The Great 2015 Re-Recording Project Reference Tracks

by Robert James

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Not Up for Debate

Uploaded August 9, 2020 4:53am.

I may need to remix this. I ended up mixing it at very low volume with an ancient pair of Apple ear pods. It might sound like cow dung for all I know.

I like this. It’s kinda funky and it was fun to play. I like how I ended up with harmony vocals on the verse but not on the chorus. A goofy little twist on the norm. The guitar leads were recorded at the end of a long session and I was clearly out of gas. I probably should have held off and done it another time, but I was really hell bent on getting it done so… I did. Oh well.

The guitars are all Gibson ES335. All tracks were played through both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The pedals on the lead were a Wren and Cuff Tri Pi 70 and a Klon KTR. The rhythm was just a Ryra The Klone. There was a little tremolo from the AC15 during the last solo but it’s buried in the mix. Oh well. I tried messing with the panning to bring it out, but it’s gone. Sorry.

Chorus
we’re keeping it straight
not up for debate
no telling where we’ll go

remember this date
we can’t hardly wait
we’re going way too slow

Verse 1
the solution for this
disillution of everything

Verse 2
Never telling the truth
Never doing the right thing

Verse 3
things are looking pretty dark
No denying its getting worse

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