Wow! Great choice! Man dude that had to be hard. Sounds tough. I've always wanted to do a surfabilly version of that song but I really don't think I can play it.SweetDan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 2:59 am Lucy is bossy...can she bossa?
bossaLucy_roughMix2.mp3
It's rough, but I've been putting this together for the past few weeks. I do plan to re-track the lead; a few more weeks of careful practice and I ought to be able to nail that descending line of triplets. I've attached the "backing track" - everything except the lead line - should anyone want to play along.
bossaLucy_roughMix2_backingTrack.mp3
One thing I wonder is how to get a better kick drum sound at the source for this tune and style. I know (after learning a bit in this other thread) it's probably mostly how the drum is tuned and even more how it's played (I'm even playing heel-up here, but at the same time I'm not trying to go for a "rock drums" sound...that would be too much). Still, I'd like to get more punchy "thud" and a bit of "thwack", and whatever I'm doing now has way too much "whomp". Suggestions?
It's a little loose but I applaud you on the drums. You got a very nice cross-stick sound.
As for the kick, yeah it's "fluffy". It could use more attack. What kind of muffling are you using inside the drum? I think you should start there. The kick drum needs to sound close to how you want it to sound in the recording. Not exact, but it needs to be close so you can bring out whatever you need in the mix. Tuning and muffling is like 80% of it. The rest is mic placement and mixing. If it's not getting there by itself, it's gonna be really hard to find it in a mix.
