Description : Recorded first draft of this in December with Sunny War, the vocals with a full loop orchestration, before we started using her guitar (yeah, I'm dumb). But the music was too pretty and saccharine. Then when I woke up to the magic of her guitar, we went back and started guitarifying everything we'd done. In this case, we replaced the entire loop orchestration with Sunny's guitar work, and now the song sounds like it was meant to. The lyrics are inspired by Sunny's life, which I was just getting to know about a little at the time. She used to ride trains around the country with her guitar, a la Woody Guthrie, when she was a teenager, and so that set my mind to imagining...
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Now you`re cooking...the vocal is great but now with the acoustic guitar you and Sunny have kicked it waaaay up there...The real stuff has always appealed most to me and I particularly like the acoustic accompaniment (even though I get lazy & just pick up the old electric a lot more often).....This is top notch guys...keep on.....Ed
Thanks, Ed. Sunny's the same way - resists the acoustic a bit, cuz she has to go into the booth and do it to a microphone, as opposed to hanging out with me and the recording engineer on the cushy couch and chairs. She also doesn't do runs and resists doing background vocals but will give in on the latter if I argue for a bit and then say, "Ok, never mind." Then she says, "Ok, I'll do it." In the end, we get it done.
Pay shipping all I ask, I'll find out how much but not a big deal either way, as I don't expect it will be much for domestic shipping. I sent 8 license plates to California for a guy in Africa (I get those free too), his friend brought them to him because it was going to be $80 to send them to Africa!! $16 domestically. Another Looperman user, Designed Impression, is getting one soon too, he's also from southern California. I'll let you know when I build it, and your name (actually Sunny's) is on it ;) Mainly salvaged/free materials I get from my job at a dump, The only thing I buy is guitar tuners, piezo pickups to make them acoustic/electric, the 1/4 inch jacks and strings (cheap strings), but I build them on the job so I'm getting paid, shhh. The last 2 weeks of this month I'll be making a few. Just the joy they bring people as well as myself making them, is worth more than money to me and I'd LOVE to hear others on here playing and getting joy on an instrument I made :p I think I found Sunny's FB pg.
Thanks so much. Def Sunny's name - Sunny War. Check her out on youtube too, she's got a bunch of stuff there. This sounds like the perfect gift to show my appreciation and respect. Please let me know how much, when and where, when it's ready. I can't wait, sounds really cool. Thanks again!
that's pure brilliance...I wanted to comment first but Burt passed me...beautiful harmonies and atmosphere in the song...can say it's dramatic, epic and it's magical if you think that it was made by only guitar and voice...thanx for the upload, fav...
Beautiful :D I love acoustic guitar!! I really need to record mine more often. Funny about the train story, I just got a Carhart tin with a train on it and I was thinking that would make a great guitar for someone that used to hop, drive or have something to do with trains. Maybe it's meant to be your's ;) I used to use Audacity as well, but was turned onto Reaper, it's free to download and use in 'Demo' mode forever, you just get this annoying splash screen asking you to buy a license. Love that slow paced lead, works beautiful over the acoustic. Live instruments have so much more of an intimate sound, love it! More please!
Thanks phatkatz. I really appreciate any comment at all and especially one so nice. I'll have to check out Reaper. Hmm...that train guitar might make a great gift for Sunny. I've been thinking of what I could give her... I think maybe it's meant to be hers. I'd love to buy it if it's for sale.......
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