"Bootiful Day" arranged by Ted, with StephenM and Ron Whistle

[Ted]

Bootiful Day

Words and Melody: Ron Besore (a.k.a. Ron Whistle)
Arrangement: Ted
Recorded in MicroBR, Ron's Phone, whatever StephenM uses (Zoom R24?)
Produced in GarageBand for Mac
Tweaks in Audacity (high-pass filter, trimming, fading, loop preparation)

Ron Whistle: Vocals
Ted: lood guitar, electric guitar, SY-1 synth (guitar), bass, extra drum programming in GarageBand
StephenM: drums
Sexorcist: dubstep bass wobble (via Looperman)

It's a bootiful day.
It's a bootiful day.
It's a bootiful day today
In every way.
Come out and play.

Ted's New Gear: MXR Poly Blue Octave Pedal
StephenM's New Gear: Tama Imperialstar Drums

My friend Ron (guitarist for the Nutrients) recorded the vocals into his phone and sent it to me, asking me if I could do something with it. Sure. I was thinking something sweet and simple like Tennessee Ernie Ford – a strummy guitar, bass, drums. Done. Then Ron starts requesting drums like in "Firestarter," and dubstep bass sounds, and... and... all squeezed into a 30 second song – that swings. I hit up StephenM for drums, and this is what came out.

I used the new octave pedal on the lood guitar (octave up), the electric guitar (octave up and down, plus fuzz), and on the bass (octave down).

Big thanks to StephenM for the collaboration!

[Zoltan]

It draw me into it immediately! Clever and crazy. Now all we need is a longer version

Great use of tech and substances.

[thetworegs]

Excellent brought a smile so early in a Sunday morning

[StephenM]

It's a happy and fun sound... and that voice draws you right in... but I really like the acoustic guitar and the fuzzy stuff that sounds like the song takes off into outer space.

I have to admit the drums sound good... Ted, you did some good mixing on this... later I will listen on speakers because it is early and I have on headphones...

and a really catchy song

booti ful  and thanks for including me Ted...

[DarrenG / The Devil's Toupee]

This was short, but bootiful guys lol. Love that vocal, nice drums and I like the use of effects on the guitars.
Darren

[Ted]

I have to admit the drums sound good... Ted, you did some good mixing on this

Beginner's luck? I'm more of a noob at mixing drums as you are at recording them. You sent me good raw material.

The last time I mixed real drums myself must have been around 1989, when I recorded my band on my 4-track cassette recorder. I think I used one mic, and one track. Our drummer (the now world famous Andy Ziker) just played the songs all alone from memory, with no reference audio, no clicks.

Here are some things that I read/watched recently before I attempted to mix your drums:

• Drum EQ guide: How to EQ kick, snare, toms, hi-hats, overheads and more
• Dining Room Drum Sessions With Bob Marlette - YouTube
• How to Avoid Muddy Sound in Your Mixes

That was enough cursory information to ease my trepidation a little bit.

When I got the four files you sent me – one take recorded on four different mics – I figured out as best I could which track was which mic. Then (using GarageBand presets) I EQ'd each track to accentuate what drum was mic'd in each track, and to suppress what wasn't mic'd.

Then I adjusted the levels, and did a little panning to fill the space a bit.

This was fun, a learning experience, and at the same time very much a production process that I am trying to get away from. I'm trying to do as much on the Micro BR as possible, simply – recording my sources wet, and spending as little time as possible tweaking how things sound after they are recorded. I spent a lot of my spare time tweaking this 30-second song, and have hardly touched a musical instrument since the last track was recorded several days ago.

[Johnbee]

Expand it, PLEASE!! I love it!
Sounds like Jed Clampett on vocals .

  John B

[Bluesberry]

Damn that's good.....I need more of this song.......I need it, crave it, want it........well you get the picture........more please

[StephenM]

well damn Ted,
that is some cool work on those tracks...... and I was pretty darn confident that you could figure out or already knew what to do with them....
you rock man

[Ron Whistle]

Thanks so much for all your hard work Ted! Thanks for the great drums StephenM!