New Tune – Tranquilo – Preview
I realize it’s long overdue, but I’ve finally made enough progress on Tranquilo to share something for your listening pleasure (or displeasure, whichever the case may be)!
This is what’s referred to as a “stem mix”, analog to a rough draft, and indeed the mix fits the description! Nothing has been processed, panned, or EQ’d so apologies in advance if it sounds a little muddy. The objective at this stage is to lock down the tune’s structure so that my session musicians can take over and record their parts, respectively. That’s when it usually comes to life! With the exception of the drum loops, I’m playing everything you hear thru a combination of MIDI samplers and virtual instruments:
- Drums Loops: DrumCore via Rewire
- Bass Guitar: Spectrasonics Trilogy (VSTi)
- Acoustic Guitar: Korg Triton
- Distorted Guitar: Spectrasonics Omnisphere (VSTi)
- Synth (pads): Access Virus TI
- Piano: Ivory Jazz C7 via Muse Receptor
- Sax: Yamaha VL1-m via MIDI wind-controller
- Brass: Roland XV3080 “Patchman” additions via wind-controller
Next, they will professionally play & re-record all the key instruments: drums, bass, guitars, sax & horns; and once I get those back, I’ll remix and re-work the piano parts to fit accordingly. The piano solo, in particular, is a rough draft and has lots of “errors” – all of which will be fixed before it’s all said and done.
As many of you know, this is an iterative process! But hopefully, you get the feel for where it’s going… And now, it’s time to employ the power of the Internet and commission my team of professional session musicians; they’re literally spread spread across the globe! It still amazes me that we can work this way, and it’s especially convenient for me since I’m about to travel overseas for business.
I’ll share the progress by posting the previews of what’s provided back. For me, this is funnest part of the process because everything really comes to life with help of the StudioPros – stay tuned!
