Recording: Day 2

Last night I was able to track some drums through the keyboard input.  This is a pretty boring process because you’re just kind of sitting there clicking away on one key throughout the whole song.  But, by the end it sounds pretty good and now I can add effects individually to each drum piece.  There is actually no snare yet, so I’m still trying to decide if it needs any.  Right now it’s just a bass drum and high hat, which I’m pretty satisfied with.

Secondly, I toyed around with some different guitar sounds and effects, and finally settled on a dirty sounding amp with a touch of fast tremolo for the lead part.  I came up with a little riff that repeats throughout the entire song except for the chorus, where I transition to a picking part over the chord changes.  I think it came together quite nicely.

I have to say it’s pretty cool – this record is going to be full of dissonance, particularly in the guitar parts.  I’m working on a bunch of new ideas, all of which feature a bunch of notes close together in the main guitar parts.  As far as I’m concerned, the more of that I can get on the album, the better.  I also love experimenting with vocal harmonies that don’t just sound like a regular harmony that you would expect.  I really think what I added to “These Hands” gives it such a unique flavor.  To me, that’s the whole fun of recording, since you can’t layer your voice when you sing live (at least not yet).

Experimenting with different sounds and creating the finished product is the best of part of recording.  So far, I’m loving it!  The only downside is that I usually lose track of time and end up staying up way too late, so I’m exhausted the next day.  But it’s been worth it so far.

Thanks for following me on this journey.  Even though I won’t be releasing full versions of my songs until the whole thing is finished, I will upload some clips here and there to get some feedback.  And maybe, when it’s almost done, if I have to decide between 2 songs, I’ll ask for your help.