My first track off the White Album!
Link to original upload: • Mother Nature's Son - ... .
This is such a serene, peaceful song. Written by Paul McCartney in India, I would call this the spiritual sister of "Blackbird." It features the same fingerpicking pattern - often attempted but almost never replicated perfectly by others - and it features the same nature/wildlife ambiance. You can almost see the trees, lakes and birds when you listen to this tune.
It's a quirky song, for sure. I tried replicating not only the playing, but the small mistakes Paul makes on the guitar. You can certainly tell that the group valued heart over perfection on this one. There are quirky timing issues, slightly misplayed riffs, and a general sense of free-wheeling, all-compassing freedom. Paul seemed to really love keeping quirks in the final record. The perfectionist Beatle wasn't so polished, after all!
The orchestra is recreated by ear. I have a commenter who thinks that I input the official score into my simulated orchestra, but that's not true (nice try, though!). I recreate each brass instrument by ear using "Cinematic Studio Brass." I was going less for note-for-note than feel here. It's a lovely brass part. I particularly like the tuba. Bwoooom.
Also, I believe there are folks who think that the percussive hits throughout the song are tapping on the back of a book, but I really liked the sound I got banging on the back of my Gibson G45. Might not be 100000% accurate, but it works for me!
Let me know what you think! Glad to put out something relatively quickly again...
More to come!
26 авг 2024
