One Riff - Two Songs

[dcm_guitar]

Not too long ago I came up with a riff I wanted to develop into a song. As I was playing through the riff I realized I liked it at two different tempos. I wasn't sure which tempo I liked better, so I recorded the riff at both tempos. After letting it sit for a week I went back and listened and still couldn't decide which tempo I liked better.

I added a bass line to each one. Then a drum part to each one. Then I developed a full song structure and arrangement for each one. I STILL couldn't decide which tempo I liked better.

At this point I decided I had two different songs that were built on the same riff. I recorded vocals for each song.

So, here we have precisely the same riff in each song recorded at two different tempos and then developed into two different songs:

Slow tempo - "I Don't Know"
https://soundcloud.com/radiomoved/i-dont-know

Fast Tempo - "It's That Memory"
https://soundcloud.com/radiomoved/its-that-memory

Both were recorded using my Vela and HBII. Please give them a listen and tell me if you have a preference.

 

[veinbuster]

Keep them both.
I Don’t Know is more to my tastes though.

 

[toothace]

Both are nicely done! Prefer the more up tempo "It's That Memory"

 

[bodia]

Both are nicely done! Prefer the more up tempo "It's That Memory"

Ditto!

 

[Guy_OBX_NC]

Not too long ago I came up with a riff I wanted to develop into a song. As I was playing through the riff I realized I liked it at two different tempos. I wasn't sure which tempo I liked better, so I recorded the riff at both tempos. After letting it sit for a week I went back and listened and still couldn't decide which tempo I liked better.

I added a bass line to each one. Then a drum part to each one. Then I developed a full song structure and arrangement for each one. I STILL couldn't decide which tempo I liked better.

At this point I decided I had two different songs that were built on the same riff. I recorded vocals for each song.

So, here we have precisely the same riff in each song recorded at two different tempos and then developed into two different songs:

Slow tempo - "I Don't Know"
https://soundcloud.com/radiomoved/i-dont-know

Fast Tempo - "It's That Memory"
https://soundcloud.com/radiomoved/its-that-memory

Both were recorded using my Vela and HBII. Please give them a listen and tell me if you have a preference.

Both are excellent. No preference for me, each has its own groove. Keep it up!