Version 1 (one guitar)
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Version 2 (many, many guitars)
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So I’ve got a new album in the works: 7 songs, drawn together by a thematic concept which is so multi-layered and meaningful on parallel levels that it just makes me shiver to think about it.
I’m going to work on these in public, releasing demos and works-in-progress, warts and all. I want the whole album to be as raw and organic as possible, so some of the mistakes that I make will no doubt end up in the final cut, just because the energy or feel is right.
I want to wage war on sterility.
I’m also trying to break out of the isolation of my own head, and so I’m opening this whole experiment with a question to you. Please help me by listening to both versions of the song, above, and marking your favorite in the poll, below.
The song is called “Learning” and I can’t figure out which of these versions is the better take for this song. The difference is in the wailing, shrieking guitar. Version 1 has only one guitar (except at the chorus, where a second line comes in), while Version 2 has a wall of guitars wailing all over the place. I don’t know which one I like better, so I’m asking for your help. And thanks.
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Here’s what I would do. Use BOTH versions, in a compromise. So have it basically with just 1 guitar, then have a place or two in the song where you bring in the army, then back off again. I think the contrast would be more impactful that way. Too much wankery throughout is not good. And you want to highlight how hard you can rock with just one guitar too, and THEN it’s even more effective when the wall of sound rips it up…
Superb work — fractalman’s thoughts echo some of mine.