| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 29.03.2006 14:51 |
After hearing fantastic "Funny How Love Is..." take5 I have some questions to musicians and Queen lovers. Especially FriedChicken and Sebastian could know much. I thought they always recorded each instrument SEPARETLY. Beatles - yes, they recorded all instruments together for a song - it was 60's. I thought Queen could do it this way but only for a trying of the song - for a jam. The second question - from which instruments they started - what was the order of instruments? |
| Rien 29.03.2006 15:34 |
Some of your questions may be answered in The Making Of Bohemian Rhapsody and the Making of A Night At The Opera. |
| Gordie Howe 29.03.2006 16:17 |
Drums are usually recorded first. Then bass is next. Then guitar. Then vocals. Thats how my band did it anyway, but drums first would just make a lot more sense. |
| Daniel vZ 29.03.2006 16:25 |
It depends, with my band we record drums and bass together, but I think that it's different every time (but most of the time drums+bass or drums alone I think) |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 29.03.2006 16:30 |
Thank you. I didn't get these making's yet. I only have GVH I extras when Brian talks about Bohemian Rhapsody - does Bohemian Rhapsody documentary have this part? Yeah, we do almost the same way - drums-bass-rhythm guitar(that will be deleted - just lead chords)-piano... But FriedChicken said about "Funny How Love Is..." take5 that all instruments WERE RECORDED together. Did they record the songs on Queen II this way or it was just "a jam"? |
| Sebastian 29.03.2006 17:24 |
Basic track was laid down live. It was more often than not piano + bass + drums (eg Flick Of The Wrist), or guitar + bass + drums (eg Tie Your Mother Down). There are of course some exceptions, for instance: - Sail Away Sweet Sister (piano, bass, drums and rhythm guitar) - You're My Best Friend (piano & drums, educated guess) - Sheer Heart Attack (guitar, educated guess) Some tracks in the later days (Hot Space onwards) could have been originated by a drum-machine loop and then the creator of the song laid down synth-bass and/or some guitar. As far as I know, they returned to the live backing tracks for The Miracle and especially Innuendo, again with exceptions (Headlong's guide track was programmed). Vocals (especially lead) weren't always the last thing recorded, since they didn't always know how would the song eventually evolve. For instance, if they found out certain vocal line was weak they could double it or cover it with instruments or backing harmonies. You And I acoustic guitars were added up after Freddie recorded the vocal parts, same goes for Rock It synths and Rog's voice. |
| FriedChicken 29.03.2006 19:10 |
Laying a guitar line first is very unlogical. Since it's a really hard task to record drums to a guitar part. Especially in those days when you didn't have stuff like Pro Tools |
| FriedChicken 29.03.2006 19:13 |
But Sebastian is right. They used to play a couple of instruments at the same time. Some bands do it all seperately. But for Queen music this would be very hard. Because their songs are so dynamic, there are lots of gaps where there aren't drums. Or strange drum bits which are off beat and so on. It would be really hard playing drums to such a weird song when you don't hear the rest. Also the Opera bit from Borhap was done live. They also used to record in segments. For example Black Queen was recorded in pieces. The first part for example was intro to the 'voice from behind me' part. Also Borhap was done in pieces. (some people say it's not but it would be the most logical thing) Also Prophets Song was done in pieces, in the end Brian was still shoving around the various bits and making it in a complete song. |
| FriedChicken 29.03.2006 19:21 |
Oh and the order of recording would be like this Bed tracks (the backing track) is lain down first. In most cases it's piano/bass/drums or drums/bass/guitar. Overdubs, instrumental overdubs like extra guitar rythm tracks, guitar solo's, piano (and later keyboards) extra drums. Sometimes stuff like the snare or cymbals gets overdubbed to make it sound even bigger. and sometimes entire solo's were overdubbed onto the rhythm drums (Dragon Attack, One vision) Vocals. First the backing vocals were recorded by Freddie, Brian and Roger. Then in the end when everything else was recorded Freddie (or brian or Roger) would come in to record the backing vocals. Ofcourse not all members had to be there the whole time. It could be that Freddie was singing Play the Game in one studio, and Brian was recording piano demo's for Save Me in the other studio. And then it needs some mixing, some mastering and it's send to the pressing plant |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 29.03.2006 20:03 |
