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Posted by: Staffy Jun 21 2010, 01:15 AM

Dont belive a word

This is my rendition of the classic song by Phil Lynott - a great musician, songwriter, singer that played a major role in rock music. Tragically he died from his abuse of drugs in the 80's. He was totally honest bout himself in his lyrics which can be heard in this song as well as in others. R.I.P Phil.

About the recording:
This is just a demo made in simpliest way possible - just to show my band the ideas. It was recorded on my laptop with no fancy stuff at all, except for the bass that was played by me with MIDI-guitar through a Roland VG-99. Otherwise Amplitube 3 was used for all guitars. Just the effects in Cubase 5. All guitars were improvised, except for the middle solo that was cleaned up after the first take.
As always - the drum programming took most of the time - I would kill for a real drummer sitting ready for some takes when I need it...
The vocals was however sweetened a bit by copying the lead track twice and then pan the channels left right with a slight detune and a negative delay in time. Guitars used was my Suhr Strat and the women-smelling LP for the heavy distorsion solos....

All comments are welcome - just shoot !!!

//Staffay

Posted by: Fre Jun 21 2010, 11:40 AM

Great expression in the whole song.
I love it! It's very relaxing.

Posted by: Staffy Jun 21 2010, 01:04 PM

Thx Fre! I forgot to mention that most of You other guys had probably heard this song with Thin Lizzy in an up-tempo version, but the basic version was written this way and was later altered by the other guys in Lizzy to better fit the image of Lizzy as a rock band....

//Staffay

Posted by: Fre Jun 21 2010, 03:38 PM

Interesting, thanks for the info.
I keep listening to your song It never gets boring!

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jun 21 2010, 05:55 PM

Sounds awesome Staffay! Production is really amazing for the demo...You captured great vibe in this song!

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Jun 21 2010, 06:39 PM

i like it a lot man!!
did u recorded that bass guitar with your guitar into trillian?

i need that man...

Posted by: sted Jun 21 2010, 07:54 PM

yeah man, I was jamming right along there mate, very cool!!

Posted by: Staffy Jun 21 2010, 10:16 PM

Thx. Guys!

@ Bogdan. I really wanted to test a simple way of doin this, I even used a EMU 04/04 -soundcard, which in fact has great sound.
The drums was EZ-drummer and most of the patterns were out of the box with some small adjustments.

@ Adrian. No its not Trilian. Its the P-bass sound in Roland VG-99 that runs into the Ampeg SVT -preset in Amplitube. Its even got too fat, so I cutted some EQ at 120 Hz, but I think it could be even better with spending some more time on the playing and the EQ.....

Oh, yeah. The whole mix runs though Analog Mastering Tools "Max Warmth" to add some loudness and warmth....

//Staffay

Posted by: Lian Gerbino Jun 22 2010, 05:10 PM

I believe you're awesome! XD
love the mix and the different atmos you get here.
good job on this man! and thanks for sharing

Posted by: tonymiro Jun 22 2010, 07:44 PM

Just a suggestion Staffay...

Instead of cutting at 120 you could perhaps look at attenuating the harmonics at 240 and 360 instead. That may help thin the bass a bit whilst still leaving the low end in place.

Posted by: skennington Jun 22 2010, 09:38 PM

You da man Staffy, sounds great to my ears.

Posted by: Fran Jul 1 2010, 03:49 PM

Awesome playing & singing Staffay, you rule

Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic Jul 2 2010, 06:04 PM

Great job, I like this song very much, I think I listened to Gary Moore's version...

Posted by: Boson Jul 2 2010, 07:07 PM

This is your best yet Staffy

Fantastic stuff, I really like it.