Kelly Holdridge
New member
Heya, guys...
I haven't been around in a while, or at least not really posting, but if it's all the same to y'all, take a gander at this last ditty we recorded towards the middle of March...
www.mp3.com/high-tide
The song is "Find My Way" (5.0 meg), and it was slapped together by Danny and myself about a week before we recorded it...
1) Danny's drunk, and we recorded his electric rhythm and vocals first. It took a LOOONG time to get his first track down, and when we finally hit 5:10, he looks down at the multitracker and just JUMPS into an ending. What ending? ANY ending! You'll see.
2) I wasn't too bad off, so I jumped in with the bass. The bass line wasn't originally so "bouncy," but i screwed up the first repition and just kept it like that. hehe. I think it's from the second take.
3) Brian's drums took about two takes, not bad at all. Listening to him play the track was HILARIOUS, because it was all sparse drums, lingering cymbals, and BONGOS. We reverbed it a bit, sounds decent in the overall mix.
4) Frothy did his lead thing on the first take. I don't think he'd even heard the damn song yet, the bastard. Yet his "dancing" behind the lyrics really solidifies the vocals, and poor guy, he gets to his solo part and...
You'll have to check the ending, folks. Keep in mind that this ending snuck up on EVERYONE, and you're hearing the recordings of each person hearing the ending for the first time as they're recording. We're very "seat of the pants," hehe.
There's an awesome harmonica part that isn't in this MP3 (i'll get it in there, but MP3.com'll take forever uploading it), it's basically a droning melodic solo in each of the "interludes" between verses.
I'm proud of this song, it dances to my approval. Problems? Bass is too "ahead" (i have to sync this shit in CEP 'cuz it's imported two tracks at a time), bass is too loud, and the harmonica is missing. Danny's vocals are a bit off (no biggie), and we don't have condensor mics.
This song is pure '57 and '58, folks. The guitar is doubled, chorused on one side and reverbed on the other. Frothy's lead is pretty much all left track, and the drums were miced with a 57 in FRONT of the kit and a 57 on TOP. Dig it!
I haven't been around in a while, or at least not really posting, but if it's all the same to y'all, take a gander at this last ditty we recorded towards the middle of March...
www.mp3.com/high-tide
The song is "Find My Way" (5.0 meg), and it was slapped together by Danny and myself about a week before we recorded it...
1) Danny's drunk, and we recorded his electric rhythm and vocals first. It took a LOOONG time to get his first track down, and when we finally hit 5:10, he looks down at the multitracker and just JUMPS into an ending. What ending? ANY ending! You'll see.
2) I wasn't too bad off, so I jumped in with the bass. The bass line wasn't originally so "bouncy," but i screwed up the first repition and just kept it like that. hehe. I think it's from the second take.
3) Brian's drums took about two takes, not bad at all. Listening to him play the track was HILARIOUS, because it was all sparse drums, lingering cymbals, and BONGOS. We reverbed it a bit, sounds decent in the overall mix.
4) Frothy did his lead thing on the first take. I don't think he'd even heard the damn song yet, the bastard. Yet his "dancing" behind the lyrics really solidifies the vocals, and poor guy, he gets to his solo part and...
You'll have to check the ending, folks. Keep in mind that this ending snuck up on EVERYONE, and you're hearing the recordings of each person hearing the ending for the first time as they're recording. We're very "seat of the pants," hehe.
There's an awesome harmonica part that isn't in this MP3 (i'll get it in there, but MP3.com'll take forever uploading it), it's basically a droning melodic solo in each of the "interludes" between verses.
I'm proud of this song, it dances to my approval. Problems? Bass is too "ahead" (i have to sync this shit in CEP 'cuz it's imported two tracks at a time), bass is too loud, and the harmonica is missing. Danny's vocals are a bit off (no biggie), and we don't have condensor mics.
This song is pure '57 and '58, folks. The guitar is doubled, chorused on one side and reverbed on the other. Frothy's lead is pretty much all left track, and the drums were miced with a 57 in FRONT of the kit and a 57 on TOP. Dig it!