My Human League Cover Is Fan Mix Of The Month

I am pleased to say that my extended mix of an old Human League classic has been made "Fan Mix Of the Month" on a well established Human League fan site. The track in question is the instrumental track "Gordon's Gin" which appeared on their album "Travelogue". It is a track I always thought was to short and so I wanted to do my own extended version of it.

You can listen to or download the track via the link below:

Gary Hunter - Gordon's Gin (Extended Arrangement)

I have also submitted my own version of a John Foxx classic "He's A Liquid" to John's official web page so hopefully I will get some feedback on that.

I have been working on my David Bowie cover this week which is sounding really good!

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Gary

Music Update!

I have finished my latest Gary Numan cover "Please Push No More" and am once again delighted with it. The track is off his album "Telekon". I have uploaded the song to my iCompositions page and you can listen to it here

I have also uploaded my version of another Gary Numan track "Replicas" and that can be listened to here

I have also started work on a David Bowie track so keep an eye out for that!

Completed "I Remember You" after some last minute changes. I love this new version it is very dark with loads of layered synth sounds - one of my best recordings in my opinion. For those interested here are the lyrics to "I remember You":

I remember you
With the painted eyes
With thoughts as cold as ice
You turned and walked away

Do you remember me?
With the cold grey smile
If I could see you now
We could forget the lies

I remember you
Such a bright young thing
You let your dreams grow old
You could just fade away

Do you remember me?
With the cold grey smile
If I could see you now
We could forget the lies

I remember you

Lyrics By Gary Hunter

Copyright Big Noise Music 2008

Gary

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I Remember You & Gary Numan

I have recorded my brand new version of "I remember You" and it has come out fantastic, very atmospheric and a song Gary Numan could easily put his own vocals to. The song itself is about Numan and how his fame came to an abrupt end but it did n't worry him at all and when many other artists would have quit the music business Gary continued with his career and now it is paying dividends with a host of bands naming him as an influence. "I Remember You" as I say is about his fall from the top of the music tree and about how many fans have stuck by him when he could so easily have quit the music business. I am going to send the song to Gary in the vain hope he might be interested in it!

Continuing the Numan theme, I recently joined the forum community of the well respected Gary Numan fan website "Numanme". Unbelievably I have visited this site for years but never realized they had forums on it! I have met a few people in their and the guy who runs it is asking for cover versions to be sent in for a tribute album and I have sent the 3 cover versions I have recorded so far (I Nearly Married A Human, Cars & Replicas), however, I have started recording another Gary Numan cover, this time a track off his album "Telekon" called "Please Push No More" a fantastic electronic ballad. I actually got a midi file for this track off the Numanme website but the song was only 1 minute long!!! I have used the basis of the midi file to construct a full song and I think the arrangement works fine. Need to do mixing and re-record some of the vocals.

I have also been recording the Yazoo track "Don't Go" and whilst I have done the music the vocals are proving a bit of a nightmare so that one is on the back burner for now whilst I concentrate on "Please Push No More" and of course my own track "I remember You"

Yesterday I posted my cover version of the Gary Numan track "Replicas" on my iCompositions page. You can access that and 30+ other songs I have on there via the link below:

Gary Hunter On iCompositions

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Gary

Yazoo & New Album Update

I have had quite a busy week on the music front this week. First off did some adjustments with my Yazoo cover "Goodbye 70's" with a new mix of the vocals and a change in one of the lead synth sounds as I was n't happy with it. The track is now complete and I do like the mix now I have made those changes. Vocals are difficult to mix right but I am improving with the mixing technique of vocals.

The extended version I recorded of "Goodbye 70's" has obviously seen a change in the vocal mix and of course the change of one of the sounds used in the main synth hook. I have extended it further to and I think my extended arrangement works very well.

I have also started work on another Yazoo track "Don't Go" which is coming along nicely.

In the last 2 days I have returned to working on my new electronic album and have done some new vocal mixes of the tracks "A Face I Knew" and "The Glimmer Man" (Also the extended versions of those 2 songs to). Today I have been working on a totally new version of "I remember You" so it fits in better with the overall sound of the album and of course I have used the Roland CR78 Drum Machine on this version to. Even though I say it myself I do think "I Remember You" is a stunning song. The new version is sounding very strong to, very haunting and cold!

Tomorrow I am going to record all the tracks for the new version of "I Remember You" so I should have a fairly good mix of the new version tomorrow if everything goes to plan.

Update regards the tracks and where I am up to with them:

A Face I Knew (Finished)
Stranger In A Room (Finished)
The Glimmer Man (Finished)
Car Crash Flashback (Chorus Vocal To Do & Final Mix)
A Million Stars (Going To Re-Do The Vocal & Then Do Final Mix)
I Remember You (New Recording To Be Made This Weekend)
Smoke Screen (Lyrics Written & Rough Melody Outline - Still To Record)
Years Ago (Lyrics Written Only)
I Once Was A Machine (New Recording Of This Track Still To Be Done)

If I can get that lot done that is 9 tracks for the album, I would like to record 11 tracks for the album.

Gary

Yazoo Covers Now Online

I have now finished recording the Yazoo tracks "Too Pieces" and "Goodbye 70's" and once again I think I have managed to do a decent job of these 2 songs judging by the feedback I have has so far any way!

I have now uploaded both songs on to the player on my MySpace page and have also uploaded much better quality files to my page on iCompositions.

I have also done an extended arrangement of "Goodbye 70's" which I think works really well indeed. It is a typical 80's extended dance mix running just over 5 minutes and may upload this gem to my pages also.

I have to thank Greg who does all Yazoo's/Erasure's web pages as he has said it is ok to have them on my pages providing they are not downloadable which is more than fair enough. He has also said he will do his best to get the cover versions to both Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet which would be something if it happens!

Yazoo Covers On My MySpace Page

To listen to the songs on my icompositions page the direct links are below:

Gary Hunter - Goodbye 70's (Yazoo Cover Version)

Gary Hunter - Too Pieces (Yazoo Cover Version)

I have also started work on another 2 Yazoo songs and if I can succeed in doing a decent job of both the music and the vocals then I will post more news about those in the near future.

Hopefully next week I will get back to recording more of my own material.

Gary

Goodbye 70's

I have now almost finished my cover version of Yazoo's "Goodbye 70's". I just need to make a slight change in one of the vocal parts and then it is done. I have been in touch with Yazoo's main website about putting the 2 Yazoo covers on my web pages and they have said it is n't a problem so next weekend both "Too Pieces" and "Goodbye 70's" will be uploaded to my pages for you to listen to.

This weekend I have spent a considerable amount of time remastering my Kraftwerk Album cover versions. It has taken a while to do but I now have far superior recordings of all the tracks I have recorded.

Gary

I'm In Vince Clarke Mode!

I have now finished my cover version of the Yazoo track "Too Pieces" which I can honestly say ranks as one of my best cover versions to date. I am really surprised I have managed to do this one, especially on the vocal front, the track really suits my voice and I have pulled off one of my best vocal performances on this track without a doubt.

This afternoon I have tried a vocal of the Yazoo track "Goodbye 70's and again it has come out remarkably well so I now need to start work on the music. I was going to start this at the weekend but I am quite spurred on by the test vocal I have done so I think this track may get priority over the next few days, it will be interesting to see how this one develops!

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Gary Hunter On iCompositions

Gary