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Showing posts with label trio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trio. Show all posts

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Music from the trio

As previously reported, Jane, Shona and I did a bit of recording a while ago. Well, here are the results.

I tried to get the songs into a gadget in the side bar, but the technology is proving a bit too involved for my ability level. I will keep trying and possibly convince the hubby to help (he will roll his eyes at my efforts and hopefully take pity).

In the meantime I am trying to at least link you to the songs from a post. So let's see if this works....

Only Living Boy (Simon and Garfunkel). The first two voices you hear are Jane and Shona and I come in later. Guitar by Jane. We love doing this one, it's like meditating.

More Than Words
(Extreme). Jane has the tune, I'm doing the harmony and Shona comes in here and there. Guitar by Jane. Our version is a bit different to the original. We recorded this song last in a long session, and we were a bit wilted, so we don't sound as "together" as we think we normally are. Still, I think it's my favourite one.

Closer to Fine (Indigo Girls). I'm doing the tune for the most part, with Shona doing the third verse and Jane on harmony and (you guessed it) guitar. I have trouble listening to myself on those pitchy low notes, but I'm showing you, so that means I think it's OK for airing!

Happy Together (Turtles). Shona takes the lead on this one, with Jane and I on harmonies, Jane on guitar and me on shaker (I'm so skilled). This was the first song we recorded and we sound a bit tentative.

There was one other song - acapella version of You Send Me - but we nicked ideas from someone else's arrangement, so I'm not too comfortable publishing it here without asking their permission.

So anyway, I hope this works, and please leave constructive criticism in the comments! Next time we're going to try separate mics for each voice so it can be mixed and balanced. That said, I don't reckon it's a bad first effort!

Image: 'Groove Salad'
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Trio in Studio

Jane, Shona and Kerryn recorded five songs at EastCoast Studios in Coogee last week. We arrived a bit early and began our warm-ups in the courtyard, eliciting rude comments from passers-by. Then Jane did a marathon effort on the guitar tracks, which hurt her fingers a bit. By this time we were all melting as the aircon could only be put on between takes. Billy came to the rescue with ice water.

We had been thinking about having each voice seperately mic'd but in the end we went for one mic and we blended ourselves the low-tech way. This proved a bit tricky when we had the headphones on, which took some getting used to. In the end, we managed to get everything done that we had planned.

Here are the songs:

- Happy Together (The Turtles)
- More Than Words (Extreme)
- You Send Me (Sam Cooke)
- Closer to Fine (Indigo Grls)
- Only Living Boy in New York (Simon & Garfunkle).

I still haven't decided if I'm going to play the results for anyone or give anyone a CD. Will make a decision when it's mixed and fiddled with.