So I’m real busy right now what with 52tochangetheworld, the other tracks I’m recording, the other websites I’m doing, not to mention everything else that’s my life! So I did what I never do…
I recorded some wah-guitar and backing vocals for “Respect“. They sounded like a good idea to me but sadly not tight enough with quite a few mistakes. Instead of throwing the lot away and going back to rehearsing I chopped them about with Ardour (the recording software I use). The results are surprisingly good. The other instruments, bass, acoustic guitar, piano are done in one take. The trumpet involved a little cut and splice but this time I really did rip the backing vocals and guitar to bits and put them together again!
I gotta admit there’s some advantages to doing things like this. It totally takes the fear out of recording knowing that I can basically remove my mistakes and fiddle around with it till it sounds good. Dare I ask if the difference is noticeable…? 
Anyway, there’s still some more backing vocals, a polished up main vocal line, bongos, tambourine and live drums to go before I start mixing. I know pretty much what I’m going to play and feel buoyed up by my success today! Gonna go watch “Heroes” now then post this version of Respect up on the page. It’ll be up by midnight!
Want to go backstage?