Acoustic guitar - A song I'm working on

[PeteDuBaldo]

Thoughts/comments welcomed!


This song is a bit laid back compared to what I usually play, I decided to do some acoustic work while I waited for my new Soldano SLO to be finished (got the SLO 2 weeks ago, and just got the mixed copy of the song back last night!).

Recorded at Yeah Yeah Entertainment's 1505 Studio on Jan 13 & 15.

Still a few sour notes here and there, but not too shabby for my first time in a "studio" and being as impatient as I am... Someday I will go back and do live strings, w/ violin, viola, cello, but I need to grab a decent sounding cello first! I also need to add the vocals. I'm just glad my buddies own the studio and I get free time - I am gonna need all the free time I can get when I do the strings!



Enjoy!

Pete DuBaldo - Outside Your Mind



More info and the original "rough draft intro" located here:
http://andrapos.com/Songs.html

 

[SteveB]

Pete,

I really liked the little section that kicks in around 2:36 to 2:58. Especially the little run with the guitar & piano. I kept wanting that part to come around again, but I don't think it ever did.

I'd like to hear the melody that you pick beginning around 0:50 to 1:43 without delay. Instead, try it with just reverb.. lots of reverb with a really slow, silky, decay large reverb sound. That ought to make the acoustic guitar melody pop, imho.

Isn't it a blast to make a studio recording?

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Pete,

I really liked the little section that kicks in around 2:36 to 2:58. Especially the little run with the guitar & piano. I kept wanting that part to come around again, but I don't think it ever did.

I'd like to hear the melody that you pick beginning around 0:50 to 1:43 without delay. Instead, try it with just reverb.. lots of reverb with a really slow, silky, decay large reverb sound. That ought to make the acoustic guitar melody pop, imho.

Isn't it a blast to make a studio recording?

Actually, I have that melody completely clean with just living room reverb in the first clip on the webpage listed above. When I recorded at the studio I was in a soundbooth, so there wasn't a good amount of "natural" reverb. I played the melody at 88bpm for both recordings, but when I tried to take the clean version and lay it over the studio backing, nothing lined up past the start points
I guess maybe I wasnt at 88bpm when I recorded in my living room! I prefer the clean version, since it was improvised, and I had to learn it for the studio... It never has the same feel.

And yes, studio recording is a blast, can't wait to head up there with the SLO-100 and a Luke.

 

[Raz]

Wow Pete I am impressed, I don't know how I missed this post...very cool.
Hey I didn't know EBMM made acoustic guitars