TOMB covers Will Oldham...any interest?

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:03 pm

sad iron wrote:I'm thinking "At the Break of Day"

One of my favorites.

DrummerMan · Post by **DrummerMan** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:32 am

Well, I've never really spent much time with any of his stuff, but I always liked it when I heard it. I went to itunes to listen to something, and the first tune that came up is "Love Comes to Me" (it seems to be the most popular on iTunes), and that's a tune I feel like I could get into.

Is it alright to do this if I'm not a knowledgeable Will Oldham fan?

What would be the timeframe for doing this?

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:52 am

Definitely, go for it.
Timeframe...what does everyone think? By Friday, October 10th?

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:57 am

i could probably swing that. personally, i can't believe there aren't more takers on this one...

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:59 am

Smitty wrote:personally, i can't believe there aren't more takers on this one...

Yeah, I agree...I'm happy picking another song, though.

DrummerMan · Post by **DrummerMan** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:50 am

mjau wrote:Definitely, go for it.
Timeframe...what does everyone think? By Friday, October 10th?

Cool.

Friday, Oct.10 sounds good!

put me down for, "love comes to me"

BandyLou · Post by **BandyLou** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:48 am

Is it alright to do this if I'm not a knowledgeable Will Oldham fan?

I hope that's okay, because I'm not either.
I've been wanting to get involved in one of these TOMB cover projects for a while, and I thought this one would be interesting and challenging, since I'm a non-fan. Will Oldham is someone I should like, his star is in the same constellation as a lot of music I do like, but every time I listen, something in the lyrics or voice or presentation makes me uneasy. Can't always put my finger on exactly what... When I heard "For Every Field..." (the song I chose to cover) I liked the lyrics right away, so I picked it. Hope I can make it happen in a month!

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:43 pm

BandyLou wrote:
Is it alright to do this if I'm not a knowledgeable Will Oldham fan?
I hope that's okay, because I'm not either.
I've been wanting to get involved in one of these TOMB cover projects for a while, and I thought this one would be interesting and challenging, since I'm a non-fan. Will Oldham is someone I should like, his star is in the same constellation as a lot of music I do like, but every time I listen, something in the lyrics or voice or presentation makes me uneasy. Can't always put my finger on exactly what... When I heard "For Every Field..." (the song I chose to cover) I liked the lyrics right away, so I picked it. Hope I can make it happen in a month!

i'm kind of in the same boat. my girlfriend is a huge fan, and has been getting me into his stuff. and i've been getting her interested in us recording together (she plays piano well and i think she's got a great voice), so this is serving a lot of purposes at the moment... including another step towards justifying the odd bits of gear i keep dragging home.

sad iron · Post by **sad iron** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:17 pm

Well, here's something like my version of my song. Quick and dirty, to say the least. About an hour or two of work. Thoughts?

http://www.jason-lewis.net/AtTheBreakofDayrough.mp3

the finger genius · Post by **the finger genius** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:07 am

nobody needs drum tracks?

the finger genius · Post by **the finger genius** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:12 am

Here's an example of a track I played on if that's holding anybody up. Drums were tracked after all other tracking was done.

http://landspeedrecording.com/BearInMind.mp3

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:31 pm

Aiight, here's mine:

Send Your Love to Me.

Voc, Tambo: AT4040-Meek VC3Q
Bass: Ibanez Acoustic-ART TPS2-dbx163X
Ac. Gtr.: Ibamez-SM58-VTB1
Ld. Gtr.: G&L F-100_AT4040-Meek VC3Q
Drums: hand-massajt sampulls (Sorry, Finger-dude, I didn't see your post before.)

NOTE: 100 downloads in 7 days allowed. If you need it after that, PM me.

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:15 pm

Sad Iron and vvv...
Both really great stuff.
vvv...love that guitar solo. Neil Young redux. Very cool background vocals, too.
Sad Iron...what is the amp & guitar you're playing? It's a great sound. I've always imagined this song at the tempo you chose - really nicely done.

sad iron · Post by **sad iron** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:30 pm

mjau wrote:Sad Iron and vvv...
Both really great stuff.
vvv...love that guitar solo. Neil Young redux. Very cool background vocals, too.
Sad Iron...what is the amp & guitar you're playing? It's a great sound. I've always imagined this song at the tempo you chose - really nicely done.

vvv had a good idea in laying out the signal paths, so here are mine in all their glory:

All Vox CAD M9-->Presonus Eureka-->Logic
Lead vox with Male Creamy Lead preset tweaked to suit taste.
The harmony vox has the Male Backing preset on it with no tweaks.
The ooohs has the pop back vox preset with tweaks.

Shaker is the M9/Eureka combo as well with the soft shaker preset in Logic

Drums are the Ultrabeat thing in Logic with the Asian kit looped on a part I banged out in a minute or two.

Gtr: Korean ASAT Classic direct through a Digimax into the Mellow Amp preset in Logic with no tweaks

The lead is the same signal path but the 80s chorus + verb preset in Logic with no tweaks

Soft Hall reverb on an aux send.

That's it. Like I said before, quick and dirty, but I think it turned out ok. the Logic virtual stuff sounds better to my ears than any I've tried before. They are making me very lazy.

As for the tempo, I always liked that this was such a downer lyrically, but the tempo and arrangement were upbeat. Nice irony, but me, I'm Post Ironic, and so I just thought I'd go with spooky downer.

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:30 am

[quote="sad iron]Gtr: Korean ASAT Classic direct through a Digimax into the Mellow Amp preset in Logic with no tweaks[/quote]

Wow, consider me fooled - I thought it was a really nicely recorded amp.

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