperman - for stating his intent to make my orchestral dreams come true, and then doing it
Scott Chatfield - for soul, enthusiasm, and making sure that I have a career
...and to all three for years of treasured friendship past, present, and future.

To the Metropole Orkest and Jurjen Hempel - you're all miracle workers. Thank you so much. I loved it.

Loud respect to Gert de Bruijn and Gert Jan van den Dolder, the most capable and entertaining engineers this music could have hoped for.

Huzzah for Pieter Van Hoogdalem, Dick Bakker, Josephine Veldhuyzen, all at 4FM, Jan Douwe Kroeske, Wil and Bert Wouters, all at NPS Output, Steve Vai and all at Favored Nations, Greg Kucharo, the fantastic technical/creative/administrative support team for the Metropole, Vernon Reid, the Holland Festival, Antal Adriaanse, all of our friends and fans in the Netherlands, Martin Mann, and atticus wolrab.

And for tweaking the imagination of the eight-year-old me, I thank a few among countless many:

Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark, Wendy Carlos, Charles M. Schultz, L. Frank Baum, The Beatles, Bob Keeshan, Fred Rogers, Paul Winchell, Allan Sherman, Rankin/Bass, Bob Clampett, Warner Bros./Looney Tunes, Bob McAllister, Shenanigans!, AM radio programmers and pop music creators of the late 1960s, the usual gang of idiots, Rowan and Martin, The Smothers Brothers, the GE Show 'n Tell, The Banana Splits,
Kimba the White Lion, and all my friends and family.

Thank you all
MK

PARALLEL UNIVERSE

About the music on Parallel Universe:

I put this album together from four basic sources:

Source One) The Finale computer music files which Oppy and I listened to while preparing the charts. As Oppy would input the music into Finale music notation software, we were able to hear the music played back, in mono sound, using the internal sound card in Oppy's computer. For Parallel Universe, in July 2004 we remixed and remastered these Finale files at TAR Studio by playing them through Oppy's Korg Triton keyboard and into Pro Tools. We were able to use the superior keyboard samples in the Korg, and also used the onboard mixing capabilities of the Triton to specify distinct stereo placement for each of the sixteen channels.

Source Two) The live recording of The Universe Will Provide, performed by me and the Metropole at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on June 8 2003.

Source Three) Studio outtakes from the Universe Will Provide album sessions, Hilversum, September 2003.

Source Four) Audio soundtrack excerpts from video footage shot by Scott Chatfield and Chris Opperman during the whole process.

Plus a little bit of audio done on Pro Tools in TAR Studio at Chatfield Manor.

Parallel Universe hops, higgledy-piggledy, from one of these sources to another constantly, sometimes layering more than one of them simultaneously (tracks 15-25 contain more info).

credits

released September 4, 2004

THE UNIVERSE WILL PROVIDE

Produced by Mike Keneally

Creative Catalyst - Co de Kloet
Executive Producers for NPS Output/Favored Nations -Willem van Beusekom & Steve Vai
Executive Producer for Exowax Recordings - Scott Chatfield

Composed by Mike Keneally
Orchestrated by Mike Keneally and Chris Opperman
Performed by Mike Keneally and the Metropole Orkest
Conducted by Jurjen Hempel

Recorded and mixed September 11-22, 2003
at MCO 3, Hilversum, Holland

Engineer - Gert de Bruijn
Balance Engineer - Gert Jan van den Dolder
Mastering - Peter Vincent

Mike Keneally - electric and acoustic guitars, electric piano

Package design by Eric van Rooijen
Front cover art by atticus wolrab
Mike Keneally photo by Martin Mann
Live photo by Scott Chatfield

An earlier version of this piece was premiered by MK and the Metropole
at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
as part of the Holland Festival, June 8, 2003

PARALLEL UNIVERSE

Produced by Mike Keneally
Executive Producer - Scott Chatfield
Creative Catalyst - Co de Kloet

Edited by Mike Keneally
Mastered by Scott Chatfield

Metropole Orkest conducted by Jurjen Hempel

Orchestrated by Mike Keneally and Chris Opperman

Studio recordings from MCO 3, Hilversum, Holland, recorded Sep 11-22 2003

Studio recordings engineered by Gert de Bruijn

Balance engineer Gert Jan van der Dolder

Live radio mix from the Paradiso, Amsterdam, June 8 2003

Live recordings engineered by Gert de Bruijn

Finale MIDI files orchestrated and engineered by Mike Keneally and Chris Opperman 2002-2004

Video camera audio excerpted from video footage shot by Scott Chatfield and Chris Opperman during June and September 2003

Design - Atticus Wolrab

Photography - Scott Chatfield

Thanks to Steve Vai, Willem van Beusekom, Pieter Van Hoogdalem, everyone at NPS Output and Favored Nations, Josephine Veldhuyzen, and Jesse Keneally

Composed by Mike Keneally © 2004 Spen Music BMI

"Co/MK" is an improvisation by Co de Kloet and Mike Keneally

Special thanks to the musicians who took part in all the improvisations.

THE METROPOLE ORKEST musicians who performed on both projects:

Violin I
Ernö Olah
Rami Koch
Arlia de Ruiter
Sarah Koch
Denis Koenders
Linda Dumessie
Pauline Terlouw
Erica Korthals Altes
David Peijnenborgh

Violin II
Merijn Rombout
Herman van Haaren
Lucja Domski
Simone Vierstra
Wim Kok
Elizabeth Liefkes-Cats
Marianne v.d. Heuvel

Viola
Aimée Versloot
Mieke Honingh
Julia Jowett
Norman Jansen
Iris Schut

Cello
Olof Groesz
Bastiaan van der Werf
Wim Grin
Emile Visser
Annie Tangberg

Contrabass
Erik Winkelmann
Arend Liefkes

Flute
Friederike Darius
Janine Abbas
Mariël van den Bos

Oboe
Martin de Ruiter
Willem Luijt

Saxophone
Marc Scholten
Leo Janssen
Jos Beeren
Max Boeree

Horn
Roel Koster
Wim Timmermans

Trumpet
Jan Oosthof
Wim Both
Jan Hollander
Henk Heijink
Ruud Breuls

Trombone
Bart van Lier
Jan Oosting
Paul Woesthuis
Jan Elsink
Martin v.d. Berg (bastr)

Percussion
Mike Schäperclaus
Murk Jiskoot
Martijn Vink

Drums
Arno van Nieuwenhuize

Guitar/Banjo
Peter Tiehuis

Bass Guitar
Marcel Schimscheimer

Harp
Rosetty de Ruiter-Verwoerdt

Grand Piano
Hans Vroomans

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Mike Keneally San Diego, California

Mike Keneally has been a lot of things in his 35 year career: stunt guitarist/keyboardist, singer/songwriter, orchestral composer, producer, music director, painter, and more. After getting his start in Frank Zappa’s legendary 1988 big band, Keneally released his first solo album hat. in 1992. Since then he has released dozens more and is working on a new double album.

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