steve@baselines.com
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? It was a GREAT time to be listening to AM radio - here it was WRKO and earlier WMEX. WMEX had the venerable Arnie Woo Woo Ginsberg in the late 50s early 60s, more my sisters generation, but I remember some of it in the car. It was the Ruby Baby and Bobby Rydell generation of songs (Bobby just recently passed on). But WRKO was a great station in the late 60s early seventies with DJs that had actual personalities. Even the novelty/niche songs were good (Hey There Little Red Riding Hood, Timothy, DOA, 96 Tears)
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I just watched your video - thanks for uploading that. It took me a long time to find out you could drag the song to the bar up at the top - Cakewalk documentation used to be really hard to find things in for me for some reason. I always need to edit the tempo line - I remove a lot of the nodes and try to make the changes as smooth as possible by looking at the wave file to pick out the low frequency kicks and the mid frequency snares. I usually fond out that it can be a bit off over larger stretches of time, but it is better than having the tempo map instantaneously switch by many bpm at a time. It's a labor intensive project but pays off I think in the long run.
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Hey thanks Tom - I started out with a tempo map from a download of the original so I think the tempo is right. I think it may sound rushed because maybe I couldn't keep up with the vocal as well as I should! The opening piano is in C minor, which seems like the right key. Steve
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Hey Mark - great minds think alike LOL. Thanks for listening. Steve
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That is a cool memory, thanks for sharing. Take a look at my memory which I just posted to John Vere's mail. There's a youtube video of the Lovin Spoonful doing this song (from the 60's it looks like) and then there's another one that is more recent. (White beard LOL)
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I didn't have an Autoharp plugin and the one I found was like 50 euros. Maybe I'll look around again. Thanks for your memory. I was the same age! About 1980 or so, my band opened up for John Sebastian up in Maine. He was a very low key nice guy. It was funny, because when we got home after the gig, the movie One Trick Pony was on and he appeared in it wearing the same red and white shirt he was wearing for the concert!
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Same here - wish I could misspend it again! Steve
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Thanks Andy!
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Yeah I bet there are hundreds of songs out there with a progression similar to that one. 25 or 6 to 4 comes to mind. At least White Room had the 5/4 part in it, probably they added that so there would be no legal action LOL.
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Hi Clint - yes I can see that. Even today it would be exciting to hear this being played live.
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Here's my cover of a great old classic from the summer of '66 - what a great time was had by all - who remembers the 60s? Not everything of course, just some hazy memories! https://baselines.com/?p=6475
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Hi Wookiee - thank you for listening and commenting not only for this song, but for my others as well. I know it is difficult to find time to go through all the excellent music here!
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Thank you for the feedback! The guitar, bass and piano parts are mostly real instruments. I do add some rhythm guitar parts from the Native Instruments Strummed Guitar, because it gets a much better sound than I can get out of my acoustic. Both the real acoustic and the midi one are on this song. The drums are Superior Drummer 3.
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Thanks very much for listening! It is always really hard to get everything that Steely Dan does on a cover. I am sure I miss some of the fine points, and of course I will never be as good as those players, particularly on guitar. I always learn something by trying to get it exact. I know some people would rather change it up a bit, but I rarely feel like doing that - I can do it on original stuff if I want to get creative.
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Thanks very much Bjorn - your comment makes me feel great! Steve
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Thanks very much Nigel - I'm not used to getting positives on my vocals! Steve
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Good job Lee! Just wait till your facing 70 (about a year and a half away for me - but it is on my mind) - How can I be that old...I don't feel old!
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Cool song Freddy - there are people who are unique that we remember through our life, like your friend. This is a great story.
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Nice work Clint - I like the chord progression a lot. Steve
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I saw the tag Indian and I had to check it out immediately. I was not disappointed. Which sitar plugin did you use? Very cool and different. Was that a female vocal or an instrument?
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Thank you for the nice compliment Mark - I appreciate it. Steve
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Thanks very much Jack!
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Thanks Larry - Steely Dan is one of my top three influences. Steve
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Thank you Jesse!
