How I Did It
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Tools I Used
TapTempo, a MIDI controller, a Fender p-Bass, Fender Telecaster, and a BOSS drum machine. Also Audacity for vocal chopping and Reaper for mixing.
Effects: ping pong delay, Tal plate echo
Samples I Used
Bucky Jonson (a trumpet sample, which I put in both solo breaks) and Susannah Kelly parts.
Original Samples
Two clean guitars (one playing cheater chords and the other playing full chords intertwined with lead breaks.) A lead guitar part, the bass, piano. Drums.
Process
I started by using Tap Tempo to guess what tempo Susannah Kelly was in. It was a bit over the map, but I managed to peg down an average of about 78 bpm.
I sliced and diced the vocal to better fit the rhythm and be totally in time with it. Then I added the piano, and put two effects on it: a VSTi piano called "General" and the M-Audio General Midi Module piano called "Rain."
I added two clean Telecaster parts, and then did the lead part using a Tube Screamer, adding Fender amp simulation, a short reverb, and a stereo ping pong delay. I played the lead part in two breaks (I uploaded the first here as a sample.)
Other Notes
It is a very positive song, and I was in the mood for something uplifting. Nonetheless, there is a slightly sad quality to the music, which is fine, since you can't discover beauty without sadness.
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