Halloween….I felt a dare coming on :) 

I was 'musically challenged' on FB to use my 7 guitars on a song and only guitars. No samples or keys. I looked round for a suitable song to cover as that would save me the extra headache of writing new material. 

Only anoraks should proceed beyond this point because I'm gonna waffle.

I chose  'Moonchild' by King Crimson for it's Halloween feel and the 'cobwebs' and 'ghosts' in the lyric. 

I recorded a basic guitar /vocal with a classical gtr via single mic as a guide track, freehand – no click/tempo defined. Then recorded the classical and vocal separately and faded the guide track in and out at low level here and there. 

Next a bass using a Tanglewood acoustic which I dropped an octave.

Next I created a 2 pads with a Fender F3 acoustic, an Echo 12 string set up  'Nashville'' ( remove the standard six strings). Not by 'traditional' sampling but  by recording a single note  to each track, reversing, then to a buss with a reverb set at 'infinite' to create a drone. 

I avoided creating 'chord' pads to help with clarity. You can form chords from the notes if  you want to though I find 2 note intervals work better.

Crunchy guitar is a Squier Strat, via Native Instruments Guitar Rig.   

On the last verse I added a little bit of detail with two acoustics, a Taylor and Gibson J45. 

I used two non-guitar samples. A stone flower pot dragged across flagstones and  grandfather clock chimes from Washington Old Hall in County Durham ( ancestral home of George Washington). 


Simples :)  Never dare a Pirate !

Moonchild  ( King Crimson )

This is now a basic 'Free' account.  A number of old songs are no longer available. 


Huge 'Thank You'  to the following people for their  help on some of these songs and their inspiration on others. 


http://soundcloud.com/the-secret-red-orchestra

https://soundcloud.com/vangabriel

http://soundcloud.com/the-acoustic-grill

https://soundcloud.com/bluecherrykiss

https://soundcloud.com/faerytale

https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter

https://soundcloud.com/little-lone-waltz

A few ( printable ) quotes.

 "  Masterpieces "-----Dolll
 "Shit, you got me crying"----RosesAreBlue
  " A Legend".....RosesAreBlue
 "I brought my kazooo"------  Faerytale
 " Unaffected Eccentricity"-----Gil Gillespie
" Uniquely Mad "----- Phil McWalter
" F*ckin' space chords man" ------Phil McWalter
 "Unhinged seriousness"----Wheelwright
 " Slightly Deranged".......Superhowl
"F***ing Hell "  ----Man on a Grill
"Chaos and Beauty"-----Steph Casey
" Nutter" -----  Kim Guy
" F**K's Sake ! LOL "------Bekah B
" You are definitely Cool " .......lola-demo
" A bloody good racket"   ,,,,,,Steph Casey 
" Intelligent, uniquely beautiful music " .  Kerijohnson.
" Devastatingly cute"  Aerogene 070. 
" Cool husky crooner at play "   Soundboard tinkerers.
"Keep your knees together"      RosesAreBlue.

Moonchild ( King Crimson )

The Irate Pirates