|
Listen Here
Basic blues has always fascinated me and captivated my emotions. You see... the blues gets me right here, right in the gut. So, I like to play it with feeling, if not for the sheer joy, then for the relief! I can't remember where I downloaded this blues jam track, but I sure love jamming to it! Here's how I do it: I download the original jamtrack from the internet source. Next, I convert it into a 16 bit ".wav" or wave file. Then I import the wave file into Cakewalk Guitar Tracks Pro version 2.0. After that, I have full studio capabilities. After that, I determine what I'll do kinda on the fly. My approach to music and guitar playing style is improvisational, to say the least. On this particular song, I played a bass track and two guitar tracks. I played my Washburn T24 prototype bass through my Behringer BXT3000 head and 1x15" and 2x10" cabs. I use an Audio Technica AT3035 Cardioid Condenser Microphone about 5" away from the left 10" speaker. The speaker is just about 30" from the floor, stacked on the matching 15" cabinet. I played my Raven West Guitars PRS copy dual humbucker electric guitar for both of the lead guitar tracks. One track (the second pass) was more distorted than the first track to give it a bit more crunch. The first was slightly overdriven to give a tube tone. When I mixed the song down so I could turn it into an mp3, I swapped between the 2 lead guitar tracks using a "volume envelope filter" on each of the tracks. If you listen closely, you can hear the fade out (and in) for each track, as they sorta pass-by each other, you can tell... It was a fun project,, and a learning experience, too! As I work on songs like this, I can experiment with discovering studio techniques that work, and become familiar with the studio recording software in the process! I hope you start working with jam tracks, and I hope you ENJOY listening to my effort, too! |
Songs 