Hi again!
December is "Bomber month" on The Fighter Pilot Podcast, and for this mini series I was asked to create a specific theme.
Being bombers not particularly fast or agile I had to create something resembling that. So, some old school heavy music was needed.
I was playing guitar in my parents' garage back in the 90s when I came up with a riff that was that kind of thing. Despite I didn't intend to do such thing it sounded (to me at least) like Black Sabbath. I remember recording it on cassette with a friend playing some home made drums (don't ask) and it sounded great on that big space, reverberating from wall to wall, which contributed to make it sound even heavier.
When I was requested to create the bombers' month song I remembered that riff, and thought it would make the trick as bomber themed song. So, I recorded and mixed it trying to sound similar to the earliest Black Sabbath albums of the 70s.
The overall recording, mixing and mastering process tries to bring that vintage sound back too: how instruments sit on the stereo spectrum, the tape noise, etc. Is my personal XXI century homage to that sound!
The guitar, which uses the Laney amp model Tony Iommi used back then, is doubled and panned to the right, while a saturated bass is panned to the left. The guitars' reverb is panned to the left too to create a wider guitar sound, which was a mixing trick used back in those days.
I kept a heavy sound for the drums with a lot of reverb also. No fancy playing, just "caveman" playing and fills.
The song was used for first time on the first episode of the Bomber series: The B-17 Flying Fortress.
Anyway, hope you like it!
If you want to listen the full episode click HERE.
Kindest regards
December is "Bomber month" on The Fighter Pilot Podcast, and for this mini series I was asked to create a specific theme.
Being bombers not particularly fast or agile I had to create something resembling that. So, some old school heavy music was needed.
I was playing guitar in my parents' garage back in the 90s when I came up with a riff that was that kind of thing. Despite I didn't intend to do such thing it sounded (to me at least) like Black Sabbath. I remember recording it on cassette with a friend playing some home made drums (don't ask) and it sounded great on that big space, reverberating from wall to wall, which contributed to make it sound even heavier.
When I was requested to create the bombers' month song I remembered that riff, and thought it would make the trick as bomber themed song. So, I recorded and mixed it trying to sound similar to the earliest Black Sabbath albums of the 70s.
The overall recording, mixing and mastering process tries to bring that vintage sound back too: how instruments sit on the stereo spectrum, the tape noise, etc. Is my personal XXI century homage to that sound!
The guitar, which uses the Laney amp model Tony Iommi used back then, is doubled and panned to the right, while a saturated bass is panned to the left. The guitars' reverb is panned to the left too to create a wider guitar sound, which was a mixing trick used back in those days.
I kept a heavy sound for the drums with a lot of reverb also. No fancy playing, just "caveman" playing and fills.
The song was used for first time on the first episode of the Bomber series: The B-17 Flying Fortress.
Anyway, hope you like it!
If you want to listen the full episode click HERE.
Kindest regards
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