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| 2946.1 | dbii AKA St. Amand | HEDRON::DAVEB | anti-EMM! anti-EMM! I hate expanded memory!- Dorothy | Tue Jul 12 1994 15:47 | 41 |
| I submitted two songs, both recorded live about 3 weeks ago. Essentially
they are a DAT direct off the mixing board. I enhanced the low end with my
BBE822 and a graphic EQ. No other processing was done.
The Band is:
Joe St Amand - lead vocal/acoustic guitar
Dave Bottom - backup vocs/electric guitar
Andy Buckland - backup vocs/electric guitar
Clyde Weston - bass
Ed Garnier - drums
I did the solo breaks in both songs, Andy does the melodic lead at the intro
and between verses on Be My Baby. Both songs were written by Joe and arranged
by the band. These are probably fairly representive of a live show, not the
best show we ever played, certainly not the worst. While DAT-ing off the board
gives you a pretty good feel for how the show went, it's certainly not
optimized for recording, the low end was real weak on the DAT and the
enhancement process seemed to thicken things up but it also borders between
imperceptable to muddy. Someday I'm going to get a couple of condensers and
get a real live tape. If we ever stop changing drummers we might actually
record for real....and no it's not over yet, another drummer change is on
the horizon.
The light - pseduo folk rock tune - dbii does dorian
I used by stienberger on this one, all through the midi-rack
(triaxis/quad/sp-1000) wireless by Nady, SM58 (the red box is broke!)
Andy had his red charvel/soho/sge/nady/mosvalve/red box
Joe used a Tak ND series electric acoustic and a direct box
Clyde used a 60's p-bass and his mesa 400 with 2 15's
Ed used drums :-) so I dunno about drums!
Be My Baby - mondo ballad mushy stuff
I used the trusty strat on this one, no other changes - I also do most
of the backup vocals on this one
enjoy!
dbii
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| 2946.2 | "Classic" Buck | POWDML::BUCKLEY | Venimus, Vidimus, Coastimus | Tue Jul 12 1994 16:23 | 50 |
| I submitted one song for guitarnotes VI, which (sadly) was written,
recorded, and performed 11 years ago whilst I was a student at
Berzerklee!! You may ask, "why did you even bother"?? Why? Cuz even
though the recording sucks (I'll warn you now), it's a cool tune and my
playing was really happening then. Plus, Brian really needed stuff to
fill the tape. At some point, I plan to re-record/produce this song
The Band was: ;')
Robert B. Parkinson - Lead and Harmony Vocals, Acoustic Piano & Synth
William J. Buckley, Jr. - Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Synth
Scott Baker - Bass
Mike Shapero - Drums
The tune is called "Galilee" -- some of you may know this, as I've
played it live quite a few times. It was written by me (with help from
Bob on the Piano parts) during winter break in 1983. This was when I
was in my "Pre-Yngwie, Jazz-fusion, I wanna be in Kansas/Styx phase".
Once listen and I think you'll agree.
Lyrically, this song is a quasi-spiritual/fantasy tune that questions
ones faith. Musically, this is a major power pop tune in the key of
C# Lydian!! (Blame it on my Harmony 4 class, ok?!) The key was not
picked because it was a bitch to read off a piece of paper, moreso
because this key sounds incredibly *bright*, and I wanted to give the
tune a very "uplifting" feel to it. The guitar solo flips to the
relative key of A# (sometimes harmonic) Minor.
Recording stuff will be brief, as noted, this is very old, and sounds
very "worn". But, back then, it sounded good -- There are two vocal
tracks. There are also two guitar tracks. Both tracks used a Kramer
(?? on the model, I borrowed it cuz it had a fast neck and a whammy
bar) guitar thru a Marshall 50wt Plexi (also borrowed) turned up full.
Bass was a P-bass/jazz combo recorded direct thru a rockman, and the
drums were Yamaha recording series. I believe we used a Roland JP-X3
synth for the string $#!+, and we used a grand piano for all the
acoustic piano stuff.
What's weird about the "mix" you'll hear is it was only a rough mix.
