An old recording of mine

BlackSG91 said:
Sounds pretty groovy Gahr...very well-composewd. What software did you use to download the song to SoundCloud? I have an account on there but nothing uploaded yet.


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I bought this cheap Tape-to-USB thing and uploaded it to Audacity on a PC. I then exported it to iTunes (I think the export software is called "Lame" or something, stupid name!). Then I used GarageBand to add some compression and limiting after which I exported it to iTunes again. I'm sure there are smarter ways of doing this, but I'm not very well-versed in this stuff. On Soundcloud it was just a matter of uploading it.
 
Drumoid said:
I used Audacity to capture it and export to wav and mp3. I've been using Cakewalk for years, but like Audacity better for some things, like capturing sound coming thru the computer. P.S. I also used your ToneRooms pic and tagged it to the mp3's.
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Cool! I'm a complete novice using any kind of recording software, and I don't have the time to learn things properly. I'm pretty sure some of the old 4-track cassette recordings I have lying about could be enhanced quite a bit given I had the knowledge and time to do it, but that's life, I guess. By and by I will copy some more things so I at least have saved the recordings from being destroyed.

I really need a new computer as well. My MacBook Air is old and full...
 
I love the way the music was captured on this song - it has tone, vibe, and mojo - that's what, like 90% or more of the battle ;)
Some of my favorite recordings for their sonic and music listening enjoyment are from the original Alice Cooper band days with Bob Ezrin giving them a hand.

Check out the Pizza Kings on ReverbNation.com, you might like them...
 
Drumoid said:
I love the way the music was captured on this song - it has tone, vibe, and mojo - that's what, like 90% or more of the battle ;)
Some of my favorite recordings for their sonic and music listening enjoyment are from the original Alice Cooper band days with Bob Ezrin giving them a hand.

Check out the Pizza Kings on ReverbNation.com, you might like them...
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I will, thanks for the tip!

And thanks for the kind words. I totally agree about the vibe being one of the most important elements in music. That's one of the reasons I love records like "Exile on Main Street". Everything on that album sounds really live and vibrant. The truth is that the band were hardly ever all together during the recording of the songs, so it technically is not very live at all, but is still has that feel. That loose feel and groove can really make a song great.

And I agree on the Alice Cooper records too. There is an immediacy, for the lack of a better term, that I love. My favorite is probably the "Killer" album. I just sounds like the band is SO into everything they are doing.
 
Gahr said:
Cool! I'm a complete novice using any kind of recording software, and I don't have the time to learn things properly. I'm pretty sure some of the old 4-track cassette recordings I have lying about could be enhanced quite a bit given I had the knowledge and time to do it, but that's life, I guess. By and by I will copy some more things so I at least have saved the recordings from being destroyed.

I really need a new computer as well. My MacBook Air is old and full...
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Your probably aware of this and/or have a different approach, or what have ya, but I was doing the dishes and loading up some laundry, while listening to (and still listening to) Exile on Main Street, and thought I'd toss out my two cents (maybe 1 cent or less - lol) worth on converting your tunes to the digital world. To me the first thing is to make a copy you don't mess with, that you can make a copy of to mess with type thing. I like the original copy to be recorded/preserved at a level that allows headroom to excite frequencies (make specific frequencies louder), but still loud enough to compress or lower certain frequencies if need be. Don't want the track/song too quiet/soft type thing. Then, once that original copy is preserved it can then be copied and used to tweak/master/etc. Feel free to laugh at and/or ignore me - most people do - LOL...

This song/topic caught my attention/interest ;)
 
This thread got me to look back at one of my 2011 blues sessions, particularly the song "Slide." Very over-produced. The song is good, great structure and story, but very, very studio-ish in nature.

I've since kind of abandoned that approach....
 
Drumoid said:
Your probably aware of this and/or have a different approach, or what have ya, but I was doing the dishes and loading up some laundry, while listening to (and still listening to) Exile on Main Street, and thought I'd toss out my two cents (maybe 1 cent or less - lol) worth on converting your tunes to the digital world. To me the first thing is to make a copy you don't mess with, that you can make a copy of to mess with type thing. I like the original copy to be recorded/preserved at a level that allows headroom to excite frequencies (make specific frequencies louder), but still loud enough to compress or lower certain frequencies if need be. Don't want the track/song too quiet/soft type thing. Then, once that original copy is preserved it can then be copied and used to tweak/master/etc. Feel free to laugh at and/or ignore me - most people do - LOL...

This song/topic caught my attention/interest ;)
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That's what I do as well. I have copied songs from the analog tape to audacity without messing with it apart from getting a decent volume ( with some headroom, as you say). Then I mess with it in GarageBand and save that as a separate copy. I no have both so I don't lose the "original". I really wonder wether my buddy who owns the farm where we had the studio has kept the originals multitrack files. They were recorded on the built-in hard disk in the recording consoles, but I think he transferred everything to DAT tapes that could be uploaded to the multitrack later if needed. Next time I see him I will ask. I would love to be able to go back and master these things more properly.
 
Old recordings!!!!

Here's an old 4-track demo recording from 1996. It's got two guitar tracks and two vocal tracks. it's a very rough take of the then - brand new - song by Lenny Kravitz "I Can't Get You Off My Mind." What I love about this old recording is the recorded-in-one-take improvised guitar solo, played on my 1987 Stratocaster (with Dimarzio VV Solo Bridge) through my Marshall JTM30 combo. This track was lost for over 20 years and the old cassette was recently found in a shoe box.

