How I Did It
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Tools I Used
Garageband, Zoom H2N, Fender Telecaster, a Precision Bass, and a Yahama P Series piano.
Samples I Used
Jason's vocal
Original Samples
the gang vocal, an organ part, a Rhodes piano part, a bass part, drums, and an electric guitar lead.
Process
I played a simple piano part and looped it, so I'd have a chord structure to work with.
I did the gang vocal just once and then placed it after every "she's changing."
I added a drum part, edited out some of the hi-hat that I didn't like, then looped it.
The first part I played all the way through was the bass and got a groove happening. I yanked the piano for the groovy segment.
I played the organ all the way through next.
Then I played the piano and drums for the "groovy" segment.
The last thing I did was play the guitar part. Doing the fill-in riffs - here's the trick I do: I play while staring at the waveform of the singer's part. When there are holes I play and pace the riff so I'm done before the waveform starts again. This way I don't have to be super familiar with the way the singer is singing the part, in order to sound like a guitar player who knows it.
Other Notes
Turned out good, I think. Thought I'd share some of my methods.
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