Thank you so much, guys! Sebastian and FriedChicken, I very appreciate you're saying. Great information about how Queen was in the studio. Uhhhhh :-) So, of course, it was different all the time. I thought when they record a song they play live only for a GUIDE track. And then - only single recordings or maximum 2 instruments at once. I was wrong. It is still very strange for me because there is no bigger music perfectionists as Queen. On the contrary to Queen, a part of Strawberry Fields even was transposed from A to Bb! |
| Sebastian 29.03.2006 20:16 |
The Sheer Heart Attack thing, as I said, is an educated guess, since I guess (sounds redundant but...) it'd be hard for Roger to record drums first if he didn't know where to stop etc. Keep in mind that for SHA Roger recorded almost everything himself. Another option is that he did a click or something as a guide to the actual recordings. Relatively few songs feature piano overdubs. More often than not the songs with piano had piano as main instrument, therefore it was recorded first (with bass and drums). And I disagree with Niek in one point: backing vocals were done after the lead vocal, not before. The reason being, lead vocal dictates the punctuation for backing vocals (source, Roy Thomas Baker). An exception is the "oh yeah" bit of Bo Rhap, and probably some of the song where harmonies did chordal backing (Dreamer's Ball, Dear Friends). Another possible case would be that Fred (or Roger or Brian) did a lead vocal take, then Fred (and/or Roger and/or Brian) did the backing harmonies, and then the lead singer re-recorded the lead vocal. It's always a cycle since there could be many things replaced in the post-production phase (e.g. guitar solos), and remember Queen were extremely meticulous. |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 29.03.2006 20:33 |
So Sebastian, what mainly was first - lead or backing vocals? I could say there are two opposite things - lead vocal dectates backing vocals but backing vocals create "backing chords" and it is a support for a lead vocal, it could grow/change a melody line (also as an emotional support). But of cours it doesn't dectate what needs to be recorded first - when you finish creating a song you know every note and it doesn't matter already what to record first - lead or backing vocals... :-) |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 29.03.2006 20:42 |
Just saw your last paragraph :-) Yeah guide lead vocal. Remember One Vission documentary on GVH II - I guess it is first time when we listen to Freddie's guide vocal. Very interesting and wonderful. About "Funny How..." take5 - if it was played by four together - was it a guide track? |
| Oszmercury 29.03.2006 23:15 |
it depends, in my case, we record all at the same time, except voice, i think that when you record the entire band, you can catch better the feelin of the song, thats my point of view |
| Togg 30.03.2006 03:01 |
Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II wrote: So Sebastian, what mainly was first - lead or backing vocals? I could say there are two opposite things - lead vocal dectates backing vocals but backing vocals create "backing chords" and it is a support for a lead vocal, it could grow/change a melody line (also as an emotional support). But of cours it doesn't dectate what needs to be recorded first - when you finish creating a song you know every note and it doesn't matter already what to record first - lead or backing vocals... :-)There would be very few exceptions to recording the lead vocal first, it is the most important part of the song and you would not want to be restricted by having to work around the backing vocal unless you were creating a choral piece. Over the years I have worked in many studios with lots of musicians and with out exception I have laid down a backing track, bass, drums, guitar etc first then gone back with other instruments and vocal, sometimes I have played with the whole band live just to capture the spirit of a rock song, but most often it gets done with a backing of the main lead instrument plus bass and drums, I always like to play with a bass live, that way we are playing together and working with eachother rather than a more cold approach after the first take. |
| FriedChicken 30.03.2006 03:04 |
"And I disagree with Niek in one point: backing vocals were done after the lead vocal, not before. The reason being, lead vocal dictates the punctuation for backing vocals (source, Roy Thomas Baker). An exception is the "oh yeah"" Nope, there was an interview on BrianMay.com a while ago with someome (RTB or brian?) and it said lead vocals were done in the very end, even after the backing vocals. I'll look it up |
| FriedChicken 30.03.2006 03:05 |
"Relatively few songs feature piano overdubs. More often than not the songs with piano had piano as main instrument, therefore it was recorded first (with bass and drums)." My guess is that Now I'm Here and Father to Son have piano overdubs |
| jasen101 30.03.2006 03:45 |
