Rock Music Instrumentals (For Dancing)
September 20th 2024
This ia short collection of instrumental demos I made, mostly for one of my real life bands. Astute listeners will recognise Third Skin as a melodic reprise of Second Skin, which appeared on My New Analogue Beating Heart
I experimented alot with recording an amp with a mic, instead of lining directly into my computer like I normally would to record guitar. It gave the songs a way better dirty live feeling with way more energy, even if the mix did suffer as a result. Trying to come up with the most compelling arrangement with just a guitar, bass and drums was a fun challenge that forced me to use both instruments as melodic lead instruments, rather than just playing a bunch of chords. I've seen millions of pointless local bands where the guitarist is just banging out a bunch of power chords, with the bass following exactly underneath, and I wanted to avoid doing that as much as possible. Not to say I succeeded, but it's trying that counts