Social Distortion on a banjo

scott macdonald · Post by **scott macdonald** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:28 pm

Hello, Tapeoppers.

A couple weeks ago my bandmate and I recorded a cover of Social Distortion's "Prison Bound" using a banjo, a toy xylophone, a bass guitar, a harmonica, a tambourine, an acoustic guitar, a few trucks driving by on the road outside, a handheld cassette recorder (as an effect thingy), and a floor tom.

http://www.rumandrebellion.com/mp3s/Rum ... _bound.mp3

I recorded it on my Yamaha MT8X (a cassette-based eight-track), using a little old Mackie mixer, a $60 MXL LDC, a broke-ass C1000S, an RNC (sparingly), and a lot of room ambiance from my bandmate's wood-floored apartment.

The first time I ever pressed record on a multitrack recorder was only about a year ago, and I've been tinkering, voraciously reading the TOMB and doing a few demos for friends for free since then. I love doing this shit. So much fun.

Anyway, this is the first MP3 I've posted here. Tear me apart.

-scott
www.rumandrebellion.com

rich · Post by **rich** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:22 pm

man that sounds cool as hell. its a little jumbly when the acordion comes in but i kinda think that it add to the overall feeling of the song. ill take low fi with soul over big slick studio sound any day. keep it up!

sara_tonin · Post by **sara_tonin** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:05 pm

great idea, sounds good.
a little rough, but I like.

dougo · Post by **dougo** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:08 pm

Heck yeah! That is the spirit of things!

Dougooooo

nutate · Post by **nutate** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:22 pm

I don't know if the spoken vocals at the beginning are necessary, but man this is a great sound. Really good. I dig it a lot.

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