Comments on: September Gurls

September Gurls

uncleozzy — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:11:46 -0800

Per arcanecrowbar's request, Big Star's September Gurls.

I hadn't heard this song before, and it's a really neat bit of pop. Every neat bit of pop, though, is just waiting to get loud. This is how I hear it in my head; I hope it rocks your day. Quick headphone mix, so if it blows up your speakers or something... well, sorry about that.

By: BrnP84

BrnP84 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:20:11 -0800

As usual your production is top notch, good stuff.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:39:37 -0800

Yeah, the production is awesome, how did you record it?

By: mexican

mexican — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:12:45 -0800

rawwwk! \m/\m/

I'd also like to know how you recorded this, the drums in particular.

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:14:57 -0800

Thanks, guys. As usual, the drums are Addictive Drums, a product for which I'll happily shill. Easy to dial in a great sound, but plenty of ways to tweak, too. I program them using Logic's Hyper Editor, which makes it a little easier to program reasonably natural-sounding drums.

The guitars are mostly the PODxt Mesa Dual Recto sim; one track is capo 2, which gives a nice, thick texture. The lead and the breakdown guitar are, I think, the Hiwatt sim, which is my favorite all-around amp in the POD. Bass is direct, through Logic's bass amp sim, with a little fuzz to give texture up the middle.

On re-listening, the vocals are way too dry, mostly; maybe I'll remix this someday. Oh well.

By: mexican

mexican — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:06:40 -0800

After another few listens, really good work on the drums! The ride sound and some of the snare stuff in particular had me thinking they were real. Looks like maybe spending a little money on good drum sounds and logic makes a difference over what I've been about to get out of GaragaBand rhythm packs.

By: arcanecrowbar

arcanecrowbar — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:07:22 -0800

Sweet cover. It's interesting to me that you chose to take it in this direction - the Replacements kept a few Big Star covers up their sleeves and they generally rawked em up in this same way . . I was looking for a link to their high-octane version of "I'm In Love With A Girl" but I can't find it anywhere.
Never travel far . . . without a little Big Star!

By: snsranch

snsranch — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:22:28 -0800

Dammit it, man! Way to kick some ass!

By: empyrean

empyrean — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:52:55 -0800

Great job, this turned out amazing!

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:46:47 -0800

Yeah, I asked precisely because of the drums. I thought they were real and I thought that it had been a pretty quick response (thinking that it's harder to convince a band to do a song because it was requested than it is to convince a single person who participates in the page).

Great sound, uncleozzy. And the vocals don't feel too dry for me (in case it helps).