A song by one of my old bands

Gahr

Gahr

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I've stayed at home with a fever and bad headache today, and have been lying on the sofa for most of the day. Looking through some of my music, I found one of the few recordings I've done that are actually digitalized.

I wrote the tune sometime in 1998 or 1999 and it was recorded for a demo by a band I was in called "Dobergirl" (crap name, I know...). We didn't really have a name for the song, but it ended up being called "The Two of Us" on the CD. I sing and play the guitar, the rest of the band is drums, bass and a Fender Rhodes. It lacks backing vocals and was basically done in one take (guitar solo was overdubbed), but I think it is a pretty cool tune. The guitar parts were done with my 1975 Gibson SG-II.

The band folded because of university studies, I basically had to concentrate on finishing my masters thesis, and didn't have enough time for the band. Too bad, because it could have been pretty good, I think.

https://soundcloud.com/user-289362753/the-two-of-us
 
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Btw., does anyone know of some cheap gear that will help me digitalize old cassette tapes? I have got shitloads of old recordings done on 4-track cassette recorders, but i'd like to save them to my computer in some way.
 
Nice! Very retro late 60's sounding. Decent vocals too.

As for those 4 trak conversions, they will of course all need to be played 'Live Time' into a digital device or recorder to get things into a digital file format.

Your computer will need a 'stereo in' jack / port to use it & most computers have a recording program already incorporated into the system. But, using another digital device to record & convert the analog tape onto that recording device will automatically produce a digital file that then can be downloaded to your computer or whatever else through USB (or other means).

I have used both my stock lap top computers stereo input jack to record 'live' from an external tape source (making a digital file) & I have used digital recorders like the ZOOM Hn4 to newly copy / record old tape recordings creating a new digital file that I've downloaded & copied onto my computer.

As a general rule I had higher sound quality / fidelity using the external devices like the ZOOM recorder.
Unfortunately with tape things simply have to be slowly transferred Live in real time to be converted to a digital format. And that is truly one of the big advantages of working with digital recording formats.

If your 4 track doesn't have a stereo track already mixed down that is suitable for copying to digital as is, you will then have to remix the tracks anew on the fly (surfing the faders) as you send your 4 track stereo output into the digital recorder or lap top you will be using to make your new digital files of your old tape work. But you already new that.

Have fun bruddah. At least the stuff your looking to convert sounds pretty decent & is enjoyable to listen to.
Good luck, you got this.
 
Holy MF'r,,,,,,,,,,,, Gahr, that is your singing voice?

Tell me your name isn't really Burton Cummins?



Try this one for the one not working.
 
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Haha, cool! I can hear the similarities. Funny, I have never listened to the Guess Who before, but I obviously need to check them out.:D
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
WOW, Gahr, They are awesome, I love em. This song shows me the range Burton has, plus the harmonies are great too.

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The video is not available to me. Neither is Bus Rider in your previous post, but I found a different clip on YouTube. Very cool tune!

Edit: Just remembered "American Woman" by the Guess Who, so I have heard them before. I'd consider any comparison to a singer like that a great compliment, indeed!
 
Gotcha, Gahr. I was finding that happening when Grumpy Betty would post some clips from his end of the world too.

Also don't forget the iconic AMERICAN WOMAN from the cult classic movie,
Easy Rider.
 
Gahr said:
Btw., does anyone know of some cheap gear that will help me digitalize old cassette tapes? I have got shitloads of old recordings done on 4-track cassette recorders, but i'd like to save them to my computer in some way.
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Try running the RCA out on your tape deck into a RCA to 1/8 stereo adapter and plug it into your computer audio/mic input. Use Audacity to record fto your computer. That is how I recorded these Star Trek TNG files from the TV with a microphone to tape and then converted to WAV
http://wavmixer.com/wavs/INFACE.WAV
http://wavmixer.com/wavs/COMEXIT.WAV
 
guess who? for what? when ? is there a prize? Can I shoot something? ----oh come on ---I been good this week..............
 
Good stuff, Gahr - you have some talent there, Sir. Seems to be about some bloke pillaging and shagging his sister, as one would expect from the vikings! :D

Was your master's thesis on beer brewing?

&, get well soon.
 
Mr Grumpy said:
Good stuff, Gahr - you have some talent there, Sir. Seems to be about some bloke pillaging and shagging his sister, as one would expect from the vikings! :D

Was your master's thesis on beer brewing?

&, get well soon.
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Thanks for the kind words.

Technically my master's was on American litterature, I wrote about religion, evil and vice in blues lyrics.
 
Gahr said:
American litterature, I wrote about religion, evil and vice in blues lyrics.
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Sounds great, very interesting stuff indeed. I love a bit of close textual analysis too although I tend to be more in the cognitive space. Anything that gets folks critiquing and analyzing, challenging conventions, etc, has to be good in my book.
 
Gahr said:
Edit: Just remembered "American Woman" by the Guess Who, so I have heard them before. I'd consider any comparison to a singer like that a great compliment, indeed!
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Here's another big song from the Guess Who that I'm sure you've heard. This is from when Randy Bachman was in the band & you can hear & envision his Les Paul playing those creamy dreamy lead lines that stand & speak just as powerfully as the songs lyrical melody.


And another lighter sounding big hit for them was thisee one a-here...


This is both Chili's & my own favorite time period for music (mid 60's-70's). It was a vibrant creative period full of beautiful music that covered the gamut of contemporary musical styles.
 
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