How I Did It
by Admiral Bob
Samples are used in:
Tools I Used
Fender Telecaster, P-Bass, a Keystudio, Organized Trio, and Simulanalog's plug in suite.
Samples I Used
I used the drums and guitar from unreal_dm's track.
Original Samples
organ, vocal, and the lead breaks.
Process
I had the idea for making a song about robots from the source's track title. But I needed space to do it, and the original was great, but too busy for the vocal I wanted to add. It was heartbreaking to leave out the upright bass, but even it was not subtle enough for what I wanted to do.
So I stripped it down to the guitar and drums, and added a softer bass, and organ instead of piano. I sang the first verse ad lib, but ended up writing the second one down first.
Then I added the Telecaster in to the remaining parts of the song.
Other Notes
I have nerd stuff on the brain, these days. Comiccon is coming, and I just saw The Avengers. :)