GMC Founder Posts: 18.755
Joined: 15-August 05
From: Stockholm, Sweden
Hey guys - finally I have the pleasure to present new material!
This one was a lot of fun to do and I am currently very inspired to write more instrumental material.
Recoding wise I did a lot of stuff differently with this tune. I kept it very simple with a minimum amount of overdubs. I ended up with only five tracks + drums, compare that to my usual 50-60 tracks! As a substitute for lots of panned dubs (etc) I worked more with delays/chorus/pitch shifting etc.
This method of working saved me a lot of time, since I am quite slow at nailing tight rhythm guitars and mixing a song, and in my opinion this gave a more dynamic/real sounding mix. On the negative side the mix is is a little thinner - but I find that ok for this kind of guitar tune.
I have also sold off some of my old gear (including my beloved working horse amp Peavey XXX) and bought a Mark V combo and a line6 M13 pedal.
Thanks to the M13 (and more specifically its' tube compressor imitation) I rely on a real bass for the first time - I have never got decent real bass to sound good before - but this time I got something which I thought worked. It was a lot of fun to play bass! =)
The Mark V is a chapter on its' own (I am sure Rokchik will agree) and for those interested I can do more demos of it. For this tune I used the Mark I channel for all guitars.
I have also rediscovered my Parker guitar which I now find gives a very uncolored/natural guitar sound - as opposed to my strat which ads a lot of midrange and compression to the tone. I think part of the reason I am hearing this now is because of my new amp! Either way I recorded all guitars with the parker which I haven't used for recordings for a long time.
As usual I am grateful for any questions/comments you have - and you can expect a more extensive coverage of this tune in lessons to come!
Instructor Posts: 36.043
Joined: 3-March 07
From: Argentina
Amazing piece of music and great playing Kris (Your vibrato gets better and better ). This sounds very fresh for me. It's really cool to hear some instrumental music from you. I love the tone of your new amp. keep this great stuff coming!