Hi everyone!
This track is one of my latest, a continuation of the acoustic-based songs for 2021 but with some jazzy, bluesy and rock elements thrown in. After the song was pieced together, I was finally inspired to get out of my own sandbox and collaborate with another IK forum user - notably CrazySchmidt, as I envisioned that his voice would be the perfect fit for this song.
Thankfully, “cold-calling” CrazySchmidt to enlist his talents resulted in him getting on-board immediately and a super working relationship unfolded from there. I provided a “sketch” of vocals but wanted him to play around with them and he did a superb job in injecting his own style and vocal sensibilities and the song is much stronger for it. Despite a 16-hour difference in time zones, the process went very smoothly and what you have here is about 4 weeks of going back and forth….probably equal amounts of time actually tracking vox versus mix/production - as is typical! CrazySchmidt was more than a hired gun for vox as he contributed to mix and production ideas as well - and I’d be remiss if I didn’t give a shout out to a few others that provided feedback (my bud, Paul, as well as “Fatboy Dazza” and Dan Wilson from this forum - thanks, gents!).
Anyhow, enough babble, please listen to the track and would love to hear your feedback. I’m hoping this could be the launchpad for more to come!
IK stuff:
AT5 = bass (“Bass 1”); electric guitars (“Jazz”, “Pure Clean”, variations of “Who IS” presets)
MODO Drum = Studio kit
Hammond B-3X = various presets
TR5 = White 2A, MixBox, CSR Room, Sunset Sound (Live & Chamber), Stealth Limiter
Lurssen Console = mastering
Thanks,
Michael