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JWM - The Clothes My Grandfather Wore (EDM Irish Jig created in FLSM and CB3 on iPhone)
So, being half Irish, I grew up with a lot of Irish music during my childhood. Then 20 years ago, I created an Irish Jig called "The Clothes My Grandfather Wore". My production skills were a bit more lacking back then, but the idea was solid, and it was the better of my many productions back then.
Back in 2011, I gave my Senior Recital at uni as part of a passing grade. Unlike other classmates who simply performed their music/had their music performed, I had a full stage production. "The Clothes My Grandfather" wore was one segment where I even had Irish dancers on stage dancing to the song!
So I wanted to make a 20th Anniversary version of the song with my current production techniques. I created the instrumental in FL Studio Mobile. Now in order to get the Irish instruments into FLSM, I simply used AUM to sample some one-shots from Beathawk in order to import into DW Sampler. (Can't record directly into DW Sampler like I can directly into Beathawk as far as I know, but eh. That just means a couple extra steps. No big deal.)
I...did fudge the "Uilleann pipes" a little since all Beathawk had were a couple bagpipe patches. 🤫 Hopefully nobody notices, lol.
Of course I used Cubasis 3 to record and process my vocals as per usual. My vocal chain these days is Brusfri, FAC Transient (pop those transients), Things - Voice (best vocal compressor I've ever used, also to enhance transients), 4Pockets Deesser, Waves Tune RT, and NoLimits 2! (I used to write off NoLimits as "not a good limiter", but it became one of my "hidden gems" for vocal chains!) After committing that to audio, I import the mixed down vocals into Cubasis 3 and add choric for subtle chorus effect on the highs of the vocal, a little reverb and subtle EQ to make the vocals pop above the mix. (I figured it's about time to share my vocal production techniques, lol.)
Now, I didn't utilise backing vocals for this production, but whenever I do, I usually record my voice again and use DerVoco with CB3's Micrologue as the carrier. I apply just a bit more reverb to backing vocals than the main vocals as well as EQ to make those sit further back in a mix.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy my song for St. Patrick's Day 2024. Sláinte and enjoy. 🍻
Comments
Great track. Love the story of the lyrics. Happy st Patrick’s
You definitely have the feel right, and jigs are always a lot of fun. Nothing like sitting in a bar with a pint of the dark stuff and seeing your foot tap involuntarily.
Half-Irish here too as my dad was born in Belfast (so complex with the ‘being Irish’ part, but not something we should go into here). I love how traditional Irish folk music has been adapted to other music art-forms, and there’s some great stuff out there that keeps the traditions moving forward.
May the road rise to meet you!
Great job!!!! I thoroughly enjoyed this… outstanding production and it fit the melody too. This sounds like the track that would go viral too !
Now I gotta revisit my own 20 year old songs (and older) and now I’m scared lol
Thats a great title man!
Erin Go Bragh!
@yellow_eyez Thank you so much, my friend.
It was a fun song to write and to produce.
@michael_m May the road rise to meet you too mate. I didn't know you were also half-Irish.
Pleasure to learn that about you.
@Fear2Stop It could jolly well go viral. Who knows? But yeah, when I revisited my old songs from 20 years past, I'll keep it real here, most of them were dogsh-t. Not necessarily melody-wise. The instrumentals I made back then still sound good today aside from the lack of production values. (I put in more than my fair share of 10000 hours over the course of 20+ years to get to where I am today.) But the songs? Good god, they make me cringe to the point of barfing. Not just beginner lyrics, but lyrics about cringy-af immature topics. I don't mean "typical immature 20-year-old dude bro" lyrics. I mean outright childish fodder. Back then I thought my sh-t didn't stink. Oh it stunk something quite foul and rancid, lol. Grandfather's Clothes was one of those lucky diamonds in the rough.
@Crano Thank you so much mate.
Yep, the clothes the grandfather wore weren't just naming what clothes he wore but also described his personality. As I stated to @Fear2Stop , I have no idea how I achieved such imagery in the lyrics I wrote back then when most of my songs were sh-te.
@Paulieworld YES! Erin Go Bragh! 🍻
Just a gentle bump for those who haven't had the chance to listen yet.
I second that bump!
Nicely done! :-)
Thanks mate.
I appreciate that.
Cheers mate.
I'm so glad you like it.
Missed the second bump but here’s a third 😊
Very enjoyable track, I can imagine this being played in a pub with the Guinness flowing…
ThumbJam has some Uilleann pipes btw but I’m not sure if you do IAA?
I had no idea or I would've sampled that instead lol. 😂 I don't do IAA, but I can screencap and extract audio with Koala to use in FLSM or in Koala. Easy peasy.