jOE dEVINE dot com » My Songwriting Demos http://www.joedevine.com the media and musings of jOE dEVINE Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:03:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Parker Anne’s First Record http://www.joedevine.com/music/my-music/parker-annes-first-record/ http://www.joedevine.com/music/my-music/parker-annes-first-record/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:34:40 +0000 joedevine http://www.joedevine.com/?p=232 Parker likes to freestyle in the studio.  “Yeah baby” and “Put your hands in the air like you just don’t care!” are some favorite quips of hers.  SHE’S FIVE!

I guess it doesn’t help that her favorite song is “Insane In The Membrane” by Cypress Hill.  Daddy’s fault.

Anywho, here’s a “chill out” (listen on headphones, repetitive themes that sloooooow yooooou doooooown) tune I whipped up from some of her freestyle riffs in my studio.  It’s repetitive yes, but hey, I had little to work with ;)

Get a glass of wine and put on the headphones and chill out for three and half minutes.  Not bad for a five year old.

Spring.mp3

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Cigarette Away.mp3

]]> http://www.joedevine.com/music/my-music/cigarette-away-2/feed/ 0 It’s a bit politically insensitive…but…funny http://www.joedevine.com/music/my-music/my-songwriting-demos/its-a-bit-politically-insensitivebutfunny/ http://www.joedevine.com/music/my-music/my-songwriting-demos/its-a-bit-politically-insensitivebutfunny/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:52:26 +0000 joedevine http://www.joedevine.com/?p=180 So I wrote a little chord progression for a song, and my boys Ben Smith and Matt Parmenter decided to make it happen one night.  They just slapped some stuff on top of my riff and this is the result.

I laughed my ass off when I heard this.  No, it’s not PC.  So what?  It was pretty funny considering all they had was the piano track.  I am not sure, but that may be me playing the drums..

Enjoy “Shake for Me” ’cause I know I did.

Shake For Me.mp3

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I added a little instrumentation and remixed this years-old Acid track in Logic Pro.  Used the opportunity to learn about FX automation (note the vocal delays) – so it was a good learning experience. 

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This was an experiment I did last weekend.  Jon Mellen and I modified the lyrics and music to one of his tunes, just coming up with a verse and a chorus.  We then recorded it over a piano and a click.

I then used Logic 8 and an assortment of plugins and virtual instruments to test a full production.  Turned out ok, considering it’s the first time doing this on the Mac and with Logic.

I did get to use some cool tools while doing this, including:

  • Softube’s Amp Room (on rhythm guitars) and Acoustic Feedback (on the lead guitar)
  • Steinberg’s Virtual Guitarist 2 (acoustic guitars)

If we were going to finish this, we’d obviously write a couple of more verses, but you get the idea.  Repetitive, but hey, it was a test project.

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Megan and I worked on some more tunes last night.  Other than a misdirected mic (don’t ask!), no more tech woes.  This is a song I wrote about fifteen years ago.  Megan picked it up and comped on the keys while she sang.  With a little work I think we’ll have a pretty nice track. 

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After we got over some of our technical issues, we recorded this through a Neumann TLM 103 into a DBX 586 tube pre (not my favorite pre, I am going to get an Avalon soon I hope).  One mic, ambient, just a songwriter and her craft. Next time I capture this talented singer I will do a much better job (probably a different mic) but one can still hear the potential on this track.  She’s awesome.  

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“The first lie, was not the last lie..”

Written in 1991 or 1992, a tape deck special.

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Written after the first gulf war.  Another one of those sequenced keyboard things with just a mic and cassette player.

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Recorded in 1992, this is a sequenced, semi-classical track that I wrote around Christmas in 1991.  Just a keyboard.

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