Shannon over at Loaded Learning asked for a copy for her iPod, so here it is: a hi-res newly mastered mp3 of my one brief shining moment of low-level metro pop radio accomplishment: “My Favorite Town.”
Hard to believe it’s been two years since I first posted the tune. A lifetime ago in many respects.
For the truly insomniac:
I’m doing everything here except playing the drums. As Pete Townshend once put it, in a far more awesome context, a gynormous ego trip. I wrote and recorded the tune in 1990 on a Portastudio 244 in a spare bedroom in St. Johns Wood, Richmond. Drum machine: Alesis HR-16. Bass: 1972 Fender Jazz. Guitar: mid-80’s Fender Strat through various effects boxes. All instruments recorded directly through the mixing board (sounds that way, too). Vocals recorded through a Shure SM-57. Primary effects box: an Alesis Quadraverb. Also used: Alesis Microlimiter. 2007 Remastering in Sound Forge 8.
One day I should go back to the original multitracks to remaster the thing properly instead of continuing to tweak the version that came off the radio–that is, if the original 4-track cassette and the machine I recorded it on haven’t turned to dust.
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Wow! Thanks a lot, consider it added to the playlist of songs I listen to while I drive around this summer, windows down and the stereo up!
I like the album title…”Greatest Hit” 🙂
Rock on, Gardner, rock on!
this is really interesting, Dr. Campbell, I didn’t know you dipped into the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle here & there. I’m a music-maker myself, although my group tends towards two different genres, folk & hip hop; oftentimes the two are mixed with some interesting results. here’s a sample of something new we worked on, everything recorded completely on used analog equipment. Yamaha 8-track, effects through a Boss 303 Sampler from the late eighties, etc. you can hear me on the ukulele in the first part, banjo & percussion noises in the second:
http://students.umw.edu/~befford/FatherofLies.mp3
thought you might find it interesting, if yer into making music!
Just thought I would see how you fared in a Google search…
I remember this tune, didn’t you win a contest on XL102 or some other station? I think I remember that recording setup when you lived in Charlottesville as well. I know for sure you had the Alesis stuff then.
I have finished a few amps since we last spoke, I’m starting a line of pedals now. Check out the YouTube link when you get a chance. Its not the best night performance wise, but it is the only show that I have any somewhat decent video of.
-G
Wow .. sounds great. Hard to believe it’s a four-track cassette recording, its sounds so full and warm. Real nice tune. Wish I never got rid of my Tascam 244, but I’ve got a 424 MKII and a digital 8-track. Time to go use em!