This is the second of the practice/demo songs. I think only the hardcore Neil Diamond crowd would know this one. I’m not a huge Neil Diamond fan, but of course if he’s reading this, then I’m the BIGGEST fan there is. I only know of this song because I used to play it over and over and over on a single (yes, an actual tiny record with a big hole in the middle) when I was a kid. Someone in my family must have owned it. If you’re interested in Neil’s website, here ya go. You can even Twitter with him!
My new task is figuring out how to make songs downloadable so they aren’t just streamed. Any help would be appreciated otherwise I might need to consult the Elders on this one.
Sunday Sun
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It was a minor miracle but I finally figured out how to post a song! Here is the first of my practice/demo songs. Telephone Line by The Electric Light Orchestra better known as ELO. Check out their website here. ELO was one of the first groups I got into after The Beatles. I always wondered what it would be like in that ELO spaceship. Maybe Jeff Lynne will take it out for another spin???
I’ll have the next song done sometime within the week. The third song will either be by those four guys from Liverpool, or a certain internet superstar.
On another note. I was defeated by Boss Tweed in Monopoly last night. I suspect foul play!
Telephone Line
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The first song is complete and the second one is almost there. I’m finishing up with the editing and mixing stage. This seems to take a big chunk of my time now. Hopefully, in the future, I’ll be able to turn that around and spend more time writing and recording. Post-song work is extremely important and I’m finding out how time consuming it can be, but well worth it. One day I’ll get good at it.
The first song that I did is an old ELO song, and aren’t they all. The second will be an even older Neil Diamond song. I like the simplicity of these songs and how they sound with an acoustic guitar. Actually, I meant to record them with just an acoustic and vocal to keep it simple, but once you get rolling its hard to stop. It was a good learning experience adding in the other instruments and vocals.
I’d like to thank all you super cool people out there who take the time out to put together some awesome tutorials on You Tube and also on your own websites. It’s a great help to us who really don’t know what we’re doing, and now I feel that I’m finally able to get a grip on this. Thanks! Although I do have experience in the analog (tape) world of recording, this recording on the computer is fairly new to me. I’ve done recordings with Pro Tools before but only to the extent of being able to capture a sound and being thrilled with that. Now I’m trying to take it up another level. Baby steps…
As for this website. I’m trying to figure out what theme to use but don’t want to look like someone else’s. I’m sure they can all be totally customized. Right now I’m kind of digging the minimalist approach, but I’m sure that will change real soon. Too much to do. Stay tuned.
If I can figure it out, I’ll post the finished song.
It’s an “O”…
It’s a crazy radio…
It’s…..It’s…..It’s?!?!?!?!?
It’s my new website/blog/music thing!
I’ll try to keep this first intro post, brief. I welcome everyone that have been forced to come here (by me of course), and those of you who are here out of pure curiosity, or maybe you just happen to be lost in the internet jungle. I know there isn’t much here yet, but keep checking back because I’m sure it’ll change into something completely different. This site will be for me to share with you all my musical creations and recreations as I plod through learning how to use the DAW software AND, at the same time, learn how to create this here website on my own. I’ll have 3 or 4 cover songs to start out with just to get my feet wet then I’ll share with you my own songs once I feel I have the process down. I’ll try to get a song on here in the next day or two. Thanks for stopping in. I appreciate it. Come on by again and join me as I stumble through these early growing pains and hopefully create something cool to listen to.
In the meantime…
Also, The Beatles recorded their first album, Please Please Me, February 11th 1963. The whole thing is done in under 10 hours! Awesome!