Plagiarizing Paul Simon!

[ernstinen]

Mar 2, 2009, 8:12pm, gburgess wrote:What in the world are you spraying in that throat to keep those cords sounding so good?GBHA! Well, I actually recorded that a few years ago when I was singing live 2-4 times a week. I'll admit I was spraying whiskey in my throat at times. Those days are (hopefully) over! --- I've been working on material like this for a new rock trio, so when we start practicing in a rehearsal studio with mics and P.A., we'll see how my "cords" react! I'm working on my high chest-voice range, 'cause some of these songs call for an occasional high B. When I used to drink hard stuff, I could barely hit a G. I can still sing really high in head voice/falsetto, but I don't want to wimp out if I can help it!Ern

[gburgess]

Ern,If you can pull off half of what I heard on "Run That Body Down," you'll be fine.I can't help but think that with some decent funding and pro marketing, guys like you could have gone a long way."I'm working on my high chest-voice range, 'cause some of these songs call for an occasional high B."Better you than me. The older I get, the deeper my voice gets. My range is getting smaller and smaller. Pretty soon the only thing I’ll be good for is singing bass for Doo-wop.By the way, thanks for sharing your secret throat formula. I've got to think a few of our forum buds are giving it a "shot" as we speak. Keep us in the loop on your trio as things progress. If you lay some tracks down, I'd like to check it out.Hang in!GB

[ggalen]

Ern,Can you share what effects were on the guitar part? Delay settings, reverb, anything else? Was it double tracked left and right? Overdrive or distortion settings?Thanks.

[ernstinen]

Mar 7, 2009, 7:07am, ggalen wrote:Ern,Can you share what effects were on the guitar part? Delay settings, reverb, anything else? Was it double tracked left and right? Overdrive or distortion settings?Thanks. Hey Glenn!I recorded this a few years ago, so let me go back in the memory of my little pea brain! After listening to this again, it sounds like pretty straight guitar/amp. I've got a '63 Strat with a Seymour Duncan "Hot Rail" humbucker bridge pickup into a Soldano tube preamp and a Peavey 60/60 tube power amp. The cabinet is a vintage Ampeg 2x12, close miked with an SM-57.The guitars are double tracked. The left guitar sounds like there may be a little Boss flanger on it, and the right guitar (and solo) sounds like there's about 30 ms of delay on it.If I DID use a distortion pedal, it was a Pro-Co Rat.That's it --- pretty simple! No wah wahs, no reverb, basically just cranked to 11! Best Regards,Ern

[ggalen]

Thanks, Ern!It sounded good.