General Music Chat

I know it's old but it's still a good song for some, maybe not the way I do it but it's fun doing it. The other is an original which was put on rotation of the local college radio station for a week or so although the version submitted was done by the full band.

Hope you'll take the time to listen even though you'll have to wade through the usual bad mix.

Hey man , good job on both!..Man , that was a real good mix on the Hendricks tune!.Had that GOOD OLE analog sound. Balanced real well! Vocals nice and clean. Enjoyed "Thank you Girl"as well. Its mix was alittle subdued.Good arrangement though. Yeah , Enjoyed it!
John

Hello Mr Fretwork,
It only needs the name Hendrix to get me in!
Strangely enough, I think that one is my least favourite Hendrix song of them all... the closest he came to writing a dirge.
The guitar sounds like a Strat, yet the photo of you showed a Les Paul.
Was the other song one of your own? I liked it more, and yes all round nice recording quality of drums etc... this year I can look forward to progressing when I record, from hand drumming on the back of my acoustic guitar, to a real/electric Traps drumkit.
I think 'Submerged' is the only song on my profile that has proper drums.

Put some more songs up!
Mark...............

Hey man , good job on both!..Man , that was a real good mix on the Hendricks tune!.Had that GOOD OLE analog sound. Balanced real well! Vocals nice and clean. Enjoyed "Thank you Girl"as well. Its mix was alittle subdued.Good arrangement though. Yeah , Enjoyed it!
John

Thanks John, glad you took the time to listen, the fact that you think the mix is little better then before makes worthwhile the time spent on it, more often then not I spend more time on the mix then actually playing the tune.
The Thank you girl tune yes it's subdued because was done in my house, I'd like to go full bore on some songs but I can't the police has been here couple times already.

Later.

I like your playing a lot, fret. I might put a bit o' slapback on the voice on the Wind Cries Mary, rather than reverb. Stumbles a tad at around 2:40, but this is a toughie to pull off.

I prefer Thank You Girl. You have an interesting voice that really works for some stuff, but I'd experiment with FX to enhance it a touch.

Hello Mr Fretwork,
It only needs the name Hendrix to get me in!
Strangely enough, I think that one is my least favourite Hendrix song of them all... the closest he came to writing a dirge.
The guitar sounds like a Strat, yet the photo of you showed a Les Paul.
Was the other song one of your own? I liked it more, and yes all round nice recording quality of drums etc... this year I can look forward to progressing when I record, from hand drumming on the back of my acoustic guitar, to a real/electric Traps drumkit.
I think 'Submerged' is the only song on my profile that has proper drums.

Put some more songs up!
Mark...............

Hi Mr. Mark, I'll be as formal as you but really friend there's not need to be at least for me, yes the guitar is a Strat it's one of many guitars accumulated over the years amongst them a Les Paul as well.

The other song is my own written during the late 70s when that style was still current although on the way out.

The Hendrix tune I know it's not everybody's cup of tea but it's considered by many to be a classic Steve Ray Vaughn wrote a tune called Lenny although just an instrumental he was inspired by Hendrix's The wind cries Mary, I ve covered other Hendrix tunes a while back I'll have to re listen to them and if the mix is passable I'll post them in the future.

Good Luck with you drum project recording live drums cuts the recording time considerably and the end result is much better then loopin electronic drums, I'd advice you to get a metronome piped through a headphone when laying the drum track to keep a steady beat, the drums is the first track to go down and without any other references it's hard to keep time hence the metronome.

Thanks for listening and comments.

Hello again... er, Fretwork!
Although English I am not really formal, just not sure how to address someone who withholds their name!
I suppose my first songs were written in the early seventies, then I had a long lay-off till I started writing again two years ago... I did play piano and cello in that time and wrote pieces on both, but it is nice being back on songs again.

I don't object to that Hendrix song, but it has always seemed to drag a bit... friends say my songs are a bit like Bert Jansch, who I have never heard, but apparently he is very low key!

