"Ghosting" Chuck Berry, McCartney, and the Beach Boys.

[offthewall]

 
and the next two drummers .....

 
James

[Oren]

Here is James' Jamstix drumcraft , tweaked to pound away right on the beat, and reinforced by a tacky little metronome track. I think you'll find it sufficiently vigorous to push the song right along.

The simple 125bpm beat buried behind his drums is a common studio trick, and gives the track a more definite presence in the mix. It will not be audible to the listener when mixed with the other instruments. Have a listen, and let me know if it works for you.
We can slice and dice this puppy if we want to make the song longer, but as it is, it matches Ed's original arrangement.

James - zee chords: verse-ADCD,ADCD,ACD,AE chorus-DA,DEF,AE

[Oren]

...oh, and would some one who can actually play rhythm guitar have a go at this, por favor...?

[manning]

i gotta watch my downloads mates.
please tell me what dloads of the files posted
i should try vocs with ??
i just need help to know what files i need to use to sing against.
ideally drums on their own n a geetar trak on its own.
that way also i might come up with other geetar ideas also.

[kara]

You know, and I don't wanna be picky, after all it is your song, but....
I somehow prefer the beat, manning posted in the very first version, it is a bit more in the style of those songs and a bit more feet tapping.
Could be me of course.....

k
 

[Oren]

i gotta watch my downloads mates.
please tell me what dloads of the files posted
i should try vocs with ??
i just need help to know what files i need to use to sing against.
ideally drums on their own n a geetar trak on its own.
that way also i might come up with other geetar ideas also.

Ed,
These two posts contain a rhythm guitar track, and a percussion track. They'll get you sorted.

http://www.kara-moon.com/forum/index.php?topic=5615.msg33240#msg33240

http://www.kara-moon.com/forum/index.php?topic=5615.msg33265#msg33265

[manning]

oren..
cheers mate for the file links.
going off to try some vocs now.

kara..
yeh i just tried to keep the original drums simple
in the hope of mebe we might use a live drummer later.
but lets see where this goes.
off to do vocs. gonna be busy.

[Oren]

You know, and I don't wanna be picky, after all it is your song, but....
I somehow prefer the beat, manning posted in the very first version, it is a bit more in the style of those songs and a bit more feet tapping.
Could be me of course.....

Kara,
That's the beauty of this collaboration experience - even if you're not contributing a part, comments and suggestions are always helpful.

We can follow through on James' drum action, and if it really doesn't work after all, we can create another one. No worries...

[manning]

oren//everyone.
i downloaded the geetar trak n drums.
i guess i didnt realise we were gonna use exactly the same chord structure in this effort,
n honestly i dont want anyone irked at me..last thing i want in fact..
cos all i want is happy n fun.
but i was hoping we would keep the tempo n come up with
a brand new chord structure.

honestly mates , i dont want anyone pooped at me..
i just feel we need a brand new chord structure.

so what ive done ( n its ultra ruff n yer gonna have to hear thru
the quik ruff recording ) is attach an mp3 idea for a brand new
chord structure.
song name is ..Rockin in Malibu.
concept is a band rockin out under the sun.
as you can see i tried to put in some "hooks" ..
eg the vocal hook "in malibu" etc..
whether i was successfull i dunno.
twas just a quikie idea to see if you good folks hated it.
n frankly the vocs suck cos twas done so quik,.

the idea is a band rockin out on the beach in malibu..lol.
be as critical as you wish.

if you hate it then i feel we need some other new
chord arrangement.
if however you feel it has some merit to do properly...
then i'll be happy to extend the arrangement for full 3 minutes  
n post the full arrange for your critique.
what i foresee is at the end of the mp3 attached after the downward
lick another verse n chorus (mebe in a pushed up key)
then a wild guitar outtro mebe ??

anyhoo..gimme yer feedback bad or otherwise mates.
i was just trying to come up with an alternate chord structure.
god bless.
ed..(honestly hoping ive not irked anyone.)

[offthewall]

 
First ....

here is a mix of Oren's latest with bass.

 
James

[offthewall]

 
and the bass on it's own

 
James

[offthewall]

 
and here is Ed's 'Malibu' with bass

 
James

[manning]

offthewall  
lets see what oren says bout the malibu idea ??.
whether crap or whatever.
n the mp3 i posted. n see if he likes the chord arrange on malibu.
i like what you did on malibu mate.
i'd be curious on any opinions on malibu ..
how did you feel bout it  when doing the bass ??
did you feel it was a viable chord arrange/song idea
for us all to do instead of the original chord structure..??

[kara]

I love the Malibu idea, rock solid beach groove 

k

[MarioD]

I love the Malibu idea also.

Just wondering how would some heavy reverb surf rhythms and leads , think *** Dale type, fit?