Paying tribute to my roots...

[Rain]

Saw an ad for Scorpions’ residency in Vegas and it prompted me to dig up this thing.

A snippet of an early demo of a cover of Scorpions’ Still Loving You for my Post Mortem Spasms project. I call it Still Loving You (in the graveyard).

The arrangement popped in my head one night at work and I decided to put a demo together between calls. I recorded this basic vocal track a few weeks later, thinking that it would serve as a guideline for the singer who'd agreed to sing it. But when she heard the demo, she said I had to sing it myself. I hate my voice, my stupid accent, and I can’t sing, but who am I to argue with an actual singer?

And I think something inside me agrees. I have to do this one by myself. Plus, she promised to coach me, so I agreed. I am all about learning.

I used my old, cheap, beat up AKG hanging from the ceiling fan to record the vocals, with the AC on and all, did 3 takes, and moved on. There was no click, no nothing so the vocal comes in a little rushed and there are a lot of things I need to work on (I’m also not sure why the line “all the way from the starT” sounds like “all the way from the starS”.

But it’s only a first draft.

I must re-record it before the old iMac downstairs die because that’s the only computer that has all the libraries that no longer work on newer computer, including my beloved Cakewalk Dimension Pro piano. I think the harpsichord is the old Miroslav overdubbed with the Dimension one to add a bit of low end.

 

Edited January 22 by Rain

[Grem]

Great ending there Rain. Vocals fit well with it too. I liked the video. Did you create that recently or was that with the original too?

[craigb]

Will definitely be checking this out later!  On conference calls...

[Leadfoot]

I loved it Rain! It had a bit of Type O Negative feel to it. I thought your voice sounded great, and fit the feel of the song perfectly!

[craigb]

On a scale of 1-10, I give it a 2. 🤔

Actually, it's a bit less than 2.  (That's how many minutes of enjoyment I got! 😜)

You obviously need to get more exposure to Progressive music so you'll realize it's ok to make longer songs! 😂

[bitflipper]

Suggestion: try throwing in one verse in French. Maybe even layer in some accordion. Seriously. For some reason the whole thing sounds French to me, and I like it.

[Sheens]

here's 1 for rain

 

[mettelus]

Have to be mindful of serious posts in the CH. Just the title made me half expect to see this

Now I am not sure if I should be disappointed or not.

[bitflipper]

Does that stuff come in larger tubes? 

[JarRay]

The story behind it is gold – love the whole vibe of recording with an old AKG hanging from a ceiling fan.

[Rain]

Thank you guys! I really appreciate. I guess it's worth finishing the full length thing (and that's also a great excuse to shop for a new mic).

[kennywtelejazz]

9 hours ago, bitflipper said:

Does that stuff come in larger tubes? 

Need an answer for that question ?  🧐   Why not ask  this fella , he knows for sure 😂

Kenny