This one took me a while. Johnny's famous guitar rhythm was very tricky to duplicate with voice without sounding totally obnoxious. I ended up creating a steady bass note beat of voice dropped down an octave, mixed in a layer of the same track reversed, and panned everything hard left and right. I built the rest of the song on top of that.
If you've ever listened to the original track with headphones a bunch of times in a row, you'll be able to kind of simulate the same vertigo feeling I kept getting while working on this for hours at a time. There were a few days I had to stop early for the day because my equilibrium was so out of whack and I felt literally nauseous the rest of the day. I can only imagine what it was like to mix down the original!
Here is a random picture of my son and heir of... something?
photo by Josh Cadwising
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
How Soon Is Now
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Holy cow, what a hard song to take on - lots of expectations. Very very nice.
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations on doing anamazing job on such an iconic song. Lovely version. No Headmaster Ritual????
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgeous! Best cover ever, hands down. I'd wondered how you'd be able to take on this song-you did a beautiful job. Simply ethereal.
ReplyDeleteKilled it! What a perfect cover.
ReplyDeleteAwesome version, pitch perfect and brilliantly conceived.
ReplyDeleteLovely work, best of luck!!
ReplyDeletealways loved this song. love your version - fantastico. can't download it as it has reached its limit. where can I get it?
ReplyDeleteTurrah!
Mark - Australia