COVER YOUR EARS!

music: Why Did You Grow a Beard? - They Might Be Giants

I had several hours of home-alone time today, so I experimented with the bass. Now, I don't get much time to practice, but I decided I'd try to record Why Did You Grow a Beard?, because it's a pretty simple bassline. However, as you'll soon learn, even a simple bassline can be fucked up pretty badly when you give me a bass.

1. Bass Only - download link
This was the first recording. I did a few practice rounds before recording, which I did okay on, other than the pause between verses and refrains. I was going to record both the bass and my singing, but after I tried that once I realized it wasn't such a good idea. So I just recorded the bass by itself.

2. Bass and Vocals - download link
A bit later on in the evening, I decided I'd record myself singing while playing the bass. As previously stated, not a good idea. Now, I do horribly on both separately, but when combined it's just... so much worse... you have no idea. Trying to do two things at once really fucks me up. If you pay close attention to the bass, I probably messed up the tune (hell, I probably strummed the wrong string or something too). Also note that MY SINGING IS FUCKING HORRIBLE.

3. Vocals Only - download link
Just when you think it doesn't get any worse, it does. I decided that since I did bass only and both bass and vocals, why not do vocals only? So I did. This is the result. Your eardrums will now implode.

Ed Note: Links are dead.