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It's a bit long and I did try sing more so and focused a bit on tone. On my phone during playback the bass sounded miffed inside the rhythm don't know why but lead was fine. I'm going mess with recording a drum beat off you tube so match back ground then re record bass and rhythm then redo lead but here's today's variant

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Nice growls! Nice vocals and subject matter.

Anybody remember how Linda Ronstadt would do that 'growl' thing, almost effortlessly?

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appreciate it. i love the blues upbeat and depressed

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Nicely done Friend

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thank you much. im going focus on quality this week through production and seem what comes about next weekend

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I'm looking forward to hearing what you come up with. I think I'm going to fire up my studio this week and record some new stuff that I've put on the back burner for a while now.

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Cool, So how you did you get the different guitars in there?

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my boss gt1 has dual looper on it the main looper then dubbing over. thern hit play and play lead on top. currently ill play bass hit play then dub a guitar rhythm on top then hit record and do a lead doodle lol. record with samson mic plugged into cell phone and use bandlab though i should use looper to play each part then record each track sep and use truck to adjust each track to lvl it out

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Oh cool. I didnt think of the looper. I have a looper on a multi-effect pedal here that is fun to play with.

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I didn't listen to everything, 'cause my sleep meds are fuckin' with me until I adjust to 'em.

I'd have liked to have heard just the lead guitar to be able to tell it apart more easily.

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the program im using isnt difficult im just to lazy today to record each part seperate lol but i rea;ly cranked amp today im hopes of a clearer tone when in reality it added way to much bass and mid with bass completely off but its ok. i guess since im off work for weeks i might as well spend the time to record each segment and maybe record process carry to truck and test in there for quality since i have a rocking stereo there with money invested

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We tend to do the drum part first and then play according to that, using that as our cue for timing. We'll often lay guitar tracks down together and someone'll add any bass that needs adding. If it's more complex, we'll lay down individual tracks to fill in around the edges.

As for fingers, mine are fairly skinny and tend to do what I tell them to do. I've got really adept wrist muscles as well. I do use a hand/wrist exerciser thing with different tensions, though it's just on high. I've got a grip like a vise. It's from decades of working at it and decades of practice.

But, the fingers do what I ask of them. They're well-trained and I can cover anything I want. I can't find anything that I can't cover, which is good. Then again, if I wasn't pretty adept by this time, I should probably stop playing and do something else with my life.

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Greetings Friends! It's Veterans Day, and as I promised him this is my Friends story warts and all. https://soundcloud.com/carl-suiter/04-out-there-in-country?si=29e755fc635e44c8afa4e8edc446ded3

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sweet song. good story he sung about

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Thank You . I see you have a song posted, I'm listening now.

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i dont do well but enjoy playing so i play whatever comes to mind at the moment enjoy

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are ye a vet my good man?

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I am US Navy Seabees MCB 74 1973 - 1977

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sweet thank you for that service and coming back alive and sane

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Hi Carl! Nice to see you again.

What an awesome song and wonderful honor.

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Thanks Crazy ! I've been slacking coming here, i'm going to try to make it more regular.

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You're welcome!

That would be awesome, we have missed you!

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Awesome and good to see you again. We were wondering if you were holding up okay.

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I am holding up well Brother. The home project is coming to a close and I'll have more time for the things I want to do.

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Yeah, winter is also coming up quickly.

We've made the decision to (mostly) stay in Maine for the winter. I might escape for a few weeks in February, but I think we're gonna spend the rest up here. My daughter gets some mandatory time off and she'll be able to visit. That means less of a need to go down there to harass 'em in person.

Good to hear you're okay. Don't be a stranger for too long! At your age, we never know what happened! grins

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nothing for us tonight?

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Be careful what you wish for lol. Anybody ever heard this song before?

I screwed up the very last line, oh well. Supposed to be "not good enough to take his daughter's hand."

And I can't even blame it on alcohol.

I wonder if anybody here knows this old song.

https://files.catbox.moe/qurb1l.m4a

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sweet cover brother. yes i know the song and its funny. you said " when i was born" when its "i was born" go redo the whole song and not tease us with that beautiful voice you. and let the guitar be heard more if ya can it seems 10 feet away from the player lol

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Can't believe people know the song. I grew up with it (not on Saginaw Bay though).

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Haha, like I said, be careful what you wish for.

Thank-you though. If I have time I will do it tonight.

If not maybe next time.

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Actually I did say the first line correctly but the draaaaaawl makes it sound like I'm saying "when" lol.

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I don't know that song, but sounding good man!

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Thanks lol. My bathroom recording studio needs a few adjustments.

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Nicely done and yes I know this song. I've covered the Leo Kottke version. This one https://youtu.be/nw0CjmsN-78

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sweet cover. slide for the win. need practice with it more and write a sweet nc swamp blues song. good inspiration thanks imma work on it

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Wow, great cover, I've never heard of him. He has a great voice.

I just knew someone out there would know it lol.

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Yeah, it's a country song from the 50's. Faron Young?

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I think it's Lefty Frizzell. Yeah, it's old.

Yeah we listened to Faron Young growing up a lot.

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I hope everyone's had a good week. I've been invited to play bass in an Iron Maiden cover band. Has anyone here ever heard of those guys?

Meanwhile I'm sharin' one from some time back.

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Iron Maiden is like real fast heavy metal stuff. I think the bass is lickity split fast also. Sheeeit!

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I've heard of IM, but never listened to any of their music.

They gave me a list. I figure if I can work up "Phantom of the Opera", maybe I'll take the job.

The bass player Steve Harris is the main songwriter and he's a monster.

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This sounds cool, like a ZZ Top song.

And hell yes I know who Iron Maiden is. Get you some Steve Harris spandex!

