Posted in Guitars, Music, guitar, guitarists, jam track, musicians, recording, songs, songwriting on July 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Just finished the complete song structure for what’s tentatively known as “Mr. Chunky” for the chunky twang rhythm part in the song. I’m looking for drums and bass for the song as I kind of “faked” it with audio loops for the drums and input the bass with MIDI. I posted a Jam Track earlier [...]
Posted in Guitars, Music, guitar, guitarists, jam track, musicians, recording on July 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was working on a blues-rock song this morning, and came up with this riff that I cut out and thought I’d share because instead of working on the rest of the song, I found myself jammin’ to it. Thought I’d share it with the rest of the folks here.
I’m looking to collaborate on this [...]
Posted in GarageBand, Guitars, Music, guitar, guitar gear, recording, tagged GarageBand on May 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As some might know, I’ve spent the last year working on my first album, “You Stir My Soul,” which is a collection of contemporary religious songs I wrote for the Catholic Mass. About three weeks ago, I finished the album and submitted it to a digital distribution company to place on iTunes. They indicated that [...]
Posted in Guitars, Music, amps, guitar, guitarists, musicians, recording on April 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Getting a good guitar sound on a recording can be a real challenge when recording at home. It’s not that it’s difficult mechanically, it’s difficult because of the environment. Working around the limitations of the environment is really the challenge. For instance:
Most of us don’t have a dedicated sound-proof room; thus, we get a lot [...]
Posted in Guitars, Music, gear, gear reviews, guitar, recording on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Sennheiser e835 Dynamic Microphone
Summary: A fantastic and versatile, and super-affordable mic with a wide field that is equally at home with vocals, and instrument/amp sound reinforcement.
Pros: Nice, flat response, with built-in presence boost produces very clear sound.
Cons: None
Price: $99 Street
One of the underlying themes in the reviews I write here at GuitarGear.org is that cheap [...]
Posted in Music, Worship Music, catholic music, guitar, recording, songs on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
I actually wrote this song quite awhile ago - I think Christmas Day, 2006. I did an early recording of it - very bad quality, and as I’ve been working on my demo, realized that I hadn’t re-recorded it. This was a must-have song on my demo.
Anyway, here’s the song: http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=85823
Note that I have instrumentation [...]
Posted in GarageBand, Guitars, Music, Worship Music, guitar, recording, songs, songwriting on April 4, 2008 | No Comments »
I wrote this song based upon a passage in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus talks about being called into justice and mercy. The passage inspired me to write “We Are Called.” Note that the only amp I used was a Fender Champ 600. Using two different mics, spaced at different distances to provide a little [...]
Posted in GarageBand, Studio/Recording, recording, songs, songwriting on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
A couple of years ago, I called Tom Booth, a prolific Catholic songwriter and recording artist. I was seeking advice on the best way to approach putting a demo together of the songs I’d written for Mass. I wanted to know things such as how much I should budget, what players I should bring in [...]
Posted in amps, gear, gear reviews, guitar gear, performing, recording on March 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
You really don’t get a taste for how well gear actually performs until you use it in a performance or recording situation. After all, doing tests is one thing; mixing it up in a band or recording a track with it are entirely different animals. This past weekend, I had the chance to put my [...]
Posted in Studio/Recording, Worship Music, christian music, christian worship, recording, songs, songwriting on March 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Listen to the song!
I actually wrote this song a couple of years ago, and have played it live a ton of times since then. Don’t know why I didn’t record it earlier, but I think I was a little scared of the arrangement of the guitars - I needed three to pull it off, with [...]
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