Little River Band is definitely a challenge for anyone to reproduce, if anything because they were such a big studio band that did a lot of backing vocals.  This one took me a good 8 hours to learn, record & mix-down and features 20 tracks. There are subtly doubled main vocal vocals & 5 backup vocals, Acoustic & electric rhythm guitars and 2 lots of solo guitars.

Technical info:
* Multi-track Recorder - Tascam DP-32SD
* Mixdown & Mastering - Sony ACID Music Studio
* Vocal Mic - Rode NTK Valve Condenser
* Electric guitars - Rickenbacker 550 (Chinese knock-off)
* Acoustic guitars - Generic slim-line steel string
* Bass - Fernandes P-Bass
* Piano - Kawai MP11 Custom Studio Grand
* Electronic Drums - Yamaha DTX400K (Vintage Kit)

Pete Moody - Lonesome Loser

Here's my rendition of the Dobie Gray classic "Drift Away". Another new I'd never played before so all it took about 6 hours to learn & record and features 13 tracks. My biggest challenge with this one was trying to achieve Dobie's vocal range so if it sounds a bit strained well, that's cause I was pushing my voice to the extreme.

Technical info:
* Multi-track Recorder - Tascam DP-32SD
* Mixdown & Mastering - Sony ACID Music Studio
* Vocal Mic - Rode NTK Valve Condenser
* Electric guitars - Rickenbacker 550 (Chinese knock-off)
* Bass - Fernandes P-Bass
* Piano - Kawai MP11 Custom Studio Grand
* Electronic Drums - Yamaha DTX400K (Vintage Kit)

Pete Moody - Drift Away

Here's my HEAVY rendition of the Duran Duran classic "Hungry Like The Wolf". Just learnt this one today, not a hard song really so it only took me about 3 hours to get this one done on the multi-track. 

Technical info:
* Multi-track Recorder - Tascam DP-32SD
* Mixdown & Mastering - Sony ACID Music Studio
* Vocal Mic - Rode NTK Valve Condenser
* Electric guitars - Les Paul Special (Chinese knock-off)
* Bass - Fernandes P-Bass
* Electronic Drums - Yamaha DTX400K (Hard Rock Kit)

Pete Moody - Hungry Like The Wolf

Over 12 hours in the making, I finally got around to finishing this Nik Kershaw﻿ cover of "Wouldn't It Be Good". I had no idea what I was getting into with this one, a total challenge with so many complex little things going on in what seems like a simple little pop song. This one nearly hit 30 tracks and features a myriad layered guitars & synths!!

Technical info:
* Multi-track Recorder - Tascam DP-32SD
* Mixdown & Mastering - Sony ACID Music Studio
* Vocal Mic - Rode NTK Valve Condenser
* Electric guitars - Rickenbacker 550 (Chinese knock-off)
* Synths - Yamaha MOX6
* Bass - Fernandes P-Bass
* Electronic Drums - Yamaha DTX400K (Custom Power Kit)

Pete Moody - Wouldn't It Be Good

Here's a fun little ditty, after my Nik Kershaw nightmare, this was a dream to record and done in about 4 hours on the multi-track.
Technical info:
* Multi-track Recorder - Tascam DP-32SD
* Mixdown & Mastering - Sony ACID Music Studio
* Vocal Mic - Rode NTK Valve Condenser
* Electric guitars - Fender Standard Stratocaster (Chinese knock-off)
* Organ Synth - Yamaha MOX6
* Bass - Fernandes P-Bass
* Electronic Drums - Yamaha DTX400K (Power Kit)

Pete Moody - Coming Home

Covering Huey Lewis & The News' "If This Is It" was a huge undertaking, it was such a big song with loads of stuff happening in it. This one took a couple of days to get right and apart from the vocals where I'm straining my voice to get the original range, I'm pretty happy with how this turned out :)

This one features 22 tracks all up, with 6 part vocal harmonies, & a real 1965 Hammond tone-wheel organ. I loved recording this one.

Technical info:
* Multi-track Recorder - Tascam DP-32SD
* Mixdown & Mastering - Sony ACID Music Studio
* Vocal Mic - Rode NTK Valve Condenser
* Rhythm Guitar - Gibson Les Paul
* Lead Guitar - Fender Standard Stratocaster
* Organ - Hammond 1965 E311
* Piano - Kawai Studio Grand
* Bass - Fernandes P-Bass
* Electronic Drums - Yamaha DTX400K

Pete Moody - If This Is It

Woo hoo! Another request by one of my band mates, who asked me to do a cover of Mondo Rock's "Cool World". I knocked this one over on Sunday afternoon in about 6 hours.  I'm pretty happy with this one but I probably should have dropped the key a couple of semitones because I'm straining a bit to get the high notes.

This one is 23 tracks all up, a few vocal harmonies, some intricate little guitar fills and some iOS synths to get the retro 80's sounds.

Technical info:
* Multi-track Recorder - Tascam DP-32SD
* Mixdown & Mastering - Sony ACID Music Studio
* Vocal Mic - Rode NTK Valve Condenser
* Guitars - Fender Standard Stratocaster
* Organ - Hammond SK1
* iOS Synth - Magellan
* Bass - Fernandes P-Bass
* Electronic Drums - Yamaha DTX400K

Pete Moody - Cool World

Hey hey, it's Bollywood time!!  This time I thought I'd go all out of my comfort zone and recreate a modern Bollywood love song by Arijit Singh "Tum Hi Ho".  Been trying to learn this one over the last 3 days really trying to get the phrases right, I hope I've succeeded. 

This one is 20 tracks all up featuring a simple harmony vocal, some intricate little guitar fills, strings and piano.

Technical info:
* Multi-track Recorder - Tascam DP-32SD
* Mixdown & Mastering - Sony ACID Music Studio
* Vocal Mic - Rode NTK Valve Condenser
* Guitars - Nylon Acoustic
* Piano - Kawai MP11 Grand
* Strings & Effects - Yamaha MOX6
* Bass - Fernandes P-Bass
* Electronic Drums - Yamaha DTX400K

Pete Moody - Tum Hi Ho

This is my cover version of the song Νυχτοπαίδι or Nihtopedi (Child of The Night) originally recorded by Τρίφωνο.  I have been wanting to record this one for a while because of it's hauntingly beautiful melody and deep lyrics.
The whole thing was tracked on a TASCAM 32-Track recorder within 4 hours and features:
* Yamaha MOTIF XF7 Piano
* ESP 5 String Bass
* Fender US Standard Strat
* Vocals recorded through Rhode 1998 NTK Valve Condenser


Nyxtopaidi (Νυχτοπαίδι)- Pete Moody

This is my cover version of the song Rude originally recorded by Magic. This is one of the songs I sing in my band, anyway I recorded this in about 3 hours laying down all the instruments and tracking the vocals last.
Tracked on a TASCAM 32-Track recorder featuring:
* Yamaha MOTIF XF7 Clav & Organ sounds
* ESP 5 String Bass
* Fender US Standard Strat
* Yamaha DTX400 electric drum kit
* Vocals recorded through Rhode 1998 NTK Valve Condenser

Rude - Pete Moody

Classic Greek/Smyrnean folk music sung in Byzantine style.
Recorded in 2001.
Featured Instruments:
* 8 String Bouzouki
* Yamaha Bd Clarinet
* Electric Bass
* Acoustic Steel-String Guitar
All instruments multi-tracked live in one take.

Τζιβαέρι - Tzibaeri

Pete Moody is a talented multi-instrumentalist & vocalist who has spent decades performing in bands of all shapes and sizes.

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