Be kind, rewind.

I recorded this song today. Most of the layers were done in Ableton and I added a couple of vocal layers in the end. (I removed these in the final version, which is purely instrumental) Hearing it kind of made me feel nostalgic. Let me know what you guys think of it.

 Nostalgia Instrumental by aytida88

Parasite

Here's the demo of a song I wrote and composed yesterday. It's called Parasite.


   Parasite by aytida88
 
Lyrics

Strip this symphony into it's component notes,
Tear me down and figure out why I do so.
Split my mind and redefine the person i know,
Re-wire my brain, again and make it your home.

Yellow Cover

This is my first non-Porcupine tree cover for the blog. I love the old-school Coldplay tunes, they seem to exude a lot of personality, whilst having simple sing-along lyrics. I hope the follow-up to MX is more unique. This one is a classic tune,so I thought I'd give it a shot. Did it over 2-3 days because of my other pending work. If you say it isn't really faithful to the original, I agree, because I didn't see the point of doing a watered down take of the original (which I can't even hope to do justice to), so I just went for my own interpretation, in places. Recording this was kind of cathartic, I'm not too sure how to explain. I guess, the act of harmonizing with someone, is a source of unbridled joy, even if it is with yourself. I dedicate this to my sister, because it's her birthday today. I can't do a Bartesque 'Lisa it's your Birthday', so this will have to do.

   Yellow Cover Version by aytida88

Feel so Low revamped

I had a discussion with a friend , that sparked off this blog. Upon hearing one of my recently recorded songs, he said something to the effect of 'Why don't you come over to my place and record it, we can mix it better and put in some effects'. (He's got a sweet studio!). That got me thinking , if I could select a song I'd recorded earlier , knowing what I now know , could I record and mix a better version really fast? I set myself a goal of one hour to re-record my cover version of Feel so low. The first one was recorded after a night-out with my friends, I was quite sleepy , had a terrible mike and it was kind of my first attempt at recording a song. Here's version 2.0 of the song of which I'm quite proud. The guitar and the vocals were finished in a couple of hours and the Strings in Ableton and final mixing took me an hour more. Please do comment if you like it :)

   Feel so Low 2.0 by aytida88

Starch Dye

This is my cover of Stars Die by Porcupine Tree. I just love this song. For some reason, I imagine an alien life-form trying to reach out to earth, when I hear it. Here's my cover. It's not the complete song. Just part of the original.

   Stars Die Final by aytida88

Guitar-less

I bust my guitar nut. The one in the low E-string tuning peg. I was a little bummed, but is isn't all bad news. I finally got around to using Ableton. It seems like a really good software. Came up with this after a few rounds of messing about, I thought it sounded pretty decent :)

Thoughtscape by aytida88

Don't be so Farmal

The members of Night Jammers met up yesterday after a long hiatus. During our typical strumming and jamming, we came up with a piece that sounded good to us. We call it 'The Farm'.

The Farm- Night Jammers by aytida88