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Post by itsben on Jul 12, 2014 12:16:52 GMT
Thought it might be fun to post a work in progress song as it goes from demo to finished product. Unfortunately, I do not have the demo of this song as it went straight to template phase, but such as it is here is where the song is at thus far.
There is no mixing done yet, or even final guitar and bass tracks. These are DI guitar and bass tracks using the amp sims in Logic Pro X. The Kalimba is Logic's internal synth engine (to be resynthed using my outboard ROMplers) and the guitar and bass will be reamped along with the rest of the album in a month or so.
All of the electric guitars are my Agile AL2800 loaded with Bare Knuckle Riff Raff/Stormy Monday with a variety of wiring options. Strings are D'Addario Pure Nickel, 11's. Bass is my old Squire Bronco w a StewMac P bass pickup, D'Addario light strings, and played with a bone pick.
https%3A//soundcloud.com/asfollowswriting/savage-test-bounce
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Post by MDV on Jul 12, 2014 15:21:47 GMT
There are some really interesting and enjoyable ideas in this. I like it.
I would personally take out or replace the maracas, or whatever it is (rattly thing) that first comes in at 1 min. I found that out of place and distracting, and I'd add something to carry the melody in the mids in the section with bass and very plinky guitar at about 2 min, to fill it out a bit.
There are some slightly mismatched parts in the layering of the guitars that I found a little jarring - double tracks where the articulation and/or timing didn't line up one guitar to the next, but I'm a nazi about that sort of stuff and some people like it, so take as you will.
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