I’m new here. I have been home recording for a few years now and I have a great time with it. I don’t play live much anymore and the home studio is my only musical outlet.
Here’s a weekend track from my basement studio. I started this on a whim Friday and finished up the recording Saturday evening. I got a mix before I went to bed and then checked it again in the morning before converting it to an MP3.
The goal was to do an all-acoustic version of “Come Together”. I also wanted to use only percussion instruments I had here, and I don’t have any acoustic drums. I wanted “drums” but I was determined to not use digital drums. I have some hand percussion stuff, like tambourines, shakers and claves, but I thought I wanted to have the beat from the original recording, even though I changed the lick a bit. So I used 3 cardboard boxes for the drums and a tambourine with extra reverb for a crash. That and regular tambourine are the only “drums”. There is a 6 string acoustic rhythm, a 12 string acoustic rhythm, bass (the only electric instrument), a couple slide tracks, a lead track, 2 vocals and the pseudo-drums.
I had lots of fun with this recording.
Let me know what you think.
Thanks!
Keith “Rockerbob” Lewis
Here’s a weekend track from my basement studio. I started this on a whim Friday and finished up the recording Saturday evening. I got a mix before I went to bed and then checked it again in the morning before converting it to an MP3.
The goal was to do an all-acoustic version of “Come Together”. I also wanted to use only percussion instruments I had here, and I don’t have any acoustic drums. I wanted “drums” but I was determined to not use digital drums. I have some hand percussion stuff, like tambourines, shakers and claves, but I thought I wanted to have the beat from the original recording, even though I changed the lick a bit. So I used 3 cardboard boxes for the drums and a tambourine with extra reverb for a crash. That and regular tambourine are the only “drums”. There is a 6 string acoustic rhythm, a 12 string acoustic rhythm, bass (the only electric instrument), a couple slide tracks, a lead track, 2 vocals and the pseudo-drums.
I had lots of fun with this recording.
Let me know what you think.
Thanks!
Keith “Rockerbob” Lewis