Name: Spring Onions by Howard The Road Runner
Duration: 4 min 25 s
Description: Slow pop and disco instrumental featuring an Alpine Horn Sample!

I would have liked a more interesting drum track. I've always found the repetitive snare on 2 & 4 so boring.

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Here's a wild Mahavishnu tune I covered in one day!

I memorized most of the solos, too. This is very close to the record!

All of the guitar parts were played on the Marble Head using the Vox
amp with the Lewitt mic. Then for the drums and violin tracks, I
played on the Yanaha m06. I also used one of the clavinets off of the Korg SV-1, and the Rhodes from the Nord 2 HA-88. I played on the fretted bass using the bass pod, and the synth parts were done on the Little Phatty. The gongs were from the Garritan Instant Orchestra "Earth Metal Percussion."

I put a whole bunch of wild effects on some of the instruments. For
another instance of the gong track, I added a flange effect. (I first
put a mono preset in both tracks.) Then for the synth solo, and violin
tracks, I added a distortion effect off of the Cakewalk Ampsim (I
think I used "British Crunch" on the synth solo, and "Fuzz 1" for the
violin tracks.)

Anyway, I had a lot of fun doing this one.

Birds Of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra (cover)

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I learned this song off of the Abbey Road album. I played all the guitars first, using the Marblehead Imperial guitar played through my Vox amplifier. I think I did the bass next. The organ was played on the Nord Electro 4D. The "white noise" sound was done on the Yamaha M06 and I did all the vocals using the Lewitt microphone. (I also recorded the guitar tracks using the Lewitt mic.) The drums were Session Drummer, Funk Kit. 

I listened to Abbey Road with my headphones one day, and then I started to hear myself covering this song.

Covers

I Want You (She's So Heavy)- The Beatles (cover)

I had a lot of fun covering this piece! The guitars were played on the Marblehead using the guitar pod. The bass was played on the Fender Jazz bass using the bass pod. The drums were from Session Drummer, the Evil Joe kit. The cellos and double basses were from East West Hollywood Strings, Diamond.

Red - King Crimson (cover)

Slow pop and disco instrumental featuring an Alpine Horn Sample!

Spring Onions

I am a freelance sound operator working in television. I play a bit of piano and write the occasional bit of music. A classically trained piano player I fell in love with the rock music of the 1970s. Particular favourites are ELP, Focus and Pink Floyd. I am currently working on a tribute to Keith Emerson called "Rondo Requiem".

Spring Onions

Howard The Road Runner

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