Meanwhile, at Warmoth....new hold music!

[aarontunes]

I got to spend a couple days last week recording some hold music for our new phone system. I tried to come up with something that wasn't too cliche...no bluesy noodling, no shredder-dude wanking. It gets a little "Joe Satriani" in the middle, but that's OK, I guess. It was fun. Now, anytime you call in and have to wait on hold you will hear this:

[soundcloud]https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/201888260[/soundcloud]

 

[mayfly]

You know,  that's the cool thing about working for a small company - you can actually do things like that and no corporate weenie will try to stop you  :headbang:

 

[line6man]

You mean you guys don't have someone playing live guitar for the hold line?

There was a funny Father Ted bit on hold music.
https://youtu.be/Kay2v1ao9Xg?t=9m52s

 

[bagman67]

Speaking of Father Ted, there was a really good piece in The Guardian yesterday about the show on the 20th anniversary of its premiere.  I had not realized Dermot Morgan (the actor who played Father Ted) had died the day after the final episode's wrap.  Sad.


http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/apr/20/father-ted-legacy-20-years-on-up-with-this-sort-of-thing


Also - I dig the hold music.

 

[bagman67]

Also - presumably you recorded the hold music using Warmoth guitar bits.  Photos?  We're such photo-whores around here.

 

[DocNrock]

Very cool!  I like it.  Did you double track the guitar harmonies or use a harmony pedal?

 

[rgand]

That's really cool!
:icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:

 

[fdesalvo]

Nice!

 

[ihavenothingprofoundtosay]

heh - "war butterfly"  :laughing7:

 

[aarontunes]

Thanks for the kind words. It was a blast to write and record.

Yes...all the guitars I used for the hold message featured Warmoth parts. The wah sections were played on an S-type axe with Duncan Custom Custom in the bridge. All mid-range, all the time. The main tones in the beginning and end were with a Nomad neck, and a...umm....prototype body with a Dimarzio AT-1 in the bridge. :headbang1:

All the harmonies were tracked separately. I hate harmonizer pedals. The first section is basically 1 guitar, bass, and drums. Once the you hit the middle section where the production opens up, all the various guitars were tracked individually.

For amps I mic'ed up my Marshall SL-5, which to me is the best practice/recording amp ever invented. I also used a Zoom G3. The wah was a Budda wah...one of the original ones in the purple Dunlop enclosure. For bass I used a SansAmp Tech21 SVT pedal, which always delivers excellent bass tones. Everything was recorded and mixed in Reaper.

Sorry I didn't take photos. I am very much a non-picture-taking type of guy. I prefer to let myself become caught up in the moment, rather than pausing every 5 minutes to document everything. My wife hates going on vacation with me (not really). I'll try to remember from now on that UW wants photographic proof of everything. :icon_thumright:

 

[stratamania]

I listened to this yesterday, I can see someone ringing up and asking to be put back on hold to hear it.

Good job.

 

[Cagey]

Nice piece of work. Definitely not what you'll hear when you call... any other company on the planet.

 

[Day-mun]

...I'll try to remember from now on that UW wants photographic proof of everything. :icon_thumright:

Can you post a picture of yourself trying to remember, please?  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[Cederick]

Hahah that was awesome. Guitar guitar/amp tone too!