5 on Reserve
Jun. 22nd, 2008 11:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellyssianThe live recording went not so well.
I definitely haven't been playing enough bass regularly to keep up with the slap bass line. Right hand index and middle finger are very sore and ring finger has a monster blister. So by the end of the day when we went to record, my bass track was kind of weak, but mostly on time. Slow on the second half of the bridge, a few flubs, one on the bendy bit at the ending - where I'm playing solo, so it's nice and noticeable.
Justin's piano track is down, but rough in spots, especially considering the most demanding part was written yesterday and today - so not much practice time. Likewise the part Chris plays - he just learned/wrote the verse and bridge parts today, so it was tough to capture.
We went for the guitar part - which helps guide the sax and clarinet in the verse - and I discovered the guitar part really could use some work. It's now reggaeified, although you can hardly tell on the software version.
And that "final" complete software version is posted up on The Lefty Valdez Band MySpace page. So you can hear the whole tune, minus the human performance aspect.
Based on the performances we've recorded so far, and the sound we got, it will sound a whole lot better when we get it all captured live.
I definitely haven't been playing enough bass regularly to keep up with the slap bass line. Right hand index and middle finger are very sore and ring finger has a monster blister. So by the end of the day when we went to record, my bass track was kind of weak, but mostly on time. Slow on the second half of the bridge, a few flubs, one on the bendy bit at the ending - where I'm playing solo, so it's nice and noticeable.
Justin's piano track is down, but rough in spots, especially considering the most demanding part was written yesterday and today - so not much practice time. Likewise the part Chris plays - he just learned/wrote the verse and bridge parts today, so it was tough to capture.
We went for the guitar part - which helps guide the sax and clarinet in the verse - and I discovered the guitar part really could use some work. It's now reggaeified, although you can hardly tell on the software version.
And that "final" complete software version is posted up on The Lefty Valdez Band MySpace page. So you can hear the whole tune, minus the human performance aspect.
Based on the performances we've recorded so far, and the sound we got, it will sound a whole lot better when we get it all captured live.
