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Sick ballad - on piano, looper, and electric guitar.
One take performance (with looper on footswitch) of a mini composition I made today mostly to not lose my weeklybeats streak, but I really wasn't feeling it today. I'm glad I did it, as always, and I am looking forward to hearing your impressions.
As you might notice in the video I have a host of new toys that I couldn't really fully enjoy because of this mild flu and some other minor drama that happened this week (minor heartbreak shit). But hey, the important thing is that the WB fam is here for me, and also I have nice friends that I can call up for some emotional support. So thanks for that!!!
› Gear and process
‹ Gear and process
Yamaha YC61 with super nice acoustic piano sounds, played through my old midi controller with heavy keys. I used a cheap looper on the piano, that has a mono input, a single button plus a volume knob, and it's quite unwieldy because you have to double tap to stop it, which is hard to do during a song. But it forces you to have good timing, and I managed to find a way to use it creatively here by fading out the volume by hand (haven't figured out the good timing yet) (actually I faded it out with my toes).
I also have a new guitar, that you may have heard last week in my game Mr Woofmantic's On The One, but I didn't have it on video. It's an Epiphone Les Paul II Special with some custom parts, that I got from a local luthier, Dr Burer from Java Guitars. He's very cool! He installed a Bigsby pitch stick and a custom japanese pickup from the 70s!!! I think I'm playing on the non-custom pickup here tho. It's a nice guitar with history, and for as much as I know about guitar, it seems like a good one! Still discovering its quirks.
I used the Paradise Guitar studio from UAD for the amp simulation. Both because it's late and I can't play loud (I actually got an annoying neighbour now that always knocks on my door when I do, seems new), but also to give it some delay & sound. I feel like with the guitar I was hoping to get away from the computer but I will still be stuck on the computer to make really nice sounds. If I just go through the amp alone, I have to really play like a mofo for it to sound good, and I'm not there yet. Also I need to be louder for that.
Final touch: caked the two tracks in "vintagize" warbly effect also from UAD.
yo this is lovely and sad. great rainy day music.
hope you feel better soon!
Thank you! yes, it could also go well with a rain sample (most music would tbh)
onezero wrote:
Beautiful and spacious--loving the open-endedness of this improv, and the shift in focus from piano to guitar is smooth. Nicely done!
thank you! i like to keep it open ended and surprise myself. I didn't expect to manage to play the melody on guitar but I did! it will be fun to get better and faster on guitar
monstret wrote:
sick ballad indeed. very nice, im in awe of your abilities! hope you feel better soon
hehe thank you for the kind words!
[quote=Kedbreak136]That a nice relaxed jam, very soothing.[/quote]
Thank you! I feel soothed as well
[quote=jwh]yo this is lovely and sad. great rainy day music.
hope you feel better soon![/quote]
Thank you! yes, it could also go well with a rain sample (most music would tbh)
[quote=onezero]Beautiful and spacious--loving the open-endedness of this improv, and the shift in focus from piano to guitar is smooth. Nicely done![/quote]
thank you! i like to keep it open ended and surprise myself. I didn't expect to manage to play the melody on guitar but I did! it will be fun to get better and faster on guitar
[quote=monstret]sick ballad indeed. very nice, im in awe of your abilities! hope you feel better soon[/quote]
hehe thank you for the kind words!
This sounds like a rainy day, where you had plans that got cancelled, you don't need to go anywhere, and so you just brew some tea and decide to curl up under a blanket and read while the rain cleanses the world outside. I really like how the guitar sneaks in, and I hope things in your life start to get more positive!
This sounds like a rainy day, where you had plans that got cancelled, you don't need to go anywhere, and so you just brew some tea and decide to curl up under a blanket and read while the rain cleanses the world outside. I really like how the guitar sneaks in, and I hope things in your life start to get more positive!
This sounds like a rainy day, where you had plans that got cancelled, you don't need to go anywhere, and so you just brew some tea and decide to curl up under a blanket and read while the rain cleanses the world outside. I really like how the guitar sneaks in, and I hope things in your life start to get more positive!
Exactly what I felt when I started listening
This is wonderful, Horatiu. Sometimes those messy times are what create the sweetest treasures.. But it can be tough to appreciate in the moment. Hope you're feeling better
[quote=MRDRCAT]This sounds like a rainy day, where you had plans that got cancelled, you don't need to go anywhere, and so you just brew some tea and decide to curl up under a blanket and read while the rain cleanses the world outside. I really like how the guitar sneaks in, and I hope things in your life start to get more positive![/quote]
Exactly what I felt when I started listening :)
This is wonderful, Horatiu. Sometimes those messy times are what create the sweetest treasures.. But it can be tough to appreciate in the moment. Hope you're feeling better <3
The Yamaha YC61 sounds really nice. The looping threw me off at first while just listening Once I realized what was happening, it clicked. Nice improvisation session. I used to do a lot of this kind of thing years ago. Really lovely way to play and improvise.
The Yamaha YC61 sounds really nice. The looping threw me off at first while just listening :P
Once I realized what was happening, it clicked. Nice improvisation session. I used to do a lot of this kind of thing years ago. Really lovely way to play and improvise.
