OP
I’ve seen you do more than just wire up a pedalboard sir.
Thank you!I don’t think it was too complicated to set up...my pedal board is more of a pain.
NM&ID...Going The Way Of Ray...
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Thank you!I don’t think it was too complicated to set up...my pedal board is more of a pain.
OP
Not to be a rampant necrophiliac, but I figured I’d resurrect this thread, and put up a crappy example of this board(Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK) capturing a horrific live performance by my band. This was done about a month after I got the board...end of January 2019. It’s a cover...Hymn 43 by Jethro Tull...it might be somewhat recognizable. Again, this was live...no overdubs...full basket of clams. The only “mixing” going on is; the pan on the solo moves to center during the solo, and back out, to give the impression of placement in the room. Otherwise, everything is static...set up to mimic the room.
Anyway...let’s see if this works...
Dropbox - Hymn 43 01312019.wav
Anyway...let’s see if this works...
Dropbox - Hymn 43 01312019.wav
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OP
Thanks guys!
Well done. Very high energy overall and vocals have a desperate quality about them. Believable!
OP
It’s nice of you to comment Robert. Thank you.
OP
Yes. Yes you do. Although I purchased the Peavey, I gifted it to my bassist...so it’s not mine.
This one is though...
I’m slacking on putting a recording of it together as we speak. I have a couple of stock riffs kicking around that it kicks a$$ on...I think I just finished sequencing a drum track for them. Rehearsal was canceled tonight(someone had a very bad chemo treatment today, and...well...not good)...maybe tomorrow night...maybe not, for full band. I’m all set up for rehearsal recording, and I don’t want to miss any opportunity to record us(wether we can or can’t hold anything together).
This one is though...
I’m slacking on putting a recording of it together as we speak. I have a couple of stock riffs kicking around that it kicks a$$ on...I think I just finished sequencing a drum track for them. Rehearsal was canceled tonight(someone had a very bad chemo treatment today, and...well...not good)...maybe tomorrow night...maybe not, for full band. I’m all set up for rehearsal recording, and I don’t want to miss any opportunity to record us(wether we can or can’t hold anything together).
OP
So I’ve read...I was very happy that they were there, even though the original case was not.
Sargeant Preston
Ambassador of The Ninth Chord
Clicking on an image led me here.
Listened to both tunes.
I hear a Cream influence in Hymn 43.
Listened to both tunes.
I hear a Cream influence in Hymn 43.
OP
Thank you for listening sir! I hope it was not too painful.Clicking on an image led me here.
Listened to both tunes.
I hear a Cream influence in Hymn 43.
DirtySteve
Ambassador of Hold My Beer
Thia thread was before my time. Hymn 43 was pretty cool. I didn't know you could sing!
OP
Hey…yeah….I see now that this was before your time. Thanks!!!
I wrote the majority of original songs for my band(around 50 songs…most pretty bad). Some were structured/arranged by a group effort…meaning I would present my parts, call out the chord progression, suggest what I envisioned for other parts(that meant playing or singing them), and everyone would come up with their final contributions. This worked pretty well, IMO, in that everyone was contributing to the whole thing.
Occasionally, I would have all the parts worked out, and would bring everything to the table(usually a multitrack recording, with a shoddy drum machine to keep time…(I am a lefty drummer, but was not allowed to reset the drummer’s kit that took up a quarter of the rehearsal space 24/7)…with an open attitude toward stylistic alterations by whoever got stuck trying to play my slop. Most of the time, the drummer just listened, and started playing off of whatever was there. The bassist, and other guitarist(brothers), were phenomenal musicians and singers…both were multi-instrumentalists(especially the bassist: guitar, bass, drums, vocals, mandolin, and fooled around with violin and iirc keys among other things)
Sometimes we just made stuff up, off the cuff, recording the live improv, then listen back and arrange and modify as a group.
Those were some fun times.
So yeah…I sing(it is what it is), play guitar, and bass, am a horrible drummer, and a worse keyboard player(I don’t even really feel comfortable saying that…I plink around on keys ineptly). Oh yeah, and I have a killer vintage kazoo
SG John
Ambassador of Cool Guitars and Amps.
Totally envious that everyone contributed. I can write 3/4 of a song and always feel I need a little extra help to make it complete, or better. I'm just unlucky with playing with people who feel the need to keep their stuff theirs, and my stuff mine with no collaboration. It's not like I don't ask, I specifically ask "What do you think would improve this?"Hey…yeah….I see now that this was before your time. Thanks!!!
I wrote the majority of original songs for my band(around 50 songs…most pretty bad). Some were structured/arranged by a group effort…meaning I would present my parts, call out the chord progression, suggest what I envisioned for other parts(that meant playing or singing them), and everyone would come up with their final contributions. This worked pretty well, IMO, in that everyone was contributing to the whole thing.
Occasionally, I would have all the parts worked out, and would bring everything to the table(usually a multitrack recording, with a shoddy drum machine to keep time…(I am a lefty drummer, but was not allowed to reset the drummer’s kit that took up a quarter of the rehearsal space 24/7)…with an open attitude toward stylistic alterations by whoever got stuck trying to play my slop. Most of the time, the drummer just listened, and started playing off of whatever was there. The bassist, and other guitarist(brothers), were phenomenal musicians and singers…both were multi-instrumentalists(especially the bassist: guitar, bass, drums, vocals, mandolin, and fooled around with violin and iirc keys among other things)
Sometimes we just made stuff up, off the cuff, recording the live improv, then listen back and arrange and modify as a group.
Those were some fun times.
So yeah…I sing(it is what it is), play guitar, and bass, am a horrible drummer, and a worse keyboard player(I don’t even really feel comfortable saying that…I plink around on keys ineptly). Oh yeah, and I have a killer vintage kazoo
OP
I can definitely understand where you are coming from @SG John …our band formed around 1993-4(the bassist was attached to two other projects that eventually fizzled, and he came on to complete our lineup in 94). The drummer and I had a half dozen originals under our belts, and the brothers came in and picked up their parts pretty quick. From there, we knew it was like a home for all of us. We lasted until just about 2020. The bassist has developed severe hearing issues, among other things, that keep him from enjoying things as he had been. We are still friends…family really…but he’s doing other things to keep his creativity sated.
I have difficulty with my attention span these days, and just noodle mostly now…I have a few things rattling around the old cranial cavity all the time, but haven’t had the ambition to assemble it all. It’s really just scattered stuff that occasionally congeals enough for me to visualize a few minutes worth of the whole at a time.
I kinda wish that I had the ambition, and a few like minded individuals that could hang out and toss ideas around like we did.
The drummer would probably be up for it, but he’s become a bit of a lounge whore
these days. Plays/ed with multiple cover acts around his locality (upper Cape/South Coast)…he likes the extra $. Not my thing.Not sure about the other brother…he still plinks around, but like me, not very openly ambitious about it.
I’ve tried a couple of times over the last couple of years, but haven’t found chemistry with the people that were willing to give it a go. It’s either been as you described, or just not something that has peaked my creative interest.
I’ve had some dead ends…and sometimes I’ve been the dead end…to be fair…it’s not like I have a ton of talent. I can sing alright, as long as I’m not playing anything too intricate…but when they find out I can play this or that, they want it all at once. A less fun/more difficult scenario.