Week 25, On Ice

The 25th song is called “On Ice.” YouTube link for iPhone

I’ve been listening to a lot of Silkworm lately. As often as I have Silkworm on rotation, it’s probably more notable when I’m not listening to them. Silkworm is a band that I’ve grown to appreciate more and more over the years, to the point where I’d have to rank them among my top five. I love these guys, and you owe it to yourself to check them out if you haven’t heard them. They have a 10-album discography spanning 14 years. My personal favorite is Libertine, followed closely by Firewater and Developer (yes, this is at least partially my moniker’s namesake). Everyone should also check out the band Bottomless Pit. It’s the current project of Silkworm co-frontmen Andy Cohen and Tim Midgett, along with former Seam drummer Chris Manfrin and bassist Brian Orchard. I’ve had the distinct pleasure of playing several shows with Bottomless Pit, and they’re one of the best bands recorded and live that I’ve seen.

For whatever reason, as much as I listen to Silkworm, I don’t feel like their sound shows up in my music as often as other bands, but then this week’s song breaks that trend. I have to assume that other Silkworm fans who are reading and listening to this can hear the influence.

“On Ice” is another straight up little rock song. It was written in E-A-D-G-A-E, which is the standard tuning with the B-string dropped to an A. I had a lot of fun with this song, which is about as close as I’ve gotten in the project to the sound of a three-piece rock band. The mix is mostly one guitar track and one bass track (though another take of the same guitar part is buried in the mix and panned all the way to the right for a little depth). The guitar and bass were performed on the Orange 30r and recorded using the break-out cable into the iPhone. Those along with the vocals were tracked with the fantastic MultiTrack app. The vocals were tracked using the iPhone’s built in mic. The drums were recorded into Reaper using the same five-mic setup as weeks previous. Everything was mixed in Reaper as usual.

Next week marks the halfway point of my project. Most of the 26th song is done, and I can’t wait to get started on quarter number 3! This has really been an incredible ride. Thanks again for following along.
 

1 Comment to Week 25, On Ice

Sayf
March 1, 2010

I like this one, but it feels like you cut out the second half of the song. I like how it goes up at about :36, and then you get to about the minute mark and it winds down and ends 15 seconds later.

I wanted another verse, or maybe just something instrumental for a bit. I wanted more of it.

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