Today’s post was written by Paul.
Our good friend David Kaynor is in town for Dance Musician’s Week at the John C. Campbell School.
Today, we laid down scratch tracks for 10 original fiddle tunes, eight composed by David and two by Katie.
A scratch track is a live recording that musicians make (typically using one mic and one track) and then the track is used to lay down individual parts using headphones.
With a scratch track, you don’t worry about mistakes as long as you don’t break time.
Usually, a click track is used to keep everyone from speeding up or slowing down. You can hear the click track coming from the keyboard.
I grabbed my Flip Cam to film this scratch track version of the tune “Spider Web Canyon” that Katie wrote for Pap. I wasn’t really thinking about uploading it. I only wanted to capture the moment, but I thought some of you might enjoy this “behind the scenes” look at what will hopefully be a finished recording someday. 🙂
I think it’s a beautiful song, and David is a fantastic harmony player. I apologize for the low light, not to mention the incredibly messy room! 🙂
I hope you enjoyed the peek into the recording process that Paul shared.
Tipper
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Scottish
Wow that was just so awesome…. I really like that tune, and it was so neat and interesting to see the process…..and the harmony …. 🙂 ,that would be such a sweet wedding dance tune…..
Excellent! Great melody and appreciate the information about the scratch track.
I really enjoyed this….fantastic….!
My comment is on Youtube.
Tipper,
and Paul,
I’m sure Pap is so proud of Katie for Honoring him, but the fact that she still plays for him is rewarding. …Ken
Beautiful tune!
Keep on keepin’ on!
That is something that everyone needs a little practice doing and that’s staying in time with each other ( me included ), this is a good idea and it went very well.
That’s pretty cool! I guess there is a lot more that goes into a recording than you’d think. It was so nice to see David yesterday, he is one of the really sweet spirits in this world!
fascinating…and it is a beautiful melody…the harmony is gorgeous and I love it! Thanks for the insight. I can’t wait to hear it in its finished form. It reminds me of Ashokan Farewell and is of the same haunting quality. Great music!