The Switch is a hard rock instrumental that packs a tight groove and is filled with high octane energy.

Check out the video of this song here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOCWG54r6gY

This is something very dear to me.  In November of 2016 I decided I wanted to try and improve my mixes at home.  I have a professional video editing setup that I often use to record musical ideas.  Just quick and rough demos that never get past the rough stage.  So I bought a better audio interface and a set of Yamaha HS7 mixing monitors.  Little did I know that was just the beginning.  My mixes sounded terrible!  Why?  Short answer:  I didn't know what I was doing!

So the journey began. Learning. Plugins.  Getting opinions from friends.  More plugins.  DIY Acoustic Panels.  DAW Controller. Microphones. Hardware Preamp. Hardware Compressor. More plugins!  OK, I went a little crazy but all through it I tried to learn how to mix.

The Switch was born from a riff I wrote several years ago.  I needed some other parts so I started to work on it.  The arrangement came together quite quickly.  The guitar solos developed over time just from jamming to the recording until they were set.

I explored covering off all the instruments I could do myself: Guitars, Bass, Keyboards.  Through a bit of trial and error I developed a way to build a pretty realistic drum part through a hybrid of tools, programming and editing.

I used several Gibson Guitars recorded through a Marshall JCM900 50 watt dual reverb head.  Bass went DI through a Preamp.  The Arturia Minilab handled the keyboard parts with their amazing Hammond Organ samples.  

Since this was my first track and learning tool it took me over a year and a half to get to this point.  So here it is.  "The Switch".  I hope you enjoy it.

The Switch
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