Here is my final recording, a condensed cover of Radiohead's Lotus Flower, featuring my generous and talented friend Chris Wattam on the vocals. I'm really happy with how it turned out.
Lotus Flower was originally written by Radiohead and they own all the rights and if one of their reps wants it down I'll gladly take it down deargodpleasedon'tsuemeIdon'thaveanymoney.
And with that the project is completed. I'll probably post a big old debriefing thing tomorrow sometime, but for now I'm going to go breathe a sigh of relief at the watering hole.
Showing posts with label upright bass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label upright bass. Show all posts
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
365 Day 363ish: Penultimate
or, fun with quickly rotating unrelated triadic tonal centres. kind of a drill I guess. progression is E G Db F Ab C E. guitar melody is phrased in 4 beat groups, bass and second guitar are in 3.
neat, eh?
neat, eh?
Thursday, December 29, 2011
365 Day 358: Too Many
recordings
story: I was going to do this one much nicer with electric guitar and drums as well, but I discovered I didn't actually have a pick. I used the corner of a cardboard battery package for the acoustic here, and it was destroyed after this first take.
story: I was going to do this one much nicer with electric guitar and drums as well, but I discovered I didn't actually have a pick. I used the corner of a cardboard battery package for the acoustic here, and it was destroyed after this first take.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
365 Day 350: Improv Dec 21
orph and my fancymic reunited. <3
new strings and a bridge adjustment on orph. the new strings are noticeably brighter (they were much brighter before, they've leveled out somewhat in the past few days) but the main thing I'm noticing is that the A string is really hollow -- no bottom end at all. It didn't sound that bad in the studio (thank goodness) but at my place and at the gig I just played it would not come through, though any notes played on the D and E strings were nice and boomy.
I think this may have to do with my moving the bridge so that the foot on the E string side is over the "bass bar", a wooden bar that runs under the top face of the instrument, but never having done anything to do with the setup of the bass I'm not sure. If someone could correct me on this I'd be very grateful.
new strings and a bridge adjustment on orph. the new strings are noticeably brighter (they were much brighter before, they've leveled out somewhat in the past few days) but the main thing I'm noticing is that the A string is really hollow -- no bottom end at all. It didn't sound that bad in the studio (thank goodness) but at my place and at the gig I just played it would not come through, though any notes played on the D and E strings were nice and boomy.
I think this may have to do with my moving the bridge so that the foot on the E string side is over the "bass bar", a wooden bar that runs under the top face of the instrument, but never having done anything to do with the setup of the bass I'm not sure. If someone could correct me on this I'd be very grateful.
Friday, December 16, 2011
365 Day 344: Far
upright bass from a distance.
new strings are kind of really bite-y, the low A (the open string used a lot here) is really hollow sounding (recording only sort of picks it up). have to wear them in as much as possible before recording on monday.
new strings are kind of really bite-y, the low A (the open string used a lot here) is really hollow sounding (recording only sort of picks it up). have to wear them in as much as possible before recording on monday.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
365 Day 340: Flow
three upright bass tracks (all line in I'm afraid).
I don't think I have to tell you to use a sound system with adequate bass response.
I don't think I have to tell you to use a sound system with adequate bass response.
Friday, December 9, 2011
365 Day 338: Got Item!
me discovering how to do that buzz, chopped up. going to have to practice it.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
365 Day 321: Remiss
yesterday's post coming, on my phone. was up pretty late writing a paper. going to go make back some of that lost sleep now.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
365 Day 311: How we wither in the shade
Late.
My uncle Glenn passed away yesterday. his struggle: http://triathlonmagazine.ca/2011/10/sections/news/van-zeumeren-is-battling-hard/
My uncle Glenn passed away yesterday. his struggle: http://triathlonmagazine.ca/2011/10/sections/news/van-zeumeren-is-battling-hard/
Thursday, November 10, 2011
365 Day 309: Sorrowful
partly for remembrance day, partly for my uncle.
3 tracks line in (mic cord is shot) -- the pickup is cruelly precise with the pitch of bowed passages.
melody from gorecki -- listen to it. yes it's long.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
365 Day 293: Continue
I know I have a previous recording called continue, but this one's used as an imperative.
two bowed electric guitar tracks, three upright bass line-in tracks (to get a section sound), and a ton of reverb.
continue
two bowed electric guitar tracks, three upright bass line-in tracks (to get a section sound), and a ton of reverb.
continue
Friday, October 7, 2011
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