Well this has been fun but time has run out. This was a great track to end on. Stylistically challenging, technically interesting and personally immensely enjoyable seeing as it is was a huge part of the soundtrack of my life. It also contains the only bit of "studio trickery" employed in all these songs. In the backing vocals during the refrain, there are three parts. The first note of the highest "angelic" part was totally out of my range for more than a few seconds of falsetto, no matter how much I channelled Jonsi..;p) So I decided to sing it an octave down and pitch shift it. Buried in the mix and steeped in reverb, it works well. Also enjoyed playing my acoustic as an electric for the solo. Used Amplitube and used Compressor, Green box Overdrive and a Univibe plug to give some wobble all thru a Jimi Hendrix Gold Marshall (but played clean) into a slant top 4 x 12 quad box. Lots of fun. 

Let It Be

opening of John Ireland's "Te Deum" in F Major

Ireland Opening

Happy  Birthday, beautiful man...

Tamara Smolyar playing at the MRC Salon 30 September 2011

In A Room With Rachmaninov ABC Recording 30Sep11

Getting to know the Soma Lyra-8. Single takes stuck end to end for brevity. Tiny touch of Valhalla Vintage Verb for glue.

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Creatures Small And Smaller
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Creatures Small And Smaller

some recent more experimental ideas, not so focused on pop song arrangements

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I record slowly, giving me time to compose in real time, and to make up for my limited technical skills. I speed tracks up after recording, all of which are mixed for headphones.

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