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Re: Strawberry Fields Forever Performed by Bumblefoot Written by John Lenn
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New cover song released...... RIGHT NOW! Enjoy 
http://tinyurl.com/BumblefootStrawberryFields about 1 hour ago via web
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Strawberry Fields Forever
Performed by Bumblefoot
Written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney
©1967 Published by Northern Songs LTD c/o Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
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People often ask in interviews what my favorite song is, and Strawberry Fields would usually pop into my head first. Excerpt from an interview at Noisecreep.com..... http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/07/23/gu … -him-back/
"Five years old: I now had this passion and curiosity about music. And I loved the Beatles - more than the songs themselves, it was the studio tricks and added instrumentation that producer George Martin brought into the songs, that's what did it for me. 'Strawberry Fields' - it scared me. Each verse was like getting more lost in a dangerous place, the reversed tracks sounding like footsteps closing in... I'd listen to the song till the very last bit of sound in the fadeout, but made sure I lifted the needle before hearing any of the flutes fade back in - I had to. The erratic pattern and dissonant harmonies was as good as an invitation for the boogieman to get me. And if I heard one note of those flutes, I'd be sleeping with the covers over my head that night."
I was at the NAMM music convention in Los Angeles, January 2011, talking with my friend Guthrie Govan, guitars in hand, “Lick Library” filming the interview and that song came up. I'm explaining things about the song, all riled up, soon we're jamming on the song, and at that point I knew I'd be recording it when I got home.
Built the music with guitars and bass to function as the cellos, horns, sitar, keys, fretless guitar for the slides into the choruses and the end solo. I sped up the recording sampling rate and sang to the song at the faster & higher pitch (the result of speeding up the recording) so that the voice would drag when brought back down to normal speed and pitch.
Then there was the reverse percussion. I listened to the original in reverse and learned the exact performance of the drums, percussion, knee slaps, played them, then reversed them and they sync'd up beautifully to the song. I discovered so many details that after 30 years of listening I had heard for the first time. A voice counting, keeping time in the distance before the last verse - if I heard it, I put it in there.
Dennis Leeflang laid the drums, adding a great edge to the sound. The final track was him banging a tympani drum throughout the heavy parts of the song - yet another thing I hadn't noticed before deconstructing the original song. Done. Hope ya like!
Cover art by Dan Verkys - www.gardenofbadthings.com
The song is available in MP3 (320kps), AAC, and higher-quality formats FLAC, MP3 HD, Apple Lossless and WAV ('Source Audio') which come bundled with an MP3. An instrumental version of the song is available in these formats as well.
For guitarists, there's a "Player Pack" that has a transcription of the entire lead guitar track as a PDF file - musical notation, TAB, fingers, picking, and helpful hints. To accompany the transcription, there's a 'Backing Track' mix with everything except the lead/solo guitar parts, in WAV (44.1kHz/16-bit) & MP3 (320kps) format, so you can play along. There's also a 'Lead Guitar' mix, with the lead guitar boosted as an audio guide for the transcription, included as a WAV & MP3.
The "Producer Pack" contains 48kHz/24-bit Stereo WAV files of the mix 'stems' - there's a file of drums, percussion, bass, rhythm guitars, guitar harmonies, lead guitar, guitar extras, and vocals that you can load into your multi-track software and play with levels, making your own mixes.
Thank you for checking out the song. And immeasurable thanks to the Beatles for a lifetime of inspiration.
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- dave-gnfnr
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Re: Strawberry Fields Forever Performed by Bumblefoot Written by John Lenn
That was terrible, BBF needs to stick to butchering his own music
Re: Strawberry Fields Forever Performed by Bumblefoot Written by John Lenn
Sounds cool to me too. Some unexpected sounds in there and I like it when ron sings. It always amazes me when someone's 2nd or 3rd "instrument" is better than my best. He sings almost as an afterthought.
- killingvector
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Re: Strawberry Fields Forever Performed by Bumblefoot Written by John Lenn
I like the music, hate the vocals.
Re: Strawberry Fields Forever Performed by Bumblefoot Written by John Lenn
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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT Covers THE BEATLES' 'Strawberry Fields Forever' http://bit.ly/erlLgd 30 minutes ago via twitterfeed
Re: Strawberry Fields Forever Performed by Bumblefoot Written by John Lenn
It says on the high quality format part, you have options of mp3HD, FLAC, Apple Lossless and WAV.
But in the store there is no WAV option, unless I'm missing something...
sorry
I tried to help find it short of a click thru commitment to buy from itunes. everything was sample wave as far as i can tell.