Berklee was paranoid we would ship tapes out of the school to record
companies, have them pressed, and then sell them, leaving them in the
dust. The 2" and 1" masters were destoryed after the project got a
grade. ;'( This cheesy 1/4" 10 year old, 1 millionth generation copy
of a rough mix was all I was able to snake out of the school!
Well, there it is ... enjoy.
Buck
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| 2946.3 | Hal Laurent (Seeds and Stems) | TAMRC::LAURENT | Hal Laurent @ COP | Tue Jul 12 1994 19:53 | 58 |
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Seeds and Stems (Frayne/Farlow)
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Hal Laurent: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar,
bass guitar, vocals, drum sequences.
This is an old one from Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen.
It's one of my favorite parodies of country music. The best
parodies are done by people who truly love and understand the
object of the parody, and these guys certainly qualify. Note the
particularly pitiful lyrics in the last verse. My apologies to
anyone offended by the drug references. This song dates back to
when many of us just said yes.
I threw this together rather quickly as an excuse to play with my
newly obtained lap-steel guitar. As you can hear, a couple of
weeks isn't really sufficient to learn it. :-) I did the whole
thing rather quickly to get it in for the tape, and didn't redo
quite a few things that should have been redone. The timing's a
bit off in places, and it really came out a little more up-tempo
than I meant it to, but it was fun, and it didn't come out too
terribly.
For any fellow propeller-heads out there who care about the
technical details:
Recorded on a Tascam 238 8-track cassette machine via a Mackie
CR1604 mixing board. A Lexicon LXP-1 reverb small room
program was used to varying degrees on most of the tracks.
Another LXP-1 set on large room was applied to the final mix.
Vocals: Recorded with an AKG C1000S condenser microphone in
hypercardiod mode. I used a bit of compression (dbx 363x) on
the lead vocal, but none on the harmony vocals.
Acoustic guitar: My old Harmony Sovereign recorded with a
Shure SM-81 condenser microphone pointing down at the bridge
from about 12 inches above.
Electric guitar: A Carvin DC200 (neck pickup, single-coil
mode) into a Soho QTR-1 preamp (clean channel) into a Hughes
and Kettner Red Box speaker emulator.
Bass guitar: Fender Precision recorded direct via an
inexpensive direct box (Whirwind IMP-2).
Lap Steel Guitar: An old Oahu lap steel recorded direct via
an inexpensive direct box. I added some compression with a
dbx 266.
Drums: Played via Yamaha DD-11 pads into an Alesis D4 drum
module and recorded into a Brother PDC-100 sequencer. I
started using this method 'cause I disliked the inflexibility
(rhythm-wise) of drum machines. Unfortunately, I don't yet
have the coordination to play the drum parts accurately with
sticks. Perhaps some drum lessons are in order.
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| 2946.4 | Rost/Waible "Don't Blame Me" | TECRUS::ROST | That O.J., what a cut up! | Wed Jul 13 1994 08:14 | 12 |
| Brian Rost and Fred Waible "Don't Blame Me"
Brian: bass, synthesizers and drum programming
Fred: guitars and vocals
Brian would like to dedicate this to Butch Leitz, at whose house I
first met Fred, and to Henry Mancini for writing "Peter Gunn" so I
could come up with the riff for this tune. Fred might like to dedicate
this to someone but I haven't asked him 8^)
Brian came up with the bass riff and chord progression while jamming
with Fred; Fred came up with the lyrics and everything else.
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| 2946.5 | Steve D'Andrea | TECRUS::ROST | That O.J., what a cut up! | Wed Jul 13 1994 08:18 | 33 |
| Since ol' Bulldawg is no longer here, I guess I'll do his notes for
him.
"There Goes Another Love Song" is just Bulldawg jamming along with the
stereo, recorded on a boom box. As for the other, here's notes he
mailed me many moons ago:
My submission is a simple "li'l diddie" that came outa my brain, but as
many tunes are, is just a rip off of several southern/classic tunes.
It has kinda of an Allman/Skynard/Bad Company feel/sound....
