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New Beck song "Defriended"

stambroker

stambroker

Aug 12, 2011
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Hey there JMJ,

Were you involved with the new song that just released, Defriended? I am really, really loving this and it seems like Beck is adhering to my favorite part of his musicianship: changing his mood/genre every album effortlessly.

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vegas532 said:
And it's a delicious bass tone.
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INDEED!

Justin, any indication if Beck might release this as a hardcopy? I'd definitely download it, but I really do prefer the audio quality of a CD whenever possible.

***EDIT - I get that it may be bad form of me to ask about the hardcopy (it's the old school audio snob in me), and I understand if you can't say anything about your work with an artist because of any NDA's.

...but then I *DID* hear an amazingly funny story about an NDA and a particular jazz guitarist who played on a superstar's record! :D
 
#12
I actually don't remember...I think it might just be a Fet 47. It was a while back. The thing is,it's not all me: I think it's a composite of me and Gus Seyffert (Black Keys, etc). Beck does that sometimes, which is fun, as he likes to record multiple versions of a song using different rhythm sections. He'll use the verse from one guy and the chorus from another or whatever.

J
 
#13
Interesting. The mixing and matching parts thing definitely seems in line with what's possible now from a production standpoint. I've done that with guitar parts in the studio. But I never considered doing that with a single bass part. And that's usually because I'm the only bass player on the track. :rolleyes:

The tone is definitely sweet. At first I thought it was a Jazz bass, but when I heard it again and cranked it up a little I started thinking P-Bass with the tone cranked. Be that as it may...

That spurred another question. I know that you're doing more recording than touring these days. But if you're working with an artist that you may tour with, do you make a point of logging your equipment combinations that you used in the recording of individual tracks? The idea being that it might make it easier for you to replicate that sound/tone live.
 
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ShoeManiac said:
Interesting. The mixing and matching parts thing definitely seems in line with what's possible now from a production standpoint. I've done that with guitar parts in the studio. But I never considered doing that with a single bass part. And that's usually because I'm the only bass player on the track. :rolleyes:

The tone is definitely sweet. At first I thought it was a Jazz bass, but when I heard it again and cranked it up a little I started thinking P-Bass with the tone cranked. Be that as it may...

That spurred another question. I know that you're doing more recording than touring these days. But if you're working with an artist that you may tour with, do you make a point of logging your equipment combinations that you used in the recording of individual tracks? The idea being that it might make it easier for you to replicate that sound/tone live.
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I'm TERRIBLE at it, but I 100% believe in it. I've gotten lazy. With Beck, we move so bloody fast in the studio that I rarely have time to doc anything. However, my memory is fair and my ear is keen, so I rely on those faculties to help me to approximate where I was at when it comes time for the live rendering.
 
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jmjbassplayer said:
I'm TERRIBLE at it, but I 100% believe in it. I've gotten lazy. With Beck, we move so bloody fast in the studio that I rarely have time to doc anything. However, my memory is fair and my ear is keen, so I rely on those faculties to help me to approximate where I was at when it comes time for the live rendering.
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I have nowhere near the prolific studio career of you, Justin, but I hear you in this regard. The last sesssions I did a few months ago were so fast paced that I just didn't have the time to document exactly what I was using in my signal chain. I had tried to do that on some previous sessions, but in this case we were really pressed for time, and I really needed to focus on the music first.

I just have to laugh a little bit about it. Beck is one of the more highly regarded artists in modern rock today, and even he seems to be as pressed for time in the studio as some DIY artists.
 
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Yeah, it's not that Beck is ever pressed for time. He has all the time in the world. But he uses it to document an overwhelming quantity of ideas, hence he tends to bang things out very quickly and move on before circling back to flesh something out.
 
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...Which is totally not the problem my artist has, LOL!

It sounds like a very cool way to work. Keep it flowing and spontaneous, and then you'll probably get the most creative results. Funny, I kind of hear what may be that kind of process in some things that were on Odelay. Has he been recording that way going back that far?
 

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