The arrangements would be very few and just little touches. I'm thinking of 8 or 16 bars of intro before the guitars and bass come in, with some ambiance/synth. Also, here and there a few added harmonies maybe, but these would be final touches. I'm thinking of that in order not to copy 100% the song. I think we can give it another taste than just drum/guitar/bass/voice the classical 90's way, without going too far, just making it more modern. Anyway, we can discuss of all that !
For the moment I'm not thinking at all about changing the song structure on itself, I think it's perfect like that. Maybe just editing the tempo to give it a real feel (because starting from a fixed grid can be boring.) Especially since there is the middle part with the solo which is more intense.
Hey dudes, here is my first shot at humanized drums, I am humanizing almost everything by hand from a Guitar Pro i'm starting from :
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/881054/Sneap/divers/lesedna_diotribute_hnh_drums.mp3 I'm keeping the original feel but I think adding a few grooves gives it some fresh air, don't you ?
They are raw from S2.0 with kick/snare/tom1/2/3 replaced or augmented with trigger with some quick choice just for work. Keep in mind there is NO PROCESSING, just raw sound as a drummer would send you the files, and also that the sounds are temporary. I may change them depending on what works well with the guitars and the bass.
Hope you like it.
If yes I'll go through the whole song this way.
Also, about tuning, I'm definitely okay for D or C#, personnally the very guitar I want to use for the solo is tuned in D so it's perfect for me.
