I was once a part of a recording project to record the band Wheels of Autumn. It was a classic PC-recording gig, using a Echo Layla and a ADAT deck – 8 channels from the Layla’s internal a\/d, 8 more via ADAT using the ADAT deck as a A\/D. It had whatever mics I could afford, a Alesis Studio 32 as mic pre’s, and in general was done about as ‘wrong’, from a recording-pro standpoint, as you could possibly do. I used Cakewalk 9 to actually record it. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
That said, I went out on the net and tried to find the band that I recorded so I could listen to some of their stuff recorded ‘right’, and completely failed to do so. So, here is my recording. No money changed hands – I just showed up at a jam session one weekend and recorded it. If any of them show up and ask me to take it down, I will, but it seems unlikely at this late date.<\/p>\n
They were good enough that the track still shines through all the things I did wrong in recording and mixdown. Somewhere I still have the masters on disk, although assembling a computer that would know how to open a cakewalk 9 project file might be tricky, and I have at least three mixing jobs in my intake hopper that I haven’t done yet.. (sorry, Mike!) so it’s not likely to happen anytime soon.<\/p>\n
Wheels is very similar to Phish and the Dead<\/p>\n
That said, the tracks are at http:\/\/www.sheer.us\/stuff\/wheels_of_autumn<\/p>\n
Here are the lyrics for ‘Headlights’:<\/p>\n
Sunshine watched the summer end
\nwith just a taste of snow
\nso it was a far off chance..
\nchanges, they come and go..<\/p>\n
she watched the bluebells (?)
\nfell to the ground to hide
\nthe next generation would never know
\nof the knot that had been tied<\/p>\n
[chorus]<\/p>\n
Shine on, let the sun shine in, shine on
\nShine on, feel the warmth within, shine on
\nShine on, freedom to this land
\n’cause the children of the sun are gonna take a stand
\nShine on..<\/p>\n
Darkness filled the city’s heart
\nthe people watched the moon
\nit came and went as hours spent
\naging in the room<\/p>\n
And of all the poeple who’ve been set free
\nfrom the darkness to the light
\nremembering sunrise and sunset
\nand the ying yang, black and white<\/p>\n
[chorus]<\/p>\n
[approximately 12 minutes of jam]<\/p>\n
The was a child who came to town
\nwith just a pencil in his hand
\nhe drew the sun shining through the tress
\nhe loved the sagebrush land<\/p>\n
He showed it to the moon that night
\nand hung it inside of his room
\nthe next day sunrise gave off first light
\nhe said ‘Sister, shine on through’<\/p>\n
[chorus]<\/p>\n
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Good luck figuring out what their lyrics mean, but the song is wonderfully upbeat… \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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