| Adam Baboolal 24.04.2007 20:50 |
I've been brought out of retirement(!) to perform DSMN at my friend's wedding and like a chump, I agreed to do it! Anyway, this brings up two things to post here: 1. Studio version 2. Live version I'm currently building the backing track and am onto the wonderful harmony parts that sound cool already. And I've only done the intro bits! But yeah, I'm doing the entire song in my bedroom studio and will basically have covered it in its entirety there. But then I'll take the backing track and do it live with my BHM guitar in tow. Hope it goes well. Anyway, just putting up a thread cause it's coming together nicely and I'd like to put it up here when it's done. Maybe a week or two to complete things. Just have to see how the recordings go. Adam. |
| Deacon Fan 25.04.2007 00:51 |
I'm looking forward to this, Adam. Best of luck with it :) |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 27.04.2007 22:48 |
Good luck, Adam! Let us have a listen to it when it's ready! Cheers, Ogre- |
| Mr Mercury 29.04.2007 11:29 |
unfunny bunny wrote: I'm looking forward to this, Adam. Best of luck with it :)Actually, so am I. Cant wait to hear this mix. |
| Lord Fickle 29.04.2007 19:03 |
Me too! You've set yourself up with a hype to live up to now, Adam! Lol! Hope it all works out OK. :) |
| Adam Baboolal 29.04.2007 21:11 |
Haha! It's sounding good before I've mixed it and that is always the best sign you can have. I'm only half-way with the harmonies, but it's really coming together. I'm thinking I might extend the middle breakdown bit just like on Live Killers. It'll give more time for my voice to come back, live. AND...I'll get more guitar time!! Anyway, definitely going to need the next 2-3 weeks to get it all completed. I think the harmonies are so difficult because I'm one guy doing 3-4 part stuff and sometimes the range is just fantastically high. Anyway, it's puurrty cool. Hype? Nah! Adam. |
| Adam Baboolal 08.05.2007 22:22 |
Yah...a little delayed at the mo cause I'm allowed to do more than just one song now! So, I'm setting out a short list of stuff I wanna try! Anyone got some nice Queen love song ideas? I've got the following as possibles: Crazy Little Thing Called Love Somebody To Love I Was Born To Love You I'm keeping the list short cause they have a band that I really don't wanna upset! Adam. |
| Dan C. 09.05.2007 02:27 |
Born To Love You doesn't get enough love. I say go with that! |
| Lord Fickle 09.05.2007 04:43 |
How about You and I? That would be interesting, as I don't think it's ever been performed live. The obviously one is, of course, You're My Best Friend. |
| Adam Baboolal 09.05.2007 10:42 |
IWBTLY was definitely something I wanted to try cause I started covering it a couple of years ago and lost it in a disk crash. CURSES! As for You & I, it was one I thought of straight away, but it's a wedding crowd and I think it'd be too indulgent. I would love to, though! You're My Best Friend? Hmm...I'll think on that one. I remember I almost did that a few years back for someone's engagement party. In fact...OH yeah! I was gonna do Born To Love You there at that party, too. Adam. |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 12.05.2007 06:02 |
I'd suggest You Take My Breath Away. Good luck with the project! Cheers, Ogre- |
| Adam Baboolal 13.05.2007 06:57 |
Nice suggestion, but again, I get the feeling that the wedding vibe ain't right for it. Again, I love the song, but not the right place. Was on the phone yesterday to find that there's a half an hour break from the band where I could fill-in. Half an hour! Didn't realise I'd have that kind of time. I've definitely got Crazy Little Thing Called Love with an official backing track. Practiced singing on it and it's sounding great. Don't Stop Me Now, as originally planned. Sang through yesterday with "CLTCL" and it sounded good! I Was Born To Love You backing is coming along very nicely. I've managed to merge some Freddie instrums like the bass synth and piano into my backing track. Sounds nice. Might also be doing TAT_Days of Our Lives. I did this for them 2 years ago at their engagement party, so it might be cool to revisit this one. Looking for a couple more now. Somebody To Love is still under consideration. So...looks like there's going to be a fair amount of tracks being posted here, not just DSMN. Cool! Adam. EDIT: Also looking at Someone To Die For |
| Adam Baboolal 13.05.2007 23:12 |
Mr Bunny, could I possibly ask a HUGE favour? I think you have the karaoke cd from 2004, don't you? Could I please have CLTCL from it? Cheers, Adam. EDIT: THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH, J!! |
| DavidRFuller 14.05.2007 11:11 |
How about Pain Is So Close To Pleasure? |
| Adam Baboolal 14.05.2007 11:16 |
DavidRFuller wrote: How about Pain Is So Close To Pleasure?LOL Yeah! Good one... *Scratches head* Btw, Someone To Die For is coming along nicely. Just working out the parts and will need to record everything for it; drums, bass, keys, guitars, etc. etc. Time to break out the Deacy!! Adam. |
| FriedChicken 15.05.2007 18:34 |
I wonder if you will finish this :D Good luck dude :D |
| Adam Baboolal 15.05.2007 19:44 |
FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: I wonder if you will finish this :D Good luck dude :DHo Ho mofo..! Lmao Yeah, well, we never did get through that cover, did we? I was waiting for some harmony vox notes, I remember. And I kept thinking I'd rather get my brother's piano playing on it. I should've just done it myself. Well, you may find this interesting. A guy I know emailed me out of the blue asking if we could put together a band to do Queen covers over the summer. How could I say no?! Anyway, I think I'll put that one we tried up, see where it goes. Didn't get a great deal done today cause I had a pounding headache for hours. Ugh... But I did get the piano and bass down on Someone To Die For. Just need to drag over the drums and put on some string bits and then guitars. That latter being most interesting, methinks. A woo ha ha! Adam. |
| Lord Fickle 16.05.2007 03:11 |
I've got to ask, as no one else has - who's song is Someone To Die For? |
| Adam Baboolal 16.05.2007 10:50 |
Lord Fickle wrote: I've got to ask, as no one else has - who's song is Someone To Die For?Hey there Fickle. It's a song that was attached to Spiderman 2. The Queen link is that Brian played the solo and harmony guitar stuff on it. It's a really nice song, though. I'm enjoying putting it together. Adam. |
| Lord Fickle 16.05.2007 16:04 |
Oh right, an obscure link indeed! ;) |
| Adam Baboolal 17.05.2007 21:34 |
Just to say that I finished the backing vox on DSMNow today, so the song is pretty much done. Once I get done performing it on Saturday, I'll try and post something over those next few days. Hopefully, I'll have some video or audio to share. I'm pretty blown away by the harmony vocals. Not amazing sounding. But they're pretty damned cool! Now, just need to get back to STDFor, IWBTLYou and TATDOOLives. The latter two are very close to being done as well. Very excited about Born To, cause I think I can do all the solo stuff on it. Even the mad bit towards the end (not the tapping bit). Adam. |
| tenchijin2 17.05.2007 23:00 |
C'mon, Adam. Put up or shut up! Let's hear it. Or are you chicken? |
| Adam Baboolal 18.05.2007 07:06 |
tenchijin2 wrote: C'mon, Adam. Put up or shut up! Let's hear it. Or are you chicken?Thinks.. *No smiley with tongue. Hmm...* *Chicken..? ... Weird* Rule of thumb...NEVER rush yourself. And hey, I've got 3 other songs to complete before tomorrow afternoon, so cool it. Also, lest we forget that you submitted no less than 3 mixes of Killer Queen! That's certainly not how I work as I adopt the, "When it's done" attitude. Against my better judgement, here's a pair of taster sound files. link - intro bit link - bit more I originally made these for my friend to hear what I'm doing, so don't say I'm not being kind by showing them! It's been nice to have a little diary in this thread. It's gonna be even cooler to post these tracks. Just so you understand why I'm happy about these - I haven't done Queen covers for years. And never so many all at once. Adam. EDIT: Just to put the files in context...the lead vocal on those files is just a guide vocal. I won't be putting a lead vocal on till Sunday at the earliest. Probably sometime next week, really. Another file to tide the time: IWBTLY snippet - link |
| tenchijin2 18.05.2007 10:38 |
Hey, not bad. BTW, I don't think the smiley was necessary. Who seriously calls someone else chicken anymore? And, I submitted *no more* than 3 versions, over the course of almost TWO YEARS! That's a big span, considering how much my studio changed in that time. |
| Adam Baboolal 19.05.2007 23:31 |
Ok, the good news = I played and sang my heart out and they loved it. I even got comments from the lead singer of the main band, telling me it was really good and that he saw people really getting into it. That pleased me, muchly..! Man, it went by sooo fast. Such a blur. The bad news? Well, the minidisc I had brought along to record the gig had a dead battery. That's what you get for not checking, Adam! I actually had TWO with me and both had bad batteries! Need to invest in good batteries cause that's 3 bad ones now. They've had good use! No fear, I thought, I have a mic with me and the soundcard I'm playing the tracks off can also record the sound! Yaay... Oh, yeah...forgot to arm and hit record...yikes. But I tell you what, I had a blast recording these tracks and singing them for my good friend and his, now wife. I came away feeling happy. No memento of the moment, but hey, it was a great day. On the positive side, I think I saw someone with a video camera filming me!! LOL I live in hope. It's the 2nd time I've played live and it's the second time something's happened where the recording I planned, didn't work/happen. Anyway, I sang DSMNow, IWBTLYou and CLTCLove. I didn't get to do "Days of" or "Someone To Die For". STDFor was incomplete, though. I just didn't have the time to record guitar after guitar and work out the harmony guitars. And I actually woke up and recorded/mixed bits for IWBTLY between 11am and 1pm (the wedding was at 1:30pm!). And even though I had TATDOOLives with me and could've done it...well, I just felt it would've been like I was being a show-off doing a third song with a guitar solo. You know? Anyway, good day. Wish I could've shared it with you all. Adam. |