BCBowie Project - Please unsticky me...

Do talk back
User avatar
Ghost of Harry Smith
Posts: 2550
Joined: 22 Jul 2003, 04:43
Location: shyddney, orstralia
Contact:

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby Ghost of Harry Smith » 05 Apr 2016, 08:56

Ta for the instructions Feeb, much appreciated. I'm pleased to say I completed the lion's share of my track today, with the help of my cousin Danny on guitar. We're going to add a bit of cello and e-bow early next week and then it's done and dusted so I hope to finish before Weds next week.

User avatar
Ghost of Harry Smith
Posts: 2550
Joined: 22 Jul 2003, 04:43
Location: shyddney, orstralia
Contact:

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby Ghost of Harry Smith » 07 Apr 2016, 10:12

So I'm almost at the finish line with my cover of 'I Can't Give Everything', this is me on vocals and acoustic, my cousin Danny on most guitars, our pal Mark engineering and adding bits and pieces like cello, textures, cymbals etc. Feeb, I'll have a WAV file of the final mix to you by early next week (got to go away for a couple of days) but I wanted to share a Work in Progress with you guys 'cause it's the best recording I've ever been part of and I'm feeling pretty chuffed. Thanks loads for organising this tribute project and giving me a reason to get off my arse and do some proper work in a studio for the first time in my life. I know this cover has smoothed off some of the edges of the original but we tried to capture what it felt like for us to hear Bowie had gone.

https://soundcloud.com/harrysmith/i-can ... hing-wip-1
Last edited by Ghost of Harry Smith on 10 Apr 2016, 08:29, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
harvey k-tel
Long Player
Posts: 40893
Joined: 16 Jul 2003, 23:20
Location: 1220 on your AM dial

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby harvey k-tel » 07 Apr 2016, 14:27

Sounds great, GoHS!
Tempora mutatur et nos mutamur in illis

User avatar
bhoywonder
The Magnificent
Posts: 27391
Joined: 16 Jul 2003, 19:06
Location: Bristol, UK
Contact:

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby bhoywonder » 08 Apr 2016, 11:17

It really does, great work! It was a bit of a coup to get George Harrison to play some slide guitar on that!

User avatar
Moleskin
Posts: 14607
Joined: 18 Feb 2004, 12:38
Location: We began to notice that we could be free, And we moved together to the West.

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby Moleskin » 08 Apr 2016, 15:37

I have fond hopes of getting an initial banjo part down this weekend.
@hewsim
-the artist formerly known as comrade moleskin-
-the unforgettable waldo jeffers-

Jug Band Music
my own music

User avatar
bhoywonder
The Magnificent
Posts: 27391
Joined: 16 Jul 2003, 19:06
Location: Bristol, UK
Contact:

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby bhoywonder » 08 Apr 2016, 15:56

Moleskin wrote:I have fond hopes of getting an initial banjo part down this weekend.


If that's not a euphemism then I give up.

User avatar
Moleskin
Posts: 14607
Joined: 18 Feb 2004, 12:38
Location: We began to notice that we could be free, And we moved together to the West.

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby Moleskin » 08 Apr 2016, 16:37

bhoywonder wrote:
Moleskin wrote:I have fond hopes of getting an initial banjo part down this weekend.


If that's not a euphemism then I give up.


You'll have to wait and see. :twisted:
@hewsim
-the artist formerly known as comrade moleskin-
-the unforgettable waldo jeffers-

Jug Band Music
my own music

User avatar
Ghost of Harry Smith
Posts: 2550
Joined: 22 Jul 2003, 04:43
Location: shyddney, orstralia
Contact:

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby Ghost of Harry Smith » 09 Apr 2016, 00:49

Cheers Harvey and Bhoywonder, ta for the thumbs up. Yeah it makes a difference having such a great guitar player in the family! My cousin Dan can play anything with strings pretty much. Maybe I should get him back in for a banjo part!

