I had cords stretched all over the living room. The dogs slept. I had some problems and so it was after a million takes that I even got close to a decent recording volume and a million more before I came close to the actual sound I was trying to record. I hate using computers, except that editing is easier. Sometimes the ease in which it can be edited bothers me too. Usually, though, that is when I am listening to something on the radio. Well It is done now and it sounds OK. The recording here was done in one take, which is what I prefer to do when recording. My wife had agreed to assist me with the composition of this song and I was planning on creating a piece with some structure. This changed during the recording process. I was overwhelmed with the need to just wing it and so, I did. I am pleased with the results, but the track is not completed, because I am going to mix in some processed drums from my groove box. God I love tap tempo delay. This has changed everything for me. My XXD has it but you have to turn it on by holding the pedal down for 2 seconds. I find this difficult to do and so the Echo Park I use is perfect. Before I even discovered this rhythm, I had synced the delay to my little keyboard's drum machine at 120 BPM. Now it all went together perfectly. I like a slower tempo, but this song and the texture I created needed a little more spunk. I am not going to upload the recording yet, but you can see it here...
As you can see the ending looks a little intense. It was. It was something new and it felt good to me (which generally means it was not something that sounded all pretty). It reflected my mood of intensity, anticipation, regret, isolation and cynicism. Jennifer found out at the last minute she needed to go in across town and in the heat of the moment and the height of the storms fury, we had words. This was made up for on both sides, but the feelings lingered in the apartment till I ran them off with this recording. The level is a bit high, but this will be fixed later. I wanted it to have a slight computerized burn to it so I recorded it at a pretty high volume. I am pleased overall, but would have liked the playing to have been a bit more tight with some of the muted parts and one thing I did not like at all was the sound of the higher notes thru the computer. It sounded like it didn't belong, so when you are listening to it later (if you listen) notice how, towards the end, I start going up to another pitch (on the high e string) and only play it once. I decided to keep on recording just to see how it sounded later and after listening to the whole peice a few times, I don't mind that so much anymore. Perhaps this "Bad" note is what influenced the ending to be a bit more intense than what I had originally intended. Overall track length is 444 seconds.
It will eventually be posted here, here, HERE and HERE.
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