Today’s recording went pretty well. First up was Come holy fire, which is a song I wrote last year and introduced at camp. It’s a fairly reflective, quiet song, so it was a good opportunity for some ethereal guitar and piano bits. I even recorded a drum track, which actually sounds pretty decent – playing on a keyboard isn’t quite ‘natural’ in terms of drumming position, but using the Jazz Kit software instrument in Logic actually sounds very realistic in this case, and I was very pleased with the result. I have yet to quantise the MIDI track, and if I have time later in the week I’ll probably re-record a few other bits as well, but this is a good start.
The ‘ethereal’ aspect was provided mainly by the piano, with the sustain pedal held down the whole time. That adds a very interesting suspended sound to the notes, with them all merging into one another, but it works well in this case. I also recorded some solo guitar bits too, which with the right settings sounds a bit like the music Marks & Spencer used in their sexy food adverts!
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