Entitled: "Bulldawg's in Bad Company"
Steve D'Andrea Guitar Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (1976 model)
Dean Markley 35w combo
Ibanez Tube Screamer
Boss Chorus
Dunlop wah-wah
Jim Hughson Bass/kybd Ensoniq kybd
Peavey bass combo amp
Jackson Bass guitar
Kathy Hughson Percussion Yamaha Drums
Recorded live in Jim's basement with Technics tape deck and a couple of
Realistic mics hanging from the ceiling......12-15-93.
Enjoy....or not!
steve
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| 2946.6 | on side B ... | CRONIC::PCUMMINGS | Twelve Sandwich Blues | Wed Jul 13 1994 20:51 | 24 |
| I submitted 2 tunes for this tape:
Gabriel's The One - A tune I wrote for the hippest cat I have ever
had (yeah, feline). All overdubs done with my
4 track. This one swings between 3/4 and 4/4.
Dig the sophisticated (choke) drum pattern.
Paul Cummings - basses, keyboard, drum machine,
electric guitars and percussion.
Serious Darkness - The name came one evening looking at an
incredible (if not threatening) looking skyline.
This is one of those infamous off-the-cuff AQ
(Alternate Quartet) jams which Rick and Ed setup
the very cool 3/4 groove to blow over. If you
like this, check out our CD - Rainforest
Rhumboogie ! This one's ready for airplay.
Paul Cummings - electric guitar
Jim Scarsdale - soprano and tenor saxophone
Rick Calcagni - bass
Ed Conley - drums
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| 2946.7 | Still Got The Blues - "the db wilfred band" | WEDOIT::ABATELLI | | Fri Jul 15 1994 09:39 | 34 |
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Title: "Still Got The Blues"
Original Artist: Gary Moore
Performed by: "the db wilfred band"
Fred Abatelli - guitar and vocals
Dave Blickstein - keyboards
Willy Wiegler - drums
Heather O'Brian - vocals (not included on this track)
Recorded and engineered by Dave Blickstein
Produced by the db wilfred band
The db wilfred band submitted one song that was recorded July 6, 1994
in a Hudson, N.H. basement. One Yamaha limiter/compressor was used
between the mics and the Tascam deck, and a Roland SRV effects processor
between the Tascam 8 track deck and the master cassette deck. The drum
track was recorded using two Shure SM57's, the guitar amp was miked with
a single SM57. The keys went directly into the board (chorus was added
later in the keyboard mixdown). Other than that, it's pretty much a
"how we do it live" cut.
For more information, or if you'd like to add your name to
the db wilfred band mailing list, contact Fred Abatelli on node
WEDOIT::ABATELLI or DTN 223-8775.
We hope you have as much fun listening to this song as we had making
it for you.
Best regards,
"the db wilfred band"
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| 2946.8 | Blue Smoke - the Blue Flames | BIGQ::DCLARK | I'm Glad(I'm Glad(I'm Glad)) | Mon Jul 18 1994 09:08 | 18 |
| Title: Blue Smoke (not the Blue Flame Boogie)
Performed by:
Dave Clark Guitar
Terry Reilly Keys
Rick Calcagni Bass
Craig Campbell Drums
This is an original swing-blues thing we came up with last summer
getting ready for a gig we did in september. It recorded off the
board at an outdoor gig, so it's a stage mix. Me being the guitarist,
I felt it necessary to be louder than anybody else on stage :-), so
the sound guy didn't have to boost me as much in the mix. Hence
the keys tend to overwhelm in some places. Despite that, I was
sort of happy with how it came out. I was using a Fender Strat
(since replaced by the amazing G&L), a Kitty Hawk M3 (since tweaked
wonderfully by Mr. Orsi), a Marshall 4X10 cab, and a cord.
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| 2946.9 | My subs | PAKORA::JHYNDMAN | | Wed Jul 20 1994 12:12 | 37 |
| Liner noted for my two submissions.
Song Title: "Red Hot Blues" Author: Unknown (Trad)
This is a song I used to play fiddle on with a band years ago,and thought
it would make a good vehicle for acoustic flatpicking.I recorded it on my
Fostex Model 80 8-track,using an AKG C1000-s mike.I recorded the scratch
rhythm guitar first,then improvised the lead acoustic over this,leaving spaces
for the vocal and a bass solo.I intended to get friend to play standup
acoustic bass,but he was gigging,so had to play electric bass myself.This
was a P-bass copy thro' my old 50W tube combo,miked with an EV ND357.
