So, on this song, I really wanted to do something a little different, so I decided to see how creative I could be.
A few months back, we recorded several live shows through the PA and mixer, along with (separate) ambient room mikes over the bar and seating area and over the dance floor, all running into separate channels. We performed and recorded this song and the response was really overwhelming. I had no idea (at the time) how much people of all ages and genres loved and identified with this song.
The problem was that there was a lot of bleedover on those recordings from the sheer volume level in the room at the time, so the ambient room tracks were not really clear enough to use. However, the response from the people in attendance was really something that shocked me and I wanted to somehow try and replicate the reaction from that night.
I found some ambient crowd files that are free for use in the public domain. This includes the seating (dinner area) and the bar/dance floor areas. Using this files - and using the original ambinet room files, I copied and pasted the ambient tracks then mapped out the live crowd's reaction to certain parts of the song and reproduced their reactions as best I could.
The drum tracks were recorded in Burbank and I laid the bass tracks down simultaneously.
All other parts were recorded in my home studio.
The saxophone parts are played on YelloStrat direct into my Blackstar ID-Core 100watt with only a 50ms delay. That's it.
Rhythm guitar was played on YelloStrat with a 20ms delay. Same settings used throughout.
Vocals were recorded on my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 with a 10ms delay and some light reverb.
I sang my own backup vocals in the same way I backed up our singer live, so it's at least an average club performance.
Hope you enjoyed it!!! It was a fun cover to make.
