This was recorded on April 12th and 13th of 2010 

Man, it really HAS been a while since I recorded anything!  For this one, I came up with the bass line during practice a week ago and it stuck with me.  I came up with a really basic drum beat, laid down the bass line and another line that could be used elsewhere and just jammed along with the guitar until the other parts came together.  Honestly, I wasn’t even trying to work on a song at that point.  It was more about playing around with Guitar Rig 4 and see if I even remembered how to do anything in Logic.  I got the basic framework together and then realized it needed something.  I wanted a speech in the background, something that you couldn’t quite make out everything that was being said but you know you’ve heard it before.  I looked online for some samples and remembered a scene from Saving Private Ryan that could work.  I don’t think the samples and the music are perfect matches but something about it kinda works.  Anyway, it’s far from the best thing I’ve done but I’m pretty happy with it.  I got to use the Strat for recording, which is a first, along with using the Taylor acoustic.  I was going to go back and work on the drums a bit but I think I’ll just leave it where it is for now.  And you know what?  It feels really good to have recorded something new for a change.

Tools:

Digital Audio Workstation: Logic Studio
Drums: Addictive Drums Plug-in
Guitar Effects: Guitar Rig 4 Plug-in
Electric Guitar: Fender 50‘s Road Worn Stratocaster
Acoustic Guitar: Taylor 312ce
Additional guitar effects: EBow
Bass: Fender Precision Bass

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