A Stranger In A Strange Land by Oldrottenhead

[Oldrottenhead]

Have struggled with my mojo of late. First song in ages, and it was like getting blood from a stone doing it. Last week i had a wee riff going on my acoustic and created a drum track to suit the song. That took a couple of days using garage band and two separate drum tracks playing different styles and kits. I then recorded the drum track to a stereo track on my br800.
Once that was done, the next day i recorded 4 separate guitar tracks using my HB tele. The next day i used my ipad for the bass track and two synth tracks as i didn't have access to my bass guitar or juno di. Once that was done i bounced the tracks using cheap speakers as monitors.I then recorded two vocals whilst loaded with the cold and mastered with cheap speakers. the result was a mess.
So i then remixed all the tracks except the vocals, this time using headphones as monitors. after a couple of bounces i had a better mix for a backing track to sing to.
However that too was a struggle. i tried using my microbr as a mic but nothing worked. so i ended up recording two vocal tracks using a Sennheisser e818sII, recording the vocals dry with no effects.I then finally mastered everything and this came out the other end.

Anyroad up, it is what it is.

A Stranger In A Strange land

W/M
by
Oldrottenhead

Lost
To the elements
Cast
To the wind
Bereft
Of a place to call
Home

Stranger in a strange land
Faceless in no man's land
Faithless no one understands
A Stranger in a strange land

Looks
That could wither
Hate
Merely whispered
Hope
For a place to call
Home

Stranger in a strange land
Faceless in no man's land
Faithless no one understands
A Stranger in a strange land

Will I ever find a place called home

Home

[Redler]

Nice entry to the fest! Simple backer, but it works well. Excellent job with vocals.

Clear and nice sounding HB tele! I'm on my second listening..

[alfstone]

Yes, plain and good. The risk with this fest is to make someway too sad songs, and by this point of view this one is a surprise.

Alfredo

[tonyc]

i like it , it sounds great to me , i have patches when the songs dry up , and i just dont touch the guitar , then i get that felling and away i go again ,  love the vocals ,and backing  nice song ..cheers ......tony cee

[TPB]

Sounds good over here sometime you just have to work through them
Well done
Tim

[cuthbert]

Sounds fine to my ears. Drums add a bit of chill atmosphere, along with those synthy swirls. An interesting contrast with the lyrics and I can identify when travelling (mostly for work these days).

[SE]

Great stuff James, keep coming back with this, a well recorded and produced listen, excellent!!!

[Flash Harry]

I thought this fest was going to flop, which I was rather perturbed about, since I suggested it, however, this is a gem

I love the simplicity, the drum track is great, guitars are great, vocal is superb. It's lovely.

Like Alfredo said, I thought this would bring out the melancholy, this track is really quite uplifting.

Bravo mon vieux

[Farrell Jackson]

Some fine words and music James. You went through a lot to get this to sound so cohesive...well done with that! Your vocals are top notch as well. A good song!

Farrell

[T.C. Elliott]

Good first song of the fest. It has a cool rhythm too it, a vibe that isn't too busy or heavy that I think lends itself to the vocal delivery and melody. Here's to more Strange Land entries.