I'm not being negative about myself here. I'm doing this recordings as quickly as I can, with home recording gear, and generally adverse recording circumstances. Plus I'm not an engineering genius. What I know I've only picked up from being in studios. Next to nothing has ever been shown to me.
I actually re-recorded the vocals on "Hey (I Am Here For Every Day)" but was too focused on just getting done and didn't save my tracking. Then my PC crashed. If Ed is reading this he'll be chuckling to himself as we used to dig at each other while recording The Stuns album about whether PC (my team) or Mac (his team) was better. In truth I've always known he was right but have been trying to convince myself that PC was better so I didn't feel bad for not having the money to buy a Mac. Time for me to start saving I think.
So piles of time is disappearing into the ether. Oh well. That's the way of the recording process. Besides, I needed the practice singing the track anyway.
My friend Arun has recorded the percussion for Here For You (time to start abbreviating it). I've done a basic mix and added some bass to see how that sounds. As I've already stated though, this is just a guide recording to work out what I want to do when I'm in the studio doing the actual recording and every second is costing me money. Please let me know your thoughts. Underneath this is one is the other track, Take A Holiday...
Hey (I Am Here For You Every Day)
No-one can be strong every day
You may want to lay down and make the world go away
But when these moments come to make you blue
You have to look around and know I am always here for you
Singing hey
I am here for you every day
Everyone has some troubled times
Life has a way of upsetting your rhymes
But it’s OK, this is just the way it is
Just let it all out, but never forget this
I’m singing hey
I am here for you every day
I want you to know
That you will never walk alone
I want you to know
That when the hard times come
And you’re feeling down
You can always count on some
To be singing hey
We are here for you every day
Here is the next guide track I've done for Arun to record percussion over. Just guitar and vocals now but I'll see about adding more vocals and bass when I get the percussion tracks from Arun. I'm looking forward to hearing this one with more instrumentation. In my mind I hear the intro riff played on steel drum, not guitar. It's nice to hear the songs gradually build into a full track. When you hear the end product all the endless hours of pre-production, tracking, mixing, re-tracking, re-mixing, mastering, etc... all just float away and it's all worth it.
Take A Holiday
Won’t you
Take a holiday
With me
You know we should get away
‘Cause lately
I’ve been missing you
There’s many
Things I would like to do
With you
We need some island sun
Clear waters blue
Surfing would be fun
I really think so, don’t you
We could dance all night
Then stay in bed til 2
What could be more right
Than spending every moment
With you
Come take a holiday
Swimming
And drinking big cocktails
Coz lately
I’ve been missing you
There isn’t
Anymore time to lose
So please
We need some island sun
Coconut juice
Baby won’t you come
I really want you to
I can hold you tight
Or walk an hour or two
And while we do I’d like
To be holding hands
With you
We’ll take a holiday
Hawaii
There’s no better place
To be
Than always next to you
Some things
You simply have to do
Like loving your lover
Kissing them all over
Making them know that you
Don’t want any other
Because if you know that
You love one another
There’s nothing more pressing
Than asking that question
Lover, won’t you
Take a holiday
With me
You know we should get away
‘Cause lately
I’ve been missing you
There’s many
Things I would like to do
With you
Take a holiday
With me
You know we should get away
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