Just a quickie before the summer holidays...
Another from Noir Desir, I especially like their live version on their album Dies Irae. I wanted to try and reproduce this sort of raw rock (and it gives me an excuse for not polishing it). I had fun. And I got a blister on my middle finger now... (^_^;
No no no (Noir Desir)
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
1st original "song"!!!
This happened completely by chance...
I was actually trying to put together another cover, but I thought I could try to adapt it a bit more than usual. So I started searching for some riffs, found a few that seemed to chain well, worked a bit more, then took a step back and thought "this doesn;t fit with the song at all!!". But I was still quite pleased with it so I took it all the way...
No lyrics, I would need an Average Zack I guesss... Anyone? :)
Compo 01!!!
I was actually trying to put together another cover, but I thought I could try to adapt it a bit more than usual. So I started searching for some riffs, found a few that seemed to chain well, worked a bit more, then took a step back and thought "this doesn;t fit with the song at all!!". But I was still quite pleased with it so I took it all the way...
No lyrics, I would need an Average Zack I guesss... Anyone? :)
Compo 01!!!
Monday, June 02, 2008
My Lovely Man.
I've worked on this for longer than I've ever done on any other song...
But I had a ball...
It's still a bit of work in progress, it would deserve a bit of polish but I was so excited to get to something close to average, I couldn't resist...
My Lovely Man (the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
But I had a ball...
It's still a bit of work in progress, it would deserve a bit of polish but I was so excited to get to something close to average, I couldn't resist...
My Lovely Man (the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Concept 12
I tend to have troubles when it comes to recording ideas, because I will jam along some stuff and do those things I find quite cool, definitely worth recording, but as soon I hit the record button, it's all gone. I think I'm not alone in that case though.
Here I got that idea and I managed not to let it rot, that is I hit the button straightaway. And I'm quite happy of how it turned out, it's the first time I come up with something that I think could be refined to give something a bit more elaborate than my usual...
Worth recording!
Concept 12
Here I got that idea and I managed not to let it rot, that is I hit the button straightaway. And I'm quite happy of how it turned out, it's the first time I come up with something that I think could be refined to give something a bit more elaborate than my usual...
Worth recording!
Concept 12
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Sad Sad Kiddie
It has been hard to get round to do something constructive lately...
But I finally managed to find the courage to build a drum part again!
I'm carrying on covering the Pillows because they got great rocking songs.
Once more I did my thing and realised when it was time to sing that I couldn't... So karaoke version it is then...
If anyone is kind enough to do it for me...
Sad sad kiddie (karaoke)
But I finally managed to find the courage to build a drum part again!
I'm carrying on covering the Pillows because they got great rocking songs.
Once more I did my thing and realised when it was time to sing that I couldn't... So karaoke version it is then...
If anyone is kind enough to do it for me...
Sad sad kiddie (karaoke)
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Concept 11
I promise that one day I will try to make chords progressions based on more than 4 chords... (^_^;
Anyway this one felt a bit different than the others. Now I listen to it again, it reminds me of something from Noir Desir, but I can't really put my finger on it. Weird.
Anyway.
I tried to do a more elaborate ending this time. By that I mean that I took over from my usual loop to do something different.
Taking into account that I did whatever came to mind at the time, I didn't do too bad...
Concept 11
Anyway this one felt a bit different than the others. Now I listen to it again, it reminds me of something from Noir Desir, but I can't really put my finger on it. Weird.
Anyway.
I tried to do a more elaborate ending this time. By that I mean that I took over from my usual loop to do something different.
Taking into account that I did whatever came to mind at the time, I didn't do too bad...
Concept 11
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Concept 10
Another riff I wanted to keep track of...
I started jamming along this one and I was actually doing things I was quite happy with, so I thought "let's record this, it would be a shame not to keep it". So I hit the record button and found myself incapable of reproducing what I had done. Often happens. I might have written it before. Anyway it took me a while before finally letting go and recording something I was a bit happy with.
A bit of the same old, but it keeps the finger working...
Concept 10
I started jamming along this one and I was actually doing things I was quite happy with, so I thought "let's record this, it would be a shame not to keep it". So I hit the record button and found myself incapable of reproducing what I had done. Often happens. I might have written it before. Anyway it took me a while before finally letting go and recording something I was a bit happy with.
A bit of the same old, but it keeps the finger working...
Concept 10
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Concept 9
It had been some time since I came up with something that I wanted to develop...
So there it is, the result of an hour of trying this & that.
There's a gaping midsection where I obviously wasn't sure of what to play but also a few things I want to remember for later...
Worth a post, then.
Concept 9
So there it is, the result of an hour of trying this & that.
