Posted by: jimlaing
Some recordings that I did on Genos ... - 09/23/19 09:01 AM
H! - So here is some info for my latest recording effort ... the details about it are in the attached file (text reproduced below in case the file doesn't attach properly here) ... and the link to the files (MP3s) of the actual 28 songs I recorded.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qt3mcx4k6mbcnsw/AAD8MrSMfgBgRZVtVR4cK0u_a?dl=0
WriteUp:
It had been a few years since I've recorded anything, so I finally decided to record some songs ... I finally got around to doing it in September 2019! The result is this 28-song "long album" of songs. This time, I decided to record mostly upbeat tunes, since my previous recording efforts a few years back, were mostly on the more mellow side. So there are a lot of rock/pop tunes from 1950s-1970s or so. My idea was not to try to make "perfect" recordings, but to do informal instrumental arrangements of a group of songs.
For these interested in the more technical side of things, a few notes: I recorded this entirely using my Yamaha Genos keyboard, which I purchased about a year ago. For the most part, each song is recorded in one pass or "take" all the way through. For some of the songs, I went back and added (overdubbed) a few small extra parts. Some of the things I sometimes added were things like: on a few songs: tambourine, ride-cymbal, strings, and on some other songs, a few solo parts like a trumpet, sax or guitar. The rest (bass, drums, piano, most strings & horns, etc.) were all recorded as part of that "first take" of recording the song.
Enjoy! Jim
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qt3mcx4k6mbcnsw/AAD8MrSMfgBgRZVtVR4cK0u_a?dl=0
WriteUp:
It had been a few years since I've recorded anything, so I finally decided to record some songs ... I finally got around to doing it in September 2019! The result is this 28-song "long album" of songs. This time, I decided to record mostly upbeat tunes, since my previous recording efforts a few years back, were mostly on the more mellow side. So there are a lot of rock/pop tunes from 1950s-1970s or so. My idea was not to try to make "perfect" recordings, but to do informal instrumental arrangements of a group of songs.
For these interested in the more technical side of things, a few notes: I recorded this entirely using my Yamaha Genos keyboard, which I purchased about a year ago. For the most part, each song is recorded in one pass or "take" all the way through. For some of the songs, I went back and added (overdubbed) a few small extra parts. Some of the things I sometimes added were things like: on a few songs: tambourine, ride-cymbal, strings, and on some other songs, a few solo parts like a trumpet, sax or guitar. The rest (bass, drums, piano, most strings & horns, etc.) were all recorded as part of that "first take" of recording the song.
Enjoy! Jim
