Couple of days after i found i will be proceeding to the knock-out stages of the NGUAC, i got an email from a client who wanted a song for his anniversary. Great i thought, two birds with one stone. Composed, recorded and produced on the 12th and 13th August in my home studio.

"What would be great is if you could make this kind of like as if Elvis was Young and Alive today. Something like -can't help falling in love- is what i had in mind."

"Simple guitar chords and some drums to fit is good."

That is all i had to go by and this is the result. I went for a more traditional simple ballad. I kept the chord structure simple as the client is wanting to learn the song and play it to his wife.

My process;

I picked 6/8 as it gives a sway which is real nice for a love ballad,

So i used Elvis Presley "Can't help falling in love" as guideline for the direction i want to take.

I started first started off with lyrics then wrote the harmony and melody around that,

I, VI, IV, IVm in C and found a melody that came most naturally but preferred the sound of the melody key of D, But the open chords in D sounded too bright and preferred the cadences With the open chords in C so i put a capo on the 2nd.

Once i had the song written, I found the natural tempo and recorded a reference guide guitar and vocal,

Recorded the drums Gylnn Johns Method (three mic setup),

Next compose and record bassline,

Then double track Acoustic guitar panned,

Then triple tracked my vocal with 3 different mics,

Composed and recorded solo Guitar,

Mix then master.

Unfortunately i had to rush the mix and master as he needed the song by the 15th and i will be out office the 14th - 15th, so i would of liked to have spent a little longer polishing but i did my best in the time given.

Equipment & Plugins;

Logic Pro X

Pearl Forum Drumkit

Ibanez AF-55 E Guitar

Taylor 114e Acc Guitar

Harley Benton Bass

Boss ME-25 Multi-FX Pedel

Roland Micro-Cube bass amp

Tascam US - 4x4 audio interface

Imac 20-inch 2009

Rodes NT-1 Mic

Shure SM57 Mic

Rodes M3 Mic

Waves Audio Plugins

Izotope 7

Recorded Here;

Thank you for taking your time to read and listen to my piece!