Deconstructing Heart Of Glass︱Isolated Tracks (Blondie)

[@alexandrabee]

0:00 - Drums 3:51 - Bass 7:41 - Guitars 11:31 - Synth 15:28 - Vocals

[@rogercageot-prod]

thx, here a possible result from your tracks: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYTOc4WtnKh-Z6M

[@bigriverbrewer]

I can't tell you how incredibly useful this is. As a musician, there's a sea of tabs, chords, and people's general "interpretation" of what's being played. Distinguishing what's in the mix from the individual instruments, versus which are just bleed through elements of the other instruments and sounds; is very difficult. For a musician with a good ear, this clears that right up. It gives you the ability to pick and choose the right variations, approximations and "creative interpretations" that flood the internet, and faithfully reproduce the original sound. Which if done correctly (presumably in a live setting) rekindles the love for an old song, or better yet drives new interest to an artist they may have never heard of before. Thank you!

[@ismailroyer466]

Listening to this reminds you that all the technical skill in the world won’t help you come up with something as beautiful as these guitar lines. They’re so minimalist and understated, almost like an afterthought, but so sad, soulful and full of nostalgia, even at the time they were written, much less what it does to me listening to it now.

[@carlopelo9738]

This song is my life! I had already decomposed whole the song in my mind! I know every note, every sound! Your work has touched my soul! Thank you!

[@DanNJ316]

Clem Burke is an underrated drummer. Really enjoy listening to his work, especially on a song like this, where the drum tracks were all done separately part by part.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

He's not underrated at all. He's very well known.

[@DanNJ316]

@@TheMusicalElitist That may be true. I just know that whenever I hear people talk about the great drummers in music, whether it's a list from music experts or fans, you don't usually see Clem Burke's name mentioned. That makes him underrated, in my opinion.

[@FranklySpeaking.]

_oh my fuck that synth is an eargasm!_ they coulda just run that with debbies vocals & it _still_ woulda been a smash. damn i miss the 70s/80s! (& thank you for the sample 😜... this is a clean one with a lot of parts i dont already have)

[@markstone2153]

This is my earliest memory, aged 4. Could have been on Top of the Pops. That synth got inside me and I fell in love with Debbie Harry

[@jairmebellante6593]

Yes agreed the symph got into my soul as a kid too!❤

[@krisscanlon4051]

Mike Chapman and their talent is a plus...that drum machine cha cha with constant pulse of the synth swells is the song to me.

[@stanlibuda5786]

Sweet Debbie Harry. I am missing her and the 70s... badly.

[@davidreichert9392]

The 70s are gone, but Debbie's still here!

[@1derfullBeast]

I cant realy express how thankful i am you posted this (one of my favorite)song of mine as a" tracked down" version: so inspiring: wished, it is available on vinyl, i would create a different remix for the dancefloor! :-)

[@lawrencerasmus]

Doubler and reverb , sound of the 70s👌

[@ritchiestirling6801]

Love this band. Thanks for uploading the deconstruction.

[@juliodeasis417]

Timeless song

[@kawsakiTV]

This sounds incredible

[@oliverchris9460]

GREAT JOB !!!!! AN ETERNAL CLASSIC

[@onceIhadalove]

STUNNING!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH FOR THIS AMAZING COLLECTION

[@alexisescobar1974]

Actually this was a pretty very good job indeed 👍🏼

[@nemisiesaidSTARS]

Awesome thanks for this! I'm trying to learn bass parts by ear on songs and so far I can only get the key signatures correct but not the rhythm.

[@Jeff-bz6jp]

Lennon suggested to Ringo to start recording stuff of this style back in 1978.

[@ricardovinicius3874]

This is my favorite song in the whole world i love it so much

[@grantmillman2241]

Suspect Stein's trebly single note guitar part is presented here in with synth section (where he's doubling a synth part). He talks about it in his just released book, having to stop start record to keep the roland space echo he was playing through in time with track

[@TheStoryBlueprint]

You are my hero, thanks for uploading this.

[@dougtull4594]

Clem's got the beat.

[@emkayultra23]

The drum fills at the end of the track are so damn clean

[@jasonfarnsworth5880]

Blondie was so sick

[@ricardovinicius3874]

Damn that synth is eargasmic fr

[@copenhagenperez3645]

fantastic

[@PauloRossanezi]

Wonderful and Fantastic!!!

[@miguelperez2170]

Oh My god, oh My god! This is soooo "orgasmical" 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 all My life wanted to listen to this!!!!

[@marcoantonioorozco1137]

GREAT

[@octaviusvanzandt3695]

Very interesting. Mind sharing how you did the deconstruction? Maybe you talk about it in another video... I'll hunt around.

