beatles influence in the studio

Each song has it’s own spirit and life force that radiates The Beatles unique musical talents.. Throughout their short lived career they created song after song, taking their inspiration

Beatles Influence in the studio

The Beatles music has moved every generation with their rhythmic sound and their intoxicating lyrics Each song has it’s own spirit and life force that radiates The Beatles unique musical talents Throughout their short lived career they created song after song, taking their inspiration from various artists and worldly figures The Beatles songs began to take on a new energy when they stopped touring and focused on

recording in the Abbey Road Studio Here the Beatles transformed themselves and their music into something that would grasp the world by the ears and shout that it must be heard

In the studio each member of the band was able to relax and sit down with his ideas, taking the time to mold them into something grand John Lennon took his inspiration for ‘A Day in the Life’ from the English newspaper the Daily Mail There were two articles that intrigued John One was about the Guinness heir Tara Browne, who drove through some red lights at 110 mph and smashed into the back of a parked van in South Kensington The other story was about how four thousand holes had been found in Blackburn, Lancashire Paul McCartney also contributed

to this song He wrote the middle section using lyrics that he had

intended for another song With the lyrics in place, the real magic was about to begin

Lennon’s voice on ‘A Day in the Life’ was achieved with tape echo The feed from the vocal mike would be sent into a mono tape machine They had separate record and replay heads, so the vocals would be recording, and then you would have to take the replay and feed it back through the machine This method of tape echo suited John’s voice very well,

because he has a cutting voice that used to trigger it so well

There were several other elements that contributed to this song that could never have been performed on stage For instance the use of a symphony orchestra for the last 24 bars of the song Each orchestra player was given the range of notes they were allowed to play, but they could move freely to any note they wanted until the end of the song It gave the song

a dramatic and chaotic closing, ending the piece with the entire orchestra hitting one crisp, clear note that reverberated for 40 full seconds ‘A Day

in the Life’ is one song among many that is full of sounds and equipment that only could have been played in a studio, where they could stop recording and change instruments A live performance of this song could have been performed, but the effect would have been reduced drastically Recording numbers in the studio such as ‘A Day in the Life’ gave the Beatles a creative outlet to explore the mechanics of the soundboard and create new sounds using the studio itself The number ‘Come Together’ was composed in the Abbey Road Studios by John He was trying to come up with a campaign song for Tim Leary, when he got the idea for

‘Come Together’ The studio brought out John’s imaginative side,

digging into his deep admiration for the great artists like Chuck Berry

There are several subtle additions to the song that are unnoticeable unless you know what you’re looking for For instance each exclamation of

“shoot” one hears Lennon singing is actually “shoot me!” followed immediately by a handclap These little additions to the song make it unique to the Beatles studio recordings

Another song that was altered in the Abbey Road studio was the Beatles

1965 hit ‘Help!’ ‘Help!’ was written by John Lennon for their second feature film This song was actually supposed to have a much slower tempo, but was speeded up in the studio to make the song more

commercial “Later, I knew I really was crying out for help So it was my fat Elvis period You see the movie: He-I-is very fat, very insecure, and he’s completely lost himself.” –John Lennon If The Beatles had had more time in the studio to record this song, it would have turned out much more acoustical and with a slower beat

Each one of the studio songs whether it is created inside the studio walls

or merely recorded their takes on its own life The Beatles needed this studio time to rest and explore themselves mentally to gain a greater understanding of their music The Beatles had more time to talk things over with each other and pursue other creative outlets than their

conventional instruments They were trying to send a message to the world through their songs The studio allowed them to do so, and ever since then we have been learning from the greatest rock n roll group of all time