I Can Hear Music
When I bust my left foot way back in March, I found myself sat in my eyrie fiddling with my instruments (oooh matron). I started arsing around with a "bagpipe" type of melody I concocted whist walking around in the Scottish rain a few years back.I called it "In Scottish Rain" because I'm literal like that and here it is for your delectation.
In Scottish Rain.
Recorded via a Yamaha MD4S Minidisk Recorder (used as a mixer) direct to N-Track on my laptop. Sonic Foundry's Acid Music was used to add drums and to facilitate some of the key changes. Finally Soundforge was used for the final mix.
I tried to be a bit Mike Oldfieldy with this. That's why there's harmonised bagpipe-type guitars. Personally I think it needs a bit of bass boost or - a proper bassline adding. I tried to rely on the synth samples to provide the bottom end but, on reflection perhaps more oomph is needed.
All opinions, good, bad or indifferent welcome.
10 comments:
Pretty impressive sir. And not a single "yo" too.
Very nice indeed. And very Oldfield :-)
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Damn firewall... back later at home!
Sounds pretty good to me Steve. A bit Knoflerish! I'm agog with admiration for anybody that can play any musical instument, meself. I was thrown out of the school music lessons aged 7 for playing the triangle out of time!
Vangelis does a crimbo tune !
it needs words and the drums in the middle are a bit Keith Moon, but it's ace none the less.
I'm impressed.
Love the melody - very "Oldfield". Incidentally, has anyone EVER had a holiday in Scotland when it didn't rain?
Any chance you can repeat that in English, old chap?
Seriously, I clicked the link (repeatedly) but it only gave me about two seconds worth! Nice couple of seconds though.
Sorry old chap, I had bittorent doing something not quite right which slows down my pc, now I have given your tune time to load, I have heard it. Love the guitar, could live without the added fripperies.
We called in at Gretna outlet village yesterday as a detour from our trip to carlisle. It was pissing down and misty, and generally miserable. As we crossed the border I found myself humming your tune.
I seem to remember Paul McCartney saying something about a milkman whistling Yesterday and he knew then that he was famous.........
No appropriate spot for this, but what an excellent City result. I hope you were there.
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