intermetro "And She Didn't Even Notice"
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:40 pm
Another weekly addition to the intermetro series. I'm trying to learn the classic / alt rock song structure, which seems to have very quick single cycle, but also does more than 2 choruses, with the exception of an occasional bridge section in some songs.
I guess this one sort of goes down the center and just does exactly what you'd expect someone foreign to rock would do, hehe. I did encounter some interesting challenges. One was how to efficiently use the melody, and the 2 (pseudo) guitars. For this ones, I mainly use had a "melody" and "background" concept, where the background parts would just do chords or some powerchord. But the good rock songs actually make very efficient use of the background parts, and arrange them very nicely. Almost in a counterpoint like way. So, that's one thing I couldn't accomplish.
Another one was my inability to control the overdrive sounds. I get one guitar to sound nice, but when I add another one in there, they both just blend together and become one huge mush. Throw in a overdriven melody synth and it just become crap. So, there's definitely an art in getting all the distortion to sound right. I guess I'll learn more next time. Didn't know this stuff was so hard! Particularly, i couldn't get the backing guitar (the one that's slightly chorused) to sound full in the mid low, so the chords would sit better, but also keep the notes distinct from each other during chords. Probably because I was using bit crushing to get the distortion, but at bit 5 or 6, it was like 5 was too much, and 6 was too little. Maybe it's best to stick to normal means of distortion.
Rock is good, it's a part of history I never really touched. And it's so accessible, and fun!
I guess this one sort of goes down the center and just does exactly what you'd expect someone foreign to rock would do, hehe. I did encounter some interesting challenges. One was how to efficiently use the melody, and the 2 (pseudo) guitars. For this ones, I mainly use had a "melody" and "background" concept, where the background parts would just do chords or some powerchord. But the good rock songs actually make very efficient use of the background parts, and arrange them very nicely. Almost in a counterpoint like way. So, that's one thing I couldn't accomplish.
Another one was my inability to control the overdrive sounds. I get one guitar to sound nice, but when I add another one in there, they both just blend together and become one huge mush. Throw in a overdriven melody synth and it just become crap. So, there's definitely an art in getting all the distortion to sound right. I guess I'll learn more next time. Didn't know this stuff was so hard! Particularly, i couldn't get the backing guitar (the one that's slightly chorused) to sound full in the mid low, so the chords would sit better, but also keep the notes distinct from each other during chords. Probably because I was using bit crushing to get the distortion, but at bit 5 or 6, it was like 5 was too much, and 6 was too little. Maybe it's best to stick to normal means of distortion.
Rock is good, it's a part of history I never really touched. And it's so accessible, and fun!
