It's been my new year's resolution for 2011 to spend more time making/recording/mixing music. To force myself into doing so, I decided
to put up this page and post one song I recorded every tuesday.
After eight months I couldn't go on with this. Having a stressful job and a family leaves not enough room to post on a weekly basis.
But I will continue posting songs every once in a while. If you don't want to miss a song, you can follow me on
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Since 2021 I'm part of a band again, Fahmi Friedrich Widmann, check our LinkTree page to see what we're up to.
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Kai Widmann: vocals, guitar, recorder
recorded 28 January 2002 and 23 June 2011, mixed 23 June 2011
written by Emily Sailers
originally released on Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
Kai Widmann: vocals, guitar, melodica
recorded 2006
written by Willie Nelson
originally released on Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie (1973)
Cake's great cover version originally released on Cake - Fashion Nugget (1996)
Kai Widmann: vocals, guitar
recorded 2006
music by U2, lyrics by Bono
originally released on U2 - Zooropa (5 July 1993)
Kai Widmann: vocals / Holger Geißler: electric guitar / Jura Kojetinsky: acoustic guitar / André Richter: bass / Maik Hahn: drums
recorded 11 + 12 March 1989, mixed May 2011
music by Holger Geißler and Kai Widmann, lyrics by Holger Geißler
original mix released on Die kaputten GØTTER - Spuren der GØTTER (1990)
It smells like beer and smoke from three days ago. I would say it is the typical Schwimmbadclub smell of the time. And I see sparklers, but I do not really trust my memory on that part. (to make it short -- very nice to have this song back)
Wow! Digital is amazing! I'm sure it didn't sounded that perfect when we recorded it. You really can hear the large stairway where most of the instruments were recorded. Sounds better as always before!
Hey! That sounds fresh and much better than the tape I got from you back in 1994 or something like that.
For the first time I could appreciate Holger's guitar on it - my old tape was really noisy.
This song takes me back to "my old self" going back home with my old Sony Walkman. hooooo!!! That was long ago.
Let me play it again. ;)
Mac, your are right: The guitar always sounded out of tune. And even that is better thru the magic of Kais hands and probably a lot of magic software.
Holger, there was no magic software involved. There's just some equalizer and reverb. Well and some amp simulations on your guitar ;) But no auto tune or whatever, only stuff that could have been done back in the 80s as well with the right equipment. I think the most important improvement is that this is not a copy of a copy of a copy from an original tape made on some cheap tape decks ;)
Holger, I don't really think I have any record from HNN with out tuned guitar and believe me I have quite some songs from you guys. ;)
By the way, now that I have the change to say so: You have quite a unique DNA when playing guitar. I believe I could recognize you playing guitar in a any circumstance. I wish I could be there in one of your concerts. ;)
I'll stop now otherwise it will make Kai's page looks like a forum. :)
Kai Widmann: vocals, guitar
recorded 23 May 2011, mixed 24 May 2011
music and lyrics by Darren Jessee
originally released on Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (1999)
Love your version of Magic by Ben Folds Five. You really did it justice. It's really beautiful! <3
"Magic" is one of my favourites Ben Folds song. When I saw that on your page I thought "well, too bad! It's impossible to play something I like". Then again you came with a new proposal on a very different perspective. Actually, your perspective, your touch which is me somehow. In the end, I liked it.
Comments
Philipp - 16 June 2011, 07:36:32
Another smelly song (see Claudia, week 22). This time it would be grass and charcoal. That's hard to beat in terms of coolness.