User avatar
Quaco
F R double E
Posts: 47382
Joined: 16 Jul 2003, 19:41

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby Quaco » 09 Apr 2016, 00:54

king feeb wrote:Third party media hosting site- like MediaFire or SendSpace. I'm not even sure that any of these sites exist any more, actually... I think the DMCA got many of 'em. Anyhow, send me the link. Usually, this method works pretty well, but occasionally, weird bitrate fuckups can occur.

Sendspace very much still exists. I still use it for stuff like this. The free account has a limit of 300MB, so unless you're sending a version of all of the entirely of Stage performed by you, it should be good.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

User avatar
Minnie the Minx
funky thigh collector
Posts: 33546
Joined: 29 Dec 2006, 16:00
Location: In the naughty North and in the sexy South

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby Minnie the Minx » 09 Apr 2016, 03:59

No offence to anyone who has posted a tune, I can't wait to hear them but I would like to wait until a few more are done and then listen to them altogether. I can't wait!
You come at the Queen, you best not miss.

Dr Markus wrote:
Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?


Flower wrote:I just did a google search.

User avatar
king feeb
He's the consultant of swing
Posts: 26243
Joined: 19 Jul 2003, 00:42
Location: Soon Over Babaluma
Contact:

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby king feeb » 09 Apr 2016, 21:26

Ghost of Harry Smith wrote:So I'm almost at the finish line with my cover of 'I Can't Give Everything', this is me on vocals and acoustic, my cousin Danny on most guitars, our pal Mark engineering and adding bits and pieces like cello, textures, cymbals etc. Feeb, I'll have a WAV file of the final mix to you by early next week (got to go away for a couple of days) but I wanted to share a Work in Progress with you guys 'cause it's the best recording I've ever been part of and I'm feeling pretty chuffed. Thanks loads for organising this tribute project and giving me a reason to get off my arse and do some work in a studio for the first time in my life. I know this cover has smoothed off some of the edges of the original but we tried to capture what it felt like for us to hear Bowie had gone.

https://soundcloud.com/harrysmith/i-can ... hing-wip-1


This is astoundingly good, and I'm really glad we have some well-done representations of Bowie's music after his "golden years" (especially since it is, by far, my favorite Blackstar track). Special kudos to whoever engineered/ recorded this, because it sounds truly ace. Now all we need is a couple of early Bowie tracks to balance things out... er... anybody wanna attempt "The Laughing Gnome"?

Anyway, dropbox info is on its way, Harry.
You'd pay big bucks to know what you really think.

User avatar
king feeb
He's the consultant of swing
Posts: 26243
Joined: 19 Jul 2003, 00:42
Location: Soon Over Babaluma
Contact:

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby king feeb » 09 Apr 2016, 21:33

Minnie the Minx wrote:The update nobody was waiting for, we spent the weekend putting down guitar and vocals and once our mixer has fiddled with it it's going back to Quaco.


Excellent news. Was that your first time actually recording? I bet it was a blast (but always hard work, of course, but satisfying!). Also, you're in good hands with Jim doing the post-production work, but the important thing is: were you able to get any Xeroxes of Quaco's butt? I have an empty bulletin board just thirsting for them! :P
You'd pay big bucks to know what you really think.

User avatar
king feeb
He's the consultant of swing
Posts: 26243
Joined: 19 Jul 2003, 00:42
Location: Soon Over Babaluma
Contact:

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby king feeb » 09 Apr 2016, 21:37

And I'm gonna nab "Always Crashing In The Same Car". Just try to stop me coppers! Nyaaah!

