True Love Ways - Buddy Holly

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#1

This is my first attempt at programming this kind of orchestra instrumentation.
I use East West Goliath & Symphonic Orchestra for all except bass which is Trillian, and guitars I just miked up & played. Slightly embarrassed to say I was actually a little bit drunk when I sang it, but I tried agan the next day and it wasn’t as good.

I found a couple of midi files knocking around the internet, so I had a look at them to help me understand the instruments to use and more or less what they were doing, then A/B with the original. I think I got close enough to impress the missus at least… :slight_smile:

https://youtu.be/wjtR0-ZEXBo

#2

It’s very obviously not Buddy (did he ever wear a baseball cap?) but it’s an excellent recreation of the period vibe and orchestration. That’s close enough to impress more than just your Missus…add me to the list. Nice one.

#3

Ah cheers man!
No, I don’t remember seeing any photos of him wearing a cap, but then he didn’t live long enough to lose his hair like me.

As slow & time consuming as it is, especially for an old rocker like me, it’s really enjoyable working with all these different instruments trying to get them to wprk together & sound as human as possible. The EW instruments give me a head start tho, they’re great sounding samples.

#4

Great job! Drink some more! I think the orchestration works really well. Thanks for sharing it.

#5

Haha I certainly will! Cheers! :slight_smile: