Genesis of a Recording
Recording. It can be a tedious process. It can be invigorating. It can be
disheartening. It can suck you dry. It can raise you to a mountain top.
Recording.
After much procrastination, I began the process of recording
"Confeditore", written by Greg Scheelar and myself (D. Bruce Moore). It is
mostly Greg's song - his original idea, both musically and lyrically. I
assisted with some of the lyrics and a bit of the song structure.
What excites me most about this song is the haunting quality of the
melody bound to the lyric which was adapted from the Kyrie of the Catholic
Mass. "Lord have mercy, Christ had mercy". Confeditore captures that sense
of longing for the touch of God to make things right in ourselves.
I started by getting a rough recording of Greg playing the song - that,
and a lyric sheet and chord chart. Listening to the recording and following
with the chart I recorded the number of measures for each song section
(intro, verse, chorus, bridge, etc). With these numbers I was able to create
a template in my digital recording software and drop in drum loops to fit
the song. These loops fit with the rhythmic feel of the song and will be
handy to follow while recording the guitar tracks (guitar being the key
instrument). I will likely use a good portion of these drum loops in the
final mix, along with other percussion.
