English Project!!!

[IconBasser]

ok guys, this is my first ever recording.

here's the story: for an english project, we have to make a soundtrack to T.S. Elliot's famous poem "The Waste Land". So I wrote and recorded my own song.

consists of: bass (rythm and lead parts). This is the only instrument you'll hear, as it is the only instrument I own.

and..

vocals: I recorded me reciting key stanzas in the poem.

yeah yeah, I know, the vocals sound terrible, the only microphone in the house was a 10 year old $5 computer mike.

also: I realize that my voice isn't that epic sounding, but Leonidas was on holiday


I know the recording is a bit rough in spots, but I'm new at this. Please tell me what you think of the song.

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[IconBasser]

P.S.

make sure to keep listening after it fades out: (I put in a surprise for my English teacher (he likes the genre))

 

[peaveyuser]

hahahahah you sound weird, vocals suck. Bass playing is GREAT! I mean AMAZING! Can't believe yah wrote that. You don't sound 16.


Also your tone is good, what are yah talking about bad tone from your Carvin bass and amp. Pfffft.

 

[IconBasser]

hahahahah you sound weird, vocals suck. Bass playing is GREAT! I mean AMAZING! You don't sound 16.

yeah yeah I know, it's really the microphone that does it. I sound nothing like that in real life.

and, thanks for the compliment. I coulda spent some more time writing some better solos, but I had to get this thing done tonight.

 

[IconBasser]

Also your tone is good, what are yah talking about bad tone from your Carvin bass and amp. Pfffft.

meh.. it sounds alright.

besides, I wasn't going through the carvin amp on this. I went bass-ibanez combo-ibanez DE7 echo/delay-computer.

 

[peaveyuser]

Still that was great, wish I could write like that. I mean really good, get a better recording and take out the vocals and you've got some real good music. I'd put it on my mp3.

 

[IconBasser]

anyone else?

 

[peaveyuser]

anyone else?

Probably not, the old farts here could care less on what us 16 year old can dish out, oh and we have no avatar so we're invisible.

 

[IconBasser]

oh yeah.. I forgot about that...










say, if we're invisible.. then we can't be seen.

*"Everyone, do not be alarmed. This disembodied voice is stealing your files!"*

 

[theshadow2001]

I really like the vocals. They give the song a kind of quirky "fitter happier" type vibe. It's almost like thoughts in the back of your mind or an old radio left on in a run down abandoned house. If they were distinct it probably wouldn't of worked. Could of done with being slightly more in the back I think though.

Very nice piece.

 

[WarwickFan412]

FUNK SOLO!!! lol. very nice job. what did you use to record this masterpiece?

 

[IconBasser]

FUNK SOLO!!! lol. very nice job. what did you use to record this masterpiece?

HA! I was wondering who would be the first to catch that..


I used my Carvin IC5,plugged into an Ibanez DE7 echo/delay pedal, plugged into an Ibanez SW65 (65 watt combo), into my computer (M-Audio sound card).

I used a free-ware program called Audacity to record it. It's a pretty simple program, ya pretty much just hit record and start playing, no fancy loops or anything.

 

[coolrunner989]

I love it! The whole piece really works well, and I wish I could play like that.
Agreed to the "fitter happier" comment - the vocals really work well as the kind of distorted in-the-back kind of vibe.

How did it go? What grade did you get?

 

[IconBasser]

I love it! The whole piece really works well, and I wish I could play like that.
Agreed to the "fitter happier" comment - the vocals really work well as the kind of distorted in-the-back kind of vibe.

How did it go? What grade did you get?

I turn it in tomorrow, along with a written report and finished album art.


since tomorrow is the end of our poetry unit, my teacher is holding a "poetry jam", where students can recite pieces of their own. I'm bringing my bass to lay down some grooves for people to read to, s'gonna be fun!

yeah, my english teacher is HUGE on music



in case anyone asks, I've been playing for 6 years.

 

[IconBasser]

P.S. thanks for the compliments everybody, it means alot!

 

[enim]

the first half or so sounded a lot like Opeth, it was really cool.

My first instinct was to say you should compress and bring up the vocals a bit, but as i think about it....leave it.

Your voice is actually kind of creepy. I like what that mic did to your voice.

Also, nice on the "FUNK SOLO!"

 

[KrisH]

get a better recording and take out the vocals and you've got some real good music. I'd put it on my mp3.

+1

 

[IconBasser]

Still that was great, wish I could write like that. I mean really good, get a better recording and take out the vocals and you've got some real good music. I'd put it on my mp3.

alright. I've got a week off for thanksgiving vacation, so I'll probly re-record it, smooth some parts over, redo some of the crappier solos, and repost!

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Thanks Icon. This has given me some ideas.

 

[IconBasser]

... like.........?