Plasterboard Saints (Santa Maria Novella Blues)

Upload and discuss your songs here. Open for Jazz and Rock, too!
Forum rules
Please do not upload songs protected by 3rd party copyright!
Post Reply
User avatar
Blackhorse
Posts: 186
Joined: Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:32 pm

Plasterboard Saints (Santa Maria Novella Blues)

Post by Blackhorse »

Hi all, :wave:

I've been working with a new band, mostly playing acoustic folk, but managing to squeeze some blues in sometimes :high5:

This is a recording I made and mixed myself of one of our songs, pretty much a standard 12-bar blues, with the band. This is a rough demo, recorded in our rehearsal room, but it's listenable - I hope!

Interested to hear what ya'll think... for anyone who has heard stuff I've posted here previously, this is quite different - less :music2: , more :music1:
Attachments


Plasterboard Saints - Woodlark
Saints mast 4.mp3 - (9.13 MiB)

User avatar
12bar
Site Admin
Posts: 3273
Joined: Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:05 pm

Re: Plasterboard Saints (Santa Maria Novella Blues)

Post by 12bar »

First off - sounds fantastic, as if you always played acoustic. Great voice, and the fiddle is adding some folky notes to it.

I picked up my axe and noticed - F# for an acoustic Blues :eye_rub:
Did you use a capo? :think:
User avatar
VikingBlues
Posts: 4466
Joined: Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:44 pm

Re: Plasterboard Saints (Santa Maria Novella Blues)

Post by VikingBlues »

I really enjoyed listening to this. :clap:

Great tone from the guitar and nicely bluesy runs - your singer has an excellent voice and expression, and I thought that the fiddle was a good addition that gave a bit of a crossover feel to the song. :cool:

I've always had a liking for crossover genre bands.
An improv a day keeps the demons at bay!
User avatar
Blackhorse
Posts: 186
Joined: Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:32 pm

Re: Plasterboard Saints (Santa Maria Novella Blues)

Post by Blackhorse »

Hi 12bar,

Thanks - yes, I've found that working with a "real" singer (as opposed to people who can sing,or just singing myself), I often have to change key to best suit the vocal range. Luckily for us guitarists, that's a simple enough process, and a capo is essential!

Funny story about this one, I wrote it in E, switched to F# for the singer, and played it live many times. When it came to recording, I knew we wouldn't have much time in the rehearsal room, so I pre-recorded the guitar part at home - and completely forgot about the capo! Leading to some confused looks from the singer when she tried to record the vocal. So I had to quickly record the guitar part again with a capo, one take, no time for mistakes. Hence during the little guitar "solo" part, the timing goes off slightly. Oh well.

Thanks VB, good to see you're still here, still playing and still improving - as we all are!
MichaelRobinson
Posts: 2172
Joined: Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:20 pm

Re: Plasterboard Saints (Santa Maria Novella Blues)

Post by MichaelRobinson »

In my ears it's professionally................ :clap: :clap:
User avatar
12bar
Site Admin
Posts: 3273
Joined: Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:05 pm

Re: Plasterboard Saints (Santa Maria Novella Blues)

Post by 12bar »

Thanks for the story behind! That explains the unusual key... :thumbsup:
Once again, just wonderful!
User avatar
Blindboy
Posts: 1787
Joined: Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:34 pm

Re: Plasterboard Saints (Santa Maria Novella Blues)

Post by Blindboy »

Very nice! :thumbsup:
Great guitar tone, and I really like the vocals. I have always enjoyed working with female vocalists.
"Throw yo' big leg over me Mama, I might not feel this good again!"
User avatar
Blackhorse
Posts: 186
Joined: Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:32 pm

Re: Plasterboard Saints (Santa Maria Novella Blues)

Post by Blackhorse »

Thanks Michael, Blindboy - I appreciate your kind words!
Post Reply