All the Madmen - Moleskin
"Heroes" - Mike Boom (DONE)
After All - king feeb (DONE)
Panic In Detroit- king feeb
The Bewlay Brothers - Hatz
Sound and Vision -Minnie and Quaco
Joe the Lion - Richard Activity (Harv)
Big Brother - Richard Activity (Harv)
Word on a Wing -- Yomp
Andy Warhol - Mike Boom (DONE)
Conversation Piece - Goldstoned (DONE)
Ashes to Ashes - Fonz
Memory of a Free Festival Part 2 - TBC
Moonage Daydream -Buddha B-Rex (of course its ok)
I Can't Give Everything Away - GOHS. (DONE)
Diamond Dogs - Mike Boom (DONE)
Rebel Rebel - Sambient (and very likely Daddy Longlegs, he just doesn't know it yet)
Always Crashing In The Same Car- king feeb
You'd pay big bucks to know what you really think.

User avatar
Ghost of Harry Smith
Posts: 2550
Joined: 22 Jul 2003, 04:43
Location: shyddney, orstralia
Contact:

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby Ghost of Harry Smith » 10 Apr 2016, 08:51

king feeb wrote:And I'm gonna nab "Always Crashing In The Same Car". Just try to stop me coppers! Nyaaah!

All the Madmen - Moleskin
"Heroes" - Mike Boom (DONE)
After All - king feeb (DONE)
Panic In Detroit- king feeb
The Bewlay Brothers - Hatz
Sound and Vision -Minnie and Quaco
Joe the Lion - Richard Activity (Harv)
Big Brother - Richard Activity (Harv)
Word on a Wing -- Yomp
Andy Warhol - Mike Boom (DONE)
Conversation Piece - Goldstoned (DONE)
Ashes to Ashes - Fonz
Memory of a Free Festival Part 2 - TBC
Moonage Daydream -Buddha B-Rex (of course its ok)
I Can't Give Everything Away - GOHS. (DONE)
Diamond Dogs - Mike Boom (DONE)
Rebel Rebel - Sambient (and very likely Daddy Longlegs, he just doesn't know it yet)
Always Crashing In The Same Car- king feeb


So we're a third of the way there, 6 completed out of 18 means 12 to go.

User avatar
Moleskin
Posts: 14607
Joined: 18 Feb 2004, 12:38
Location: We began to notice that we could be free, And we moved together to the West.

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby Moleskin » 10 Apr 2016, 13:21

"Heroes" - Mike Boom (DONE)
After All - king feeb (DONE)
Panic In Detroit- king feeb
The Bewlay Brothers - Hatz
Sound and Vision -Minnie and Quaco
Joe the Lion - Richard Activity (Harv)
Big Brother - Richard Activity (Harv)
Word on a Wing -- Yomp
Andy Warhol - Mike Boom (DONE)
Conversation Piece - Goldstoned (DONE)
Ashes to Ashes - Fonz
Moonage Daydream -Buddha B-Rex (of course its ok)
I Can't Give Everything Away - GOHS. (DONE)
Diamond Dogs - Mike Boom (DONE)
Rebel Rebel - Sambient (and very likely Daddy Longlegs, he just doesn't know it yet)
Always Crashing In The Same Car- king feeb
Queen Bitch - The Poppy Seeds (DONE) [Assuming I can find it]

Not feeling this at the moment. Sorry.
@hewsim
-the artist formerly known as comrade moleskin-
-the unforgettable waldo jeffers-

Jug Band Music
my own music

User avatar
king feeb
He's the consultant of swing
Posts: 26243
Joined: 19 Jul 2003, 00:42
Location: Soon Over Babaluma
Contact:

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby king feeb » 12 Apr 2016, 10:04

I feel your pain, man. I'm also having major problems with "Panic In Detroit". I can't get the beat to sound like it sounds inside my head and it's driving me nuts. Also, that middle section has some fucked up chords that I can't seem to figure out at all (damn you, Ronno!). I've started and aborted it three times and I'm thinking I'm just going to have to put it aside for a week or two and come back to it. Or maybe I'll petition the sky: Help me David!

Fortunately, "Always Crashing In The Same Car" was super easy and extremely fun. I finished it in two quick sessions.

