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Original Songs / Tornado Sally

Last post by Farrell Jackson - Today at 12:14:46 PM

Tornado Sally is the song that I lost when the hard drive in my Fostex VF160 crashed. I found a used drive on Ebay and it's up and running again. So I had to start from scratch with this song.
2 tracks of electric rhythm (Ernie Ball OLP).
2 tracks of lead guitar and fills with the OLP.
1 track of down and dirty blues harp.
1 track of bass (Squire Jazz)
1 track of A/E Ibanez Talman.
3 tracks of lead and harmony vocals.
2 tracks of Zoom drums.
I used a Crate V5 Tube amp mic'ed with a MXL Ribbon mic for all guitars and harmonica.
And a Neumann TLM 103 mic for all the vocals.

Tornado Sally (Farrell Jackson ©08-10-24)
(V1) A thunder storm is on the horizon
Birds in the sky, swirling and divin'
An erie silence, hangin'  in the air
A rumbling train, going nowhere
(V2) The whistle blows a high pitched warning
In a couple of hours, the sun breaks mornin'
Make a quick decision, to get out of town
Or hang around to see what goes down
(Chr) Waiting with shallow breath. There ain't no time  to rest
A wild force in the valley. Tornado Sally's coming down the alley
(solos guitar and harmonica)
(V3) She'll be prancin' and dancin' on the table tops 
And kick you in the face if you tell her to stop
She'll throw a beer across the room 
Take cover boys, she's lookin' for a groom
(V4) The twisted sister, comes once a year
Mean as a devil with a nasty stare
She'll have a smile but you'll have a frown
Lawdy momma, Sally's touched down
(Chr) Waiting with shallow breath. There ain't no time  to rest
A wild force in the valley. Tornado Sally's coming down the alley
(Repeat Chorus)

#2

Cover Songs / Re: I Just Got Paid (ZZ Top)

Last post by StephenM - Today at 10:33:49 AM

Excellent...I like the guitar sound...what treatment here?

thanks to all for commenting...

JP... la guitare est la Shecter C-1 avec les micros EMG.  Je l'ai joué via l'un des préréglages de mon Boss ME-25 et j'ai ajouté une touche de retard avec les effets intégrés sur le Zoom... un peu comme un gars du son le ferait avec un groupe live.

JP... the guitar is the Shecter C-1 with the EMG pickups.  I played it through one of the presets on my Boss ME-25 and otherwise added a hint of delay with the onboard effects on the Zoom... sort of like a sound guy would do with a live band. 

#3

Original Songs / Re: You Found Home by Oldrotte...

Last post by Oldrottenhead - Today at 07:45:49 AM

I noticed today that the first version i posted had a weird vibrato on the vocal that i hadn't noticed when i posted it. I was also unhappy with a few of the lyrics, so i re sang the song with new lyrics. Still can't figure out what happened to vocals on first take, loose wire or ghost in the machine who knows. I'm not particulary happy with the guitar solo, but if anyone fancies a go at replacing it let me know and I'll send a mix without the lead guitar part.
new version posted at top of the page.

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Original Songs / Re: I Don't Care What You Thin...

Last post by Ron D Bowes - Today at 04:43:37 AM

a fine rocker Ron! Everything works and sounds great! - One constructive criticism however if I may? Might just be my cheap monitors but all tracks sound balanced gain-wise except the lead vocals which seem a tad less prominent? All-in-all however a killer piece!

You are right and I am aware, but I can't find the stems to remix. I tried a mid increase on the EQ which helped a bit.

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Original Songs / Re: All In Time by BerryPatch

Last post by hooper - Today at 04:38:43 AM

Excellent stuff!!

#6

Cover Songs / Re: Angel from Montgomery (Joh...

Last post by the physics teacher - Today at 02:45:09 AM

Love it big time.

#7

Original Songs / Re: "A Plea for Normalcy" by M...

Last post by the physics teacher - Today at 02:40:57 AM

B eau ti full

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Cover Songs / Re: I Just Got Paid (ZZ Top)

Last post by the physics teacher - Today at 02:38:00 AM

I'm not that much into ZZtop bud this is so good.

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Original Songs / Re: You Found Home by Oldrotte...

Last post by Ted - Today at 12:46:22 AM

There's a subtle taste of Americana in this one.

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Cover Songs / Re: I Just Got Paid (ZZ Top)

Last post by Jean Pierre - Yesterday at 11:57:28 PM

Excellent...I like the guitar sound...what treatment here?