Updates! Updates! Updates!

Once again I have fallen behind with updates on this blog!

Right since my last blog I have finished the cover of "The Sound Of The Crowd" and in addition I have done my own extended and dub versions of the track which have come out really well with some fantastic feedback.

I still have a couple of cover versions to finish off when I get the chance.

I decided that from the beginning of the New Year I would return to work on my own album which was called "Systematic" but is now called "The Grey Room" because I have written and recorded 2 new songs for the album, one of which is called "The Grey Room". I love the title and therefore have decided the album should be called that. That song is complete with the other song "Annexe" nearing completion. In addition I have done a brand new version of my dark electronic ballad "I Once Was A Machine".

I have also been working on and finishing off the song "A Million Stars" both the album version and an extended version. I have recorded new vocals for this track and have completely re-visited the vocal effects I have used on the song.

"I Remember You" has also had it's vocals tweaked with a couple of small bits to tidy up.

I want to concentrate on getting this album finished so cover versions are going on the back burner. I will also be looking at my dance/trance album (New Myspace page for this as I am working under the name The Definition Of Sound - see web links below) as I have numerous songs recorded but they need mixing.

I think that brings everything pretty much up to date.

Gary

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New Myspace Page For My Dance/Trance Music

First the electronic music news. I have finished off the cover of OMD's "Almost" and have decided to have a stab at a Human League track "Sound Of The Crowd" which is going pretty well with the music almost complete and the chorus vocals recorded.

I would still like to tidy up a couple of other cover versions including wrapping up another Gary Numan cover "Down In The Park".

I have decided to do a new Myspace page for my dance/trance music which is something I want to return to in 2009 as I have 14 songs recorded but need to be given the final mix treatment. In addition I have around 8 remixes as well which will be released as a separate album. The name I am working under for my Dance/Trance music is "The Definition Of Sound".

The new page for the dance/trance music can be found here

OMD Cover "Almost" Complete

Another track that was started some time ago is a track originally recorded by OMD called "Almost" which is a track that can be found on their debut album "OMD" which was released in 1980. I have been recording some new vocals this week and also mixed the track and I am delighted that I have finally managed to do a good version of this song. OMD greatly influenced a lot of the songs I wrote in 1989/1990 with ray Naughton so to finally do an OMD track with vocals is great for me.

I may put this one online once I have been in touch with the band.

The 2nd CD revised list of songs to be included:

Don't Go
Complex
Almost
Warszawa
I Nearly Married A Human
Don't Go (GH Re-Invented Mix)
Space Oddity (Full Original Version)
Blue Monday (GH Special Radio Mix)

Still to look at improving or recording the following tracks:

Please Push No More
Trans Europe Express
Nobody's Diary

Gary

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Where We Are At & Where We Are Going

I'm a bit behind with my updates so to bring things up to date I have completed the single and extended arrangements for the Yazoo cover of "Only You". These can be heard via the links below:

Gary Hunter - Only You (Single Arrangement)

Gary Hunter - Only You (GH Extended Arrangement)

I have had probably my most positive feedback on "Only You" which is pleasing as I do think on the vocal side it is my best effort to date.

I have just finished off a cover of Gary Numan's track "Complex" off his album "The Pleasure Principle" and that can be heard on my myspace page and via iCompositions in high quality here

I started "Complex" a year ago but abandoned it as I could not get a good enough vocal done but returned to it recently and finished off the music and managed to do a pretty good vocal on a song which is very difficult to sing.

I am also putting the finishing touches to another David Bowie cover "Warszawa" a track I really do like which is on his classic album "Low". I am hoping to get the finished version of that done by next weekend.

