Hi Music Friends,
This my cover of Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton. This was one of the first songs I learned a fingerpicking arrangement for, almost 4 years ago.
I decided to do my project a little different this time. I not only play fingerstyle. I play rhythm guitar, piano and a fingerstyle arrangement with lots of slides which are difficult for me to do clean. I've mixed those recordings in Audacity and also merged it with a fourth recording track of my fingerclicks.
Thanks to Roy Prins, my former guitar teacher, for his support and feedback.
I also learned a lot by mixing and editing my recording in Audacity. I used a smartphone for the recording of the guitar parts. The piano is recorded digitally with the use of a laptop. I've messed around with EQ, with limiters, compression, volume settings and reverb. I think I succeeded quite well in mixing my guitar parts with the piano. It blends together quite well if you ask me.
To play with a pick again was a challenge. I don't do that often enough. And for the piano parts it was cool to listen to the original recording and figure out some nice inversion chords. I'm just a very basic piano player, but even then I can have fun and create music.
So a successful project. On to the next one.
I've recorded the audio of the guitars with my 'phone-on-knee' recording method. The audio is edited with the free app Audacity and the image is recorded separately and later merged together with the audio. This way I have the best audio quality I can create with my current recording equipment (only my smartphone) and also have some imagery to make the content interesting enough for KZfaq.
Thanks for your visit, till the next video.
Ciao, Buck
Gear: Number One Esprit (Les Paul model) | Electric guitar
NUX Mighty 40 BT | Digital Amplifier - 40 Watts
Yamaha LS-TA | TransAcoustic guitar
Roland - FP-30X | Digital Piano
Video and/or audio recording: Samsung A33 | Smartphone
USB audio interface: Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 (3rd gen)
DAW: Audacity
Video editing: Wondershare Filmora