Doctored: The Studio Session (914 hits)
Category: Sound & MusicLabels: captainthorns_music
Rating: 1.81 on 33 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by CaptainThorns (View user info) at 2007-09-07 09:46:05 EDT
As promised in my last UGR entry, "Doctored" (http://www.ubersite.com/m/111462):
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-09-04 16:11:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by ShapeShifter (user info) at 2007-09-04 16:03:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Nicely done, although all is fair in this competition so I would have liked to heard it recorded. Rated accordingly.
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Perhaps then, after the round is over...I've got a few tracks left to do that are annoying the piss out of me.
I was having trouble with the lead and vocal percussion tracks, so I called up my buddy Ross in Toronto and had him take a stab at recording 'em...his results were much better, as you'll hear. He's quite the amazing tenor, and since his natural voice is higher in timbre than mine, it lended itself well to lead on this tune.
Sometimes being a good musician means knowing when it's best to stick to backing parts and to let someone else drive the car.
This was a fun work for me, not just in the writing and recording, but also the editing and mixdown. It's got a fairly heavy "processed" sound to it, which is not my ordinary preference, but I was trying to stretch myself and go for a "top 40 pop" aural feel - I think it turned out okay, all things considered, and I was pleasantly surprised how quickly it came together. Guess all of those hours spent working on "Show of Hands" paid off.
Anyhow, enjoy this Friday offering...
Doctored.mp3 (8 MB) [audio/mpeg]
User Reviews
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2008-05-20 12:15:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by PayMeLater (user info) at 2007-09-19 22:55:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Plus fucking two!
Submitted by PayMeLater (user info) at 2007-09-19 22:55:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Plus fucking two!
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-09-11 10:57:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I agree with lungfish in that this had an 80's vibe to it. It put me in mind of 80's ska oddly enough.
I wasn't crazy about this the first time I listened to it. But it has grown on me a little.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-09-10 08:43:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-09-08 03:51:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That was very good, but VERY 80s-ish. Is that what you're going for?
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Yup. :)
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-09-08 04:14:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I like to think I can rate objectively, however.
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Hahaha. What a joke. I did so here, though.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-09-08 03:51:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That was very good, but VERY 80s-ish. Is that what you're going for? If so, that's fine, but I was there...and it was a disaster, musicwise.
Tight musicianship, good singing, decent melody and arrangement and all that. Just not my style really. But very very good, methinks.
Today, I listened to the Allman Brothers and James Gang and got to thinking, "Did it ever get any better than this?"
James Gang is hit-or-miss, by the way.
All in all, great, but not my thing. I like to think I can rate objectively, however.
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2007-09-07 16:05:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-09-07 15:19:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
When I read this initially I imagined a Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson Merle Haggard C&W dirge o' death.
This was cool though, very Ben Folds.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-09-07 15:14:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Sears-lingerie-ogling masturbater below.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-09-07 14:17:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Where's TheUniter when you need him?
Submitted by ShapeShifter (user info) at 2007-09-07 13:35:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Wow, this would have absolutely obliterated your competition but you advanced anyway. Awesome. I'm glad to see that you put it on track.
Submitted by Surgeon (user info) at 2007-09-07 13:33:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
mammography..
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2007-09-07 13:11:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-09-07 12:19:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:46:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'd live to hear something more guitar/fuzz/Marshall stack driven and twice as fast.
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Oh, I've got some hard stuff in the works, too. I'm a huge classic rock buff, so the time will come.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:50:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
hahaha
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:49:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Wow...THAT was HOT, Boshman.
I only got through 7 seconds of it because I was OVERWHELMED.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:47:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
here you go, shlongy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icMTVV5Lwaw
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:46:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 for the effort...But I don't have a lot of nice comments for the song or genre itself so I'll just keep those comments to myself.
For a change.
I'd live to hear something more guitar/fuzz/Marshall stack driven and twice as fast.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:28:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:23:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hey you sound like my windows error sound
oh hang on
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Funniest comment on Uber in a long time.
Liked the track.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:21:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
came out real good
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:13:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sounds great!
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:09:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2007-09-07 11:05:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by orph (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:56:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Great stuff Captn.
I'm jealous of people that can do music - I could never get into it, as much as I love to listen.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:56:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:46:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Still no speakers :'(
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:45:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i am not a huge fan of that track, but your talent and ability to create such a thing is worth a meaningless rating on a website.
well...it's worth a lot more than that, but it's all you're gonna get out of me for it.
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:33:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Just fucking awesome!
But the music makes me flashback Robert Palmers "looking for clues".
Not bad for a retiree.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:32:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
His voice is comparable to Ben Folds.
The song is pretty damned cool. It's bouncy and still clever.
Does your friend want a groupie? I have references.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:23:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hey you sound like my windows error sound
oh hang on
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:20:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Fucking A Mr Thorns.
Had a Police type feel to it, or maybe my hearing is off. I like it anyway so there.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:11:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Cracked_out_cali (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:04:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You sound a bit like Weird Al.
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You mean the lead vocal? Heh. I'll pass the compliment on to Ross - he'll like that.
Submitted by Cracked_out_cali (user info) at 2007-09-07 10:04:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You sound a bit like Weird Al. Alway appreciate amateur stuff.
Well, amateur stuff that doesn't suck ass.