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Sorry that I haven't been reporting this morning, but I've been doing my tracks all day today. Soho went pretty easily -- it's an easy song that I've played quite a few times, and I knocked it off in about five or six takes (hey, it takes me a few times to warm up), with maybe three or four punch-ins.
Brazilian was quite a bit harder. The main sections I nailed pretty much on the first try, but it was all the fills and the syncopatied breaks with the drum kit that was a bit challenging. I think that one was about 8 takes and a half dozen punches.
Red Leaves was every bit the abyssmal mess I expected it to be. Two freaking hours on it -- something like 25 takes. Basically, the way I have been playing the A section live was to thump a bit and then do about 5 plucks right in a row. I've been able to get away with it live because the whole thing goes by so quickly that no one really notices. No such luck with a recording -- all the glaring deficiencies are there for everyone to hear.
So, we took several takes with me trying to get the pluck in, and then I decided to simplify the line. Pedro suggested changing the second quarter of the section, and then I worked on a new first quarter. It's a much simplier line, and now it allows the song to breathe better. It freaking better, after that many tries.
No good for my ego, you have to understand.
Posted by Casper at August 5, 2005 02:12 PM