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In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:52 pm
by 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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Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:27 pm
by jimk
So far, so good. It's a good start.
JimK
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:33 pm
by beatlefreak
Very pretty. Good job!
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:06 am
by longhouse
Gorgeous really.
You captured the defining essence of the song.
Bravo!
Love the bridge section especially.
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:29 am
by Scastles
Fine work, Nick. You caught every little nuance of the song in instrumental fashion. Kudos.
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:50 am
by scotty
Great job i like it!
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:28 am
by 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!
)
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:36 am
by tennis_nick
Thanks for listening and for the kind words folks!
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:50 am
by 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.
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:07 pm
by doctorwho
Excellent!
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:45 pm
by 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
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:14 pm
by Ric O'Sound
Nick, that was beautiful. I enjoyed it very much. Awesome job.
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:24 pm
by tennis_nick
Thank you all or the kind words!
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:49 pm
by frickengruvin
Well done Nick.
Please expand on how you tuned and how you recorded yourself.....
Re: In My Life - acoustic cover
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:08 pm
by tennis_nick
frickengruvin wrote: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!