Thanks, Chap, I'm glad you took the trouble to listen. I guess it is kind of dark, especially the middle eight (or nine), and the lyrics are going in that direction too. Well dark hopeful, like most of my stuff.
You'll laugh when I tell you what I'm doing: This song began with the middle descending/ascending bit on my 4001. I've had the bass for a month and it's like this song came along no extra charge because I started playing the song almost immediately as I was getting acquainted with her. I built the opening chords/chorus a little brighter to wake up from the dark part. Then the verse fell in yesterday from a line I toyed with a few months ago. The line goes to the 4 and returns, bingo
I fired up GarageBand and grabbed my bass, connected it directly to the computer and ran through a few takes with the click track, and then I polished it up with a little cut & paste; there are several ways to enhance timing, pitch etc. I laid on the drums one piece at a time from software instruments triggered by a midi keyboard, first bass, then snare and then ride. So there are no loops in this song, just me banging away at the keyboard (OK there's some cut and paste magic going on too). Switched to rock organ sounds and laid on left and right hand parts separately, then a third ascending cathedral organ line.
I do this one straw at a time because I'm not a drummer or a keyboard player.
Last night I made the first mix and then I put in the rhythm guitar (my 320) this morning. I took a line out of my Behringer AC112 hybrid modeling amp (all settings on ten with a combo simulator effect) direct into the back of the computer and dialed up a nice crisp treble-mid pups blend. Just been fiddling with the mix and writing vocal parts since then. So you see, this is about as rough as it gets. It's all GarageBand, Behringer and Rickenbacker. Are you rolling on the floor?
I cut my teeth in the studio in the seventies as a player, so you can imagine what a ball I'm having in comparison with two-inch tape and razor blade.
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