Fira is at... » Devin Townsend http://fira.at ...the computer again Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:04:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Storm (Devin Townsend Band Cover) http://fira.at/music/storm/ http://fira.at/music/storm/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:44:12 +0000 Fira http://fira.at/?p=425 [See post to listen to audio]

I’ve always been a big fan of Devin Townsend’s work, and Storm (From the album Accelerated Evolution) is no exception. Covering a Devy track is no easy job, there is absolutly no point in doing a straight cover, as the original is as near to perfect as it will ever be. No, so I wanted to pay tribute by looking at this song from a slightly different angle. There is a certain irony to an acoustic and gentle cover of storm which is not lost on me. But I really found the lyrics to this particular song quite relevant to my own personal life situations right now. So here is version 1 of this cover. This particular recording is meant as a sketch, for me to later re-visit and develop some more. As it stands right now, its just two guitars, one is finger picking harmonics on the 12th fret (which I used for keeping time), and the other is finger picking the song chords.
I actually cheated with the guitars, as I didnt know how many times it needed to go round. So i recorded them once, edited, and looped. Heheh! ;) The vocals were done ultra falestto because my parents were asleep, so I couldnt do them properly without waking them up. Whilst they are a bit flat in places (falsetto isnt my forté), there is a certain fragility to them which I do like. Perhaps when I have another go at paying tribute to this song, I’ll get them down better. As it stands now, there is 4 vocal tracks. 2 of each octave hard panned to each side.

Anyway… have a listen to this, then go listen to the Devin Townsend Band version, and see how it is MEANT to be done! ;)

Peace!

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDdTSYkExto

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Lqd30AnHc

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkwwSdqcDYg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlqH5kiSqxk

I was there! :)

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwuReRw23_0

:D

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwyuM0PODuY

:D

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rqn_otVoNU

:)

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f20L0msLsM

:D

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw903mFTkcE

:)

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeG-6bpeUkA

:D

]]> http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/love/feed/ 0 Wrong Side http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/wrong-side/ http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/wrong-side/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:42:22 +0000 Fira http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/wrong-side/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rMzit6DZrg

Awesome!

]]> http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/wrong-side/feed/ 0 Anneke van Giersbergen working with Devin Townsend http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/anneke-van-giersbergen-working-with-devin-townsend/ http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/anneke-van-giersbergen-working-with-devin-townsend/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:35:32 +0000 Fira http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/anneke-van-giersbergen-working-with-devin-townsend/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Eaak0fmqg

CooL! :)

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=JagBnbWzUEQ

LMAO!

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgNw2P4ruOE

Experimenting with eventide time and mod factors… seeing what they do.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fOgDRQ7Qbc

Devin testing out some stuff.

]]> http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/buddah-test/feed/ 0 Recording Environment For “Ki” http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/recording-environment-ki/ http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/recording-environment-ki/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:21:14 +0000 Fira http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/recording-environment-ki/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtTTBlyExPw

A look at the recording environment for this record (Ki).

]]> http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/recording-environment-ki/feed/ 0 Tracking Bass for the song ‘Ki’ http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/tracking-bass-for-the-song-ki/ http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/tracking-bass-for-the-song-ki/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:18:38 +0000 Fira http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/tracking-bass-for-the-song-ki/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQChbRNRlAg

Cool part of the song, a little distroted sound thoguh. Hilarious clip at the end of the video of Devvy dancing over a toilet! Lmao!

]]> http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/tracking-bass-for-the-song-ki/feed/ 0 Learning Gato http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/learning-gato/ http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/learning-gato/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:14:00 +0000 Fira http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/learning-gato/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PId-A0eF96w

Pretty cool!

]]> http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/learning-gato/feed/ 0 ‘Addicted’ Peavey Guitar Tracking ‘Universe’ http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/addicted-peavy-guitar-tracking-universe/ http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/addicted-peavy-guitar-tracking-universe/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:14:11 +0000 Fira http://fira.at/2009/06/28/addicted-peavy-guitar-tracking-universe/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_pgmIdIkvQ

This sounds absolutly KILLER! :)

]]> http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/addicted-peavy-guitar-tracking-universe/feed/ 0 Addicted Tracking Guitars for ‘Resolve’ http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/addicted-tracking-guitars-for-resolve/ http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/addicted-tracking-guitars-for-resolve/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:12:21 +0000 Fira http://fira.at/2009/06/28/addicted-tracking-guitars-for-resolve/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItWy2ESsEtE

Sounds like the next record will be AWESOME! :)

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBXQI2FLEu0

LMAO!!!

]]> http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/election-coverage/feed/ 0 So Be It http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/so-be-it/ http://fira.at/main/devin-townsend/so-be-it/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:06:25 +0000 Fira http://fira.at/2009/06/28/so-be-it/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AetYZ4Tzzk

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lihcb32udnY

This is so beautiful!

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