Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Six Feet Under The Underground: Track 8 - I'll Take the Moon

"I'll Take the Moon" was written and produced early in the process of putting together Six Feet Under The Underground but saw some work towards the end of the process as well. Notable work done was updating the bass line and adding a guitar track via the Strum Session 2 VST from AAS. The Strum Session was an interesting plugin for me as guitar is my primary instrument. Capturing ideas and creating the parts as quickly as Strum Session 2 allows was pretty cool. Recording guitar is a bit of a chore for me so getting a sound I was satisfied with that also matched my skill set on the instrument opened me up to using it much more in the future.

The song is really built around the Mr Ray electric piano riff though. Like most it was written on the guitar and I noticed a Rolling Stones feel right away. The HaNon B70 is here as well and remains one of my favorite plugins.

New to the mix is the Minimogue VA which is heard throughout the song and most notably during the lead break. I really enjoyed using this Minimoog inspired plugin and it surely added a unique sound to the track.

At the end you can hear the Redtron _SE Mellotron VST and I really love what it can add to a track. Look to hear it much more of it in my future releases.

That brings us to the end of the album and I hope you enjoyed it.

Saturday, April 3, 2021

Six Feet Under The Underground: Track 7 - The Fall

   

 "The Fall" is the start of the end of the album and a piece I'm really proud of. The normal sounds are here (MrRay22 electric piano and HaNonB70 organ) as well as some new ones. The excellent Kee Bass from Martinic handles the low end and the melody line is produced via Artifake_labs Redtron_SE V1.5 Mellotron plugin. The drums were sequenced using samples from the Korg Mini Pops found at the excellent Drum Samples Archive. You'll also here the previously mentioned Synare From Mars as well.

Next time I'll take a look at "Release".