The Way I Feel Inside

bcgood · 20th July 2008, 08:43 AM

I was inspired by one of the posts here to do this Zombies song Aceppella. I used a custom class A tube pre amplifier with Mogami cables and my SM 57 around 11 inches from my mouth. To try and match the ambience of the original I also used an outboard plate reverb. There was no compression or eq used in this recording.

Mr. Liszt · 21st July 2008, 11:48 PM

I think that your vocal recording is far better than mine. Good job! I wish that I had some tube gear (in addition to greater knowledge) to mess with. I don't know about your performance/arrangement. Though your sensibility to the style are a lot more keen than I think a lot of people around here would be it seems a half baked go. You transposed the key, changed some of the notes in the melody (?!) and left out the organ and bass. Why? You say that you decided to do it acapella but it's already like 60% acapella anyway. Is there some reason not to do it all the way? If you wanted to just focus on the isolated vocal sound it's already isolated have of the song.

bcgood · 22nd July 2008, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Liszt

I think that your vocal recording is far better than mine. Good job! I wish that I had some tube gear (in addition to greater knowledge) to mess with. I don't know about your performance/arrangement. Though your sensibility to the style are a lot more keen than I think a lot of people around here would be it seems a half baked go. You transposed the key, changed some of the notes in the melody (?!) and left out the organ and bass. Why? You say that you decided to do it acapella but it's already like 60% acapella anyway. Is there some reason not to do it all the way? If you wanted to just focus on the isolated vocal sound it's already isolated have of the song.

Hey thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it! Do you know how many hours I spent trying to get the right tone and performance for this take? Time, times NOT on my side, no it isn't.

At first I was trying to just sing along to the original but that was a little difficult. Then I just decided to crank the out on my left monitor directly behind my 57 so I could hear my self and the plate a little which made it nice to sing to. That is a very difficult melody to sing, I tried my best but still fell short of the original vocalist, he rocks!

I just got lazy thus, no organ and no bass. I have a bass guitar but I don't have a real organ and for this song I think I would actually want a real organ. Maybe I'll have another go at it and sing with the track again. I kind of improvised some of those notes that seemed strange to me such as his "smile" note. Thanks for the kudos and checking it out plus introducing me to the track, what a cool song!

TroyTempest · 31st July 2008, 09:45 PM

I'm hearing auto tune and bad notes....

bcgood · 2nd August 2008, 01:41 AM

Auto tune no. Some off notes, yes.

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20th July 2008, 08:43 AM	#1
bcgood Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West Coast Posts: 2,442	The Way I Feel Inside I was inspired by one of the posts here to do this Zombies song Aceppella. I used a custom class A tube pre amplifier with Mogami cables and my SM 57 around 11 inches from my mouth. To try and match the ambience of the original I also used an outboard plate reverb. There was no compression or eq used in this recording. __________________ bcgood

21st July 2008, 11:48 PM	#2
Mr. Liszt Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 270	I think that your vocal recording is far better than mine. Good job! I wish that I had some tube gear (in addition to greater knowledge) to mess with. I don't know about your performance/arrangement. Though your sensibility to the style are a lot more keen than I think a lot of people around here would be it seems a half baked go. You transposed the key, changed some of the notes in the melody (?!) and left out the organ and bass. Why? You say that you decided to do it acapella but it's already like 60% acapella anyway. Is there some reason not to do it all the way? If you wanted to just focus on the isolated vocal sound it's already isolated have of the song. __________________ "Yeah, I worked in a barbershop. But I never considered myself a barber..." http://www.jeromeperry.com

31st July 2008, 09:45 PM	#4
TroyTempest Gear maniac Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 290	I'm hearing auto tune and bad notes.... __________________ I'm not here to tell you what you did right. Because if I'm here you did everything wrong. ------------------------------------------------------ The best vocal chain in the industry is... Depends>Depends>Depends>Depends>Optional>Tape

2nd August 2008, 01:41 AM	#5
bcgood Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West Coast Posts: 2,442	Auto tune no. Some off notes, yes. __________________ bcgood

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