Since I first saw Gary's video of "out In The Fields" in 1985, I was fascinated by his guitar playing ability. I had begun following Gary from his 1978 "Back On The Streets" release and stayed focused on his journey, even into his blues ere in the 1990's. To say the least, I was a huge Gary Moore fan.
Recently, by drummer colleague suggested we add "Out In The Fields" to our growing demo list, with an eye towards including it on the upcoming CD as a cover. I was daunted to say the least, as I hadn't played the song in many years and couldn't even remember the solo, let alone knock it off with any degree of efficiency or accuracy. However, I am not one to back down from a challenge, and the newly acquired Jackson gave me a Floyd Rose to experiment with, so I took the project on.
We started this project by drumming and playing bass to the original recording in my colleague's home studio, then rendering the tracks to simple MP3's that would be compatible with my DAW in my own home studio.
Once I got the files home, I created a new project in Audacity and started to get down to work.
I used the Jackson with GFS pickups for the entire project, direct out into my Blackstar ID-Core 100 solid state. All rhythm parts are played on the bridge pickup. The short guitar solos parts that appear in small sections of the song were also recorded on the bridge pickup. All solos - except the main solo - are doubled in real time - not duplicated electronically.
I played 5 rhythm tracks.
Two are using 'root/5th power chords' and are panned left and right at 40% & 70%
Two are played with diads in a higher register and also panned left and right 60% and 80% respectively.
One is played using diads but panned center
In addition to the different registers, the guitars also use alternating chord voicings, with one guitar descending and one ascending during the verse parts.
During the pre-solo break, I switch to the #2 switch position- a GFS stacked single coil (10k) in conjunction with the double slug bridge humbucker at 13.5k, add hall reverb and a mid range/top end EQ to make the notes stand out.
For the solo, I used the middle pickup exclusively, with tone rolled off to about 6 or 7 . This gives a very strange tone with two 0.01uf box-type capacitors in parallel. I also added ridiculous delay and reverb to give the solo that "down in the well" effect I have grown to love so much. Solo is panned 80%/100% to attract the ear to a difference in sonic perspective, and yet seem very full.
Ok, this is an unfinished work, so it has about a 6 second lead in. We hope to put vocals on it Tuesday or Wednesday.
Now, this is not posted as some kind of great effort. The solo is not note for note like Moore played it, but it's one of my favorite Gary Moore songs and I really enjoy the opportunity to do it and to share it with all of you as simply a music fan.
Thanks for listening...
Recently, by drummer colleague suggested we add "Out In The Fields" to our growing demo list, with an eye towards including it on the upcoming CD as a cover. I was daunted to say the least, as I hadn't played the song in many years and couldn't even remember the solo, let alone knock it off with any degree of efficiency or accuracy. However, I am not one to back down from a challenge, and the newly acquired Jackson gave me a Floyd Rose to experiment with, so I took the project on.
We started this project by drumming and playing bass to the original recording in my colleague's home studio, then rendering the tracks to simple MP3's that would be compatible with my DAW in my own home studio.
Once I got the files home, I created a new project in Audacity and started to get down to work.
I used the Jackson with GFS pickups for the entire project, direct out into my Blackstar ID-Core 100 solid state. All rhythm parts are played on the bridge pickup. The short guitar solos parts that appear in small sections of the song were also recorded on the bridge pickup. All solos - except the main solo - are doubled in real time - not duplicated electronically.
I played 5 rhythm tracks.
Two are using 'root/5th power chords' and are panned left and right at 40% & 70%
Two are played with diads in a higher register and also panned left and right 60% and 80% respectively.
One is played using diads but panned center
In addition to the different registers, the guitars also use alternating chord voicings, with one guitar descending and one ascending during the verse parts.
During the pre-solo break, I switch to the #2 switch position- a GFS stacked single coil (10k) in conjunction with the double slug bridge humbucker at 13.5k, add hall reverb and a mid range/top end EQ to make the notes stand out.
For the solo, I used the middle pickup exclusively, with tone rolled off to about 6 or 7 . This gives a very strange tone with two 0.01uf box-type capacitors in parallel. I also added ridiculous delay and reverb to give the solo that "down in the well" effect I have grown to love so much. Solo is panned 80%/100% to attract the ear to a difference in sonic perspective, and yet seem very full.
Ok, this is an unfinished work, so it has about a 6 second lead in. We hope to put vocals on it Tuesday or Wednesday.
Now, this is not posted as some kind of great effort. The solo is not note for note like Moore played it, but it's one of my favorite Gary Moore songs and I really enjoy the opportunity to do it and to share it with all of you as simply a music fan.
Thanks for listening...
