The Middle of Yesterday (Gondo)

[CrazySchmidt]

Hey guys, this is one that I had previously posted but took down after being dissatisfied with the vocal effort after listening to it a few times.

I have redone the vocals (the parts that pissed me off at least), remixed and and now am happy to share again as it should have been with the initial release.

This is released under the "Gondo" project, my buddy "Fatboy Dazza" wrote the lyrics (I really suck with lyrics).

Guitar Work:-
Amplitube OR120 for all main riff guitars and also outro harmonies.
Amplitube Mesa for main solo and outro solo.
Amplitube Brit 9000 Lead for chorus riff ascent.
Real Marshall DSL40C for supporting background rhythm.

Bass Guitar:-
Amplitube AMPEG SVT-4 PRO - "Bright Pick" setting.



I hope you like it.

Cheers, CS.

[mklankin@hotmail.com]

Hey CS,

Glad to give this one another listen…..liked it back then….like ‘er now too. Vox/harmonies are spot on and looks like you extended the song as well, which is great….gives ample time for that guitar lead section and tasteful outro licks/harmonies!

This song has great hooks and nice to hear it as you intended, another super collab with FatBoy Dazza!

Michael

[CrazySchmidt]

Cheers buddy, always appreciate your comments.

Let's keep rocking.

CS.

[CrazySchmidt]

Remastered

[Darth_dB]

Great! This is genuine music!

Love the way the rather in your face guitars interact with the melody, especially when they chill just a bit in the chorus (as an effective contrast), to let the lyrics shine through and evoke emotion. I like the way the vocals sound honest, serious but don't have any of that "too cool
to be true" vibe, we hear so often these days. And obviously the solo is great and so are the guitar ad libs towards the end- some really nifty rhythm/time stuff going on there! And to put
it simply - there's something very organic about this song. Love it!

How many people participated in this recording?

[CrazySchmidt]

Hey Peter, thanks so much for the kind words my friend.

To answer the "how many participated" question, my buddy wrote the lyrics because I just suck with those and can ever only get one verse and a chorus done usually before it runs dry, all the instrumentation and vocal is me apart from the drum track of course which is a simple .wav loop.

Keep that beautiful playing coming at us bro, you rock!!

Cheers, CS.

[Darth_dB]

Cool, that's a lot of work for one person! I feel this definately contributes to the organic nature of your recording in some way... There's something about self-producing (with the producer also recording everything) that, when done right, just gives a different vibe than, say, band recordings.

You too, CS, keep these songs coming!

See you around,

Peter

[otiscavin]

The Middle of Yesterday is a song by the project "Gondo," featuring vocals by CrazySchmidt and lyrics by Fatboy Dazza. Connections

[Riff_Lovely]

Greetings CS, if someone asked me to describe this song in one word, it would be a really easy task. This one word will be :Genius!. Very simple. i really like the song. greetings CS my bro from the other side.

[CrazySchmidt]

Hey Riff, how ya doing my friend?

This is a really old recording that a bot(AI) has commented on and has pushed up to the front of the queue, I don' know why this happens, but it's the second or third time this has happened with me.

I really appreciate your comments brother, you are a genuine soul with rock n roll?

Be cool my friend, CS.

[Riff_Lovely]

[quote="CrazySchmidt"]Hey Riff, how ya doing my friend?
I am doing well, I cool off with refreshing drinks

[mike_jf]

This is fantastic! My early influence is classic rock. Keyboard oriented. You nailed all the elements to perfection. Including the song form, arrangement with a solo bridge. Sheesh the tone on the solo is unbelievable. Is that the Amplitube Mesa creating that tone? Love the song title and lyrics too. Hitting the fav button on this one!

[CrazySchmidt]

Hey Mike, thanks very much for the kind words my friend.

Yeah, the Mesa was the amp I ended up using for all the solo work on this one, main and outro. My go to amp is the OR120 usually for just about everything, but it just wasn't giving the right attack for the solo work if my memory serves me correctly, and the boogie hit the spot for this.

See ya around the forum.

Cheers, CS.

[danwilson5]

Hi CS,

The vocal harmonies and guitar tones you got are spot on. Great collaboration between you and FatBoy Dazza.

Dan