New Slang Revisited

I like this cover better. First, instead of attempting to play the instrumental and outro, I plugged in the intro riff. Next, I employed Dani Joy’s “mosey” strum, which fits the bouncy rhythm and fantastical lyrics.  And a GarageBand-created and generated bass line this time.  I think I used a metronome via earphones for my original cover. There are many 4/4 to 2/4 time signature shifts in this song.  Most songs that do that, including this one, shift back in a few measures.   Except when it doesn’t; the middle instrumental shifts, with no shift back within, as well as the outro.  GarageBand does not lend itself to dealing with time signature changes, as far as I can tell.   So I avoided the problem by substituting the intro riff. My recording is more sophisticated now; I use compression and equalization via pedals, and reverb via the mixer. I now play the backing track panned: bass and drums on the right, the riff on the left.  This allows independent adjustments for each.  I used the Sonnox Soften plugin for some post-processing. I can hear a quality improvement at the 85% setting.