Don't Fear the Reaper

It has been a year and a half in the making, this is my first song employing full vocals. That is partly why the song took so long; I had to wait until I had a good enough mic to record with. Honestly, though, I think it was worth the wait. Others have done electronically themed versions of this song, but I tried not to allow them to influence my version. I tried to take the elements I really liked from the original and turn them into my own personal taste.

Really, the meat and potatoes of the song had been finished for a while. I spent much of the other time trying to add detail to it and getting the mix right, as well as playing with the vocals. Part of me wanted to wait until I bought a nice tube-amp for the mic since I think it would have given the vocals even more warmth, but I really felt it was time.

Original Song is copyright Blue Oyster Cult / Sony Music Entertainment. Not exactly sure how that affects this one other than by saying that the Creative Commons license does not apply :) Do with this song what you wish, but I would like you credit me for the mix (and ultimately credit Blue Oyster Cult for the original and lyrics).