Putting my Wolf WLP 750T and Kramer Baretta Special to use

[toomanycats]

This is the final song I composed with my partner in my now defunct project, Velvet Vamps. I was sitting on the foundational tracks for a while, not sure if I had the heart to go back and exert the effort to bring the tune to completion. A few months ago I started working on it sporadically, re-tracking selected parts, playing around with the arrangement, and tweaking the mix. I ended up singing the second verse myself, as there wasn't enough extant material from the singer to finish it with her vocal. I think it came out interesting with the male/female vocal interplay.






True to the title of this thread, I did use my Wolf WLP 750T and my red Kramer Baretta Special for the guitar tracks. The Kramer is played on the main lead guitar solo and the Wolf was used for everything else. The amp was my 65 AMPS London. I plugged straight into the amp with no pedals, with the exception of an MXR Phase 90 being engaged at the very beginning of the main solo.

[tlarson58]

Love this.

- Lots of interesting intertwining guitar parts.
- Great singing all around. Your voice is super and fits the song well.
- That amp sounds great.
- Love how the solo kicks in at 2:39.
- Sounds professionally mixed.

I can't imagine how many tracks this must have.

[toomanycats]

Love this.

- Lots of interesting intertwining guitar parts.
- Great singing all around. Your voice is super and fits the song well.
- That amp sounds great.
- Love how the solo kicks in at 2:39.
- Sounds professionally mixed.

I can't imagine how many tracks this must have.

Thanks for the detailed feedback. Glad you enjoyed the tune.

There are actually seven tracks on that song:

1. Drums on a single stereo track.
2. Bass guitar.
3. Guitar left.
4. Guitar right (all the slide playing).
5. Lead guitar solo @2:39.
6. Amanda's vocal.
7. My vocal.

All that intricate interweaving between the guitars is me trying to imitate the sound of some of my favorite guitar duos, like Keith Richards/Mick Taylor, Joe Perry/Brad Whitford, Dickey Betts/Duane Allman, etc.

[tonebender]

Good stuff TMC!

[toomanycats]

Good stuff TMC!

Thanks for the positive feedback.

One thing that is weird about this tune, and which is weird about all the VELVET VAMP songs I wrote with my former songwriting partner, is the fact that we do not speak whatsoever. In fact, it is verboten for me to communicate with this woman. This course of action is advised by my therapist as a way of preventing cross-talk between myself and the people who have communicated terroristic threats to me. I don't want to get into all of that here, as I've already written about it so much on this forum that it could be published as a novella.

There are, however, unforeseen implications of my situation; for instance, the fate of the dozen or so songs I co-wrote with my partner in VELVET VAMPS. These songs are to me now like the children of divorced parents who no longer speak with one another . . . who cannot speak with one another. That perception is reinforced in my mind by the fact that I have always thought that the process of artistic creation was best described using biological metaphors . . . inception, gestation, growth, birth . . .these all aptly apply in an artist context. It is for this reason that I view each of those songs as our "offspring," unique creations which could only have been brought into existence through the specific union of we two individuals in our songwriting partnership. I could elaborate upon this at great length, unpinning my arguments by way of asserting one of my fundamental assumptions about life, which is Nietzsche's statement that existence is only justified as an aesthetic phenomenon. I've never made biological children, though I have been compelled to create art all all kinds, which is that trace of me that will be left in the world when I am gone . . . not unlike how many parents view their offspring.

Again, thanks for showing appreciation for one of my forlorn "children."

[sabasgr68]

Love the guitar intertwining and interweaving (twno new words for me!; I'd have said "the conversation between the guitars" haha).

I actually like songs like that much better, with guitars "talking to each other" throughout the song, not only to show up in the solo and then there's no more guitars on the song.

I enjoyed it. Cool work. What did you use for the mix (DAW)? Curious...

[toomanycats]

Love the guitar intertwining and interweaving (twno new words for me!; I'd have said "the conversation between the guitars" haha).

I actually like songs like that much better, with guitars "talking to each other" throughout the song, not only to show up in the solo and then there's no more guitars on the song.

I enjoyed it. Cool work. What did you use for the mix (DAW)? Curious...

Tracked, mixed, and edited on an iMac using Logic Studio 8.