Fan tribute to Dio: Anyone want to participate?

[bodiesinflight]

I think this is a really cool and would get involved but I'm so busy with exams atm and haven't any way of recording the stuff. I'm sure you've got plenty of guitarists anyway. Good luck with it! 

[Adami]

How do we go with the drum work.  Any actually takers or should we try backing tracks??

Uhhh I just had like 10 posts of me saying I'd do it.

[Chagny]

I'd definitely love to do bass for Heaven & Hell. One of my favorite Sabbath tunes.

[bosk1]

Adami, I guess based on UMH's post, add Holy Diver to the list.  I haven't tried to play it, but off the top of my head, it seems like the easiest drum part of the three songs so far, so it might be a good place to start.

[Adami]

I listened to Last in Line. The only problem I can foresee are the pauses. If they aren't on a click track, It would be hard as hell to come in at the exact same time.

[wolfking]

How do we go with the drum work.  Any actually takers or should we try backing tracks??

Uhhh I just had like 10 posts of me saying I'd do it.

 

[splent]

I'd totally sing something like Man on the Silver Mountain or something.  Man on the Silver Mountain was basically the world's first taste of Dio, other than Elf, which really wasn't popular other than they opened up for Deep Purple.

[bosk1]

Splent, are you able to lay down keys on any songs?  We are looking at the possiblity of doing Stargazer, but I think we definitely need keys to make that one work.  Right now, the biggest challenge is drums.  I know Adami said he could do some.  And I have a couple of "possibles" from others.  But I need to get a grip on what songs we definitely have drum tracks for.  I think bass is covered.  We have lots of potential guitarists and vocalists, so those appear to be covered as well.

I listened to Last in Line. The only problem I can foresee are the pauses. If they aren't on a click track, It would be hard as hell to come in at the exact same time.

If you want to do a separate click track, that's fine.  Again, what I had envisioned is that we can use the actual songs themselves as a scratch track, which should eliminate timing problems altogether. 

[Adami]

Yea, using the original songs is fine if they recorded to a click. But if they didn't, then there's no way perfectly measure those pauses, but I'll try my best when I get back into town.

[Scard]

I listened to Last in Line. The only problem I can foresee are the pauses. If they aren't on a click track, It would be hard as hell to come in at the exact same time.

Editing, my dear watson

[bosk1]

I officially received my first short demo.  A friend of mine programmed drums and recorded guitar for the first half of Last In Line, and it sounds pretty good. 

Adami, the demo he did illustrates what I was talking about.  He used the original recording as a scratch, programmed a midi drum track, and then played his rythm guitar parts to the drum track, using the scratch for his cues to know when to come in. 

[Adami]

I'll start with Last in Line. I'll get started in the next day or so. I'll let you know how it goes.

[Dr. SeaWolf]

I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. 

Bosk:  are you planning to sell this album and donate the profit to Dio's cancer charity?

[Ultimetalhead]

I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. 

Bosk:  are you planning to sell this album and donate the profit to Dio's cancer charity?

That would be an awesome idea.

I can't wait to record guitar for Holy Diver. I have one question though. Would the public prefer it if I matched Vivian's solo as best as possible, or could I do a little improvising while still using Vivian's as a skeleton?

[bosk1]

I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. 

Bosk:  are you planning to sell this album and donate the profit to Dio's cancer charity?

Not sure.  That's a neat idea, and I had the same thought.  I'll just have to see how it all comes together and then look into whether or not I can do that.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. 

Bosk:  are you planning to sell this album and donate the profit to Dio's cancer charity?

That would be an awesome idea.

I can't wait to record guitar for Holy Diver. I have one question though. Would the public prefer it if I matched Vivian's solo as best as possible, or could I do a little improvising while still using Vivian's as a skeleton?

Tough call.  I guess my personal preference would be to stick close to the original, but improvise it just a little to add your own personality to it.  I know that's pretty vague, but it's hard to put into words.

[Ultimetalhead]

I worked it out earlier. I know exactly what I'll be doing. It's extremely close to the original, but it's got some of my own flair in it as well, pretty much just like you just instructed.

[Adami]

Also Bosk, as mentioned earlier, the drums are electronic and this setting is a pretty "metal" sound. Not quit the 80's sound of the originals. I'll also probably be adding my own thing to the songs (nothing drastic) since learning songs note for note on drums isn't something I'm interested in.

[splent]

I'd love to lay down some keys, but I don't have a way to record it directly into the computer.

[Scard]

Worst case scenario, I can program MIDI keys and hope it sounds alright.

[Adami]

I'd love to lay down some keys, but I don't have a way to record it directly into the computer.

You live in Chicago right? If worse comes to worse, you can bring a keyboard here and record it in my pro tools set up.

[bosk1]

A friend of mine programmed drums and recorded guitar for the first half of Last In Line 

I'll start with Last in Line.

[Adami]

Ok...........what should I start with then?

[Ultimetalhead]

HOLY DIVER!!

[Adami]

By the way Bosk, I thought you were giving an example as to how it can be done. I didn't know you just wanted to use his programmed drums instead. And if so, why not just have him program them all for continuity sake?

[splent]

I'd love to lay down some keys, but I don't have a way to record it directly into the computer.

You live in Chicago right? If worse comes to worse, you can bring a keyboard here and record it in my pro tools set up.

The keyboard I have is not very good, just to warn ya... but maybe.  It's a lot easier for me to do vox.

[Sigz]

I'll be honest, I know none of these songs. But I'd totally be down to do some guitar parts where they're needed. I'm not a fan of Dio mainly because I don't know any of his work, but I gotta give props to how influential and prolific he was.

[El JoNNo]

Has anything happened with this?

[splent]

I guess not.

[Scard]

damn..I was pumped! I'm still down!

[bosk1]

The main problem has been that only two people volunteered to do drum tracks, and both have flaked.  Since that is generally the first thing that needs to be recorded, that kinda killed it.  A friend of mine did a complete recording of Last In Line with programmed drums, so I'll probably lay down vocals over that, but that's about as far as we've gotten.