Flobots Handlebars - Will Anderson Recording

I decided to record Handlebars by the Flobots for my A2 Music Tech recording coursework mainly because it has an awesome trumpet solo in the middle and I really wanted to play it! But it turned out the be a really good piece to show off the ability to record many different instruments (it ranges from rap vocals through rock guitar to jazz trumpet and a string quartet!) It was still a bit of a learning curve though, there are definitely some things I did at the start of the recording process that I would do differently now but I'm still pretty pleased with the whole thing!

The point of this wasn't to re-create the original exactly but to do a recording that was obviously Handlebars but I was able to add my own spin to things

All the guys playing on the track are friends of mine from my 6th form college and did it purely from the goodness of their hearts - So I have tried to put most of their names in the song its self (Sorry to Spam and Hannah P whose names didn't quite make it in to the lyrics)

The Female Vocals, the Drums and the Guitar parts were played/sung by members of an awesome band called "Charley Macaulay" Check them out on facebook - http://www.facebook.com/CharleyMacaulay - as they are really rather awesome!

So yer, please feel free to comment, good things, bad things, ugly things etc.

Enjoy!

P.s. I don't own any rights to the song it's self but I have worked long and hard on this recording so if you really feel the need to get a copy of it please credit it to me :)

The performers are:

Calvin Forbes - Rap Vocals
Charley Macaulay - Female Vocals
Dave Orton - Drums
Tom James - Guitar
Chris Pavey - Bass Guitar
Bryony Russell - Viola
Spam Warner - Cello
Hannah Preston - Violin
Will Anderson - Trumpet

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[Bnobriga1]

Not as good as the original, but still pretty awesome.

[russellhack32]

You have no idea how much I listened to this song! It's amazing!

[h8196288]

excellent recoding Will!

Craig

[catherineglenn]

nice one will :)