Natuarly I´ve already written about todays subject, but here come`s yet another blog filled with my thoughts.
To make - write music is such a joy. Jump Started with a couple of words that pops up in my mind and give me the first line. Might be the parts of a chorus but can also be a line in the verse.
Now I du hurry to find a functioning pen and paper, still those two items is the winner instead of the computer. Often those words pop up in my mind while I´m behind the steeringwheel in my car. It may be a hazard, driving in 70 mph and trying to find pen and paper somewhere in the car.
Mking in music on my behalf also means the urgent need of a big mug filled with black coffey
Now I du hurry to find a functioning pen and paper, still those two items is the winner instead of the computer. Often those words pop up in my mind while I´m behind the steeringwheel in my car. It may be a hazard, driving in 70 mph and trying to find pen and paper somewhere in the car.
Mking in music on my behalf also means the urgent need of a big mug filled with black coffey
As usual I get stuck somewhere in the middle of the song before I finally reach the last words and realise that I written a Real Hit!! The feeling is in fact close to those rare occations when I realise that I ´m a lucky father.
The brand new song now run´s the 15 metres to my little so called studio wich is in a small former guesthouse in our garden. Now it´s time to find the perfect rhythm and drum pattern.
Usually done with the help of my keyboards.
The drumpattern is then to be recorded and a rhytm guitar comes next. By now it´s in the middle of the night and a couple of channels have been recorded in hope that this is the first and final take.
The next day is almost a copy of the first one after realising that it was all wrong. the drumpatterns sounds like shit, all the instruments do the same. Still I can always hear the song inside my head, and there it sounds GREAT!
Now Im in trouble cause I need another sound, another way to play and sing the song.
Finally and that aint the second day, the song has now been recorded several times during a couple of days and weeks. At least it´s now much closer to the song in my head-mind.
Drumpatterns seams okay, no less then three different rhytmguitars, organ mainly in the left channel and sweet violins to the right. The fuzz lead guitar in the middle and yet another clean lead guitar partly to the left. At this stage after a couple of hours mixing the backtrack is ready!!!!
Usually done with the help of my keyboards.
The drumpattern is then to be recorded and a rhytm guitar comes next. By now it´s in the middle of the night and a couple of channels have been recorded in hope that this is the first and final take.
The next day is almost a copy of the first one after realising that it was all wrong. the drumpatterns sounds like shit, all the instruments do the same. Still I can always hear the song inside my head, and there it sounds GREAT!
Now Im in trouble cause I need another sound, another way to play and sing the song.
Finally and that aint the second day, the song has now been recorded several times during a couple of days and weeks. At least it´s now much closer to the song in my head-mind.
Drumpatterns seams okay, no less then three different rhytmguitars, organ mainly in the left channel and sweet violins to the right. The fuzz lead guitar in the middle and yet another clean lead guitar partly to the left. At this stage after a couple of hours mixing the backtrack is ready!!!!
Cold Steel - instrumental
here´s the backtracks as instrumental, as usual the my songs always tend to be more then 5 minutes long. In this case more then 6 minutes.
here´s the backtracks as instrumental, as usual the my songs always tend to be more then 5 minutes long. In this case more then 6 minutes.
With the intetion to make the song sound like a Hard Rock tune, I used my homemade Dare-Burns Bass. This bass can give an ultra low tone caused by its 4 pickup design. Neck pickup into me Burns BB100 amp furter to no less the three 15inch speaker give such a sweet thundering bass. Exept that during the recording session two out of three speakers just popped and said:
GOOD BYE!!!!!
Satisfied so far it´s time to get some vocals on tape. Well just the expression as most others I use a computer to record my songs. Uses this free download program from AudaCity that I do like cause by now I do understand how it works. And its no cost!
In hope to obtain the best sound that my money can buy I pick the microphone and often connect it to my voicebox. All in hope to get the vocals proper. this song is written as many of my songs with a female voice in mind, the voicebox is meant to help me get something similar of a female voice, it doesnt.
Yet a couple of hours spent on singing the lead vocal and harmonies and the song is finally ready. Well not ready for production, Ready means it can be used as a DEMO and hopefully some of me bandmemembers and freinds could listen to it and make the final judgement.
Good or Bad!!
So here is the DEMO version of my latest composition.
Cold Steel
