SprintBob |
01-10-2021 10:02 PM |
Both Sides Now (Edwinson Zephyr 00)
Here's my performance of Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now in a solo fingerstyle arrangement done by Mark Hanson that was inspired by a Randy Scruggs arrangement. This was done on my Steve Sheriff built Edwinson Zephyr 00. I'm really enjoying this guitar. There's a couple of spots where I have to get from the 9th fret back to the 1st and 2nd frets that I lose a touch of flow/momentum, have to keep working on that. Still working on trying to make the melody notes stand out better too, that's also a work in progress (but making progress). Posting on S&T is a good motivator!
The post treatment I did to the recording was to apply a high pass filter set at 103Hz and a some subtractive EQ just above. I also added a touch of reverb and mild compression. Signal chain are two spaced pair KM184's (one pointing at 12th fret and one pointing at bridge close mic'd to the guitar to minimize room reverb) going through a Scarlett 2i4 to Reaper DAW. Each mic is recorded as a single mono track panned hard left and hard right (100%).
Tuning on the guitar is DGDGBD, capo 1. If you remove the capo and tune down a 1/2 step, you are in the key that Joni Mitchell recorded the original so I guess I am playing a whole step above her key.
Thanks to the folks on the Record forum for helping me with some recording questions. https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...post&p=6601263
Please feel free to critique the performance and recording.
Below is revised per post #17 in this thread. Thanks again for listening and any constructive critique, very helpful to me (sounds best with headphones)
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