Just wanted to mention that Queen recorded their stuff the 'old way' ...meaning if they fucked up a bit they usually had to go and record the entire track again. It wasn't until the later 80's that digital editing made it much easier to fix takes and speed up the process. What I love about Queen's recording is that there wasn't any click tracks...nearly all major bands today record to a click which keeps everything perfectly in time. Roger never used one...and you can really tell what an amazing drummer he was...it be so perfect. I was blown away that Borhap wasn't done to a click...it's so tight! Especially the opera section! |
| FriedChicken 30.03.2006 09:27 |
Roger did use click track. For example in One Vision docu you can hear him say to John 'the click track is a bit slow' I also don't like click track. It ruines the feel of the track. |
| bas asselbergs 30.03.2006 10:50 |
Freddie recorded most of his "ideas" at home, and played piano with the melody he had in his head or mind...a few of the most beautiful examples of that would be: keep passing the open windows, you are the ony one, new york, and more improvistions i have...from there on, he would bring the idea to the studio, play it to the rest, and usually there would grow a jamsession to see what it did with the band, if there as chemisrty, and possibilities for further exploration ad development of the basic idea. If a sound was found and the words were there, the instrumental recordings were never the same...that changed from studio to studio, and from album to album, along with all the technical changes in the studios through the years...they always had acces to "state of the art" equipment and technicians working for them with the machines that were new to them, and they were always ahead of all other acts, and that made them trendsetters... because of that... But the endresult was always an album they all worked on together and they also found out during the studiosessions wich song was suitable for liveshows. If they liked to play it in the studio, they sure as hell loved to play it live too. |
| deleted user 30.03.2006 11:10 |
FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: "And I disagree with Niek in one point: backing vocals were done after the lead vocal, not before. The reason being, lead vocal dictates the punctuation for backing vocals (source, Roy Thomas Baker). An exception is the "oh yeah"" Nope, there was an interview on BrianMay.com a while ago with someome (RTB or brian?) and it said lead vocals were done in the very end, even after the backing vocals. I'll look it upCorrect, if you watch the 30th Anniversary DVD and listen to the audio commentary on You're My Best Friend, you'll hear Brian say that they always recorded the backing track first. |
| Rien 30.03.2006 12:36 |
the last recorded songs of Made In Heaven were an exception of course. (correct me if I'm wrong) Perhaps in that case most of the leading vocals were recorded first? As Brian tells that Freddie asked the band to give him as much lyrics they could so he could sing them in the studio. Makes the album even more special in my view. |
| Sebastian 30.03.2006 15:15 |
> Nope, there was an interview on BrianMay.com a while ago with someome (RTB or brian?) and it said lead vocals were done in the very end, even after the backing vocals. I'll look it up No. It's from one special about Bo Rhap, where Roy said that lead vox dictate the punctuation for backing, but in the case of Bo Rhap ("oh yeah" bit as I said before) they had to do it the other way around because otherwise they wouldn't have had enough tracks. It's obviously logical that lead vocal dictates how harmonies go, except as I said, in the cases where backing vocals do chordal support (eg angelical choirs in White Queen) in which case they could go before or after without affecting the result. > My guess is that Now I'm Here and Father to Son have piano overdubs Yes, and two songs out of fifteen albums is indeed "relatively few". > Freddie recorded most of his "ideas" at home Sometimes, but not always. Several tracks started off in the studio in the first place. KPTOW is one case out of the scores of tunes Fred composed. There is indeed one piano demo of Bo Rhap, called "Fred's thing" back then, in August 1975 at Rockfield. > Perhaps in that case most of the leading vocals were recorded first? According to the producer, they did the songs "live" with the vocals. Then perhaps Fred edited out some lines etc. > As Brian tells that Freddie asked the band to give him as much lyrics they could so he could sing them in the studio. I've never understood that quote since it's been already confirmed that for all of the post-Innuendo tracks it's Freddie who wrote the lyrics. |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 31.03.2006 19:40 |
