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rockfenris2005 09:38 am UTC 07/02/08 |
| In reply to: | re: Can you PLEASE..... - Wilbury 09:28 am UTC 07/02/08 |
I got all the verses, pretty much every time, but the chorus(es) came round and...forget it. Listen to the guy on the original demo. He makes it sound so easy. I can get up there, I've got the evidence to prove it on some old tapes, but, My God. It was like Rose trying to scream out for help in the last scenes of "Titanic". I almost got it by the 58th take but it was *Not quite good enough* Maybe it was, from someone else's ear, but it sounded off to me. I'm never going to upload any version until I've got it...as close to perfection as you can possibly get since nothing is perfect. Not even the "Tanz" CD (and certainly not TMIL.) > That's really very funny -- were you singing technically > correctly?? > > When I was (attempting) to do Land of the Pig, I redid a > million takes for the first verse and chorus and I could > hear my voice getting better and better (ie less and less > like a pre-pubescent 15 year old drowning in his own spit > -- those first takes really weren't pretty) but as I > realised my throat was getting more and more and more > sore, it occurred to me that I was probably doing untold > damage to god knows where in my lungs and throat... > > So with absolutely no knowledge of how to sing technically > correctly and even less desire to end up sounding like > Marvin in 30 years time I toned it down a bit. > > THEN because I put recording the second half of the song > off for so long I had to rush it at the end, I didn't have > time to get it all pitch "perfect" (for want of a better > word) and I sang "sing" sharp pretty much everytime and I > had to cut the high note! > > And I sound like some campy stage actor... I wanted to > sound Rock and roll. :o) Sorry I digress. > > > > > How much? Over here, with our currency, it's $50 an hour. > > I won't go to studios for this reason, LOL, if it's to do > > with something ambitious (and most of the stuff I've done > > is ambitious. Pink Floyd/Queen/Steinman ambitious LOL.) I > > will, but I know if I'm going to wind up spending $500, > > forget it. I've been in the process of devising and > > setting everything up. Btw., I did start on my version of > > "Ribbons of Blood" and wound up with 60 takes before A) > > the file crashed, B) I couldn't talk, just slightly under > > my breath, for 2 days and C) I had a job interview the > > next morning (and I'd also done substantial work on > > another track that was 22 minutes. LMAOOO.) > > > > No worries about the trailer thing. It's been getting > > tonnes and tonnes of views and (from what I've seen) rave > > reviews. > > > > > Ha! Melody & chords are done for what you see, but doing > > > even a demo is expensive. > > > > > > I've just bought some basic recording software (Cubase), > > > which I'm trying to learn, so maybe a piano/vocal before > > > too long. > > > > > > BTW - Cheers for including 'Decorate' in the Batman > > > trailer!! > > > > > > > ...compose a melody and record a demo of this ASAP? I only > > > > have 4 songs of yours and I'm eager for MORE. MORE, MORE, > > > > MORE. > > > | |
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