I then taped the vocal,and got another friend to play brush snare,
hi-hat and ride cymbal along with a kick-drum from an Alesis HR16.I re-did
the rhythm guitar,and added some Dobro backup,and replaced one of the
guitar solos with a Dobro solo.
I did the track over two nights,then mixed it to cassette with a touch
of small room type reverb from my MidiverbII,to give it an intimate,informal
type sound (I hope)!!
Title;- Thing'll Get Better
Written by;- Jim Hyndman
This track developed from a chord sequence I liked on the acoustic,so
I recorded that first. I came up with the frantic repeating phrase by running
the Strat thro' a multitap delay,and recorded it next. Then came the bass,
then an Alesis HR16 played real-time for the drums.
I recorded the first lead with the Strat thro' a Cry-Baby half on,
tuned it to open E for slide,and ran it thro' an old Electro-Harmonix "Hot
Tubes",all into my 60's tube amp.
None of the playing is very clean or precise,but I like the feel of
the buildup-then-wind-down. No idea what the influences were !
Jim
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| 2946.10 | Someone-Kitchen/OnceInALifetime | JUPITR::DERRICOJ | Doppler Car-Horn Junkie | Sat Jul 23 1994 07:19 | 43 |
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Well... I'm a little embarassed about my submissions. When I submitted
them, I did not know where I was going to be as far as my job within DEC
was. I knew sooner or later that I would be not be working at DEC. It has
turned out to be later. I am actually working for Quantum now. Our area got
sold to the disk drive MFR. So... very shortly - I may not have access to
this notes-file resources.
When I had submitted the tunes, I felt that I could not put enough resources
together to finish up on two or three better originals that I had put aside.
I ended up choosing two tunes that were written back in 1987/1988. This was
when I had just picked up the bass again - after almost three years of not
playing at all. My recording technique was inferior at the time.
The two tunes came out of jams that I had with Richie Puleo (drums). The tune
Someone's In The Kitchen was taped on a Fostex 4-track, later to have added
stuff on a Porta-one.
As I recall, I recorded a modified Rickenbacker 4001 with the drums on one
track. The rythm guitar was a Dean Baby-Z with some stereo chorus. As an after-
thought I decided to put some reverse-guitar on one track, later putting the
forward guitar on another as part of the reverse. A Dregs like ending on rythme
guitar and hammer-ons/pull-offs for some kind of lead effect.
Once in a lifetime came later in '88. It was also the same instruments.
Rick-bass, Dean-rythme. Came out of just farting around with octaves. Later
put lead guitar on it. It was recorded on Porta-one with alot of light -
chorusing with the FX-55.
Drums: Richie Puleo
either a Juggs set, or a Ludwig set.
one or two mics direct.
Guitars & Bass: Myself
Dean Baby-Z
Modified Rickenbacker 4001
DOD Stereo Chorus (blue box)
DOD Distortion (red box)
direct recording
/John
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| 2946.11 | All Roads Lead Home | GRANPA::CCUMMINS | SUPER BOWL(1995) RAMS 35 BILLS 3 | Thu Jul 28 1994 14:57 | 22 |
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"ALL ROADS LEAD HOME"
Written by Clark Cummins
Recorded at Target Studios in Newark,De in April 93.
Clark Cummins : Lead Vocal, Guitars, Keys (Strat,Marshall,Roland)
Steve Litz : Bass (Peavey)
Jeff Adams : Drums (Ludwig)
Mary Archer : Flute, Back Vocals
Barbara Mattox: Back Vocals
A slow moody song about the path of life. The verse is based
on a sorta Zeppelinesqe picking progression and builds into a power
chord chorus. A simplistic song in many ways, the different layers of
keys, flute, guitar, and bass, give it a certain depth. I entered it
on the tape because I thought it was a good sample of my songwriting
and playing.
Thanks,
Clark Cummins
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