It does come in black, Batman...

[Rain]

I needed something to test the new Apollo so I dug this old demo and re-did the vocals real quick...

It's a tiny bit of a fun cover of The Beatles’ Baby’s In Black. Despite their version being on the country side, I've always felt that the lyrics made it kind of goth - a lament for a grieving girl who can’t get over her lost love and dresses in black… So I gothified it, in kind of a theatrical way. It's not mixed and not really properly recorded but I wanted to play around with the Apollo and to test the workflow. (Also, the piano is awful and rigid and over-quantized so my apologies for that.)

 

I never thought something as basic as an audio interface could make such an extraordinary difference but I am absolutely blown away (regardless of the quality of the recording above, which is just a quick test). I regret no getting one of these before.

Edited December 16, 2024 by Rain

[craigb]

It started off black and yet you still managed to darken it!  Good job Rain! 😆

[Rain]

Just now, craigb said:

It started off black and yet you still managed to darken it!  Good job Rain! 😆

Thanks, Craig. I tend to do that a lot, yes. lol 

[craigb]

Have you ever done any Sisters of Mercy covers?

[Rain]

4 hours ago, craigb said:

Have you ever done any Sisters of Mercy covers?

I remember trying my hand at a version of Marian years ago but I could never come up with anything I was happy with.

[craigb]

I figure with the spicy guitars you can do along with your low, Goth voice it might be fun!  Of course, it would be a lot better if you had a cute bassist like he did! 😁

Example:

 

[Rain]

8 hours ago, craigb said:

I figure with the spicy guitars you can do along with your low, Goth voice it might be fun!  Of course, it would be a lot better if you had a cute bassist like he did! 😁

Example:

 

Actually, I dated a Japanese girl who plays bass for a while, and we recorded some stuff. Maybe some day I'll dig some of it up.

[paulo]

Never heard of the original version so I'm happy to accept this as the way it's meant to sound.😀

[Bapu]

On 12/18/2024 at 11:36 AM, paulo said:

Never heard of the original version so I'm happy to accept this as the way it's meant to sound.😀

This is closer to the original with some slight twists (not as twisted as Rain's version though)

 

[craigb]

HQ...  We've had a Bapu sighting! 

[paulo]

9 minutes ago, craigb said:

HQ...  We've had a Bapu sighting! 

Bapwho?

[craigb]

32 minutes ago, paulo said:

Bapwho?

*Ouch!* 😆