I pretty much forgot about this, but I had actually started a recording project back in March. Whoops. The idea was to take a bunch of songs from old projects and redo them with real bass guitar and real amplified electric guitar. Yeah.
So here are the first 8 songs I worked on. Now I just have to re-record every single sound you hear except for the drums… and even then I’m not so sure.
This weekend’s band practice was pretty good. I didn’t play terribly well. I felt like I couldn’t get out of my own way. It was weird. We did a bunch of songs that we’ve been neglecting, and a couple of songs we added last week. Not too shabby.
The interesting thing for me personally is the lack of pain. Last week’s practice was completely pain free. This week I had one song where things tightened up and ouch, but otherwise it was fine. I’m not sure what I did different, but I hope I keep it up!
Here are a few songs. I haven’t listened through these all the way yet so if there’s a major screw up I don’t know about I’ll edit things out of the playlist.
Enjoy(ish)
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I just finished chopping up the tape of last night’s band practice. The guitar sounds utterly filthy. Just nasty. I’m actually thinking of dialing the distortion back a smidge because it’s too filthy.
You can listen to it here, if you’re bored and ain’t got nuttin to do.
I used my new overdrive pedal through my Marshall amp for the first time tonight. I also used my new USB audio interface and managed to record the whole band practice.
My guitar sound has balls again! Oh happiness! Oh Thrill of Thrills! Wonder of Wonder my Les Paul doesn’t sound wimpy! It’s a miracle!
I’ve got this weird, irrational feeling.
Band practice is Sunday. I’m thinking it might be a Stratocaster weekend. Maybe I might give the Gibsons a week off. Why would I do that? No idea!
I seriously want a new Fender amplifier. I’d need to get one with a wattage comparable to my Marshall. A Deluxe Reverb would be cool but the output is way lower than what I have. The Twin Reverb would be perfect. It’s a 2×12 combo and a higher output. Even better, it’s all tube!
I just don’t wanna shell out $1500.
The other complete song from the failed album-in-a-day. I was almost liking this one until I realized the bass line is Mitzi Dupree by Deep Purple. Oh well.
Here’s a song from the aborted album in a day I tried on the day that the bathroom remodeling project started. I mixed it with ear buds so I’m sure it sounds like dung.
I don’t like the lyrics and I don’t like the melody in the verses. What do you think, is the rest of it worthy of bringing to the band? I’m undecided.
Written in pieces in 1994 and put together and finished off sometime in 1995 during my “arrangements too complicated for people to actually play” phase.
Recorded in January 2015 during my “Ancient History Revisited Volume 2” phase.
Mixed in September 2015 during my “I have songs ready to mix?” phase.
I’m not terribly pleased with this recording. I might remix it. I might scrap big chunks of it (I’m looking at you guitar solo and vocal harmonies). Probably not. It’s done and done.
I’m trying (and so far failing) to turn this weekend into a recording music weekend. I knew I had a bunch of unfinished noodles in GarageBand. The plan was to try and finish one or two of them.
Little did I know but I have three songs finished and ready to mix. One is an old song from last January. The other two are brand new from a failed attempt at an album-in-a-day from the day the bathroom remodeling started.
Who new?
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