New song with my 1975 Pacemaker 12-string

[tommyld]

Here's a song I wrote called We Are Home, featuring my 1975 Pacemaker, tuned to C# Standard.

[J.R. Rogers]

Good songwriting and nice production there! How were you monitoring that backing track when recording... or did you add that later?

JR

[tommyld]

Originally Posted by J.R. Rogers

Good songwriting and nice production there! How were you monitoring that backing track when recording... or did you add that later?

JR

Thanks so much! It's a really simple setup, which has been working surprisingly well for me. I sit in front of two mics, into a Focusrite and into two channels in Audition. (I don't use a metronome because I like the looser live feel.) Then I record a few backups and then play along on drums using a Roland TD-4 electric kit.

[DCCougar]

Originally Posted by tommyld

Here's a song I wrote called We Are Home, featuring my 1975 Pacemaker, tuned to C# Standard.

That's the way to play that thing! Well done! Love the subtle little *bing* stuck in there at the appointed spots. The lyrics and vocals too!

[tommyld]

I really appreciate the encouragement!

Here's the newest song featuring the Pacemaker...some fingerpicking this time. I think the guitar shines even more in this one.

[J.R. Rogers]

Cool tune! I like it. I'm still intrigued by your approach - reverse from how most people would do it but it works and you're getting a good sound and staying pretty close to tempo too.

[tommyld]

Thanks!

To my ear, the second one especially has a few minor tempo issues...but I'd rather have that than perfectly metronomed--I like the live / looser feel.

I'm probably as surprised as anyone that it's working! Haha. But I liked the idea of documenting the live recordings/performances, then embellishing them a bit.