I know I said it last night, but it bears repeating:
Out of all the days during this first run-through of doing a song in 8 days for the Start Experiment, today was the day I was the most worried about. Why, you ask? Simple. Out of all the times I've sat down with a guitar and put down an idea on my recording gear, out of all the times demos got finished back when B. and I were working on hard rock stuff, out of all the solo acoustic/power pop type songs I've recorded some of over the years, do you know how many of them have actually had drums behind them (Yes, even the somewhat canned drums that I'm using for demo purposes during this project)? Maybe two. And they were the first couple of songs J. and I ever recorded together, almost twelve years ago.
So yeah, in the grand scheme of things, figuring out and piecing together a drum track was number one on my list of things to be worried about. But guess what??? I punched fear in the face and I DID IT! I've got the exact number of measures needed for the intro, the verses, and the chorus, plus a few fills, and I know which patterns I'm going to use for the solo section. It took me probably an hour and a half to sort it all out, and it's not entirely set in stone, but I think that it will work pretty well for my current purposes.
I haven't officially programmed the whole track yet, I'm a little too tired at 11:30 tonight to undertake that, but with only having to record the bass lines tomorrow (and with having them already written), I should have time to program the drums and then lay the bass part down over the top.
I'll tell you what, though, it was awesome to sit and play acoustic along with the drum tracks tonight. Doesn't take a whole lot to start hearing songs instead of a chord progression.
One more thing tonight:
The small daily assignment of the day from Acuff (Day 3) was to "find 1-3 people who have accomplished what you're aiming for during these 24 days. Research them online and see what you can learn from the trail they have already blazed."
So I did a little research tonight, and I found a website called The Recording Revolution. Here's the link to their site:
http://therecordingrevolution.com
There are all kinds of articles full of tips and tricks for mixing and recording. Ways to go about it that are practical and expedient. I've barely scratched the surface of the website, but I can already tell it's going to be a treasure trove of information.
Another great day filled with music.
Out of all the days during this first run-through of doing a song in 8 days for the Start Experiment, today was the day I was the most worried about. Why, you ask? Simple. Out of all the times I've sat down with a guitar and put down an idea on my recording gear, out of all the times demos got finished back when B. and I were working on hard rock stuff, out of all the solo acoustic/power pop type songs I've recorded some of over the years, do you know how many of them have actually had drums behind them (Yes, even the somewhat canned drums that I'm using for demo purposes during this project)? Maybe two. And they were the first couple of songs J. and I ever recorded together, almost twelve years ago.
So yeah, in the grand scheme of things, figuring out and piecing together a drum track was number one on my list of things to be worried about. But guess what??? I punched fear in the face and I DID IT! I've got the exact number of measures needed for the intro, the verses, and the chorus, plus a few fills, and I know which patterns I'm going to use for the solo section. It took me probably an hour and a half to sort it all out, and it's not entirely set in stone, but I think that it will work pretty well for my current purposes.
I haven't officially programmed the whole track yet, I'm a little too tired at 11:30 tonight to undertake that, but with only having to record the bass lines tomorrow (and with having them already written), I should have time to program the drums and then lay the bass part down over the top.
I'll tell you what, though, it was awesome to sit and play acoustic along with the drum tracks tonight. Doesn't take a whole lot to start hearing songs instead of a chord progression.
One more thing tonight:
The small daily assignment of the day from Acuff (Day 3) was to "find 1-3 people who have accomplished what you're aiming for during these 24 days. Research them online and see what you can learn from the trail they have already blazed."
So I did a little research tonight, and I found a website called The Recording Revolution. Here's the link to their site:
http://therecordingrevolution.com
There are all kinds of articles full of tips and tricks for mixing and recording. Ways to go about it that are practical and expedient. I've barely scratched the surface of the website, but I can already tell it's going to be a treasure trove of information.
Another great day filled with music.
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