So had a chance to record today. Class. I always try and start these blog entries with something interesting, but quite frankly, I can't be arsed today.
So on the bus at the moment, but early today I had some time to record and I sure took the chance I had. I today thought of working on 'Klez the Conquerer' once again. I had considered the new riff for 'Don't Feed the Trolls (Pt. 1)', but I really wanted to lay into Klez. So I set everything up: leads, pedals, and guitar. I was considering working on a keyboard piece for the song, but then thought about making a new version of Klez...again.
Initially I looked at the 'new version' file in audacity, took the main beat (which was a complete mess originally), and put it in a new audacity screen. Made a constant beat. Nothing special, just a standard beat. I made it quite quick. I then tried to get a good distortion tone for my electric. Pretty much no echo machine, and messed about with number '35' setting. I recorded the song in one go to the beat, and the sound is excellent. I couldn't have hoped for a better distortion. So at this point, sounding awesome.
I then moved onto the bass. I wanted to do the bass the same as the guitar, so I recorded a distorted version. Nope, not working. Then a clean version. Nah, not working either. So I actually have just chosen to leave bass out at the moment. Just not working correctly.
So I then moved onto the singing. I have had in my head the idea of having 'C.I.H' repeating over and over at the start of the song with the beat, and then just singing 'I have an illness, I have a disease running under my skin' over and over at the begining to, as part of the intro. So got to work on that. I first tried to use a 'C.I.H' I'd recorded for the previous versions but no good. So recorded it and the repeated the wav. file over and over. Then recorded three seperate lines of 'I have an illness...', all different, and put them in. Sounding good. Then I recorded the vocals. I recorded a couple of versions that were no good, but then managed to get quite a good one. The vocals could be better (as I was quieter as I am conscious of the fact that I may piss off the neighbours), but they sound great in my opinion. Quite angry and raw.
So then, I put in another guitar piece. I wanted to use the echo machine and recreate a similar sound to the title sequence music of the film 'The Warriors'. There is an effect in it which sounds amazing. So I managed to get a sound like it, and I recorded a simple riff that climbs up the notes. Sound good behind the song. My recording time over, I edited the song quickly, and put it on my ipod to listen to and consider what needs done. It sounds great, and there are definitely a few tweaks here and there, but sounds great. I will definitely get back to this. Good thing is most of the recording parts are done, so just needs a lot of editing. Looking forward to finishing this tune.
Watch this space,
Wullae
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