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Updated January 2007One of the hazards of
playing other people's music can put you in a creative rut...In order to keep
the creativity flowing while still remaining a 'cover band', I like to take
songs and put my own spin on them, as can be heard on the "November 2000" demo
"Love the One You're With" (wow - can't believe it's been over 6 years!).
Danielle and I recorded my arrangements of the following three songs a few
months back. Enjoy!
The Indigo Girls' "Closer to Fine"
This song was always a favorite of mine.
I stayed pretty close to the original version, I just made it a little bigger
with some drums, percussion and an Irish fiddle.
I just love those lyrics!
Dusty Springfield's "Son of A Preacher Man"
Re-writing classics is a risky proposition. I'm happy with how this one
came out. I had a LOT of fun recording the "KF Choir!"
Fiona Apple's "Criminal"
Clay and Danielle had been pestering me to program this song for a while.
Problem was, it wasn't old enough to be classic and it wasn't new enough to be
current.
I thought doing it with a heavier feel would freshen it it up a bit.
I hope you agree!
The above three tracks were recorded by Danielle & I in my basement on a regular
ol' PC
Equipment used: Korg Triton Extreme for Keyboards & Bass
Alses DM5 for drums & percussion (some live percussion was used as well)
Parker Fly Classic for all acoustic guitar tracks
Ibanez Jem, Universe & J-Custom RG8670 for all electric guitar tracks.
Peavey guitar amp
MXL and Shure & Sennheiser Mics.
July
2004 - "True
Companion" - TIB's slow-dance arrangement (4.6
MB)
True Companion is a really nice ballad from Marc Cohn, the guy who did
"Walking in Memphis".
Lots of couples consider this song as a first dance for their wedding,
but ultimately it gets tossed because it's not a very good song for slow
dancing.
I did this arrangement in an
attempt to remedy that problem. Enjoy!
April
2003 - I'm
With You - Disco Remake/Remix (6MB)
I liked this Avril Lavigne song from the
first time I heard it.
I rewrote and rearranged the song to make it more dance-able.
If you've seen us in the last couple of months, you've heard us do it.
Danielle Lander, TIB's new singer, provides the killer vocal track!
Thanks to Peter K. again for recording us.
Please do not rename this file after downloading. Thanks.
April
2002 -
Colleen sings the Star
Spangled Banner
Colleen was the original singer for
TIB. After 9/11/01, we got requests at every gig to do the SSB.
We were always happy to oblige and most people were blown away by Col's
rendition.
Dedicated to all the heroes.
Click on the flag to
download (3.2MB)
The Second Demo (November
2000)
Production note: When a band goes in to record a demo, the tendency
is to use 'studio magic' to make the band sound bigger, better and fuller.
Extra guitar and vocal tracks are usually added and vocal tracks are taken and
re-taken until they are absolutely perfect.
The end result is a demo that sounds great, but is ultimately disappointing when
the band can't recreate that great sound onstage.
We made it a point to make this demo sound as close to 'live' as possible.
You will not hear more than one guitar track, nor will you hear more than
three single voices singing at the same time.
Most of what you hear was recorded on the first "take". When you
see The Invisible Band live, you will hear a sound very similar to this demo.
Thanks to Peter K. for recording us!
The First Demo (August
1999)
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