Monday, January 24, 2011

How to make a song: Sarah style... Part II

Here's an updated version of my song. Still working title: Mind Games. Not really sure what to call it, actually.

Anyway, who cares about that part. Here's the part that I think is exciting...

I recorded all the guitar parts as electric now, so it sounds more rock. I also programmed the drums properly, which actually took a few hours to do. When I say a few hours I do include coffee breaks in that. So real time probably about an hour. Whatever. I added a bit more synth to make it sound like a siren before the synth break/bridge.

And. I added some nice "Oooh Oooh"s to the track as my backing vocals. Which I recorded properly and they're keepers. I use a Rode NT-2A which I set to cardioid pattern with the roll-off switch set to 80. That's because the room isn't soundproofed and the road outside is noisy. Works really well on those settings for me. I also use a pop shield but I don't have a shock-mount for the mic. It's just on the arm it comes with.

Having trouble trying to create a lead guitar part for the key change part before the last chorus. Everything I try sounds cool when I just play along but when I record it, it seems to clash like red wine and milk.

Blah blah finished. Here's the track:


Mind Games by phoebeashmore

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