Sunday, 19 August 2012

The colour of the lie

The colour of the lie

Another song which was recorded was "The colour of the lie".

The song has a fairly stripped back feel using only acoustic guitar and vocals for the recording.

The verse chord sequence is Bm, F#, G and the chorus is G, F, D so the songs structure is also  quite simple.

The song was recorded live with guitar and vocals separably mic up during one take.

http://soundcloud.com/ej_spoons/the-colour-of-the-lie-ii


Friday, 17 August 2012

Learning the tracks

Hannah

Since my last post I've been learning the tracks in preparation for recording and playing some local gigs.

For the purpose of this blog i'll run through the track "Hannah" Which has been recorded.

The track is a simple ballad made up of two different chord sequences, theses being Am, G, F for the verse and F, F#/D for the chorus with the capo on the 1st fret.

On the following recording the vocals have the auto tune effect applied, this was mostly done for amusement but actually fits the song quite well.  For the other instruments used (Guitar/ piano) we plugged directly into the logic mbox and used subtle reverb plug in effects.

Soundcloud link to "Hannah" http://soundcloud.com/ej_spoons/hannah

Enjoy

Thanks to Adam McCulloch

Tuesday, 7 August 2012

I have started and been pursuing several different musical projects over the past months, these include: 
  • Recording an acoustic album with a good friend of mine of material he has written
  • Starting a new guitar teaching business (website coming soon/ business cards)
  • Doing some stage hand work at weekends for a local road crew company
For the purpose of this web log i'll be focusing on the acoustic recording project.


The following is a link to the other performers blog http://adamreset.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/all-quiet-on-western-front.html 

The track listing is to be the following
  1. Catch the light 
  2. Skin 
  3. Summer Rain 
  4. The Lanes 
  5. Hannah 
  6. Tahiti Rail 
  7. Way We’ve Been 
  8. Carved Your Name
  9. Five Years On
  10. Your Life/My Life 
Were hoping to start the recording process as soon as possible, prior to which we've been been learning and rehearsing the tracks for the album.