Thanks for great analysis, especially from Seb! Could someone ask - this "Funny How..." take5 is a guide-jam, that always helps to feel a feel of the song? :-) I want a conclusion, this seems to me to be for the most songs: 0. Demo with mostly one instrument - just to paint a harmony structure and maybe the right way of the convertion one interval to another (I don't know how to say it coorectly in English) - like Brian's God Save The Queen piano demo 1. "Warm-up" jam - a guide track with all main instruments and lead vocal 2. Rhythm section recordings (Do the guys listen to a "jam" track in their head phones?) 3. Guide leade vocal recordings (not sure they did it everytime but I suppose often!) - One Vision documentary on GVH II 4. Lead vocal recordings 5,6. Back vocal & the other instruments recordings The last thing that you touch, Sebastian, is very very interesting - post-Innuendo material. We still don't know for sure when Freddie sang his swan song - Mother Love. Some source says the end of October - unbelievable... But the lyrics is from Brian (as I remember) - with only corrects from Freddie. Am I wrong? Ammm... Of course there are other songs from Made In Heaven :-) |
| Sebastian 31.03.2006 21:46 |
About your points: - Demo: GSTQ is a special case, since it had no bass and it'd be quite odd for Brian and Roger to make the demo by themselves. I guess (rather than know) that percussion was added after Brian had put the guitars, therefore he had to make something to guide his guitar choir, in this case a piano would be of course the best choice. - Warm-up jam: More than that, it'd be rehearsing the backing tracks, so they'd have them polished and as perfect as possible by the time they went to the studio. - Guide lead vocal: I don't think it'd be too often. Freddie (and the others) were professional enough to sing each take as if it were the definite one. Of course there'd be a lot of editing and re-doing since they were such perfectionists. Scandal's lead vocals are a first take. > But the lyrics is from Brian (as I remember) Brian wrote the music, Freddie wrote the lyrics, hence the credit Mercury/May. There's a manuscript here: link > Of course there are other songs from Made In Heaven :-) The only post-Innuendo tracks are: Winter´s Tale (music by Fred, lyrics by Fred) Mother Love (music by Brian, lyrics by Fred) You Don´t Fool Me (music by Roger, lyrics by Fred) |
| Adam Baboolal 01.04.2006 07:22 |
FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: Laying a guitar line first is very unlogical. Since it's a really hard task to record drums to a guitar part. Especially in those days when you didn't have stuff like Pro ToolsHey Fried, check this... I was sitting in the studio with a drummer and his backing tracks. The drummer had recorded his guitars and bass to a click back at home. He then made up a new click in the form of a hi-hat for recording in the studio. Now, he sat and played some pretty feverish drum takes. Great stuff. Really well done. And he rarely faltered. So, it's perfectly feasible for folk to do it this way. It was being recorded to a Studer 24-track tape machine, even though we had pro tools in the same studio. Good stuff, sounds nice. Anyway, the point being that we also managed to punch-in at some points. So, it's also fine to do that if you can get it right. It's just riskier with tape because if you get the timing of the drop-in wrong, you can ruin the previous recording on the tape! Peace, Adam. |
| Sebastian 01.04.2006 12:59 |
Moreover Roger had an excellent rhythm sense, so he could easily record a guitar part with great timing and overdub drums afterwards. |
| brENsKi 01.04.2006 14:05 |
Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II wrote: After hearing fantastic "Funny How Love Is..." take5 I have some questions to musicians and Queen lovers. Especially FriedChicken and Sebastian could know much. I thought they always recorded each instrument SEPARETLY. Beatles - yes, they recorded all instruments together for a song - it was 60's. ?also - this ain;t strictly true either...in the early 60s recordings were made with the four-track system this usually meant the bass/drums on one vocals and guitars separate and anythign else (harmonies etc ) on the last queen benefitted form the 24-track systems that evolved as they came to prominence |
| FriedChicken 03.04.2006 05:16 |
When recording the backing track they didn't listen to a pre-recorded take. And this stuff like Funny How Love Is isn't something to get the feel. It 's a serious backing track attempt. In other takes you can hear Freddie saying that it's too slow, or too fast. |
| FriedChicken 03.04.2006 05:43 |
I didn't say it's impossible. WE also had a drummer who was able to do it. But for most people it's hard. |
| Adam Baboolal 03.04.2006 08:31 |
Yeah, I know. I just felt like mentioning that because it had happened the previous day. That Neve desk and Studer tape machine is damned nice. Peace, Adam. |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 03.04.2006 08:40 |
FreidChicken, what do you mean when say 'backing track'? I still don't believe they recorded 4 instruments at once. Why, because they already had good equipment and much time (compared to Queen I). ....But yeah - they could feel IT IS BETTER FOR NAMELY THIS SONG. So all they needed to do next was to add lead and back vocals? |
| Wilki Amieva 03.04.2006 08:47 |
