#1520867 - 02/23/17 11:48 PM
Another ballad - If - by Bread. (two new mixes added)
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CLEAN
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This is the third song I've done for a EP project I'm working on - I'm trying to do six ballad - songs I really like. The first one I did was Shanendoah the second was Till There Was You.
I know these songs are very simple tunes - but they are so difficult for me to do - so meticulious.
By the time I got done with this one - I had worked so hard on it, I thought that it turned out badly - I'm still not sure if it's any good - or just boring dribble. But, my wife just came in the studio and I played it for her - and she started crying - so maybe it's ok.
Anyway - here is my rendition of If. Thanks in advance to all of you that take the time to listen and comment.
This is the third song I've done for a EP project I'm working on - I'm trying to do six ballad - songs I really like. The first one I did was Shanendoah the second was Till There Was You.
I know these songs are very simple tunes - but they are so difficult for me to do - so meticulious.
By the time I got done with this one - I had worked so hard on it, I thought that it turned out badly - I'm still not sure if it's any good - or just boring dribble. But, my wife just came in the studio and I played it for her - and she started crying - so maybe it's ok.
Anyway - here is my rendition of If. Thanks in advance to all of you that take the time to listen and comment.
http://www.soundclick.com/html5/v3/player.cfm?type=single&songid=13535898&q=hi&newref=1
Edited by CLEAN (02/28/17 02:30 AM)
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#1520887 - 02/24/17 01:38 AM
Re: Another ballad - If - by Bread.
[Re: CLEAN]
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motown59
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it's nice. A tough tempo to play and you did well. Great song choice. Nice tasty licks. I might be tempted to separate the two guitars tonally, perhaps making the brighter be the melody and darkening or spreading the rhythm one
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#1520892 - 02/24/17 02:04 AM
Re: Another ballad - If - by Bread.
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CLEAN
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Thanks Kelly. Playing within this tempo is really the hardest part of doing a song like this. I understand what you are saying about trying to differentiate the two guitars - I've been struggling with that - right now, they are really the exact same tone and same effects - one panned 25 degrees right the other 25 degrees left. I'll have to play around with it - I think it needs some kind of seperation too.
Thanks again.
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#1520897 - 02/24/17 02:45 AM
Re: Another ballad - If - by Bread.
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CLEAN
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OK - I've uploaded a new mix.
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#1520908 - 02/24/17 05:22 AM
Re: Another ballad - If - by Bread.
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DAGtunes
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Amazing song. I have done it in my "solo acoustic" act.
Recording sounds nice enough, though I'd like to hear a time reference? (Shaker, something...) Seems you really emphasized a certain beat division in your playing that is even slower than need be.
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#1520987 - 02/24/17 09:50 PM
Re: Another ballad - If - by Bread.
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Marty Gilman
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Mark, I enjoyed it very much. Your tone is killer. I agree with what Kelly said about differentiating the two guitars finally. For example, I would record the chords with a neck pick up and the melodic part more with the bridge or combined bridge and middle pick up.
I also have a wild idea of playing this with more than two guitars, but that's up to you. Then again, you could break into a cha-cha. LOL
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#1521035 - 02/25/17 02:02 AM
Re: Another ballad - If - by Bread.
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CLEAN
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Thanks all - appreciate you taking the time to listen and comment.
Marty - I recorded both tracks using the exact guitar set up. Maybe on the next one I do I'll do it the way you explained above. In the meantime, maybe I can eq them to sound a bit different. Thanks so much.
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#1521042 - 02/25/17 02:57 AM
Re: Another ballad - If - by Bread.
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rhythmace47
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Mark - great job vamping over the top of those changes. Totally got what you were doing with that. Also a reminder of a great song I have not heard for years. Nice!
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#1521160 - 02/26/17 12:26 AM
Re: Another ballad - If - by Bread.
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CLEAN
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rhythm and moose - thanks for listening. Moose - I'm working on a couple of different versions of this now using a flanger and phaser, maybe even try a bit of tremelo.
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