A Very Noisy Cover of Here Comes the Rain Again
Posted on July 22, 2017 Posted by John Scalzi 14 Comments
As part of my continuing effort to justify the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription I have, I’ve been playing with my Audition audio software and learning how to use it. Today I learned how to make a multitrack file! Go me. I also played with the various filters in the software to distort and shape sounds.
All of which is to say I recorded a song today and it is very very noisy indeed. It’s “Here Comes the Rain Again,” which is my favorite song from the Eurythmics. Here it is (and no, it’s not actually nine minutes long, I don’t know why the media player says that. It’s, like, five):
Yes, that’s me singing. No, Annie Lennox doesn’t have a thing to worry about.
In case you’re curious, every noise on that track either comes out of me, or out of an acoustic tenor guitar. Audio filters are fun! Let’s just say I let my Thurston out to play, and if you get that reference, congratulations, you’re old too.
No, I’m not giving up my day job. Relax. But I do enjoy playing with sounds. This is fun for me.
In any event: Enjoy the noise.
mix the vocals louder! no reason they shouldn’t get to join in the fun.
Nah, I liked them where they were in the mix. (I have my voice mixed up higher in other stuff.)
>>> No, Annie Lennox doesn’t have a thing to worry about.
Well, not any more than the rest of us, anyway.
Fwiw, it was 9 plus minutes when listened to in my RSS reader.
Although I’ve never heard it myself, this guitar part is what I imagine the Arc disc by Neil Young sounds like.
Mike:
I’m not sure how it managed that. I only recorded five!
It’s an acoustic side mirror. Sounds are longer than they appear. :)
Played 9 plus minutes but sounds almost half speed. bit weird.
Some of that really worked. I see you liked the vocal/instrumental balance, but I agree with Jeff above – I think maybe just a wee bit more vocals would be good. But hey, it’s your music.
Pedantic:
No “the” in Eurythmics.
I know I know. I’m being that guy.
You are a man of many talents. Creative folk tend to be such. Shine on!
Now you just need to build an overthruster and your skill set is complete.
;)
I…
Wouldn’t sound out of place on the soundtrack of the new Twin Peaks series.