Get your Bono on and sing along with some U2 Karaoke.<\/p>\n
Here’s the story why we did these recordings…<\/p>\n
We had an important gig I could not pass up and our former singer had another commitment and couldn’t make the show. I have a good friend named Chris Ray that does a great Bono and he was willing to fill in for our singer. <\/p>\n
[Update: Chris Ray is now our new Bono. You can learn a little about Chris and how U2 changed his life here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n To get Chris up-to-speed and so he could rehearse at home, we did a quick, down-and-dirty three-piece rehearsal. We recorded the 18 songs without vocals from that show’s set list, so he could learn the song structures \/ versions that we do.<\/p>\n For all you musician geeks out there, I threw three mics on the drums; snare, kick, and one overhead, an SM57 on my Vox AC30 guitar amplifier and I ran the bass direct. We tracked 18 songs live and raw into my ZOOM R24 recorder straight to an SD card. Later, I imported the sessions into Reaper, added some compression and EQ presets, rendered a mono track and then a quick mastering job through T-Racks 3.<\/p>\n The tracks sound okay… far from perfect. But it was a fun process.<\/p>\n Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses<\/strong> with no vocals…
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