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No shit. That's his band. He founded it, and he writes most of the songs. That guy is the epitome of heavy metal.

According to wiki, 41 albums released, over 130 million albums sold and still goin' strong. They released an album last year that hit #1 in 27 countries.

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So are you going to join up and rock it!?

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Wow, what a great song. Simply tremendous. So touching.

Thank you so much for sharing that

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Thanks Crazy it means a lot to me.

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You're welcome, and I mean it, that is truly special

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This is the only recording I can find of me trying to play guitar. It's pretty funny so go at it... https://soundcloud.com/uke-an-singalong/kiss-rock-and-roll-all-nite/s-9Bl78E6rBYe?si=d0484646c1fc4050baec4e24d539abf5

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Sounds like you're having fun with it, and thats what its all about!

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Today is Veteran's Day here in the US, Armistice Day really. WWI ended today, on November 11, at 11:00. Rather than make any political statements, I figured I'd share something we've not heard in a long time. This song was made just for the thread and it's...

Some of you will have never heard that song, more than likely. It's a pretty old track, from February of 2019! Some of you will have heard it, but probably haven't heard it in a while! So, it's a good day to dig it out again.

Yesterday was the Marine Corps birthday. Rock on!

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firstly of all fuck yes go america. secondly fuck those that seek to destroy our nation, our values and our god

thirdly fucking gnarly jam as the theme song. wish i could play like that but wrist and hands built for strength so dexerity is very limited. always enjoy the songs produced

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I want to say it was COF who thought we needed a theme song. At the same time, we had another participant who changed names often but generally included 'booger' in it. He was a very good guitarist, so we kinda kept competing to see who could record the best song - only it wasn't really competing it was more like, "Oh yeah? Well, check this shit out!" We kept that going for a while.

This song is a product of that era - as memory serves. may recall more details but that's my memory.

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well yaw definetly went at it to cause this sweet jam

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That was me who said we need a theme song!

Then you popped up with that. Could not have ever hoped for a better theme song!

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Some mighty fine pickin Brother !

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Thanks! Glad ya liked it.

It's a bit older and hasn't been heard much lately. This being a special thread, as it's Veteran's Day, we might as well bring out something folks haven't heard in a coon's age.

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Great song ,LOVED the drum piece brought the Rock right along with the rest of it.

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Holy shit man, crank it up and pin my ears to the wall!

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Thanks! It's our FNGT theme song!

The thread needed a theme song, so one was provided for it. It has been the theme song since, though I'm open to suggestions in case someone else wants to create a new theme stong.

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Yes yes yes!

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LOL Glad ya liked it! We'd not heard it in a long while, so today was a good day to bring it out again.

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I love this song. It is fucking awesome!

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Thanks! I kinda dimly recall when it was made. The drum intro was flipped backwards and mixed that way, as one of Biff's first forays into doing more than just setting balance and timing.

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I love the drum intro, fits the song wonderfully

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Hello again everyone. I hope you are all doing well.

Earlier this week my friend Chris came over and we were jamming out some songs when the two guys I had recently met and jammed with called and asked what I was doing. I told them I was jamming with my buddy Chris and they said can we come over? Hell yeah! why not?

So when they come in Chris and I are playing this song and they asked, can we join in and of course we said yeah. So the one guy jumped on the drums and the other one grabbed a guitar and we went for it.

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Nicely done gentlemen !

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Thanks! Not too bad for the very first time and thing we have ever played together

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damn good job yaw

are yaw using amic to record or direct to pc?

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jI use a bunch of mics and record to my for recording. Sometimes when it is just Chris and I playing acoustic guitars and him singing we just record on a cellphone but when there are drums and electric guitars it is so much easier to use the mixer/recorder

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nice setup. just input a mic to each instrument amp or drum kit and record straight to pc? imma look it up looks nice

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That's a fun song. I want to try to "show" you something. Due to previous experience, I gave most of my attention to the percussion.

When he starts, you count "1 2 3 and 4". A simple 4/4 time signature.

Well, count that but make sure YOU stay on count instead of letting the drum lead you. 'Snot necessarily easy. But, you'll notice that he drifts a bit, especially when he does his fills and steps out of the basic 4/4 count.

Now, the good news is that it was less dramatic than last time. It's there. He tends to 'race', or speed up, and it happens during his fills even more so. It's only a few slight milliseconds off at times, but it's there. He drifts faster and sometimes slower, but he mostly races.

But, again, it's a significant improvement over the last track.

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Yeah he does like to speed up. But its not like we had practiced that song at all

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LOL That's even less of a reason to speed up! LOL He's supposed to be the consistent one!

But, again, it's nowhere near as bad as the previous recording. So, maybe he's adjusting, practicing more, or just more confident.

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So after we played that Cars song, my new friends and my old friends were talking and trying to figure out something that we could just jam on together without having to spend too much time learning the music. You know, so we could just get to playing.

Someone mentioned Sublime, and all three of those guys was like yeah I love them.

So I set up another mic on a stand and now I have three guys who want to sing. I have been for years looking for someone to sing for me when I am playing cause I dont like my singing. Now here I have three of them at once. Abundance. Then they all decided to sing it together! Which sounded so fucking awesome to me. Then when that was done they took turns at it. Meanwhile I am playing two notes on the bass and a dancing away

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Can't go wrong with a Sublime tune. Well done gentlemen !

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lovin is what i got, i said remember that lovin is what i got

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So then my new friends and my old friend deceided that we would play one of the new friends' songs. Chris learned the chords and away we went. Here is

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sounded damn good song. like the guitar progressive. i need send you some bass lines and see what yaw can come up with

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Thanks! Apparently the band guys were at the front door and I didnt answer, I was out back upstairs. Damn it