This is indeed an attempt (the 5th) to the backing track. I guess you are confusing things: They recorded it at once, but different channels were used to record each instrument. This same basic method was also used to record QUEEN. |
| Sebastian 03.04.2006 11:19 |
Exactly, channels could be recorded simultaneously. As far as I know, between 8 and 12 tracks were used just for the backing layer. |
| Adam Baboolal 03.04.2006 16:58 |
Yes, separated tracks done in a live take can go like this: Bass direct into channel 1 - routed to multitrack Input 1 Drumkit miked up with 8 mics in channels 2-9 - routed to multi-track inputs 2-9 And so on and on... That's how they can bring up levels of specific instruments during parts of a song and then put them back down. Peace, Adam. |
| teleport8 03.04.2006 17:30 |
In the mid-60s Brian Wilson recorded the instrumental parts of Pet Sounds with a 4 track machine, so many different instruments had to share a track. Then they copied that mixdown on one track of one of those new 8 track machines and had 7 empty tracks for vocals, which meant that the instruments could only be heard in mono. You had to plan a lot in those days... And they needed many session musicians. But I guess that punch in and out was already used in the early Queen times. The way I record drums is to have 2 stereo tracks, and I play one verse or so on one of those and then the next section on the other track, because I screw up so often that I couldn't record it from beginning to end in one piece. If you need free tracks for additional Galileos, you can copy those pieces down to a single track. |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 03.04.2006 17:34 |
I'm a musian but never have gone to professional sudio yet. I use Cakewalk last version. I always thought about how Queen did their recordings, all their steps. Now I'm confused much... or a little... OK. Let's look at this "Funny How..." take5 as an example. "BACKING TRACK" - what exactly is it? How I see it: Freddie got a finished structure of the song. They played it to feel it for a while. And... - they record 4-instruments track at once (live): bass-piano-drums-acousticguitar as a backing track. Each of four instruments is recording to a single track - they have 4 of 24 channels busy with 4 instruments. It is backing track. Then a-single-track-recording starts (5-24 channels): they record lead vocal, backing vocals, other instruments. If they don't like any of first 4 instruments on take5 they could re-record this single instrument (and, of course, the same for other 5-24 channel's tracks). How is this scenario, guys? :-) |
| FriedChicken 03.04.2006 17:43 |
Recording 4 instruments at the same time doesn't have to do anything with technology. Probably 95% of the studio recording bands still do it like this. Recording multitrack as people above me already explained means you get every microphone and input on one channel. So you have, let say, 6 channels for the drums instead of just 1. You can mix everything afterwards. Ofcourse you can do it piece by piece. But recording and playing drums is pretty difficult when you don't hear any other instrument or guide vocal. Since you don't have a reference of chords or tune. And also playing together in a big room is much more fun than recording your parts after each other. And more fun also adds a bit to the playing quality. When recording in a studio I always put the drummer on a riser, so he gets the feeling he's playing on stage. It really helps getting a little bit of extra feel! The backing track is the first part of the recording process. The recording process is 1) Recording the backing tracks. 2) recording overdubs 3) mixing/mastering etc. Lets say the backing track is the dough bottom, and the overdubs are the cheese and pepperoni of the pizza. the dough is the stuff everything else comes on top off.. Most of the time the ingredients of the dough are Bass, Guitar/Piano and Drums. Overdubs are most of the time vocals and extra guitar and drum bits. |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 03.04.2006 18:30 |
Yes, of course we have several mics for drums. I forgot. But when you record backing track live, could it be possible to re-record one of the instruments of backing track (for example, bass) then in the end - after overdubs? Could it happen? |
| Adam Baboolal 03.04.2006 19:37 |
FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: When recording in a studio I always put the drummer on a riser, so he gets the feeling he's playing on stage. It really helps getting a little bit of extra feel!Nice tip! FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: Lets say the backing track is the dough bottom...Mmm... dough. FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: ...and the overdubs are the cheese and pepperoni of the pizza.Mmm... pizza. Sorry, couldn't resist! Peace, Adam. |
| Sebastian 03.04.2006 22:54 |
