Midway Fair | 3 years ago

Some firsts for the first.

00:00 Pirate A.M. Waves (title track, 2021)
03:28 Fairest of Them All (The Distance of the Moon at Daybreak, 2011)
07:52 Can't Swim in the Harbor (Baltimericana, 2013)
12:24 Oh Brother (Ain't It Hard) (No Fortunes, 2015)
16:05 Twa Corbies (For All That, 2015)
21:24 Fireworks at the Carnival (title track, 2009)

Songs available on baltimericana.bandcamp.com and midwayfair.bandcamp.com.

I tried to be fairly honest, but I did allow myself a couple takes of each part, especially since I've never played some of these songs on certain instruments. I think my New Year's resolutions should be to work on backing vocals and to use a metronome when I practice my *songs* on guitar more often (not just when doing drills or when recording).

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For the gear nerds:
Lead vocals: DIY ELA251, Art Pro MPA II, DIY 1176
Acoustic: Larrivee Koa D-05, Beyerdynamic M201
Electric: Don Quixotecaster, Sakura 5W (blackface channel), RE20
Backing vox right: DIY FET 12, Art Pro MPA II, DIY 1176
Bass: Epiphone Viola Bass with John Benson pickups direct to FET preamp, 60's stack amp sim in Logic
Backing vox left: DIY FET 47, direct to Fireface
Electric: Ash semi-hollow Fender Tele with Kinman broadcasters, Tone King (lead channel), RE20
Keys: Roland FP5, recorded as midi, Lighter Shade organ patch, Boesendorfer Grand Piano patch
Drums: Sakae Trilogy, Avedis ride, vintage Zildjian hats, Istanbul Sultan (left) and traditional (right) crashes, DIY 84 overheads, VKick, i5, and D2s

Recorded with a Fireface UCX + Fireface 400 (optical) into Logic
Video shot with a Sony ZV1 and edited in Final Cut