Team members present: Mike, Lee and Bob
What was planned
Start remix of 'Behind the Sun' by Hhymn. Record electric and bass guitar. Explore further musical ideas.
What was achieved
The basic idea that we had come up with previously was to remix 'Behind the Sun' with a spaghetti western feel with reggae and dub step elements.
Mike played 'skank' style chords using a clean electric guitar sound which was DI'd to create simple reggae feel. Mike also played some harmonised chords using the guitar's tremolo arm to add a characteristic sound associated with old style western film sound tracks.
Mike played 'skank' style chords using a clean electric guitar sound which was DI'd to create simple reggae feel. Mike also played some harmonised chords using the guitar's tremolo arm to add a characteristic sound associated with old style western film sound tracks.
The bass guitar was not available to us to use in this session so we listened to some classic Ennio Morricone western sound tracks to get some more ideas. We identified several classic sounds and effects as follows: Vocal "Ahh's" and "Ha's", whistling, church bells, whip cracks, horses galloping, horse bridles shaking, castanets, shaker (rattle snake sound), jangly de-tuned electric guitar sounds.
The sound of a brass trumpet is also very characteristic in spaghetti westerns. We found a good solo trumpet sound in the Cubase Halion synthesiser presets which we could use.
Next Steps
Mike to create a patch for his guitar effects peddle to re-create a thin, distorted sound similar to that used in spaghetti western films.
Bob to book split studio every Thursday night until further notice to give us time to record and mix 'Behind the Sun'.
Bob to book synthesisers for next Thursday's lesson: JV2080 and Waldorf Pulse. We want to use these synths to create dub-step bass sounds.
Bob to book mics for next Thursday evening: SM57, D112, E602 and 2 x AKG C414.
Bob to try and obtain samples to use as sound effects (e.g. whip cracks etc).
