I got to work with a great musician friend of mine yesterday, Tom Work, a regional veteran, came in to record a Rick 12 track for one of the songs on this project.
Tom is a consummate pro, and we did four separate passes all the way through this song, where he slightly varied the performance on each take - voicings, tonal alterations using different pickups, phrasing.
I now have the difficult task of deciding which of his takes to keep ...everything he gave me was complete gold. There was no one take "better" than the others, they were all fantastic but just a bit different.
As cookers I think we've all been in the opposite position before with players who weren't all that great, and we're searching - sometimes futilely so - for anything good enough to keep for the mix. Yesterday I got absolutely stellar tracks from Tom, so now I'm gonna have some tough decisions to make.
Tom is also "George" in 1964, The Beatles Tribute, one of the best and longest surviving Beatles tribute act. Here he is playing lead on And Your Bird Can Sing.
He's got some serious game. ;)
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Any chance of using a different variation for each verse, withou
Any chance of using a different variation for each verse, without it changing the feel too drastically? I like subtle variations in verses. Generally, I’d say most choruses should be fairly consistent, but could build up as the song progresses. The specific song in question though has a beautiful chorus that isn’t highly repetitive to begin with, so adding some variations there might work as well.
Good problem to have though, wish I could have been there.
dvdhawk, post: 453743, member: 36047 wrote: Any chance of using
dvdhawk, post: 453743, member: 36047 wrote: Any chance of using a different variation for each verse, without it changing the feel too drastically? I like subtle variations in verses. Generally, I’d say most choruses should be fairly consistent, but could build up as the song progresses. The specific song in question though has a beautiful chorus that isn’t highly repetitive to begin with, so adding some variations there might work as well.
Good problem to have though, wish I could have been there.
That's the plan. Just challenging to narrow the takes down because everything he played sounded great and worked perfectly with the song. Tom has an incredible musical sense when it comes to playing guitar , he's one of those cats that just naturally seems to know what works. He also understands the Rick 12, which is its own thing. I'll have fun with it. ;)
Lol you could do it how Pink Floyd did some of their lyrics. Wri
Lol you could do it how Pink Floyd did some of their lyrics. Write them down, put them at the wall and toss darts.
Beside that since music generally builds up to a crescendo then down and out. If nothing else seemed to work, I would start with something in the middle, build up with brighter, and end darker. Between the chord voicings and pickup selection there’s probably a way to categorize the takes in this way. Tempo wise I’d tend to start with the grooviest.
kmetal, post: 453750, member: 37533 wrote: If nothing else seeme
kmetal, post: 453750, member: 37533 wrote: If nothing else seemed to work
Lol. The challenge is that there's nothing he played that doesn't work. It comes down to choosing between Gold and Diamonds.
Don't get me wrong, guys... this isn't a "problem" I mind having. I'd take this scenario any day over trying to find a decent section in a pile of crap.. picking out the turds that are the least stinky.
That's not what this is. This is choosing which fantastic track to use. ;)
I'm sure the process will be enjoyable. :)
Did you ask him which track(s) he prefered, that could be the st
Did you ask him which track(s) he prefered, that could be the start...
To me it always end up to what better serves the song and the story.
Which tracks won't get in the way of the vocal and embellish the song.
Thing is, you could keep 2 tracks of the 4 and hard pan them maybe ! ;)