I am still trying to get my head round the practicalities of recording and drums: the notion of laying drums first sounds so strange... how does the drummer know where he is in the song? especially if he didn't write the song.
If you were going to use a metronome, I would play the rythm guitar to the metronome, then let the drummer play to the metronome with the rythm guitar in the other ear to tell him where he is... but I am guessing and will see what works when I get started.

Thanks for sharing your songs and thoughts, er... Fretwork! Just pulling your plonker!
Let's hear some more?
Mark................

Hey Fret,
If I heard ya playin' like that down at the beer joint, I'd be there for the whole gig!

HJ

What Howlin said! Might even buy a round or three.

Hello again... er, Fretwork!
Although English I am not really formal, just not sure how to address someone who withholds their name!
I suppose my first songs were written in the early seventies, then I had a long lay-off till I started writing again two years ago... I did play piano and cello in that time and wrote pieces on both, but it is nice being back on songs again.

I don't object to that Hendrix song, but it has always seemed to drag a bit... friends say my songs are a bit like Bert Jansch, who I have never heard, but apparently he is very low key!

I am still trying to get my head round the practicalities of recording and drums: the notion of laying drums first sounds so strange... how does the drummer know where he is in the song? especially if he didn't write the song.
If you were going to use a metronome, I would play the rythm guitar to the metronome, then let the drummer play to the metronome with the rythm guitar in the other ear to tell him where he is... but I am guessing and will see what works when I get started.

Thanks for sharing your songs and thoughts, er... Fretwork! Just pulling your plonker!
Let's hear some more?
Mark................

Hi Mark, regarding the recording method yes one can record the rhythm first and then the drum track, in my case if is a cover song I lay the drums first while listening to the song I'm covering on CD through the headphoneand play the drums at the same time, if it's an original by the time I get done writing it I know the drum part already that's why is not a problem remembering all the fill ins tabs etc. although I end up doing it few times due to my limited drum skills.

I guess when making music alone we all develop our own way of doing it.

I like your playing a lot, fret. I might put a bit o' slapback on the voice on the Wind Cries Mary, rather than reverb. Stumbles a tad at around 2:40, but this is a toughie to pull off.

I prefer Thank You Girl. You have an interesting voice that really works for some stuff, but I'd experiment with FX to enhance it a touch.

Hey Philby thanks for listening, yes my voice is not suited for every song that's why my role in the band is limited to harmonies, guitar playing and some singing with the right song.

The FX is my devil, every time I try to improve on something I ended up screwing it up, this is true only when I record my own stuff at home, when gigging I don't have to worry about that, the sound man take scare of that, I'll have to get the soundman over my place one of these days and get a crash course on producing sounds.

Hey Fret,
If I heard ya playin' like that down at the beer joint, I'd be there for the whole gig!

HJ

Hi HJ, I listened to "Come on to me" the other night it's a good song but what did me in was the solo with keyboard, that sound took me home, it brought back memeories of a time that keyboard solo with the Leslie was popular and you still have man.

Thanks for listening if you ever hand up at one of my gigs the rounds will be on me.

What Howlin said! Might even buy a round or three.

Hi Sans, thanks for taking the time to listen and comments, Like I was saying to HJ if we were to meet at a gig by the time I get done with the drinking with you guys chances are you'll end up on stage finishing the gig for me, I'd be to wasted to play, when I get drunk I can't even play the door bell.

Never gets old. Personally, I could listen to 3rd Rock over and over and over. And probably space out halfway through, but it doesn't bore me.
Your version sounded cool. The main focus was the geetar and that's what mattered. Great feel, man.

Never gets old. Personally, I could listen to 3rd Rock over and over and over. And probably space out halfway through, but it doesn't bore me.
Your version sounded cool. The main focus was the geetar and that's what mattered. Great feel, man.

Andra it does my heart good to know that a guy with your age enjoys stuff from the 70s, that keeps old timers like me still a bit relevant.

Thanks for listening.