Video & comments: https://youtu.be/N492CHw8Z-c
Recording sheets and details: link
Recorded: Apr-May 2018; Mar-Apr 2020
Backing tracks: link
This version replaces Tom Petty - Into the great wide open - v1.0 and contains a new vocals track, a new shaker track and a rerecorded organ riff from the middle of the first verse. Additionally, the track was remixed and mastered while the video was recreated with PowerDirector.
The remixing includes: vocals pitch correction with Autotune, re-panning of tracks to make them more audible, new compression plugins, volume automation to enhance sections (e.g. make the guitars more audible). Mastering was done with Ozone 9.
I recreated the video because with Movie Studio rendering took 40+ minutes while PowerDirector rendered the same videos in 4 minutes. The effort was however rather laborious and I will keep the Movie Studio project instead for other songs' version releases.
I thought this will be a simple song. Then I started decomposing it and ended up recording 4 different types of guitars. Then the rest :-)
For the intro and solo I couldn't find an accurate tab. Since they are short, I just found my own patterns. I used only the Em pentatonic shape at the 12th fret. A few slides and bends and it sounds convincing.
The arpeggio on a Telecaster gives the song the typical Tom Petty feel. It also complements well the acoustic rhythm.
This is present throughout the song. The Em / EmMaj7 / Em7/ Em6 chord progression is a perfect example of how changing a single note from a chord makes it sound totally different.
I needed something powerful for the second part of the first verse and the buildup to the chorus sections - and the chorus of course. A 12 string sounded the closest to the original recording. Not a real 12 string of course, but a Variax emulation.
An older recording with its own problems. Will definitely need to rerecord it once my voice gets more timbre and will sound less than a screaming dog :-)
Figured out a simple pattern where I was playing the root notes of the chord progression. Nothing fancy. I just started taking bass lessons.
Tried being close to the original recording. There's groove in there that I was searching for. I did not match the tone of the drums though as it should have been more vintage. Maybe I'll rerecord it at some point.
This supports the overall song providing a sound "wall" that gives the mood of the song.
A last minute addition towards the end of the first verse. Despite being only a two chords section, I felt it being an important addition.