Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

[ImmortalSix]

Song is called "Red," for some odd reason.

UPDATED with Vetteboy's drumming: 12/23/2008 --- MAJOR PROPS!

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7172666

Soft rock type of song I wrote so I could test out how the new PRS sounds when clean. Neck P90 panned left, bridge P90 panned right. Accent parts are also PRS / P90.

Bass is played poorly, and recorded with too much woof and not enough punch, but I only did one track and I was feeling like it was time for bed.

I think the clean accents really help this song along.

I tried it with my Hotstepper freeware for a drrum beat and it was the wrong feel, or I'm just not a very good drum programmer.

Kind of going for a "Jimmy Eat World" feel on this one.

If you want to make me a drum track, post up and maybe I can help you out with something too.

[StillLearnin']

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

Nice - what PRS do you have?

[alex1fly]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

Why, he has a PRS SE Soapbar II!

I dig it! Great sound, very clear. Interesting idea to do the different pickups on different sides, instead of just playing on the middle setting - you got a similar sound to the middle setting, but its much fuller. Accents sound nice.

I know what you mean about bedtime recording, haha. I did some recording last night at 4:00 AM and my timing is not the greatest; but sometimes the focus is on raw ideas, you know?

[tone4days]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

nice tones there ... some very cool chord grips you got ringing out too
thanks for sharing it

[Vetteboy]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

Haha...it sounds like you took your bass advice for me and doubled it.

Neat chords and stuff though. If I get some free time floating around I'll see about messing with a drum track for it.

Hey - did you ever do anything with that one track 'village' that you were working on a while ago?

[Vetteboy]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

If I get some free time floating around I'll see about messing with a drum track for it.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7172666

Unfortunately hard-panned strumming spacey electric guitar chords do not a good click track make.

[ImmortalSix]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

Why, he has a PRS SE Soapbar II!

I dig it! Great sound, very clear. Interesting idea to do the different pickups on different sides, instead of just playing on the middle setting - you got a similar sound to the middle setting, but its much fuller. Accents sound nice.

I know what you mean about bedtime recording, haha. I did some recording last night at 4:00 AM and my timing is not the greatest; but sometimes the focus is on raw ideas, you know?

Thanks! I appreciate the remarks about the left/right panning --- that's what I was hoping for.

Also, INCORRECT! I don't have a PRS SE Soapbar II --- I have a PRS SE Soapbar. The II is a "PRS" shape, and the one I have is a Singlecut / Les Paul shape.

[ImmortalSix]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

Haha...it sounds like you took your bass advice for me and doubled it.

Neat chords and stuff though. If I get some free time floating around I'll see about messing with a drum track for it.

Hey - did you ever do anything with that one track 'village' that you were working on a while ago?

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7172666

Unfortunately hard-panned strumming spacey electric guitar chords do not a good click track make.

Holy crap man! That sounds great! I am blown away that you made a drum track for that song!

I'm pretty excited because I never hear my songs with real drums --- only in my head or with crappy electronic drums. Anyone who's written any music can tell you how good it feels to hear something go from an idea to your stereo.

Thanks a lot to perhaps my oldest e-friend who brought me an excellent early holiday gift!

Thanks so much, and cheers

-Hunter

[ImmortalSix]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

And Vette, about "Village," I still have that song.

I have it recorded as both an acoustic solo piece, and as an aggressive high gain rock piece.

I will email you or link you to that stuff in the next couple of days --- maybe you can help me figure out what the right feel for that song is --- it kicks ass as both soft and acoustic and aggressive and rock. Maybe we can do one of those "Layla" deals where you kick ass and then skin 'er on back for the outro, or it could be like "My Last Serenade" where you start soft and then go into aggressive mode (verse is lame, chorus is just like intro only marinated in awesome sauce and cooked well-AWESOME)

[ImmortalSix]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

Vette: I found those Village tracks --- neither are decent recordings, but you can at least hear the songs.

I think these were both recorded over 3 years ago --- in a weird tuning too. No, I don't remember
On my Soundclick

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=663744

[Vetteboy]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

Holy crap man! That sounds great! I am blown away that you made a drum track for that song!

I'm pretty excited because I never hear my songs with real drums --- only in my head or with crappy electronic drums. Anyone who's written any music can tell you how good it feels to hear something go from an idea to your stereo.

Thanks a lot to perhaps my oldest e-friend who brought me an excellent early holiday gift!

Thanks so much, and cheers

-Hunter

More than welcome, and I had a fun time doing it. Now I feel like I should have given it a little more effort though.

I'll give you a hint: the parts where I cut the overhead mics are a lazy substitution for a bandpass filter on the whole drum kit...that's more what I had in mind.

Vette: I found those Village tracks --- neither are decent recordings, but you can at least hear the songs.

I think these were both recorded over 3 years ago --- in a weird tuning too. No, I don't remember
On my Soundclick

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/defa...?bandID=663744

Want a hint?

It's tuned to DADADe.

[ImmortalSix]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

More than welcome, and I had a fun time doing it. Now I feel like I should have given it a little more effort though.

I'll give you a hint: the parts where I cut the overhead mics are a lazy substitution for a bandpass filter on the whole drum kit...that's more what I had in mind.



Want a hint?

Man, you are just full of the early christmas presents this year aren't you!?

[Tor]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

Very nice! I would personally take the bass a little down.. It overpowers a fair bit, at least through my speakers.. But overall, really cool!

[Vetteboy]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

Very nice! I would personally take the bass a little down.. It overpowers a fair bit, at least through my speakers.. But overall, really cool!

Haha. I had to give his mix a -12 dB cut @ 50 Hz to keep it from blowing up my headphones.

[gnoj_LL]

Re: Soft Rock with PRS and P90s

interesting tones. i like how you panned the pups in two channels.

loved the mix!