bob young said:
Thanks Moskus..
I knew that...just forgot... DUH !
Dachay...
that's very impressive..
can you tell me about the drums..I'm assuming they are machines..not because they don't sound like real drums but because there are a couple of places where the drummer sounds like he's got four hands !
Are those real drums triggering machines..or what...
So....what's your background ?
How did you get into this stuff?
And really.....how old are you ?
Great job on the vocals..
Onliest things I missed were the extra one or two mults CTA always did on backup vocals, and the trombone tag at the end !
Otherwise..this is dead on !
Bob Young
Bob - Chuck recorded all the music tracks for the Chicago song. Me and me boys just did the vocals. One of my friends did the lead, and me and two other friends did the BGV's.
The drums are real. In fact, everything in the song is real except the trombone, which was done on a keyboard. (BTW, I also missed the trombone tag at the end - but I suspect it was just a little too tricky to handle via a keyboard. If Chuck happens to read this thread maybe he'll care to elaborate further.)
As for the rest:
I'm 56. Play guitar (poorly) and sing (even more poorly). Played in bands in my (much) younger days, but haven't performed professionally in many, many years.
A few years back, me and some friends starting getting together on Friday nights. Mostly doing soft vocal harmony stuff - America, CSN, Beatles, etc.). It's sort of like a drunken, Friday night, poker game - but without any cards.
Anyways, sometime around 1998 we decided to try and record an album. So we went to a local studio and paid about $2500 ($75 an hour) for someone to record us into a computer. I was already into computers anyway, and when I realized you could record music on one, I was smitten. So when we thought about doing a second album, rather than line someone else's pockets at $75 an hour, we took the money and bought a computer, a compact mixer, a decent sound card, and Sonar (actually Pro Audio 9 at the time). Then all I had to do was to learn and use the friggin' stuff. That's how I ended up at this site.
We are still doing the Friday night thing, but now we record a lot of it.
Since I found this site, I have also done a few collaborations with the guys I've met here. In fact, as moskus hinted, we are currently doing a version of Ambrosia's You're the Biggest Part of Me that involves many of the guys you have already met on this forum - me, moskus, Porter, James Argo, Bluesmeister, Jagular, Wfaoroni, and Pedulist (I think I got everyone). It's close to being done, but I'm still waiting on a guy who is doing a sax track for us. I'll post it and give you a link once we wrap it up (which should be in another two weeks or so).
So, what about you? I get the impression you still play professionally? I need to check out your stuff. I saw you posted a link, but I'm also on dial-up so I've been waiting until I have some free time.
Q.
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