The In Crowd - kind of a Brian Ferry cover

[ODH]

The bad thing about making music using your phone is that things change without warning leaving you high and dry.

I did an iOS update and then my Apogee Jam interface didn't work anymore so no guitar. No explanation.

Point is I couldn't put a guitar on this track. Which actually kind of worked out okay to be fair as I love how that organ sounds; don't think I could have got that feel with a guitar anyway.

This started on the weekend when I heard a track on 6 Music and I found myself singing the In Crowd to it (I'm ashamed to say I don't know what song it was). So I set about trying to recreate what I heard in my head. And I got pretty close I think.

DM-1 drums with GarageBand organ and bass, several vocal tracks and some ambient crowd sounds that I recorded at a gig earlier in the year. 

[cuthbert]

Excellent cover, Nick! I do remember Bryan Ferry's version of this - I got Another Time, Another Place during my initial infatuation with Roxy Music, back when I was all of 17 years old. I especially like that you went with the backing vocals as well, which were not on the original release of the song by Dobie Gray, as I recall.

Sorry to see the interface to your phone is no longer working, though - but it turned out great even without guitar on it.

[Rene Asologuitar]

This started on the weekend when I heard a track on 6 Music and I found myself singing the In Crowd to it (I'm ashamed to say I don't know what song it was). So I set about trying to recreate what I heard in my head. And I got pretty close I think.

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Hi ODH,
I love the drums and the vocals.  So fun.
This song is a very happy and jolly tune, and you made it your own.
Love this recording.
Rene

[StephenM]

Whats got in the air?  All these cool 70s keys...
Wicked good stuff Nick...
Polished swirling rock good ness..
Two thumbs up

[BerryPatch]

Very hypnotic I'm not familiar with the original but this has s Tomorrow Never Knows feel to the groove. I love your vocals, you have done some KILLER covers Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry abd this one is no exception.

[Jean Pierre]

I don't know the original, I like the editing you did here with the drums/organ and the light echo of the main voice...it sounds like a 70's revival

[Mike_S]

I hear you loud and clear about the problems of software and making music. I actually have given up purchasing guitar plug-ins because of problems like these. I purchased Waves software which was pretty good a few years back but it repeatedly asked to confirm licence details more times than it was worth. And then I bought a guitar midi software which was great but similar to you stopped working after an update of some kind... SO SORRY I HAD TO GET THAT OUT... back to the song... I do like this tune. I think it has worked out well without guitar as those keys are super cool    You put down some great vocals but also a nod to that great drum programming... loving those ride cymbal hits.

Mike

[thetworegs]

Excellent production got that live feel in spades love it

[TPB]

Yep feel your pain did the song for my father in law all good couple days later mixed it down to post and the guitar was gone, this song did not need the guitar it is good just the way it is
Tim

[T.C. Elliott]

I'm not sure I would have missed the guitars had you not pointed their absence out. Seriously, this works very well. If I were you I'd claim artistic interpretation and forget the whole technology didn't work thing. Cool take.