Wham Take 2
March 19, 2008
I have r-etracked all the distorted guitars and the vocals to what I think is a much better version. I no longer cringe (too much) at it. A missed note here and there. Still not super happy with the fuzzed out vocals. But it’s sounding a lot better. And I am pretty much done with it.
Download Everything She WantsFor the distorted guitars instead of banging out the chords on the verses like previously, I decided to try something different. There are 4 (count them, 1-2-3-4!) distorted guitars. I seem to rather layer simple parts over each other than work to come up with one or two more involved parts. It’s either a recording technic or I am lazy. There is one gutiar just playing the bass notes of the chorus. Two guitars (panned 100% in each speaker) playing alternative ocatives – the ones that break into the chorus to start. The 4 guitar is playing a higher scale of notes that is closely linked to the harmony vocals (george’s singing part). I put a nasty chorus and LFO effect on it as well.
Breaking into the after chorus riffage, the bass guitar part plays the origingal bass line, the two panned guitars play the riff (with some shredding between) and the higher guitar plays the riff an octive higher with a different line between.
The vocals are pretty much the same, just sung better.
March 20, 2008 at 5:25 am
word. stronger vocals. the panning is good. creates some space and clarity i think. word.
March 31, 2008 at 1:51 pm
here are some comments from other places on the interweb…
“I like it. The drums are a lacking in human feel and it would be nice to replace those with maybe some real drums at some point, but I like the song itself. I think that vocal processing works well for this.”
“I just listened to Everything She Wants. You did some great stuff on this song. I like the arrangement, I like the disortion on the vocals, I like pretty much everthing about the song, actually.”
“I downloaded the mp3 and just left it playing while I browsed the forum, without paying complete attention to it, but found that I liked the tune. I let it play through a couple times and did notice that the drums are a bit lacking, but not horrible. The vocals sounded really cool.”
“Dude that was so sweet!!!!! Is it on itunes or something? I’ll pay to download that one. I’m serious. I always try to support indy talent.”
and my to favorites…
“It sounds like something is wrong with the recording. Guitars are over distorted and the vocals have a very weird tone to them, like the singer is locked in the trunk and trying to sing his way out. Just not digging it.”
“Kebab, “Everything She Wants” just sounded like noise to me. I couldn’t listen more than half way through. “Where Would You Go Now” was much easier on my ears, rather enjoyable actually, very nicely done.”