{"id":447,"date":"2026-06-22T16:43:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frankdoorhof.com\/music\/?p=447"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:47:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:47:58","slug":"music-andromeda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frankdoorhof.com\/music\/2026\/06\/22\/music-andromeda\/","title":{"rendered":"Music : Andromeda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For me part of the writing process is also having a story in my mind.
Of course there is nothing wrong with playing over a backing track and going wild, love to do that myself.
But when I record a track I love that it follows a theme with different variations that also tells a story.
The fun thing\/problem is that of course everyone will have another idea\/story with a track.

But let me tell you my story for Andromeda.
And it’s pretty simple.
It’s about a journey to another planet, from starting the engines, take off, the long voyage, boredom, problems and finally the landing part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cover<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The cover of Andromeda is a mix of two of my photos.
One was shot during a “freezing motion” workshop with our model Nadine.
The other was shot during a workshop “creative motion” where I played guitar with lights attached to my hands.
A whole different challenge \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technical bits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For this track I used the following

DAW : Logic
mainly due to the easy way to add keys and layering them with session players.
same for the bass, I can play a little bit bass, but always find the session players coming up with parts I could never play.
Of course it takes a lot of fine tuning but as a starting point the session players are great in Logic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guitars :
Ibanez Jiva 10 for the clean parts
Ibanez Jem v7 WH ebony for the rest

Amps :
Synergy Vai module
ENGL 920\/100
Marshall SE100 – Marshall Cab with black backs
Slate Digital SL-2 with SM57\/R121 emulation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Software :
Genome for noisegate and “mixbus”
Genome now has a free version and I HIGHLY recommend testing it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardware :
G-major for main effects Lead Guitar and part of the Cleans
Digitech 2101 part of the cleans and intro dirty
X32 added depth with Edison emulation, slight chorus and reverb\/delay
Lexicon Alex for main reverb and space

During mastering the track was send through a SM pro TC02 tube pre-amp for a little bit of extra glue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enough talk let’s listen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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