Waiting For You - needs bass

Great song.

Guitar sounds nice, but man you can hear some weird reflections in your room. I'd try to deaden the room a bit, then re-record the vocals.

Nice job

Chad - if you want to add bass to any of the other songs on Soundclick let me know which ones and I can send you an mp3 or wav. I was kind of thinking of leaving this one without the bass but if you want to put bass to Its IN THe Way or Dont Want To See You Go or even Dont Take It Too Hard let me know. BTW, I did these songs with GT3 Pro.

Mike Hattem

jm

this one I recorded with just one large diaphragm condenser (MXL990) placed about 1-2 feet in front of me through an ART TUBE MP preamp. I use a Line6Guitar Port as my input so I only have one. I have a little Behringer mixer in case I need to use two mics for one take but this one was one take, one track guitar and vocals on one track with one mic. I'[m sure I could get better overall fidelity if I recorded the two parts separately overdubbing the vocal but since I had just finished the song i wanted to get a quick take because I always play my own songs the best in the first day or two after writing them. I've actually been considering getting the EMU card or the Tascam 122 so I could do just that. Also it would be nice to be able to record the acoustic guitar with a large di on axis and a thin condenser off the neck so I could blend them into a lot more interesting acoustic tone. thanks for the kind words.


Mike

ORIGINAL: mikehattem

Chad - if you want to add bass to any of the other songs on Soundclick let me know which ones and I can send you an mp3 or wav. I was kind of thinking of leaving this one without the bass but if you want to put bass to Its IN THe Way or Dont Want To See You Go or even Dont Take It Too Hard let me know. BTW, I did these songs with GT3 Pro.

Mike Hattem

I am just about done with "Its In The Way". I messed around with a few bass parts the last few nights and think I have something that supports the song well. I am hoping to have it finished by tomorrow or Friday and will post the updated version. If you like how it turns out, I will work on adding bass to the other songs you would like.

Mike,

Here is "It's In The Way" with the bass part added in. There are no effects on the bass, just did it in one shot to get the idea down. If you like it, I can create a better version, but wanted to see what you thought of it first.

The version with bass added can be downloaded here: Mike Hattem - It's In The Way - Bass Added.mp3



Yasoo,

Sounds like you are a damn good bass player. I think what you did for "Waiting For You" sounds awesome. As I am not really a bass player myself, I am trying to learn how to best support a song with the bass. (not playing too much, not playing to little, etc...). I would appreciate any input on the bass part I added to "It's In The Way".

Thanks

PS: Mike, I am really digging your tunes. Got a few of them stuck in my head now which is a good thing You are a very good song writer and singer IMO.

Chad,

How can you send me a .wav file or (.mp3 if necessary) so I can import it into my project file and redo the final mix. I like the part alot, it definitely adds alot to the song. Alot of insecure bass players and drummers (and gtrsts too) tend to overplay but your bassline served the song FIRST and that's the best part. Thanks for the kind words about the songs too man.

Yasoo
I liked this part too. Both of these songs tend to "shift tempos" and certain parts of the song. If you were sitting there with me you could feel it better I imagine. Anyway, I kinda thought of this song just being like a solo thing but the bass part actually makes it move a little more and relieves the steadiness of the picking pattern. I ask the same thing of you... to send me a wav of the bass line so I can remix the song.

I just finished a new song DESPERATELY IN NEED OF BASS. I'll post it on my soundclick site and let you guys have a go. This one will be a lot more fun than the last two since they were ballads. This one started out ballad-like but the feel changed a bit when I added a shuffle loop. I put the chords in the lyrics page but I capoed at the 2nd fret so transpose it from Am to Bm. "NO MEMORY".

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/9/mikehattemmusic.htm
Mike Hattem
http://mikehattem.tripod.com

rgfors

which song are you talking about?? and did you hear it w/ or w/out the bass that chad and yasoo added.

Mike

If I dl the .ape file is that "importable" into GT3??
i've never worked with ape files

btw, i had just written the song before I recorded it plus I was still trying to nail the picking pattern I was using which probably accounts for the time not being so steady I didn't even think to use a click track since I was just trying to get the song down. Try to put something to "No Memory" on my soundclick site. That's a song crying out for bass and I KNOW you could do it justice.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/9/mikehattemmusic.htm

Mike Hattem

ORIGINAL: mikehattem

Chad,

How can you send me a .wav file or (.mp3 if necessary) so I can import it into my project file and redo the final mix. I like the part alot, it definitely adds alot to the song. Alot of insecure bass players and drummers (and gtrsts too) tend to overplay but your bassline served the song FIRST and that's the best part. Thanks for the kind words about the songs too man.

Glad you liked it. Before I put it up for download, can you tell me if you know what sample rate/bit depth it needs to be at for your software? I want to make sure it matches the rest of the WAV files in your project.

Thanks

Edit: Also, I wanted to say I enjoyed doing this. I think Yasoo said he might add bass for "No Memory", so I will wait on that one to see what Yasoo does. If you have any preference on which song you would like bass added to next, I will be glad to give it a shot.

Mike, Nice tune. As mwalter points out, your recording environment / method needs to be straightened out. Although it's impressive that you did this in one take, to get a good vocal line, you should focus just that. Then go back and track the guitar to get a good clean signal.

Chad, Nice add on bass.

ORIGINAL: Yasoo

Thank you, Chad. I used to play bass a lot. It's a little sloppy, but it was tough keeping up with Mike's inner-measure tempo fluxuations (<wink> at Mike). I think the bass you put to "It's in the Way" is nice and solid. I think there's a little room to spice it up a bit in the chorus. I guess it only comes once.

Thank you for the feedback. I agree with you on the chorus, it does sound a bit empty in that area with the bass. I am going to mess around with it a bit more as soon as I get a chance. Hopefully tonight.

ORIGINAL: mikehattem

It's 16/44.1 I assume. I never changed the settings from their default but I know its not 24/48 or 96.

Mike

Sorry this took so long, finally got a chance last night to get the file exported out and uploaded. Here is the bass line I added exported to 16/44.1.

It's In The Way - Bass Only