Randy’s love of “Holiday”

Holiday by the Bee Gees has become one of my favorite songs and I’ve always wanted to make a heavy version of it. I illegally colluded with another participant to get this song on his playlist. I apologize to all who were hurt by this and I welcome any disciplinary action. 

I recently bought a ZOOM MultiStomp effects pedal in order to get Amp/Cab emulation so I can record axes without running a loud amp. I can’t recommend these units enough. At $120 new, they offer great bang/buck ratio. One can set up chains of up to 6 effects at a time. Neat.

I’m getting a little better at using Reaper. Automating track levels and parameters is still beyond me. The software is so deep it is really easy to get myself into a place where I am helpless. I have to ride the “undo” function a lot to get out of trouble and lose a few tracks in the process. God help you if you accidently brush the “L” hot-key as it will make you unable to select audio to edit. I wasted like 45 minutes on that. 

Gear used: 

Reaper DAW

Effects:

ZOOM MS-70CDR for guitar&bass sounds, Dave Smith Evolver, Yamaha SU-700

Synths:

Korg Poly-61, Sequential Prophet Rev2

Elektron Digitakt (for drums)

My beloved Precision bass

DeArmond Les Paul Studio-style guitar

-Randy “Devetron” Dever