You are making my day! Mahalo! Amy and I did it in church, but the sound guy didn't start the record in time, so the beginning is cut off. Also, we both had colds at the time. Hopefully I can record this with both of us soon.
Bethan, thanks so much! My "Band" is my computer - I used a program called "Band-In-A-Box" It makes it easier for people of limited abilities like myself to still put songs together. After I come up with a song on my guitar, I plug the chords in. I can change the tempo. Then I click on a button that will try out the song in different pre-set styles (variations on jazz, country, folk, pop, rock, soul, reggae, classical, new age, etc etc). I look for the one that's closest to what I'm hearing in my head. From there it can be tweaked with rests, holds, muted istruments, switched instruments, etc until it's even closer to what I want. It's good enough to get a good sketch of what I'm thinking the song should sound like. One new thing with these last two songs - instead of midi instruments, the program has "styles" using actual recorded instruments, so the drums, guitar, fiddle, etc are not midi! Anyway, I then I use Power Tracks to import the music and add lead and harmony tracks.
Audience laughed because I was introducing my netbook as "my band." The track was made using "band-in-the-box" since I don't have any real music-programming or multi-instrumentalist skills. :) Got my 12-yr old daughter to join us on this one…
Audience laughed because I was introducing my netbook as "my band." The track was made using "band-in-the-box" since I don't have any real music-programming or multi-instrumentalist skills. :) Got my 12-yr old daughter to join us on this one…
First song from our first time performing in a concert setting. We were the opening act to the opening act to the main act for a benefit concert at our church. We raised $12,000! So here it is, warts and all! (We were nervous!)
My first attempt at a Blumlein or Mid/Side recording. This one is actually a mid/side recording as I used a directional mic in combo with a figure 8 ribbon mic set at 90 degrees from the main mic. Thanks to Pat Broaders for the loan of the ribbon…
Kinda rough. I'm uploading this mainly to share a guitar technique I've been working on. I'm wearing a slide on my picking hand and using it to alter pitches in single line phrases. There's a lot more can be done with this technique that I've…
Had these backing tracks laying around on my drive for a while and didn't know what to do with them, so grabbed my Ebow and a fretless electric that I built for myself a couple years ago and had a go. My fretless playing is really in its infancy…
I swore that I would NEVER upload this. Was having a bad day trying to loop "nice" acoustic guitar sounds and got frustrated so grabbed my Taylor and plugged it into a cheesy Effects box and straight into the looper. Started twiddling knobs and…
Archival stuff from my distant past with former bandmates in Scartaglen. A set of traditional Irish tunes. Rescued from a cassette tape done at a concert back in the early 90's. Myself on Uilleann pipes and whistle. Mike dugger on guitar and fiddle…
More stuff from the ancient archives rescued from the same cassette tape as Last Nights Fun. This time a set of 3 Irish reels Live at a concert back around 1992
Several years ago I had a short lived duo with an oboe and English horn player named Nat. This is a demo from that period. It's an old old chord progression of mine that never really had a melody and Nat improvised this melody in the studio to…
The coyotes in the woods they’re all lining up for the kill
And the coyotes have sharp teeth and they’ve learned how to use knives
And they’re picking the locks and stealing into your house nd drinking all your poison
Now you’re packing the…
Rough sketch of a proposed dreamy 12 string piece that I couldn't pull off on the 12 string so did this quick electric version with vocal pads. Not sure of the recording quality- sounds OK in my cans and kinda crappy on my monitors. Recorded march…
Wow, I had my eyes closed while listening to this, but when I opened my eyes in the middle, I could swear I was seeing light particles moving around to the music! Mahalo!
Similar in feel to the other Fragile Moment track. Mostly acoustic guitars recorded sitting in my shop on the H4N and then finished up in Cubase just this morning. September 9 09. Maybe a nice one for bedtime
Solo acoustic guitar recorded January 2nd 2009. Hope to do a longer more developed version at some point ,but for now just a short version to learn more about using new DAW software.
Sitting around in my shop a couple of days ago with the Goodall and the Zoom H4N. First time I've really messed with using the internal mics on the H4N in multitrack mode
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Oh great music! Super harmonies! What a lovely, happy, feel good song. I love it!
You are making my day! Mahalo! Amy and I did it in church, but the sound guy didn't start the record in time, so the beginning is cut off. Also, we both had colds at the time. Hopefully I can record this with both of us soon.
You have a lovely, tender voice.
Thanks, Bethan! A song I wrote with our church's bluegrass band in mind. Had fun playing with the words once I got the idea.
Bethan, thanks so much! My "Band" is my computer - I used a program called "Band-In-A-Box" It makes it easier for people of limited abilities like myself to still put songs together. After I come up with a song on my guitar, I plug the chords in. I can change the tempo. Then I click on a button that will try out the song in different pre-set styles (variations on jazz, country, folk, pop, rock, soul, reggae, classical, new age, etc etc). I look for the one that's closest to what I'm hearing in my head. From there it can be tweaked with rests, holds, muted istruments, switched instruments, etc until it's even closer to what I want. It's good enough to get a good sketch of what I'm thinking the song should sound like. One new thing with these last two songs - instead of midi instruments, the program has "styles" using actual recorded instruments, so the drums, guitar, fiddle, etc are not midi! Anyway, I then I use Power Tracks to import the music and add lead and harmony tracks.
Well they liked it then! Lovely perky, happy song with feel good factor. Nice featured fiddle.
Oh yes! I do enjoy your voice and this is such a lovely song. Good band!
I love this track. When I play it on the laptop, I have it on repeat, over and over, just wonderful!
I like the way your voices blend together. The timing is perfect. Lovely stuff!
Beautiful. Reminded me a little bit of Enya which is good in my book
Such a beautiful track!
I love the atmosphere of these live tracks. Your daughter is a brave girl, watch her, she will be up there on her own one day.
A most endearing song. Great live performance.
Oh yeah, and the "Halfway Home" reference was the "main act" of the Benefit Concert!
Such a beautiful song and so delicately performed.
Cool, quite beautiful.
Yes I like the 2 Amy's. Beautiful song.
Oh nice tempo! Lovely song and so well sung. Leaves me feeling I want more. Just call me a greedy girl! Yum!
You have a pretty voice. Very nice.
Gorgeous!
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Thank you!
Mellow - nice!
Very cool!
Cool track! Trippy and dreamy - just right for the middle of the night before bed. Aloha!
Trippy and mellow. I like it!
Cool!
Fun, freewheeling music!
mmm - glad I stopped by tonight. Peaceful - calms my spirit
This is hilarious - hilariously great!
Wow, I had my eyes closed while listening to this, but when I opened my eyes in the middle, I could swear I was seeing light particles moving around to the music! Mahalo!
Beautiful. It did, indeed, take me on a nice dream...
Thank you for this. It helped to calm my spirit today, and I did need it. Mahalo!
Mmm, very nice. I was gently transported all around and in between light and shadow through this tune. Mahalo for this beautiful piece!