My first full practice track
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:22 pm
If I'm going to learn a song, I want to learn it: the detailed arrangement including all the parts. I've been messing with Song Surgeon as well as with Guitar Pro 6 as I dissect the song I'm learning right now: "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens. Neil's lesson was an invaluable insight into how the song is put together.
I've finally gotten all the parts down "on paper," as well as have written bass and percussion lines, and I created a full practice track using MIDI. I ended up in Logic Pro for the final arranging and mixing because that's really the best tool for that job once I have the basic tab laid out (which is where GP shines because Logic's tabbing tools stink). Here's the mixdown of the full arrangement:
I'll be practicing both playing and singing over this until I feel I have it down well enough to record a live take, which I'll (with much trepidation) share in the busking forum here when it's a wrap. I won't try playing the nylon string solo, rather the strumming solo part, at least for the first take. Eventually I want to go back and record that track live as well, but baby steps. Get the strumming and singing in tempo down, along with a few basic fingerstyle licks, and try the fancier stuff down the road.
More to come. :side:
I've finally gotten all the parts down "on paper," as well as have written bass and percussion lines, and I created a full practice track using MIDI. I ended up in Logic Pro for the final arranging and mixing because that's really the best tool for that job once I have the basic tab laid out (which is where GP shines because Logic's tabbing tools stink). Here's the mixdown of the full arrangement:
I'll be practicing both playing and singing over this until I feel I have it down well enough to record a live take, which I'll (with much trepidation) share in the busking forum here when it's a wrap. I won't try playing the nylon string solo, rather the strumming solo part, at least for the first take. Eventually I want to go back and record that track live as well, but baby steps. Get the strumming and singing in tempo down, along with a few basic fingerstyle licks, and try the fancier stuff down the road.
More to come. :side: