In My Life - acoustic cover

[tennis_nick]

I always wanted to hear what it would sound like with just acoustic guitars, in a mostly finger picked fashion, rather than wait for someone to do it, I did it myself.

It gave me a chance to finally try out my new recording gear, so that was nice, I learned a lot. The end result screams "inexperience" but I still think it's a decent shot at learning the ropes.

The end is.... meh, I had forgotten how it ended while I was recording and I didn't have another take in me!

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[jimk]

So far, so good. It's a good start.

JimK

[beatlefreak]

Very pretty. Good job!

[longhouse]

Gorgeous really.
You captured the defining essence of the song.
Bravo!

Love the bridge section especially.

[Scastles]

Fine work, Nick. You caught every little nuance of the song in instrumental fashion. Kudos.

[scotty]

Great job i like it!

[servant]

That really is a Nice job! Thanks for sharing.

(We musicians can be our own worst critics...Don't be so hard on yourself! )

[tennis_nick]

Thanks for listening and for the kind words folks!

[admin]

Nick: A beautiful rendition of "In My Life." The moment you have captured is exceeded only by the joy of the listener. Well done.

[doctorwho]

Excellent!

[1OUfan]

Always one of my very favorite Beatles (Lennon) songs. "Yesterday" seems to get more recognition, but, "In My Life" is its equal and in many ways a far better song.
Great Job!!
Bob

[Ric O'Sound]

Nick, that was beautiful. I enjoyed it very much. Awesome job.

[tennis_nick]

Thank you all or the kind words!

[frickengruvin]

Well done Nick.

Please expand on how you tuned and how you recorded yourself.....

[tennis_nick]

Well done Nick.

Please expand on how you tuned and how you recorded yourself.....

Gladly!

The guitar is tuned down to Eb (I was jamming on some songs and I was having a hard time, so I tuned down).
While I was playing I was finding that my positioning was leading to sloppy notes, coming out buzzy and altogether not great. The solution was simple, I'm not singing anyways, slap a capo in there!

I picked one arbitrarily, turns out It was the 3rd fret.

The micing was rather sloppy. I had a small diaphragm condenser mic placed about 2.5 feet from the guitar just on table, and a large diaphragm condenser mic placed about 5 inches from the guitar on a mic stand.

I sent the signal to a Zoom H4 and used Cubase to split the channels and EQ/compress them equally.

I then overdubbed the "piano solo" with just the large condenser mic and a pick this time.

The mics are Audio Technica AT2020 and AT2021, they sell them rather cheapily in kits, and if you're thinking of getting started, I'd greatly recommend them! for $150 on mics, I couldn't ask for more really!