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Post by nikonbob55 on Oct 16, 2005 18:38:55 GMT
This song started while I was playing around with the tone and EQ settings on the new Jazz bass. I was able to get a sound close to Entwistle's trademark tone. John Entwistle was a huge influence on me as a kid - both in terms of my decision to play the bass in the first place (I still remember the first time I heard My Generation), and then in the style I would develop while listening to him, to Jack Bruce, John Paul Jones, McCartney's melodic lines, a little Jaco now and then, and so many others. The version I've uploaded has a scratch vocal that I put down this morning, but I'm planning on drafting Al to do a final one when he has the time to get over here. This one just serves as a place holder for now. I deliberately played only fills here and there on the Strat - the lead breaks were handled on the Jazz bass. John once said in an interview that he played the lead in the Who - he just did it an octave lower than most. That's what I tried for here. Needless to say, I'll upload the final version once Al's vocal gets tracked and the final mix is done.
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Post by sgulley on Oct 23, 2005 16:39:11 GMT
Bob, This has some really good quality, especially in the drums sections, guitar and bass, and hey the vocals sound good too! kinda Jim Morison-ish. Lots of good instrument seperation. And of course any mention of your dog in the song, well, that means Stan
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Post by nikonbob55 on Oct 23, 2005 17:16:07 GMT
Thanks Stan - actually, this one's going to sound a lot better soon (Al is going to take the vocals). And yes, I did mention my little terror (just over a year old Rat Terrier), because he doesn't care for the sound of thunder at all. His ears go back, his eyes get big, and he just sits quietly on the pillow in his crate. This is quite the departure, as he generally tends to leap all over the place - there has to be some kangaroo in this breed!
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Post by sgulley on Oct 24, 2005 17:03:29 GMT
Bob, It is funny how we embed these observations about our own lives within our songs whether serious or not.
Your song brought back the memory of an English Bulldog we had that was so scared of thunder that she ran under the tool shed and always got stuck, where she couldn't move or get out (had to get a shovel and start digging around her until she freed herself). Pretty humorous but probably not to the dog.
Stan
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Post by nikonbob55 on Oct 24, 2005 20:18:14 GMT
I think that when we are at our best lyrically, we're telling a story that we know intimately, because we've experienced it. More often than not, the folks who like these tales can relate because they've been in very similar circumstances as well.
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Post by mcarp555 on Nov 8, 2005 14:56:53 GMT
Bob - Bass sounds "big"! Everything sounds pretty clear in the mix. I'd like to hear some more riffing along the lines of "The Real Me". Heck, I'd like to play riffs like that! Looking forward to hearing how Al changes it.
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Post by nikonbob55 on Nov 13, 2005 11:23:06 GMT
Hi Mike, Thanks for listening! I don't often get to tear up the bass neck, but once in a while....like a kid at the park, wanting to ride the roller coaster just once more! I was hoping Al would have been over yesterday, but something cam up and he got redirected. I look forward to his version of this vocal, and even more so to the lyric he wrote for Autumn. I haven't heard that as yet, but I'm looking forward to!
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Post by nikonbob55 on Nov 20, 2005 19:09:34 GMT
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