Amanda (acoustic Boston cover) - Mike Massé

Amanda by Boston, an acoustic cover performed by Mike Massé. Get 14 days of free access to over 11,000 guitar lessons with 45 instructors at GuitarTricks https://tinyurl.com/gtrtrick Booking: https://mikemasse.com/contact/
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As a high school kid in the fall of 1986, I heard a new song. It’s one of the most vivid memories I have of hearing a song for the first time. I was sitting in my room, listening to the radio, waiting for them to play this new release, anticipating the first song in a long time from a band I adored. The song began, and I was entranced. It was like a reunion with an old friend. Such a strange blending of the new and the familiar. It was more*—more of that thing I loved so much as a kid in the 70’s. Yet still new. Then the chorus hit. And it hit me *hard*. The sound of that voice and those harmonies—it was one the biggest natural highs I’ve ever had. It had *that sound—that sound unmatched in music anywhere still to this day. I had tunnel vision—or at least tunnel hearing. The room around me disappeared, as I closed my eyes and was transported again on that guitar-shaped spaceship. If I’m in the right head space these days, and I hear that old song they used to play, I find myself again launched into space aboard that city-saving vessel, piloted by the immortal Brad Delp. Thanks so much for your work on “Amanda”, Brad. It will always be a special song to me. I offer my humble rendition in tribute to your unmatchable talent.

Oh, and the Rush shirt was for my friend Connie Goudreau, who is the biggest Rush fan I know. ;)

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Recording notes:
The vocals chain = Neumann KMS 105 to UA 6176 to UA Apollo Quad to Cubase Pro 8
The guitar chain = Neumann KM 184's (stereo pair) to Great River ME-1NV x2 to UA Apollo Quad to Cubase Pro 8
I also recorded the pickup signal and processed it with the UA Sound Machine Wood Works plug-in, and blended it with the stereo mic signals.

Video was shot by Valia Masse, edited by Mike Masse. The camera was a Canon EOS 70D with a Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens. The video was edited in Sony Vegas Pro 13.