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Posted by: ballistic31 Dec 17 2007, 12:19 AM

thank_you.mp3 ( 3.12MB ) : 162
small_town_no_one_new_i_lived_in.mp3 ( 2.82MB ) : 150
well i thought i might just upload a few acoustic tunes from last year....when i started to build up my home studio a bit.................still was lacking a realy good set of drum mics.......and my drum booth was not up to par like it is now..............but i played drums bass and guitar and did the vocals............I didnt solo back then just kind of liked angry folk rock.....so jumping back on electric guitar was a bit of a chalange.. kind of a tribute to ani diffranco for the insperation and style i love of hers........so i sent a copy of the cd to her home base in new york............maybee it got listen to maybee not but it took alot of courage to send it lol ..... would love to hear some feeback on it

Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Dec 17 2007, 01:10 PM

Nice stuff, although the songs are very similar. In the first song, drums are distant, laking bass and cold, and in the other littler bit warmer but dry (for my taste), and lack of punch and space. THe acoustic is deacent, roughly the same in both, but the vocals needs to be way better and louder. Maybe get some pro mics for vocals and do some backings too. Other than that its good

Posted by: Toni Suominen Dec 18 2007, 09:20 PM

That sounded great, just work on the recording and mixing issues that Ivan mentioned, and you should be fine!

Posted by: ballistic31 Dec 19 2007, 07:27 AM

thank you both for your kind words........well the recording issues stem from mainly from demo stuff i was useing.........I was only able to record 4 tracks so i had to sing and play at the same time and the only vocal mic i had was a radio shack vocal mic.............This spring i added about 5,000 dollars into gear in the studio with seriouse mics and cables and recording softwere..........That and word clock set up for out board gear.........so my recordings now are ten times the sound quality....I hear them recordings and go wow,,,,,,,you have come along way........but not to bad for what i had to work with.....I am glad you enjoyed them...........my acoustic style realy is all about wild alternate tuneings and capos and finger picking........guess thats why i feel in love with ani difrancos style lol................thank you both for listening and keep up the great work with the lessons