[@alexandrabee]

The tracks are ripped from the Rockband games

[@Henkibojj]

@@alexandrabee Let me know if you need anything from Guitar Hero III, GH:WT or GH:Metallica. The files are visible on a hacked console but are in a weird format which I don't know how to convert, or if they need to be converted.

[@jimpazj]

Love this. 💓

[@luxdico]

mucho mistrust, adorable illusion, thx 4 da upload

[@neil6958]

It's so Unique!

[@saintbrando]

Brilliant!!

[@irontail4264]

This format is a musicians' dream. Too bad all songs are not available. I must say, the keyboards really puts this song together.

[@jackaro2]

This is dope!

[@MN-tf4ek]

thanks great stuff

[@elorejonfic1]

11:31 salsa key

[@krisscanlon4051]

CR 78?

[@sailom5]

Is it possible to request a deconstruction of Call Me? Been trying to find a isolated guitar track.

[@alexandrabee]

I lost the isolated tracks to that one, sorry :(

[@HouseofVasoline]

this is great.. Ive been after a clean loop sample of the roland intro to this song for years... dont suppose you have one handy do you? Great work thank you

[@freetime2freeminds]

For fun, do Tap out by the strokes since it seems to be inspired by Heart of Glass

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

wow.. I dont suppose you have on for "Rapture" as well?

[@AndgaChannel]

Ty so much for this video.

[@mamaskjs4221]

Awesome videos! Can you do the song Help! By the beatles, I don’t know if your taking song recommendations or not but I just chose my favorite song lol

[@alexandrabee]

Someone already made one for Help! here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3_KemWLo6aamLc but honestly I'm not very happy with his result so sure, I might do Help.

[@alexandrabee]

It's coming! Check in a few days

[@antondial5326]

Think I've heard that they used a drum machine on this (the Linn ?), and the drummer doubled the part, and added fills.

[@freetime2freeminds]

Do you take requests cuz holy shit this incredible. I can study this for hours

[@dustinrubinstein8356]

Wow that must be hard

[@camronbay1]

God her voice is so exotic.Do the song rapture.

[@robertlouisburns]

Thank you so muck.

[@jonathandale-cy5hw]

Fucking Brilliant! Love it! I’m a drummer,and I’ve long suspected some of these rhythms,but it was hard to tell tell exactly through the layers. Did you access original tracks,or did you run this through a program that does this?

[@CassiniProjekt]

The guitar sounds like it's peaking into clipping distortion.

[@owen3191]

Hey at 7:42 does anyone know the name of the guitarist on the left?

[@3inchhippotomous.508]

Chris Stein.

[@sonofren]

Chris Stein. But its the guy on the right, Frank Infante, whose guitar part you are hearing isolated. A very underrated player

[@gonzaloaguilar5643]

Chris Stein y Frank Infante

[@Uglier.]

Why did you do this???? Thank you!

[@g-man8705]

Sounds like a drum machine with the hi hat recorded over the top. The sound of the snare is very robotic.

[@Henkibojj]

The bass parts sound abhorrently untight. I always thought this song was tight as hell, but I guess it must have come from the drums and the synthesizers. As the echoes of the synthesizers must be set to a metronome, I suppose, there must have been some stability of the tempo added to the mixture.

[@funkybunkii6190]

That's common with isolated bass tracks, not always on time and sometimes even terrible tone, for example can't stop by RHCP, the tone of of the bass is just atrocious

[@g-man8705]

Agree, sounds very sloppy and yet too stiff at the same time.

[@g-man8705]

I think I saw an interview with the producer who was quite scathing about the band's musicianship.

[@CassiniProjekt]

I heard that too but what stands out is the guitar tone, very sharp and shrill. And yet it works in the context of the mix. I love that many of the iconic guitar parts sounded cheap as hell, in contrast with the prevailing movement on YT and social media generally towards "expensive" gear and "creamy" tones.

[@jayp631]

I'm pretty sure the bass drum, snare, tom's, high hats and cymbals were all recorded separately...

[@alexandrabee]

They were indeed. I just combined all of the tracks into one

[@jayp631]

@@alexandrabee The producer, Chapman was he called? Took a leaf out of the Bee Gee's book and make the drums more fluid, disco style. I met Clem Burke at his gig in Leeds but i didn't mention that as he denies that story....😆

[@jayp631]

@@alexandrabee Fascinating listening to isolated tracks. I write and record myself so even more so....Thanks...

[@glenalexander2846]

Jimmy and Debbie oh yea

[@DLD2Music]

Do you have Discord?

[@alexandrabee]

No sorry

[@vishad91]

omg who are you