> Yes, of course we have several mics for drums. Roy's approach as producer included recording three separate bass channels as well. > But when you record backing track live, could it be possible to re-record one of the instruments of backing track (for example, bass) then in the end - after overdubs? Could it happen? It all depends on the way you did it. It's highly possible that bits from the (original) bass line or drum part can be heard (albeit quite low) in the piano mics etc. So it's according to the crosstalk levels. |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 04.04.2006 12:18 |
It's highly possible that bits from the (original) bass line or drum part can be heard (albeit quite low) in the piano mics etc. So it's according to the crosstalk levels.Yes! It's the thing I always keep in mind - you actually cannot change any of instruments on backing track cause they all are "bonded" - there is an "echo" in each other tracks. |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 04.04.2006 19:08 |
Seb, will your site ever be as it was several years ago - with analysis of EACH SONG from the albums? Or there is no time for this... |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 04.04.2006 19:12 |
Roy's approach as producer included recording three separate bass channels as well.For bass-guitar? You mean he "broke" John's bass-line to three parts? Or he recorded 3 the same tracks and chose the best moments from them? |
| FriedChicken 04.04.2006 19:17 |
One signal through DI (so straight from the guitar. One signal from the amp, and one signal from the microphone in front of the bass amp |
| FriedChicken 04.04.2006 19:20 |
As for recording drop in's on the backing track after the backing track was recorded. I doubt that this was ever done. From what I've learned from listening to Queen takes is that they quit when someone made a big mistake... For example in take 2 of March of the Black Queen Freddie plays a wrong chord so they stop and start over again. and again and again... till they get it right. For small mistakes.. They would keep the take if it got the right feel and so on. On some songs you can hear little mistakes on bass, piano and drums (check Borhap for some piano and drum mistakes!) It would stay in the take... As brian said it "In those days the take was the take" |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 04.04.2006 19:30 |
What else I can say, Fr(i)ed - I love your full answers. Now I understand! Bo Rhapsody?! At what second? |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 04.04.2006 19:32 |
And, Fr(i)ed, if you have a band I would like to listen to your music. |
| FriedChicken 05.04.2006 10:15 |
Borhap has some piano mistakes in the Opera bit. And also the snare comes in a bit late at the second (i think!) Bismillah part Yeah I have a band. Do you have msn or icq? or an e-mail address :P so I can send you something |
| Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye II 05.04.2006 11:49 |
Ha! I will listen to Bo Rhap. Yes of course, please send to thegem@mail.ru or icq 230614645 Have no patience to listen to something from you! You seem to be very serious guy :-) |
| Adam Baboolal 05.04.2006 16:57 |
FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: One signal through DI (so straight from the guitar. One signal from the amp, and one signal from the microphone in front of the bass ampActually, wasn't it one from a monitor speaker as well as the amp mic'd up and the DI? Peace, Adam. |
| tenchijin2 05.04.2006 22:40 |
I would really like to know where to get these tracks of takes and studio stuff... I LOVE that kind of thing. Where did you guys get this stuff? As a home studio guy, I can't get enough technical notes on Queen's studio days. |
| Sebastian 06.04.2006 09:51 |
You can learn a lot from that through documentaries. Although some of them do have several mistakes, as their memory fails ocassionally. For instance, John didn't record Best Friend using a Rhodes, and Brian didn't use a George Formby ukelele-banjo on Good Company. |
| billycat 06.04.2006 10:01 |
what is used on YMBF? It sounds like a Rhodes to me. Maybe a Wurlitzer? Those were the main electric pianos of the day. |
| FriedChicken 06.04.2006 11:02 |
It's always better than guessing i'd say. Anyway.. brian didn't say he used a George Formby on Good Company.. He just said that the idea for Good Company came from learning to play on that george formby ukelele |
| tenchijin2 06.04.2006 13:32 |
I have most of the documentaries, but there seems to be a wealth of info not on the public docu's. Studio takes? Session notes? Stuff like that. I realize Queen didn't leave a lot of that stuff, but there's got to be some that isn't in the documentaries. |
| FriedChicken 06.04.2006 19:17 |
ofcourse there is :D |
| Sebastian 07.04.2006 21:48 |
> He just said that the idea for Good Company came from learning to play on that george formby ukelele Good point. Sorry. And yes, Best Friend's piano is a Wurly. |
| Wilki Amieva 09.04.2006 12:36 |
During QUEEN II they had 16-track (and 24-track?) machines. It is safe to asume that they would use approximately half of them just for a backing track. |
