Totally amateur recordings thread

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I'm too lazy to try to figure it out, so I'll just lean on this quote (attributed to Duke Ellington; I don't know if it's verbatim): "If it sounds good, it is good."

Yup, I know it's good, but that doesn't tell me quite enough to be able to know how to do it myself!

 

[The Owl]

 

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12 minutes lead guitar practice jamming over a blues backing track borrowed from youtube. Starting to feel like I'm getting there, fewer flubs and lost panics, no Eddie Van Halen licks yet though lol

 

[WG Plum]

A few selections from over the weekend from the experimental trio - NSFW language in places, pure improv, so... yeah.

 

[Michael Stanley 2112]

Since I did "Dock Of the Bay", last week, I decided to take a swing at this one:

Hard To Handle

 

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A few selections from over the weekend from the experimental trio - NSFW language in places, pure improv, so... yeah.

I don't normally listen to stuff like that all the way through but I did, and enjoyed it - trippy. I like the sax part especially. The accordianist needs to learn to play in key though lol...

 

[WG Plum]

I don't normally listen to stuff like that all the way through but I did, and enjoyed it - trippy. I like the sax part especially. The accordianist needs to learn to play in key though lol...

We don't have an accordianist... so I have no idea what that might have been, maybe it's the melodica?

 

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We don't have an accordianist... so I have no idea what that might have been, maybe it's the melodica?

Either that, or I'm hearing things again. "Auditory hallucinations are the worst sort" - that's what the Voices tell me!

 

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(just thought I heard it doing major 3rds over a minor chord lol - "hey, it's jazz" hehe)

 

[WG Plum]

(just thought I heard it doing major 3rds over a minor chord lol - "hey, it's jazz" hehe)

We're definitely on the 'free' side of things.

 

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We're definitely on the 'free' side of things.

I shouldn't throw stones - me too, just listen to my last track, plenty of "accidentals" hehe. Still finding my way around the board...

 

[WG Plum]

I shouldn't throw stones - me too, just listen to my last track, plenty of "accidentals" hehe. Still finding my way around the board...

We're all about the accidents, we're all fans of music that's full of knees and elbows and is off-kilter/non-standard.

 

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We're all about the accidents, we're all fans of music that's full of knees and elbows and is off-kilter/non-standard.

There are accidents, and then there are accidents! Most of my best playing has been of the "happy accident" type - that's why I record so much practicing - I re-listen and watch out for "gems" like that. I was often so lost a the time that I have to go back and re-learn it it figure out what I did.

 

[WG Plum]

Since we only improvise, it's new every time. By design it's very hit and miss, lol.

 

[2many]

You're talking 3rds over minor chords... you lost me there.


I would do this song over dynamically if'n I had the chance. Try to get past the production values and to the feel of it all.

 

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Cleaned up the PC, closed all other windows, still had latency issues with Audacity, but at least it's a constant lag now that I can manually edit and line up. Timing should be much better on this one.

12 minutes of lead practice noodling with mags and piezos, over backing track off youtube.



This was on my newly arrived, and already hacked "Chibson". Couldin't resist adding a piezo bridge lol.

 

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Moar. Different backing track, cleaned up the PC some and shut browsers down while recording - Audacity still laggy, but more easily corrected:

 

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Just a practice recording of the current evolution of my favorite practice riff out of all I've written. On my recently acquired "Chibson" ES-345 ripoff, with piezos added. Recorded on Zoom G5n with the Cry autoway and reverb enbabled.



Not a bad guitar for the price, but I'm ashamed of the headstock...

...needs a couple more sections and some lyrics. and a bass part! I was just humming a line that'd be cool on fretless, will have to try adding.

 

[Felix Lopez]

The review of my amateur recording:

 

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A little tune on my "Chibson" for Sunday. A little tune I've been whistling to myself lately. Who am I ripping off?