Old Neil Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) It's been a while but I've been busy getting an album release happening amongst other things. This track from it is the most "unplugged" of the lot in that it just features my beloved AJ and a contrabass (double bass played with a bow) and some lovely violin work. I wrote it, sang the lead vocal (obviously not the female backing vocals though...) and played the AJ (well, that part is obvious as that's why we come to this forum...) and put in a few subtle synth parts at the end but it is mainly an all acoustic instrument song. It's good to have something to post here about. Edited January 22 by Old Neil new file attachment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 A fine recording. Best of luck with this project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Neil Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 Thanks Murph, An interesting piece of trivia was, that although most of the album was recorded in a friend's studio, the AJ was recorded in my office at home just using a medium distance positioned Shure Beta 57A cardioid mic. I have a condenser mic but didn't bother as this sounded fine. No special sound damping or room baffles needed. A little compression, EQ and reverb was added at the studio and that was it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars68 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Absolutely lovely! Lars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egoidealmusic Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Sounds great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 How about a photo of that 12-fret AJ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Neil Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 It's low resolution to fit in with the rules here but this is it.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Neil Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 On 1/22/2024 at 10:08 PM, Lars68 said: Absolutely lovely! Lars Thanks Lars, 🙂 From what I dimly recall, you are also based in Sweden, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Sounds wonderful, both the recording and the arrangement. Red 333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Very nice.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Neil Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 On 2/1/2024 at 5:13 PM, Red 333 said: Sounds wonderful, both the recording and the arrangement. Red 333 Thank you. It was great working with the other two musicians who just "got it" so quickly and can work in their interpretive playing in one or two takes. For my part I don't consider myself much of a player but love the songwriting process. I play and sing on my tracks because, well, someone has to show the other musicians how they are laid out(!) It is a particular pleasure to take songs out of my loungeroom and out in the wild as it were to meet what I would consider "real" musicians. Strangely, a lot of these same musicians don't necessarily write original material so it becomes a mutualy beneficial arrangement. That's more than fine by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Great recording. All the parts fit. Nice AJ, too. Save for the depth of the body, is it kind of a tricked-out Roy Smeck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 On 2/5/2024 at 7:57 AM, Old Neil said: For my part I don't consider myself much of a player... You coulda fooled me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Neil Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 Well, it's just some arpeggiated chords in the intro and the rest is simple rhythm guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Neil Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 (edited) Thanks, yes, it is a similar spec to the Roy Smeck (I have played that model in my local guitar shop): Adirondack top, 12 fret neck, IR back and sides. Body depth-wise, it seems the same as my J-45. Edited February 9 by Old Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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