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I was in the manor, and I discovered an old high school cello. Steve wrote a 8th-note piece for "Good For You" and I doubled that piece. I tuned the cello, without knowing how to do it. Steve played the base tones and I tried to find out where to hold my fingers, while playing the 8th notes. I also played the acoustic bass, that's why it wasn't so difficult. When we mixed the song, both blended into one, so Steve's sound was a bit more 'woodlike'. It's really fascinating, because it has the same frequency as Steve's guitar.
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CELLO (ON "GOOD FOR YOU")
In an interview with the german magazine 'Fachblatt' in 1983, => Mike Porcaro explains his playing the cello on 'Good For You':I was in the manor, and I discovered an old high school cello. Steve wrote a 8th-note piece for "Good For You" and I doubled that piece. I tuned the cello, without knowing how to do it. Steve played the base tones and I tried to find out where to hold my fingers, while playing the 8th notes. I also played the acoustic bass, that's why it wasn't so difficult. When we mixed the song, both blended into one, so Steve's sound was a bit more 'woodlike'. It's really fascinating, because it has the same frequency as Steve's guitar.
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