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Fri, 07/10/2009 - 3:13pm — Paul Warren

Hi peeps. I finally got a bass line recorded to the latest BassIAB tune. This was a bit tough for me because I've not tried to play much in the way of acoustic folk.

I had to really listen to a bunch of older BD tunes to get a sense of what to play and then I really had to experiment before finding a line that worked for the tune and that I liked.

This is the result. I know I should never quit my day job but I don't think the result is too bad. It seems faithful to the genre.

I used my tune bass. There were no FX in the input chain. It was recorded using RealBand from PGMusic. I placed a 10 band EQ into the virtual mixer. I pulled off all the 31Hz band, boosted the 500Hz band and reduced the 1KHz and 2KHz bands. The rest were left flat.

That was it. No compression, no chorus; nothing.

So, I hope you like it. As always, comments are welcome, good or bad.

Comments

Tue, 07/14/2009 - 5:29am — GRhodus
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nice job....

very nice job Paul.... sounds right straight out of a Bob Dylan album.....

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Tue, 07/14/2009 - 3:55pm — Paul Warren
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Thanks Greg. This was a

Thanks Greg. This was a tough one for me but I think I learned a lot. I started trying to play it like any typical slowish rock tune, that is in eighth notes. That works but it changes the nature of the tune. That's what I didn't like, the fact that it didn't sound folkish.

Finally I tried some quarter notes and let them ring. That seemed to do the trick. Also the quater notes seem to be just a little syncopated against the other instruments. That gives it the 'flavor' I was looking for.

Thu, 07/30/2009 - 3:20pm — Paul Warren
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Hey all. Even if you aren't

Hey all. Even if you aren't going to post a version of this tune I'd sure appreciate feed back on my version. It really helps to hear what others have to say.

Tue, 08/18/2009 - 2:18am — BoH
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Smashing job, Paul old boy!

Smashing job, Paul old boy! Loved every second. I'm not that well versed in Dylan, but it sounds great to me.

Bo

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Wed, 08/19/2009 - 3:19pm — Paul Warren
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Thanks Bo, I'm glad you

Thanks Bo, I'm glad you liked it. It was a difficult one for me to figure out as I'd never really tried anything similar.