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Post by worldengine on Apr 29, 2011 15:07:38 GMT -5
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Post by justabaldguy on Apr 29, 2011 17:43:56 GMT -5
Interesting vibe. Harmony vocals came out great. I'd love some specs on your group. Who all is playing what? How much of this is live?
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Post by worldengine on Apr 29, 2011 19:41:51 GMT -5
Thanks!
The song came from a very rough demo recorded by my indian friend Soumya, who wrote the lyrics as well. I took the demo and arranged it properly. Then a series of attempts to find the right vibe took place, initially going into a heavier territory, then finding the right mellow vibe.
I played acoustic guitar, eletric guitar, and did some keyboard programming and sample manipulation.
Cristiana Camboim sang the lead vocal.
Andrio Maquenzi played acoustic guitar, eletric guitar (including leads), keyboards and sang harmony vocals.
Brenno Di Napoli did regular and fretless bass.
Vinicius Möller record Hammond Organ.
Paul Schreier did drums.
It was all record separately, specially drums, which were done in Germany, at Paul's studio.
Did I answer everything you wanted to know? :-)
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Post by justabaldguy on Apr 30, 2011 17:39:44 GMT -5
Yes, especially the second-to-last sentence. I could tell there was some serious quality here, and if you told me you did it at home or in a garage I wouldn't (couldn't!) have believed it. You don't get drums like that anywhere but a studio, so how cool that must have been for y'all. Take a quick listen to my hasty Paranoid cover (another thread on this board) and anyone will hear the difference in quality. Mine was recorded on one Mac with a cheap mic, but y'all did it up.
Very cool end result. Love the little synth-thing echoing in the opening. That is a talented drummer, love the laid back shuffle vibe he maintained. The bass feels a tad loud (almost too dense/muffled) but otherwise this is an exceptional mix. Still can't get over the harmony vocals, that might be my favorite aspect of this tune.
EDIT: I want to throw out an unsolicited suggestion WorldEngine: cover Hello, Helicopter. I had it on the iPod at the gym today, and I was reminded of your song above. It struck me if you used the guy as lead vocal and the girl for the chorus ("Can I destroy that...") you might have a real interesting vibe. Clearly your drummer is well suited for the interesting percussive rhythms within the song, and I bet the rest of your band could match the vibe.
Might be a real neat twist.
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Post by worldengine on May 6, 2011 5:45:19 GMT -5
I Really love "Hello Hellicopter" and this is one of those hard to cover tracks. The arranagement is just so damn right.
I'd feel cheating just doing something too close to the original.
I believe that my take would be twistsing it really hard and gving it a modern Radiohead twist, with minimalistic, layered eletronica and some guitar.
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