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Simmz

Simmz

Simmz

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So Dad has been playing the guitar for 35 years now, so thought it was time to put a song together.

The original is Keith James - Sold On London

Guitar & Voice is Dad, drums is just added in using a program called garage band, then all edited and put together using garage band.

Just wanted to know what you thought for a first time try :) ?

http://www.mediafire.com/?5ix2hxy4509
 
I genuinely really like this, but I kept expecting the guitar to rip into a distorted but beautiful frenzy, with some harder drums. Then maybe fade back out into the main theme and end with a longer variation of the final 'la la la laaaa' part.

It is beautiful as it is, but with those added aspects it'd be better, at least in my opinion. :)
 
I played with it and like it a bit better if you add a bit of compression in there and reduced the bass ever so slightly and a bit of more of the old panning but its just sound taste really.

Its very nice. :)

Get your dad logic for christmas, he'll love you. :)
 
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Cruiser said:
guitar work is very good and it's well put together. i wouldn't be in love with the vocals though
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Haha well he knows he can't sing :p and it's not is if he's going to try out for the xfactor hehe, but yea just wanted to know what people thought as I thought sounded okay for a first attempt.
 
William said:
I played with it and like it a bit better if you add a bit of compression in there and reduced the bass ever so slightly and a bit of more of the old panning but its just sound taste really.

Its very nice. :)

Get your dad logic for christmas, he'll love you. :)
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I would love to but the mac is mine :) I need to find a decent windows based program as he has just bought one.

Any ideas?
 
Reminded me of The Moody Blues or Al Stewart.
The guitar work is excellent and very well recorded but I originally thought the voice needs working on.
However, the likes of Al Stewart doesn't have a great voice but it was recorded well and I think thats whats wrong with your recording.
Your dads voice is wavering a bit but if you can work on the capturing/recording/sound of it then it should sound a lot better and the quirkiness of his voice will sound original.
 
Simmz said:
I would love to but the mac is mine :) I need to find a decent windows based program as he has just bought one.

Any ideas?
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Well Audacity is free, very easy to use and pretty decent for most things really its just gets a bit clumsy once you get over about 8 tracks because the interface is pretty basic; but you can make professional sounding records on it, sound quality in exported mp3 is fantastic and the effects are actually pretty decent.

You could argue all day about what's best but take a look at Pro Tools, Cubase, Cakewalk Sonar, Adobe Audition and REAPER, all pretty decent audio workstations and most digital studios are either Pro Tools, Logic or Cubase based. I would go with those three but they also cost a lot of money. It's often just about what interface you feel comfortable with really; they mostly all do the same thing apart from tiny differences in technology compatibility.
 
nice guitar work, with a bit of development on it will be a good song. it reminded me a bit of mark knofler.... but yeah i suggest adobe audition as a good multi-track program! nice one.
 
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