Can't Get You Off My Mind (Cover)- The Robert Herndon Project - 1996
 
Gahr said:
... I really wonder wether my buddy who owns the farm where we had the studio has kept the originals multitrack files. They were recorded on the built-in hard disk in the recording consoles, but I think he transferred everything to DAT tapes that could be uploaded to the multitrack later if needed. Next time I see him I will ask. I would love to be able to go back and master these things more properly.
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That'd be cool...
 
I just found another track. This time it's a drunken demo version of "Louie Louie", in the style of Iggy Pop's track on "American Caesar". It was recorded on a Tascam 4-track cassette deck. The band was an Iggy Pop cover band, for some reason called "Flaming Maple". The track was laid down sometime early in 1995, before the "I'll Sing" track. I think we recorded four Iggy/Stooges songs that day, "I Got a Right", "No Fun" and "Dirt" being the others.

The vocalist is my best friend Geir, who owns the farm where we bbuilt the studio. He was never really much of a singer and didn't start playing or singing until he was in his twenties, but he had TONS of attitude and stage presence. And he was the world's biggest Iggy Pop fan. What he lacked in ability, he made up for live by commanding people's attention. The feeling is loose, but the band got really tight after a while.

The drummer in the band was on speed but was always very sweet and calm (he used to counter the effects of the speed by smoking large amounts of hash...). Snger Geir, has never smoked a cigarette in his whole life, let alone done any illegal drugs whatsoever, yet he was always suspected of doing speed or coke when we played. It was a proper rock 'n' roll band, but apart from the drummer, we were very much a law-abiding gang!

I'm playing the guitar in the right channel (opening the track) and the lead. I'm pretty happy with the guitar solo, actually. It's short, but it's to the point.

Again, there's a nasty hum from the cheap tape-to-USB device, I need to get hold of something a bit better, I guess. I've done a bit of enhancing in GarageBand on this one as well.

It's definitely something different from "I'll Sing", but it brings back great memories from my youth. We used to hang out at the farm, drinking beer and moonshine, playing into the wee hours. We'd throw parties there where we had different local bands play. Once, during one of the big parties some idiot set fire to the forest next to the farm. The police and fire brigade were called, but we managed to put the fire out before they arrived. 150 drunk people all pissing on the fire at the same time did the trick! We also managed to hide all the beer and moonshine we were selling in the two bars in the barn. When the police arrived they inspected the barn but didn't complain about anything since we had managed to put out the fire. The fire brigade turned up and were so happy with our work that a couple of them stuck around for a beer after they were done with their work. Thinking of it really makes me smile. You can say what you want about the music, but it's a part of my life I look back at with great pleasure. If I could go back and relive those years again I'd do it in a heartbeat!

Well, enough talk, here it is:

Louie Louie, by Flaming Maple
 
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Gahr said:
I just found another track. This time it's a drunken demo version of "Louie Louie", in the style of Iggy Pop's track on "American Caesar". It was recorded on a Tascam 4-track cassette deck. The band was an Iggy Pop cover band, for some reason called "Flaming Maple". The track was laid down sometime early in 1995, before the "I'll Sing" track. I think we recorded four Iggy/Stooges songs that day, "I Got a Right", "No Fun" and "Dirt" being the others.

The vocalist is my best friend Geir, who owns the farm where we bbuilt the studio. He was never really much of a singer and didn't start playing or singing until he was in his twenties, but he had TONS of attitude and stage presence. And he was the world's biggest Iggy Pop fan. What he lacked in ability, he made up for live by commanding people's attention. The feeling is loose, but the band got really tight after a while.

The drummer in the band was on speed but was always very sweet and calm (he used to counter the effects of the speed by smoking large amounts of hash...). Snger Geir, has never smoked a cigarette in his whole life, let alone done any illegal drugs whatsoever, yet he was always suspected of doing speed or coke when we played. It was a proper rock 'n' roll band, but apart from the drummer, we were very much a law-abiding gang!

I'm playing the guitar in the right channel (opening the track) and the lead. I'm pretty happy with the guitar solo, actually. It's short, but it's to the point.

Again, there's a nasty hum from the cheap tape-to-USB device, I need to get hold of something a bit better, I guess. I've done a bit of enhancing in GarageBand on this one as well.

It's definitely something different from "I'll Sing", but it brings back great memories from my youth. We used to hang out at the farm, drinking beer and moonshine, playing into the wee hours. We'd throw parties there where we had different local bands play. Once, during one of the big parties some idiot set fire to the forest next to the farm. The police and fire brigade were called, but we managed to put the fire out before they arrived. 150 drunk people all pissing on the fire at the same time did the trick! We also managed to hide all the beer and moonshine we were selling in the two bars in the barn. When the police arrived they did inspected the barn but didn't complain about anything since we had managed to put out the fire. The fire brigade turned up and were so happy with our work that a couple of them stuck around for a beer after they were done with their work. Thinking of it really makes me smile. You can say what you want about the music, but it's a part of my life I look back at with great pleasure. If I could go back and relive those years again I'd do it in a heartbeat!

Well, enough talk, here it is:

Louie Louie, by Flaming Maple
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Nice!!!
Thanks for sharing!
That was a fun track!
 
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