The covers album "As It Is When It Was" is complete and I am now going back to some of the tracks I did n't finish off or scrapped with a view to doing a 2 CD edition of the CD. The revised final track listing for "As It Is When It Was" is below:

Blue Monday (Long Version)
Me I Disconnect from You
Europe Endless (GH Single Arrangement)
Too Pieces
She's Lost Control (GH Electronic Mix)
Cars
Gordon's Gin (GH Extended Arrangement)
Neon Lights
Goodbye 70's
Space Oddity (GH Space Age Synthetic Mix)
Living On The Ceiling
Only You
Love Will Tear Us Apart (New Vocal Mix)

The second CD will feature tracks, as mentioned, that were worked on during the sessions for "As It Is When It Was" and also alternative mixes of some of the tracks off that album. So far this is what will be included:


Blue Monday (GH Radio Mix)
Europe Endless (Full Version)
Don't Go
Don't Go (GH Re-Invented Mix)
Complex
Warszawa
I Nearly Married A Human
Space Oddity (Original Long Version)

Hopefully I will include the following tracks to If I can do vocals I am happy with:

Please Push No More
He's A Liquid
Trans Europe Express

Once that is complete then it is going to be full steam ahead on my album "Systematic" with some work done on the album over the last week or so. A potential new song, well lyrics done for a potential new song.

As mentioned you can listen to "Only You" and "Complex" on my myspace page to via this link:

www.myspace.com/garyhuntermusic

On my iCompositions page you will find 49 songs to listen to which you can access here

Gary

Only You - 2 Versions Completed

I really do like doing 80's style 12 inch mixes and I have done what must be a very unique extended mix of the Yazoo track "Only You". It runs at over 5 minutes and keeps all the key elements of the original sounds of the song (At least as close as I could get!) so this must be the first extended version of the track available, yes we have probably had butchered to death long versions of the song but this is very close to an extended mix of the true original track.

I have completed the original "Single" mix cover to, both will be online next weekend.

Today I have added my own extended arrangement of the cover version of the Gary Numan track "Cars" I have recorded which again is pretty much a typical 80's extended mix keeping to as close as possible to the original sounds.

You can listen to my "Long Distance Mix" of "Cars" here

Gary

"Living On The Ceiling" Covers Now Online

I have now posted both versions I have recorded of the fantastic Blancmange track "Living On The Ceiling". You can listen to those on my myspace page here

I will probably also upload them to listen to on my page on iCompositions over the weekend.

I have almost finished a cover version of Yazoo's "Only You". A track I scrapped at an early demo stage because the vocal was proving a non starter. Returned to after several weeks did a blinding vocal so I have finished off the instrumentation and should have that online maybe tomorrow as well.

Gary

Covers Album Followed By Blancmange For Dessert!

It has been a few weeks since I did my last blog so what has been happening?

Firstly the compilation CD "Here We Go - The Other Side Of Metal Beat" which features my track "Stranger In A Room" has been released and has received some excellent reviews. It is a fantastic CD and well worth checking out. You can find out more about the album and purchase it here

I have also recently completed an album of cover versions called "As It Is When It Was", which has been sent to friends on the myspace scene and family as a thank you for there support, encouragement and invaluable help.

Here is the front cover of the CD and the track listing for those interested in the tracks I have covered:



01 Blue Monday (New Order Cover)
02 Me I Disconnect From You (Tubeway Army Cover)
03 Europe Endless (Kraftwerk Cover)
04 Don't Go (Yazoo Cover)
05 She's Lost Control (Joy Division Cover)
06 He's A Liquid (John Foxx Cover)
07 Cars (Gary Numan Cover)
08 Goodbye 70's (Yazoo Cover)
09 Gordon's Gin (Human League Cover)
10 Neon Lights (Kraftwerk Cover)
11 I Nearly Married A Human (Tubeway Army Cover)
12 Too Pieces (Yazoo Cover)
13 Computer Love (Kraftwerk Cover)
14 Space Oddity (David Bowie Cover)
15 Please Push No More (Gary Numan Cover)
16 Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover)

During the last week or so I have been working on 2 versions of the fantastic track "Living On The Ceiling" which was a hit for Blancmange in the 1980's. I have recorded a "Single" version and also an extended mix which runs at just over 6 minutes and is typical 80's extended mix!

I have been given permission by Blancmange to put the track on my pages and will upload both versions for people to listen to (Blancmange have asked me to let them know when my cover version is online!).

This will be my last cover version for a while as I want to concentrate on my album "Systematic" which is coming along nicely with 7 songs recorded including a cracking new version of a very popular track "I Remember You" as well as a brand new version of "I Once Was A Machine" which again has proved to be a very popular track on my web sites with well over 500 plays. the album will also include the track "Stranger In A Room".

That pretty much brings things up to date!

Gary

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