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MikeA
03-05-2009, 09:38 AM
Tribute cover:

http://mvabercrombie.net/War%20Clean.mp3

The guitar:

http://mvabercrombie.net/abercrombie_albums/2008_0918_guitars/redguitar013.jpg

TimothyBFan
03-05-2009, 09:50 AM
That is beautiful! Is that you Mike?

Prettymaid
03-05-2009, 09:55 AM
Yea Mike! Beautiful!

MikeA
03-05-2009, 10:17 AM
That is beautiful! Is that you Mike?

Yeah, I covered it. Thanks.

sodascouts
03-05-2009, 11:17 AM
Very nice, Mike! Do you have a new appreciation for it now that you've taken a crack at playing it?

Peekaboo
03-05-2009, 11:28 AM
Wow Mike!! That was really good :thumbsup:. I so wish I knew how to play. :jealous:

MikeA
03-05-2009, 11:55 AM
Very nice, Mike! Do you have a new appreciation for it now that you've taken a crack at playing it?

Oh my, my past sins come back to haunt me <smile>. I don't believe I said that I didn't like the song. I did and do. If I didn't, I would certainly not have taken the time to "learn" it and interpret it myself. I know of no better way to honor an artist than to pay tribute by covering something they have done.

My shock was only that it won a Grammy.

I still have some doubts about the validity of it earning a Grammy, but seen in context with the other tracks on the album and where it "fits", I can see the following from where Glenn might have been coming from and appreciate it for what I think Glenn meant it to represent.

He must have been thinking of the fruitlessness of war, wishing without hope that War Would End. I can see him kicking back with an acoustic guitar, in a mellow (though not necessarily a depressed) state of mind and picking out that little tune in a major scale. Really soft. Really introspective I think. I think his mind was on something entirely different that playing or composing when that tune came out. He was just drifting in scale pattern letting his music echo the mood of his thoughts.

The orchestra, I'm sure was a very successful effort to further set the mood of the tune. That was genius on Glenn's part, for the melancholy background of those strings really did surround the entire melody with an ethereal ambiance.

And just maybe that was what those who awarded the Grammy saw or heard that led them to present Glenn the award for that particular composition.

I can accept that, and certainly give Glenn props for it.

Koala
03-05-2009, 01:18 PM
This sounds really well!:applause:

LWKUA
03-08-2009, 02:26 PM
He must have been thinking of the fruitlessness of war, wishing without hope that War Would End. I can see him kicking back with an acoustic guitar, in a mellow (though not necessarily a depressed) state of mind and picking out that little tune in a major scale. Really soft. Really introspective I think. I think his mind was on something entirely different that playing or composing when that tune came out. He was just drifting in scale pattern letting his music echo the mood of his thoughts.

The orchestra, I'm sure was a very successful effort to further set the mood of the tune. That was genius on Glenn's part, for the melancholy background of those strings really did surround the entire melody with an ethereal ambiance.



Wow, this is a great cover of this song.... While listening I could 'hear' your description of what this song means to you in your playing, Mike! ...Great job with getting the feeling through -- it's awesome!!

Glennsallnighter
03-08-2009, 06:16 PM
Brilliant Mike! Well done :applause: :applause: :applause:

MikeA
04-21-2009, 09:21 AM
I did another little cover of another song that is a little obscure. It's not complete. Still need to work on the solo parts but with the recording gear, that's sort of the way you do it. Start out with a rhythm beat and add some foundation (wish I new anything about playing a bass) and then tack on the solo parts and/or vocals.

I ain't agonna be adoin' none of them thar vocals! Not any more <LOL>

I added a little Spanish type Introduction to the recording. It's a work in progress.

http://www.mvabercrombie.net/Hotel California-03.mp3

sodascouts
04-22-2009, 08:50 AM
Yeah, real obscure, Mike. lol

Sounded nice and mellow!

TimothyBFan
04-22-2009, 09:24 AM
Gee sounds familiar but I can't place the name of the song!

Very nice Mike---wish I could do that!

Prettymaid
04-22-2009, 09:29 AM
I loved your version Mike!

I've been thinking about this but have absolutely no computer ability to get it started: Wouldn't it be cool to write our own song. Somehow all of you guitarists could add to it, get Mrs Frey maybe to sing lead, and put the finished product up here! Or let us hear the making of the song as it's created, step by step. I have been thinking about writing a song about the Borderers (just for fun), but so far I got nothin'!

MikeA
04-22-2009, 10:04 AM
PM,

That's sort of the way you do it. A piece at a time and put it all together. But the concept has to come first. Get the lyrics and decide on the mood (tempo and key {major or minor...blues or not} which includes a rhythm or beat) of the song. Then put some chords to it and then the vocals and finish it off with some instrumental solo maybe.

The problem with multiple people working on the actual composition is that they would need to have the same software to work through. Audacity is free, but it isn't the best by any means. Anyone contributing anything other than lyrics (i.e., vocals or instrumental parts) would need the interface gear to get their parts recorded so they could be passed on to the other participants. And someone would have to mix it all.

MikeA
04-22-2009, 10:40 AM
Yeah, real obscure, Mike. lol

Sounded nice and mellow!

I hope that the two drummers of a prominent Rock Group do not mind too much that I sort of borrowed the rhythm track <smile> I have a rhythm machine, but haven't learned how to use it. Part of the problem is that I am not a drummer! At least, I think that's part of the problem.

Oh, for those wishing to play along with this, the entire thing is done with a CAPO on the 2nd fret. This puts the song into the same key that the Eagles used with it. You can drop it two semi-tones if your vocals don't stretch that high simply by playing it without the capo. But it won't match the key of this particular version if you do. If anyone is interested, I can lower the key (or raise it) via software to anything you might prefer for playing along with it.

The progression for the chorus uses the open chord shapes listed below but played with that capo on the 2nd fret:

Am, E, G, D, F, C, Dm, E and then repeat. With the repeitition, this gets you through the verses themselves.

The chorus is a little different.

F, C, E, Am, F, C, Dm, E and there is no repeat here.

By the way, I went back and changed the effects to a mod-delay on the chorus so that it stands out a little different than the chords for the verses.

MikeA
05-02-2009, 11:47 AM
I added a little introduction that sounds something like the brass the Eagles use to introduce Hotel California.

See https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/forum/showpost.php?p=65458&postcount=11 for the recording if you are interested. You may have to clear your cache...I did.