There's a gaping midsection where I obviously wasn't sure of what to play but also a few things I want to remember for later...
Worth a post, then.
Concept 9
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
Some more fooling around...
2 other examples of a riff looped and whatever comes to mind on the moment.
Live takes.
It's strange because I listened to them yesterday while I had recorded them last week or so, I therefore couldn't remember what I had done and was expecting a lot of rubbish but I was therefore surprised that it's "listenable".
Far from perfect but overall not too bad.
I wasn't very inspired in terms of solo for the 1st one, but it's energetic.
Concept 7
The 2nd one is heavier. Full of noises.
Concept 8
Live takes.
It's strange because I listened to them yesterday while I had recorded them last week or so, I therefore couldn't remember what I had done and was expecting a lot of rubbish but I was therefore surprised that it's "listenable".
Far from perfect but overall not too bad.
I wasn't very inspired in terms of solo for the 1st one, but it's energetic.
Concept 7
The 2nd one is heavier. Full of noises.
Concept 8
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Just goofing around...
I made this:
Example.
Quite easy to do really.
Get a sampler, have it to run and then pinch harmonics as you see fit, adding one each time.
It gives a strange random music.
No rocket science, certainly vain, but I like it... :)
Harmonics 1
Harmonics 2
I guess I could sell this as some healing new age shit...
I can just guaranty there are no secret messages hidden in there! ;)
Example.
Quite easy to do really.
Get a sampler, have it to run and then pinch harmonics as you see fit, adding one each time.
It gives a strange random music.
No rocket science, certainly vain, but I like it... :)
Harmonics 1
Harmonics 2
I guess I could sell this as some healing new age shit...
I can just guaranty there are no secret messages hidden in there! ;)
Friday, December 07, 2007
Gilles.
Here's a quickie.
I just wanted to record something else fast.
This is my 3rd cover from Miossec, a song I've been playing for years.
I liked the fact that it's a build up.
It kind of works.
I didn't polish the voice at all, it even saturates at the beginning, but I couldn't be asked to do it again... ;)
Gilles (Miossec)
I just wanted to record something else fast.
This is my 3rd cover from Miossec, a song I've been playing for years.
I liked the fact that it's a build up.
It kind of works.
I didn't polish the voice at all, it even saturates at the beginning, but I couldn't be asked to do it again... ;)
Gilles (Miossec)
Friday, November 30, 2007
L'Imposture.
Wow nearly 4 months since I last recorded something!
I was just happy practising unplugged to be honest.
Anyway I listened to a records I hadn't put in my player for ages. That was a Louise Attaque record. It's a French rock/folk group that has very energetic songs and that gave me ideas to record again.
Also, it was a challenge because their lead instrument is a violin, so I had to replace/emulate it with my guitar.
Overall, I think that's one of my better songs...
I'm quite happy with the sounds I made, I managed to put in a broad range of stuff (tremolo, delay, wah) and to put the icing on the cake, each take I made is a live one!
I didn't correct anything afterwards, this is the raw stuff, so a few mistakes here and there but nothing too major...
L'Imposture (Louise Attaque)
I was just happy practising unplugged to be honest.
Anyway I listened to a records I hadn't put in my player for ages. That was a Louise Attaque record. It's a French rock/folk group that has very energetic songs and that gave me ideas to record again.
Also, it was a challenge because their lead instrument is a violin, so I had to replace/emulate it with my guitar.
Overall, I think that's one of my better songs...
I'm quite happy with the sounds I made, I managed to put in a broad range of stuff (tremolo, delay, wah) and to put the icing on the cake, each take I made is a live one!
I didn't correct anything afterwards, this is the raw stuff, so a few mistakes here and there but nothing too major...
L'Imposture (Louise Attaque)
Monday, August 13, 2007
Concept 05
I got busy this week end!
A classic blues here, with the usual pentatonics...
I tried some Whammy effects at the end, I'm quite pleased with the effect.
Concept 5
A classic blues here, with the usual pentatonics...
I tried some Whammy effects at the end, I'm quite pleased with the effect.
Concept 5
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Concept 02
Following my little play with effects (in Tribute to Tom), I'm now starting to play with loops.
So here's how I made this: I hit "record" on my 4 track, I play a riff, loop it then do some more stuff on top of it (full impro).
It's a live take. It's therefore very "rough".
For a 1st, I just went for a really simple sample.
Again, a lot of fun!
Concept 02
So here's how I made this: I hit "record" on my 4 track, I play a riff, loop it then do some more stuff on top of it (full impro).
It's a live take. It's therefore very "rough".
For a 1st, I just went for a really simple sample.
Again, a lot of fun!
Concept 02
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