Welp, I used a Peavey Bandit amp, and miked the bottom, enclosed speaker with a Shure PG52 bass drum mic to try to get some chunk and boom in the otherwise whiney transistor amp's usual screechy sound.
There are two guitars used: the 79 Strat with whammy, and a short-scale Ibanez humbucked GAX70 that I got for $40 at a flea market. The opening is the Ibanez. The Strat is on part two. Strat part 3 (that will go CTR, later) , and the end is the Ibanez playing the riff L&R, and the Strat doing the slide solo CTR....with the wah way down in 'w' territory.
I think I can get a better snare sound (a cheep, no-name chrome Marching Band unit) by ticking up the top head sound...and editing-in the occasional good hits I accidently made. At least I'm hitting it in the center more!
I'll try putting a spike on the BD eq for a little slap? All that'll wait until I add the synth parts.
I'm going for Zombie-as-anything sound.
The piece is arranged for a one minute and/or 30 sec commercial for Colonial Roasters "Zombie Killer Coffee". The story is a guy in a rumpled suit with a briefcase stumbling to work in the early morning dark...drooling like a nearly dead zombie....lost [part 1]. The second part is the owner of the areas' franchises driving to work [part 2]. He sees the zombie guy about to cross in front of his car; owner skids to a stop (he apparently likes to be in his own spots), zombie walks into the side of his car and falls down semi-dead.
Owner gets out and gives the pathetic zombie businessman [part 3] a chug of his new Zombie Killer; zombie awakens, straightens his tie....sun rises.....sunglasses on...and trucks off to the office like the POTUS. [part 4]
[the name of the product and the desired result don't grok in my head, totally. Wadda I know??]
That's the rough idea on the story-board.
I gave the producer extra time for editing down to his tastes.
This is my try at landing something with this little startup production group. They're starting to have a bit of success, and they can't afford to be caught 'borrowing' music for the ads...they're sort of getting on-radar. If they grow and prosper, maybe I can go for a ride.
These guys like heavy guitars and synthesized everything...techno garage rock, I guess. I haven't done anything like this since throwing together a recording studio. Didn't know if I could stumble around on a drum kit well enough to make it sound like it was done by someone who kinda knows what they're doing. The guy who I had committed is supposed to be amazing. I gave him the CD, he said he'd be there. Crickets. Maybe the extra beats and turnarounds threw him. Or maybe he's a typical 24 year old. :^)
Thanks for the crits. And the encouragement.