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steelopus replied to your photoset: More photos. You can see all photos from the…Soon: openareas.tumblr.com/po…
Congratulations on the occasion of making me smile.
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Thanks to everyone who helped test out the new comment system on California is a Postcard. There will be tumblr authorization available by the weekend and then I think I’d like to try it out here, even if Steve leaves a comment like nb;cm which I had to look up on Google and he was the first result.
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impromptu tweetup roadtrip!
Driving from Chicago to Rochester tomorrow, where we will crash with the awesome and generous @steelopus.
I’m looking at this whole thing as an adventure now instead of an inconvenience.
We will be live tumbling the trip home!
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Jesus Christ Superstar - The Last Supper & Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) (steelopus cover)
Go big or go home?
I originally planned on doing only The Last Supper, but it felt completely empty without Gethsemane, so I did them both. Doing both those songs would’ve been tough enough with my original plans - in which I thought I’d be able to spend a full 7 days working on them. Then my family came to visit for 5 days and so I actually only had 2 days to complete all of this. So much for seeing how much better I could do at a leisurely pace!
Skipping all the piano and orchestra parts meant both songs ended up a bit more “rock and roll” than their various original versions, as I replaced that stuff with some crunchy guitars. I would never pretend to have even 10% as much vocal talent as the great Ian Gillian, or Ted Neeley, or Murray Head, or Carl Anderson. Their performances are legendary and I tried not to imitate them wherever possible, though some of the crazy-high melodies are essential to the production, so I did the best I could do. Go big or go home. With these two, more than any of the previous 40, I surely can’t be accused of not putting myself out there.
So, after two solid days of recording and mixing, I thought I was done. I exported a version and while listening I heard a few things that I wanted to tweak, so I reopened the session and as I got to the end of Gethsemane I noticed that the drums, bass, and guitar tracks had vanished. I have no idea what happened. It may well have been my mistake, though it feels like a technical error. Regardless, the session is mostly lost and we’re left with this original export. It has everything in there and it’s good enough to get my point across - though it’s mixed a little rougher than I’m happy with, but as it’s nearly 3:30am, I’m going to chalk it up as a loss. Jesus might have resurrected, but these lost tracks certainly won’t.
This is the end. Thanks to all of you for joining me on this insane journey. I hope you’ve enjoyed it. Happy Easter.
Steve. This is amazing.
Everyone listen to this.
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I just want to make sure you are all following Steve’s 40 in 40 cover song project.
This deserves attention. It’s an awesome project and Steve is really putting himself out there with it.
Listen to these songs. Listen to the heart and soul he puts into each cover, doing it all himself.
You should all reblog it or something, too.
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Kermit the Frog - It’s Not Easy Being Green
Today is also steelopus’s birthday and Nicky requested a song for him.
What else would I give steel on his birthday except something green?
Happy birthday, Steelolupagus! (that’s how I used to see his name)
