Cougar Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 It really has been a journey to get this piece into some sort of recording shape, namely about 4 months of fairly steady practice, along with an unplanned, fairly complete revamp of the home studio. I've recorded a lot of multitrack keyboard stuff in the past (underground amateur). This is my first serious recording playing an actual guitar* (rather than a synth that sorta sounds like a guitar) - my take on Jorma's Embryonic Journey instrumental from the Airplane's 1967 Surrealistic Pillow album.... https://soundcloud.c...ougar/e-journey __________________ * Takamine GJ72CE 12-string Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 That was lovely, Cougar. I really like it. That slightly off-kilter slur at 0:45 or so, that was jazzy. I loved it in particular. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Great job. I'm a big Jorma fan. Sounded great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Nice playing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Good stuff - have you kept the keyboard version you did as well? Was the Jorma album with Constanten any help after all? I think it's great that you spent so much time on getting it down. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 Thanks, all. I was really jazzed when I found that drum part, which I think really makes it with this piece. I was also thinking of adding a fretless bass part... Maybe I'll keep working on it... What's the trick on playing bass? Good stuff - have you kept the keyboard version you did as well? Thanks, jdmg - you kind of helped set this all in motion in that thread over a year ago by identifying that keyboard version, the name and source of which I could not recall to save my life. Here's the keyboard version, played from, like, a 30-40 year-old memory.... That album Jorma did with Constanten helped only insofar as inspiring me to work on this. Kottke's version was also pretty inspirational, although he plays it quite differently. Once I tried it on the 12-string, there was no going back to a 6-string... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Thanks, all. I was really jazzed when I found that drum part, which I think really makes it with this piece. I was also thinking of adding a fretless bass part... Maybe I'll keep working on it... What's the trick on playing bass? Thanks, jdmg - you kind of helped set this all in motion in that thread over a year ago by identifying that keyboard version, the name and source of which I could not recall to save my life. Here's the keyboard version, played from, like, a 30-40 year-old memory.... That album Jorma did with Constanten helped only insofar as inspiring me to work on this. Kottke's version was also pretty inspirational, although he plays it quite differently. Once I tried it on the 12-string, there was no going back to a 6-string... Covering Jorma's guitar work is difficult enough. Do you really want to try and channel Jack Casady ? lol. best of luck and God bless you ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 Do you really want to try and channel Jack Casady ? lol. Well, the "fretless bass" would be coming out of the Motif... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemarie Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Sounds great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Well, the "fretless bass" would be coming out of the Motif... Lol. I'm sure it will sound good. You did a great job or it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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