Friday, May 18, 2018

"Wind Chimes"


I've been listening to The SMiLE Sessions box set again, and when I listened to disc four a couple days ago, the clarinet and saxophone parts in "Wind Chimes (Version 1)" (track 4) sounded (and were) easy to figure out.  When I referenced the recording on disc 1 (track 16), I discovered that the clarinet and saxophone parts are present there too, although the marimba in the first half of the track isn't present in disc 4, track 4.  Like I mentioned last time I recorded "Wind Chimes," I think there's an edit there.  It seems that disc 1, track 16 is comprised of disc 4, track 5 (first half) and disc 4, track 4 (second half) and maybe even some others.  In any case, I followed disc 1, track 16 for my recording.

Since I recorded this last time, I got a new keyboard, and the marimba voice on it sounds a lot better.  I also used keyboard voices for clarinet and saxophone because I don't (yet!) know how to play those.  Like last time, I used electric bass in place of upright bass (because I don't have one).