"Heroes" - Mike Boom (DONE)
After All - king feeb (DONE)
Panic In Detroit- king feeb
The Bewlay Brothers - Hatz
Sound and Vision -Minnie and Quaco
Joe the Lion - Richard Activity (Harv)
Big Brother - Richard Activity (Harv)
Word on a Wing -- Yomp
Andy Warhol - Mike Boom (DONE)
Conversation Piece - Goldstoned (DONE)
Ashes to Ashes - Fonz
Moonage Daydream -Buddha B-Rex (of course its ok)
I Can't Give Everything Away - GOHS. (DONE)
Diamond Dogs - Mike Boom (DONE)
Rebel Rebel - Sambient (and very likely Daddy Longlegs, he just doesn't know it yet)
Always Crashing In The Same Car- king feeb (DONE)
Queen Bitch - The Poppy Seeds (DONE) [Assuming I can find it]
You'd pay big bucks to know what you really think.

User avatar
Moleskin
Posts: 14607
Joined: 18 Feb 2004, 12:38
Location: We began to notice that we could be free, And we moved together to the West.

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby Moleskin » 12 Apr 2016, 17:46

Queen Bitch is out I'm afraid.
@hewsim
-the artist formerly known as comrade moleskin-
-the unforgettable waldo jeffers-

Jug Band Music
my own music

User avatar
king feeb
He's the consultant of swing
Posts: 26243
Joined: 19 Jul 2003, 00:42
Location: Soon Over Babaluma
Contact:

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby king feeb » 30 Apr 2016, 21:58

Mike Boom just sent me his tracks, which means that we have hit the thirty minute mark on this- a half-hour's worth of tracks are done n dusted. It sounds pretty great so far. Keep 'em coming' folks. If anyone needs Dropbox info, just PM me. Dropbox is working brilliantly.

Also, don't forget that if you have ambient noises or a period of silence at the beginning or end of your track, we can edit those out at your request.
You'd pay big bucks to know what you really think.

User avatar
king feeb
He's the consultant of swing
Posts: 26243
Joined: 19 Jul 2003, 00:42
Location: Soon Over Babaluma
Contact:

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby king feeb » 11 May 2016, 03:26

The May "deadline" ( :lol: :lol: :lol: ) has passed us by. But despite not hitting that idealistic benchmark, we're doing pretty well, and the quality of many of the tracks so far is surprisingly pro and listenable (not to mention quite inspired overall). Apparently, a lot of us have better recording situations than we did back in 2007-2008 when we did the BCB Ziggy Stardust tribute.

Speaking of Ziggy Stardust, today we're adding an epic version of "Moonage Daydream" by the inscrutable Buddha Ben and his friends. It's a fucking blastout JAM, folks. I listened to it twice today, and now I need a haircut. That's how heavy it is!

So, we're getting there. Let's try to get those golden sounds polished up soon. Alright!

"Heroes" - Mike Boom (DONE)
After All - king feeb (DONE)
Panic In Detroit- king feeb
The Bewlay Brothers - Hatz
Sound and Vision -Minnie and Quaco
Joe the Lion - Richard Activity (Harv)
Big Brother - Richard Activity (Harv)
Word on a Wing -- Yomp
Andy Warhol - Mike Boom (DONE)
Conversation Piece - Goldstoned (DONE)
Ashes to Ashes - Fonz
Moonage Daydream -Buddha B-Rex (DONE)
I Can't Give Everything Away - GOHS. (DONE)
Diamond Dogs - Mike Boom (DONE)
Rebel Rebel - Sambient (and very likely Daddy Longlegs, he just doesn't know it yet)
Always Crashing In The Same Car- king feeb (DONE)
You'd pay big bucks to know what you really think.

User avatar
Quaco
F R double E
Posts: 47382
Joined: 16 Jul 2003, 19:41

Re: BCBowie Project Sign Up [Please Sticky]

Postby Quaco » 11 May 2016, 03:30

Oops, I didn't read the thread too well I guess. I thought there was "no deadline". I will get on it.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


Return to “Yakety Yak”