No frakking way! I always thought the intro music was from one of the soundtrack albums. Let me just say, well done guys, seriously. The playing is dead on and the technical solution to the recording is ingenious and fantastic (and way, way, way beyond what I can do in the studio, since I haven’t set foot in one since around 1997).
My question is: did Bear McCreary hear your take on his BSG sound when he guested on the podcast last year? If so, what did he think?
Damn! I think you said at one point that you used GarageBand, and I guess I assumed there was some Tako drum sample that I was missing. Nicely done!
We had a blast doing the recordings. We wanted to do something that sounded Galactica-like without just splicing in a piece of the official soundtrack. Chuck did all the hard stuff (see his descriptions above) but I got to do the fun stuff. I played the drum part on the two largest toms on a kit, and the guitar part – I love how we worked it out. If you crank up our craaaaped-out guitar amp to its highest volume and run the roughed-up edge of a plastic guitar pic over the first two strings in a jagged motion, you get this weird, scratchy harmonic that sounds a little like a (freaky) bunch of stringed instruments playing together. We recorded it and Chuck worked his magic, and there you have it!
I don’t think Bear McCreary did hear our intro music, because it gets added after we record the podcast. I’d be interested to know what his comments would be, if any!
i r drummer 2
I started off on recorder in elem music (required), but my grandpa taught me how to play guitar a little. I started playing snare drum in 5th grade and moved on to the set in 8th. I also turn up the radio really loud and sing off key in the car 
i r drummer 3
i bang things
i started on kit, because i wanted to smash, ironicly i now play jazz/funk
Ive always been fond of the intro music, the drums almost sound as big as Bonham’s…almost
WELL. Let’s see. I’ve been singing ever since I can remember, so that’s really my main “talent” I guess, though I’m not very good. I started piano lessons when I was 7 or 8, quit soon thereafter. Then went on to violin when I was around nine or ten, continued with that for a good three and a half years and had to quit due to two broken arms. Now I’m kind of trying to teach myself guitar but it’s not going too well.
At this point, I really just sing for my friends and myself. I’m trying to find myself some violin lessons again, though.
Lol sorry for the wall of text.
I had to start on a snare because that’s how our school worked. I had my own snare, but I never had a kit. I haven’t really got to play since I stopped playing in the school band when I got to high school (scheduling conflict).
That kinda sucks, kit is really a joy. Snare is fun too, just not the kit.
Sorry to be a bit slow on the reply here. Color me impressed. Not being a very technologically minded I never quite fully wrapped my head around the recording studio. I did some work while I was an undergrad and a master’s student, but as soon as I got to my doctoral work I stopped working in the studio and concentrated on writing acoustic music. I’d been meaning to get back to a studio, or at least maybe build my own home one, but it’s been ten years now since I first had that thought and I still haven’t been able to. In the meantime, the technology has improved by leaps and bounds and I, hyper-educated that I am, would have to start over from scratch when it comes to learning sequencing programs like Pro-Tools or even Garage Band (back in my day it was “Vision/Studio Vision” and “Cakewalk”).
Someday…
I record on my stereo. I set up some mics, amps that hook into the stereo, and other crap. Then I press record on my tape deck recorder, and we play. Later I edit it by plugging it in to my laptop and edit it. Much better sound then a lot of free recording software outthere, very cheep.
Im Garageband all the way. I use a Tascam USB interface to connect all my instruments and mics to my Mac, and track by track I record. Then comes the hours and hours of editing and mixing. Such a streamline and precise way to record though, I love it!
Which reminds me: Is there a decent USB mic out there, preferably for relatively cheap? I only need it to do podcast quality audio (spoken word stuff.)
Don’t you get some sound degeneration, hiss and other noise going from an analog to a digital source? I know that a lot of CDs of my music which were transferred from casette to CD sound terrible because of the conversion.
One of these days, when I finally find a decent, permanent job and make a bit of money that doesn’t have to immediately be sent along to a creditor, I’m going to build a little home studio and start fooling around with this stuff. For now, I’m still doing it the old fashioned way: writing on a score for acoustic instruments and giving it to musicians to perform.
Hey all,
Does anyone have or know of the Epiphone Les Paul series 100 guitars ?? They’re a couple of hundred bucks and I was thinking of getting one to get back into 6 string mode…my 12 string acoustic’s just not that great for playing leads on !! But I’d rather spend a little more if I have to get something decent…I’m not looking for a collectible, just something to prop in the living room and not have a cow over if my 6 year old grabs it, but playable too…any advice ??
Ive never been a Les Paul fan, theyre so bottom heavy.
I bought it a few days after my post. And yes it’s quite a poorly balanced chunk of wood. But I’ve always wanted a LP style guitar, so now I’ve got one. And I like it alot ! Nice action, and sounds good. Next stop a better amp, but that can wait awhile.
What are these strings for ??:rolleyes:
What you need for real balance is a gibson les paul. much lighter and better. although they are more expensive. Me and my cousin went to bestbuy the other day (on eof the ones here in minnesota that is like a smaller guitar center built into it) and he tried out a epiphone les paul, than a gibson lp. He said that the gibson was way more balanced and light, and sounded better. I am not an epiphone hater, i mean i found an epiphone sg bass there for 200.00 bucks!
I know, I was checking out a ‘real’ Les Paul and it was of course much nicer !! But, with a 12 yr old trying to learn as well and a couple of smaller rugrats running around, I wanted to get something that was a bit less expensive…the Epiphone sounds great though, and for the $250.00 I spent I’m pretty happy! I have the garage set up this week with a keyboard and the guiter/amp and a drumset…Rock and Roll ! Now all I need is some talent.
I still mess around with the same Yamaha student trumpet I owned since High School. I go hunting around in my crumbling Arbans for pieces/scales and in my deteriorating Clarke’s for etudes. Too lazy to transcribe music so I practice show/movie tunes by listening and then playing by memory. Still have trouble reaching double High C on command. I can play the original BSG theme, godfather, Indy Jones, and a plethora of Star Wars themes. I hope to eventually play Ennio Morricone’s incredible “spagetti western” themes. My Yamaha silent brass system allows me to practice in my apartment in the middle of the night, if I wish.
I used to play trumpet, did through college, though it kind of dropped away once I didn’t have an ensemble to play with. I have 2 trumpets still, though. And if I could find a brass choir that would have me, I’d be in heaven.
I also play piano (though it’s somewhat limited these days, given that I have an electronic keyboard rather than a piano, space constraints and all) and the organ, which I just adore.
And I sing. It’s always been church singing though, I like sacred vocal music a lot more than profane.
These days? I sing loud and proud, I fiddle around (tee hee) with the keyboard (though it does restrict me a lot… no pedal. I’m in a Baroque period…), and I play organ a lot, though never in front of people. At least, not recently.