Bryan Adams - Somebody (Guitar Cover)

The Song:

"Somebody" is a song written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance for Adams fourth studio album Reckless (1984). It was the second single released from the album Reckless. Produced by Bob Clearmountian and Bryan Adams, recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canasa in 1984 and released in January 1985 on A&M Records.

"Somebody" is written in the key of Am and revolves around a progression of F to G and several tasty lead pieces that as always complement the melody very well and are in and out. Keith Scott was always great at adding leads that complimented the vocals and were melodic solos. I was fortunate enough to have seen Bryan Adams numerous times throughout the years and he’s always awesome.

The Video:

The process of the final product you are seeing is as follows: I import the original track from iTunes into PreSonus Studio One, tempo map it (as needed) in PreSonus Studio One, and record all the guitar part as close as I can get them to the original track.

I then buss the guitars to an effects track where I use a send for reverb. On the master I have a limiter, compression and EQ and I usually master in the same workspace. All the guitars are recorded through a Fractal Audio AXE FX III, I generally use the standard Fractal presets and tweak them a bit.
As for video, I record the video on my iPhone (with the lesser quality audio), import the video onto my MAC where I use DaVinci Resolve to edit the video and replace the iPhone audio with the studio quality audio from PreSonus Studio One.

The Equipment:

I recorded this track using a 2010 Fender American Standard Stratocaster, Olympic White, 100% stock Fender Stratocaster, it’s one of my go-to guitars. I played all guitars directly into to a Fractal Audio FXIII and then into PreSonus Studio One.