Here's the Song I wrote

Jam10

All Those Yesterdays wrote:

Sounds great, really does. nice work.

Thanks

Jam10

mccreadyisgod wrote:

It's a good track, certainly... well recorded, the mix is pretty good. Did our notes help much? How was the experience overall? Any tough parts, anything surprisingly easy?

I was wondering about the drum parts... you didn't mention a drummer in the credits so far... were they programmed, or did someone play drums?

The acoustic sounds pretty good... nice and bright, blended well. Was it just mic'ed, or did you take a direct line too? How was it mic'ed?

The electric also sounds pretty good... is that a POD or other direct interface, or did you mic up an amp? If so, what guitar / FX / amp?

Any idea what mics were used, or anything else on the studio's end?

Hey, it's a Musicians AND GEARHEADS forum...

Thanks for the compliment. Everyone here has helped out so much with all their knowledge and advice.
The experience overall was amazing. It is a life experience I will never forget. I am going to keep on writing and making music. It is a great way to express yourself. I was in the studio for 12 and a half hours last week. I would say that the hardest part was playing in perfect time. I have never recorded before so it's totally different than playing live. Another difficult part was making sure you only play the strings you are supposed to play and mute the others because everything is heard through the mics. That's something I wasn't used to either because when you play live no one would even notice if you played one wrong note or hit a string you wern't supposed to. I would say that there is really nothing easy about recording in a studio. It actually is a lot of hard work. It's a lot of fun though. The whole experience and the final out come is worth all the time and effort in recording.
The engineer has a software program for the drums so he tracked the drums using his software program.
The acoustic was mic'ed. I was in one room with headphones on and the engineer was in the control room. That was a lot of fun. It felt really cool being in the studio.
As for electric guitars and set up, I used my 98 Les Paul Studio, and the engineer had a Strat that he built that I used as well. My solo was played with my 98 LP. The chorus was played with both guitars and the acoustic. The first 2 verses were played with just the acoustic and the 3rd verse and the chorus' were played with all 3 guitars to get a well rounded full sound. For an amp I used my 50 watt Traynor tube amp (YCV 50). For pedals I used my keeley modded BD 2.
I'm not too sure what type of mics were used and I really don't know too much about the studio side of things. (Sorry).
Thanks again for taking the time to listen to the track and for the compliment. Hopefully you kind of get an idea of how my day was in the studio. I loved it and I want to go back! (:

Thoughts_Arrive

I like it.
Good job.
I've been playing guitar since my 21st birthday where I bought the guitar with present money, so that is 3 years now wow time flies. (self taught, few hints and tips from friends that play along the way, as well as guides on the net)
Maybe I should have a go at it hmmm, penned some stuff dunno if it's good.

xtremehardy388

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

I like it.
Good job.
I've been playing guitar since my 21st birthday where I bought the guitar with present money, so that is 3 years now wow time flies. (self taught, few hints and tips from friends that play along the way, as well as guides on the net)
Maybe I should have a go at it hmmm, penned some stuff dunno if it's good.

Good is overrated. What matters is if you enjoy playing. I wrote a couple songs that I hated and let this sit for about 4 years. I pulled out one song that inspired our rhythm guitarist to pick UP the guitar. It's also been requested for a wedding song. Another one, shadows, I hate but the band likes it. Now, I play it with them and enjoy it. Opinions are great but for someone to tell you you're good or not is overrated-it's all about having fun and and enjoying what YOU like

mccreadyisgod

Jam10 wrote:

I would say that the hardest part was playing in perfect time. I have never recorded before so it's totally different than playing live. Another difficult part was making sure you only play the strings you are supposed to play and mute the others because everything is heard through the mics. That's something I wasn't used to either because when you play live no one would even notice if you played one wrong note or hit a string you wern't supposed to. I would say that there is really nothing easy about recording in a studio. It actually is a lot of hard work.

Yeah... it's one thing when you play something and it's there for a moment, and then gone forever... one sour note, one missed beat, no big deal. But when you hit that sour note, and it's there EVERY TIME the song is heard... it's a lot of pressure. And it's always such a hard line to walk. You want the performance to have soul, to be human, and have the little imperfections that make it real instead of over-produced. But if there's that one little mistake that's always there... it's like, "here comes that one note." And it eats at you.

Jam10

mccreadyisgod wrote:

Yeah... it's one thing when you play something and it's there for a moment, and then gone forever... one sour note, one missed beat, no big deal. But when you hit that sour note, and it's there EVERY TIME the song is heard... it's a lot of pressure. And it's always such a hard line to walk. You want the performance to have soul, to be human, and have the little imperfections that make it real instead of over-produced. But if there's that one little mistake that's always there... it's like, "here comes that one note." And it eats at you.

Exactly. That's probably the hardest part about being in the studio. You want it to sound perfect but also human like at the same time.

Jam10

xtremehardy388 wrote:

Good is overrated. What matters is if you enjoy playing. I wrote a couple songs that I hated and let this sit for about 4 years. I pulled out one song that inspired our rhythm guitarist to pick UP the guitar. It's also been requested for a wedding song. Another one, shadows, I hate but the band likes it. Now, I play it with them and enjoy it. Opinions are great but for someone to tell you you're good or not is overrated-it's all about having fun and and enjoying what YOU like

Great point!

saveuplife

This is very good. You're friend sounds exactly like the guy from the Goo Goo Dolls.... but, better. And your music is seriously good. You got to try to market this. I'm betting you have even better songs up your sleeve.... so please, for the sake of music, stick with this.

Jam10

saveuplife wrote:

This is very good. You're friend sounds exactly like the guy from the Goo Goo Dolls.... but, better. And your music is seriously good. You got to try to market this. I'm betting you have even better songs up your sleeve.... so please, for the sake of music, stick with this.

Thanks buddy! I really appreciate it. You really think it's that good where I can market this?