Yes, it’s another session…

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A second cut at a bass line for Peter Fitzpatrick’s song, Dirty Little Secret

Recorded 15 bass parts on the Tascam 2488, using the 4003 and Bass Pod XT.

Unusually for me, I played the bass with the fingers (actually, one finger…) rather than with a plec. Got a nice “borpy” bass sound, verging somewhat towards the sound of Free’s Andy Fraser on All Right Now. But nowhere near as good.

I need to do some audio cleanup of the wavs tomorrow and then I’ll Soundcloud ’em for Peter. Hope he likes the work.

Regards,

djp

Suite et fin

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Finished editing together the bass line for Peter’s song Dirty Little Secret in CE5. Sounds pretty good, if I say so myself…

Regards,

djp

The Old Follow-Through

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Spent some more time on Peter’s track tonight. Did audio cleanup on all the wavs using Cool Edit Pro and then spent some time editing the various wavs together in CE5 in an effort to compile a decent and authentic sounding bass line. Almost got it finished tonight, but I’ll spend a little more time on it tomorrow night and then let Peter have a listen.

Great fun, really…;-)

Regards,

djp

A secret session

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I was very kindly asked by my good friend Peter Fitzpatrick if I might track some bass for a track he’s working on called Dirty Little Secret. Always happy to oblige Peter!

He wanted something in the vein of Mick Karn RIP.  Now, if I was ever asked to play bass in the style of any given musician, Karn would’ve been in the top three of bassists whose unique playing style I wouldn’t have an earthly hope of trying to reproduce. I’d have more hope of pushing an oil tanker into a dry dock with my backside than copying Karn. But I thought I’d be able to have a pop at doing a bit of muscular pub band funky bass, with the assistance of modern technology.

So I fired up the 4003 and the Bass Pod XT and spent three or four hours gamely attempting to follow in the thumbsnaps of the legendary Japan bassist.

Over 14 tracks of audio, I got most of the elements I think I need to edit together a decent bass line for the track. Of course, I’m not the client, so I’ll be giving Peter all the wavs so he can re-arrange the bass line as he sees fit.

It’ll take me a day or two to clean up the audio and then edits the various parts together. Hope Peter likes it…

Regards,

djp