Members garthman Posted June 18, 2018 Members Share Posted June 18, 2018 Ooops. I had it in my mind that VOM was due next weekend. However, upon checking the calendar, I find it was due the last one. So, better late than never. Please let's have your offerings - I shall be along later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 18, 2018 Members Share Posted June 18, 2018 Here's mine, an original called "Because He Is, I Am": http://kiwi6.com/file/owybmdgr23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted June 19, 2018 Members Share Posted June 19, 2018 Catchy refrain Deepend. Guitar sounds good the way you mic'd it too. Strumming like that has dynamics & it's hard for me to get it mic'd right. Here's my offering - probably the most purely acoustic thing I'll ever post here. I'm not singing. But I co-wrote this. SO HAVE I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 19, 2018 Members Share Posted June 19, 2018 Etienne Rambert - Really nice. It has a CSNY vibe. I've heard far worse on the radio. BTW, since Idunno hasn't posted yet I suspect your comments were meant for me. Thanks for the kind words. To be honest, I record vocals and guitar with a single condenser mike. My voice tends to be softer than an unamplified guitar so I have the mike at mouth height and it picks up the guitar off axis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted June 19, 2018 Members Share Posted June 19, 2018 Etienne Rambert - Really nice. It has a CSNY vibe. I've heard far worse on the radio. BTW, since Idunno hasn't posted yet I suspect your comments were meant for me. Thanks for the kind words. To be honest, I record vocals and guitar with a single condenser mike. My voice tends to be softer than an unamplified guitar so I have the mike at mouth height and it picks up the guitar off axis. Very sorry for the mistake. Corrected. I also am a big fan of 1 mic doing it all. I am sick of all the recording complications. I am not a big fan of CSN&Y. The singer & I had originally performed it as a finger-picking Gordon Lightfoot kind of song. I liked it better that way. But he had a string band & was something of a studio perfectionist. So there was no 1 and dun on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrHarryReems Posted June 19, 2018 Members Share Posted June 19, 2018 So much I like about this. The instrumentation is fantastic! The mix is great, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrHarryReems Posted June 19, 2018 Members Share Posted June 19, 2018 I've been sticking to my one recording per week schedule, so here are a couple from the last few weeks. Both traditionals, instrumentation and recording process is the same. Everything but the acoustic bass was recorded with a Rode NT1a large diaphragm condenser mic. I recorded the acoustic bass with a GLS Audio ES57, which is an SM57 clone. The Rake Johnny Jump Up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 20, 2018 Members Share Posted June 20, 2018 MrHarryReems - Well done on both counts. As I said before, I'm envious of multi instrumentalists. I don't hear traditional music near as often as I should. Good on you for keeping it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrHarryReems Posted June 20, 2018 Members Share Posted June 20, 2018 I also am a big fan of 1 mic doing it all. I am sick of all the recording complications. For simplicity sake, I mostly agree. The exception for me is recording the bass. Condenser mics don't do well with the higher SPL from the bass, so I tend to use a dynamic mic for that. The way my studio space is setup, those two mics are always setup. 99% of what I capture goes through the Rode NT1a. It's a bit bright, but works well enough for me. MrHarryReems - Well done on both counts. As I said before' date=' I'm envious of multi instrumentalists. I don't hear traditional music near as often as I should. Good on you for keeping it going. [/quote'] Thank you for the kind words! Do you strictly play guitar? It's never too late to add on another instrument! I tend to try to learn whatever it is I need to make the noise I want to make. Really hard to find dedicated players out here in the middle of the Pacific.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted June 20, 2018 Members Share Posted June 20, 2018 Hi there,here`s one with my stepdaughter singing,she only learnt it a couple of hours before hand and some of the phrasing on this song is quite hard to get your head round ,so she did very well i thought .it`s a version of scarborough fair, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 20, 2018 Members Share Posted June 20, 2018 . . . Thank you for the kind words! Do you strictly play guitar? It's never too late to add on another instrument! I tend to try to learn whatever it is I need to make the noise I want to make. Really hard to find dedicated players out here in the middle of the Pacific.. I play various instruments--guitar, bass, bad clawhammer banjo, noodle around on mandolin--but I don't play anything that doesn't have frets. I know and play with others who play, for example, trumpet and bass, or piano/organ and flute, and I sometimes regret not being able to play a greater variety of instruments myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 20, 2018 Members Share Posted June 20, 2018 catscurlyear - A slower version than what I usually hear but very expressive. She has a lovely voice. Be sure to encourage her and pass along my virtual applause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted June 21, 2018 Members Share Posted June 21, 2018 A very short clip of Eleanor Rigby recorded by the condenser mics on a Zoom H4, where I rendered it from .wav to .mp3, and then uploaded to Box. Gotta say it's definitely brutally honest. https://app.box.com/s/iblohpm5xbiy8xipguiz4wop2uawc38e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 21, 2018 Members Share Posted June 21, 2018 Idunno - "Brutally honest" or not, it's better than anything I can do. Don't sell yourself short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrHarryReems Posted June 21, 2018 Members Share Posted June 21, 2018 Dig it! Very well done. Guitar sounds beautiful, as does the vox. This is such a moody rendition. There is a lot to admire about this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrHarryReems Posted June 21, 2018 Members Share Posted June 21, 2018 Very nice chord melodies! Well played! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted June 21, 2018 Members Share Posted June 21, 2018 catchy tunes ,nice recordings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted June 21, 2018 Members Share Posted June 21, 2018 very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted June 21, 2018 Members Share Posted June 21, 2018 nice one deepend very catchy melody, you always seem to deliver a good musical punchline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted June 21, 2018 Members Share Posted June 21, 2018 sounded great,i was then waiting for you to sing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted June 21, 2018 Members Share Posted June 21, 2018 thanks it was only slower because i have only just learnt it and this was the only chance i had to record it at the moment with charlotte, because she was going back home up north which is a couple of hours away from here i will pass on the virtual applause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 21, 2018 Members Share Posted June 21, 2018 Nothing wrong with going slow, as long as you get where you're going. BTW, by an odd coincidence, my wife's name is Charlotte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted June 22, 2018 Author Members Share Posted June 22, 2018 Great stuff everyone. Like I said earlier: better late than never. "Leaves That Are Green" by Paul Simon https://app.box.com/s/efzxjyte07nk729z3awkh51tr23cxjq1 A quick and rudimentary recording yet again (USB computer microphone straight into Audacity - no time to dig out the better stuff). So warts and all, I'm afraid. I must do a more polished version sometime - it's a great song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrHarryReems Posted June 23, 2018 Members Share Posted June 23, 2018 This is really nice. Your voice drew me in right away. Sounds like a nylon string? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted June 23, 2018 Author Members Share Posted June 23, 2018 Thank you. Yes, nylon strings on an Ovation-alike deep bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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