Lee Knight

Point taken Ted. I remember how I did it. My mom took an Adult night class. She had a guitar and a book. I was all over it. "How did you do that mom? Oh I see..." A month later she was left in the dust. My motivation was then what it is now. It's some magnetic pull from God to just do it, and then be awed by the result. 1 chord strummed and that was it. "I did that?" My daughter probably doesn't have that undeniable desire. That's OK. I'm feeling better now guys, thanks. This will be fun.

This is great stuff guys, thank you. And Dak, your response is why I started the thread. I'm not sure I'm up for it. I am going to give a go though. Dylan, I love the concept of tapping a rhythm first. Maybe I'll modify that idea to muting the strings and strumming the muted strings in time. Ted, I think your concept of starting with an Em is really good. I tried C with her on my full size, and that's what put fear in me. Em! Yes, that's good. Maybe a G chord on just 4 strings, with 1 finger playing a on the E string, then open B, G, and D strings. Hey! We're making music.

I'm scared. It's really silly that I'm feeling this way but I don't want to mess it up. I want to teach my soon to be 9 year old daughter how to play the guitar. She's been asking... I've got her a Little Martin beginners guitar for Christmas and we'll start shortly after. Can anyone give me any suggestions as to how to approach this? A good beginner's book? How frequently we work on this?

Originally posted by UstadKhanAli Thanks! I actually did jack the high end (I don't remember, probably around 13-6kHz) in the vocals by quite a lot. The snare should be darker? I can try that....they are really really loud in the overheads, so I don't think I can lower them in the mix very much. I'm always uncomforable giving input towards something that sounds so good. My comments were based solely on a first impression of what I'd do. It sounds way cool as is... Maybe I'm not talking air on the vocalist but that presence that comes between 1 and 4k. Something to put her right in my ear. Not a ton, but I think she deserves to win the fight with the snare, as cool sounding as IT is. I mentioned Morcheeba earlier. They get her hovering just above everything else... Or... It's completely done and finished and sounds GREAT!

Originally posted by UstadKhanAli Here is a new song that I got through mixing recently. Those who enjoy a bit of psychedelia with their rock will especially enjoy "Undone". Lemme know what you think (post here). Thanks! Undone MP3 (192 kbps) Page with more songs if you want to hear more... These are all songs from my band. I play guitar and keyboards and did all the recording. The recording was done at my very own Blueberry Buddha Studios. These songs will sound a little different from each other in some respects...they were recorded at different times: -Some were tracked on analog and mixed down onto DAT. -Some were tracked on analog and then transferred to Pro Tools for further overdubs and mixing. -And some were tracked and mixed on Pro Tools only. I don't know if you'll be able to tell or not. I doubt I could if I didn't know already! ~~~~~~~~~~~ As always, thank you so much for listening and for your comments!!! If you want to know how they were recorded or any other technical information, ask away!! I lost myself in that one. Really cool zip/zap effects. Morcheeba-esque? Now for the suggestions... I think the snare is too present. It needs to be murky too fit the vibe. Vocal needs more air. In other words, bring the singer forward, and move the drummer back about 8 feet. Very cool stuff... very groovy.

Originally posted by Phil O'Keefe Hey Lee - well done. I particularly liked the classic jangle of tracks like "Add Water" and "Goin' Places". Good stuff. I also enjoyed "Neophyte, and detect a bit of Costello influence in the vocal approach on that one. Again, well done all the way around! I'm headed to listen to the MP3 you emailed me next... Thanks for the nice words Phil. This was done when I was still at 16bit and it was tough at times to make it present sounding without it piercing your skull with like sonic laser beam. The Neil Diamond cover I sent you was at 24bit and much easier to pound into shape. That's my buddy John Chatfield doing his best Truth era Jeff Beck impersonation. Go Johnny go!

I think this sounds great. If you're looking for suggestions, or things to try here are a couple, but I think it sounds great as is... Try spreading things out a bit maybe? Ac guitar 50% to the left with a nice room ambience spread 100% left and staight up the middle. Elec guitar (nice playing!)I'd do the same opposite side with the same type ambience. The electric needs to be put just slighly behind the voice, not in level but with the ambience. Bass sounds great but I'd go for more subs. Like Freebo used to do with Bonnie Raitt. Cool natural tone but with a bit more 60Hz. Nice vocal tone . It's bitchin' though as is.

We just released our album on Zip Records! Mark DeCerbo and Four Eyes. I'm one of the eyes... I played bass, shared guitar duties, keys, vocalized in the background, etc., recorded it at my studio, mastered, coproduced it, cowrote a couple. Here's what Not Lame Records said about it... "These are sophisticated, carefully crafted, extremely well produced songs that have had a lot of thought put into them to yield the delights here. Theres an intimate feel to all this gorgeous material and its never in a rush to get to that catchy chorus. This one that will reward and grow extreme pleasure, rest assured. Big Time Extremely Highly Recommended!" And now I present this labour of Power Pop Love to you in the form of horrible sounding MP3 clips! Mmmm, tastes good! Enjoy. http://www.ziprecords.com/artists/markdecerbo/index.shtml

I just noticed I'm a "Junior Member". I LIKE that!

I'm finaly here. I took a right on Mohacky Blvd. instead of a left! Then I found a great Fat Burger and had to stop. Then I had to stop again... ...but I made it.