Sun wrote:Hey everyone! New poster on this board!
I play guitar, do some singing and since about a year back I've started to learn more about production/recording.
I also want to share some music from my band that I think some people here might like!
I've had a long love for the music of Tool and APC, and I think some of that comes through in these songs.
I've been influenced by different genres so it's not THAT similar but hopefully you guys will dig the feeling of it. Give it a listen:)
Sun, I like your songs! Nice work with the recordings, as well. Drums are a bitch to record well (unless they're electronic, that is).
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 7:52 pm
by UndKeineZwEier
Yeah, and the drum sound can make or break a recording.
Re: New Music Thread
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 3:27 am
by NostraHistoria
Hi! I just finished a instrumental guitar cover/tribute of "Sober." I hope you guys like it!
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Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:04 pm
by Kittaan
NostraHistoria wrote:Hi! I just finished a instrumental guitar cover/tribute of "Sober." I hope you guys like it!
I like where you took it, but IMO you need to work on your timing. It's kind of all over the place.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:24 pm
by NostraHistoria
Thank you! If you do not have a drummer, it happens.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:51 pm
by Kittaan
NostraHistoria wrote:Thank you! If you do not have a drummer, it happens.
Glad you didn't take it too personally.
If you don't want drums on the recorded track, I recommend a simple click track / rhythm track in headphones so no bleed.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:25 pm
by NostraHistoria
I think you think that it is out of time because I played the intro different and not note for note what Tool played. It is my "interpretation." If it would be a straight cover, I could see that timing is off in the beginning. I wanted to do it my way or else it would just be Tool's song all over again.
Are you a musician?
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:25 am
by UndKeineZwEier
No, Kittaan's right, the timing is off a little bit. It's not a big deal, but like Kittaan mentioned earlier, it would be a good idea to use a click track the next time you record something like this. Especially when you're doing multitrack recordings, if the timing is off on one track it can screw up the whole recording.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:37 am
by Kittaan
I'm not a pro musician, (although I've made gas money over the years).
It's off enough to be distracting and you don't want that to be what people remember. If you want to prove it to yourself, just try to tap along to it. You'll quickly hear it.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:52 am
by NostraHistoria
Thank you for your insights. I appreciate them. I recorded the song with my amp and computer.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 1:06 am
by NostraHistoria
Next time I record, I will pay more attention to timing. Too bad I could not record in a studio.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 5:57 pm
by NostraHistoria
Kittaen, which instrument do you play? Drums?
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 6:01 pm
by NostraHistoria
When I was eighteen and nineteen, I recorded an album. Now, I am thirty-three and have restarted playing guitar in the last month or so. I guess I am still rusty when it comes to timing. What is funny is that my drummer friend did not say anything about timing.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:04 pm
by Kittaan
I'm primarily a bass player. When you start playing with other musician's you need to have your sense of timing functioning otherwise it will quickly blow up.
Re your drummer friend... Most people will not be honest when critiquing a friend's art. Even if you tell them you want them to be. I guess it's uncomfortable, but I'd rather know.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:48 pm
by Kittaan
I decided to back up my shit by showing you something I did a while back, showcasing my perfect timing:
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You're welcome.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 9:53 pm
by liz
Keep practicing Kittaan you are certainly getting better.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 7:57 pm
by UndKeineZwEier
Here's a recording I did earlier to test out a new app on my phone. It's some improv over the chords of Freddie Freeloader.
And here's another version that has a few problems. One you can hear pretty prominently a ways into the clip.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 1:22 am
by UndKeineZwEier
Here's another thing I recorded today.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 1:27 am
by NostraHistoria
Why do you not use audacity to remove the first few seconds? It is easy. Just highlight and cut.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 1:50 am
by UndKeineZwEier
It creates atmosphere. By keeping those few seconds in you get a sense of the environment I'm playing in. That said, if these were serious recordings I probably wouldn't have kept them, but these are just recordings to capture musical ideas and test out the capabilities of the RecForge II app I downloaded for my phone.
Re: Musicians of Fourtheye
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 2:45 am
by UndKeineZwEier
I've reconsidered NostraHistoria thoughts and decided to cut the whole looping process from those Freddie Freeloader recordings. So now it's just the solos.
Here's a link to my SoundCloud page with all of my stuff on it.
