it went pretty well, all things considered (things like the fact that i have all the grace of a chinchilla covered in fire ants and a skill level akin to Charles Bukowski on a bender, trying to ballroom dance – or was it the other way around?). once i had about 20 abortive takes (and those were TRULY bad), i found my spot and went after it.
the end result was somewhere between bloody awful and fucking great. at times, i sounded like that 28 year old Trans Am-drivin’ kid down the street who thinks he can sing like Steve Perry but actually has less ability than Bunny Lebowski… and at times, i sounded like Steve Perry. no shit. who knew? i can hold a note really really long, and keep it in tune so that it blends in with the music perfectly.
so yeah. i ended up with something of a cross between a gooey mess of tuneless garbage and a keeper. i gotta get some more takes in.
i’m not punching in mid-verse, nope. only time i punch is between verses. if i need to redo a line, i redo the whole verse. what i really should do, though, because i was NOT counting on the choruses (chorii?) cutting so close to the verses, is do 2 tracks and bounce them down to one later on. otherwise, that punching thing gets a little scary.
also, i found out that i absolutely MUST redo the guitars. again. i’m 99% sure that the 7k whine i’m hearing is from the Invisible Fence running just outside my window. not sure what i can do about that.
you’d never know in a million years that i don’t own a bass guitar. and it sounds perfect. i’m not tuning down or using an octave divider, either ;)
the song sounds less like Afghan Whigs and more like me now, i think. ooo!, and the drums actually sound great, too!
running out of disk space though. anyone have an old SCSI Plexwriter, or an SCSI Zip drive to sell, loan, or donate?
