lonely musician out of the loop...with new song but no audience

byrn3535

Ok here it is in a nut shell, Was in a band for 5 years, we were doing great...serious "life" things happened, we had to break up. Laid the guitar down for about a year until about a month ago. Now I've been writing a little and doing some REALLY rough recordings of it. Have about 6 songs forming. Almost finished with this one that I have tenatively titled "Drive" (as if there aren't enough of those out there) and would like to share. I don't really know how to post it though. Maybe I can yousendit or something. I just want opinions on it. Again its really rough.....anyone interested?????

I should also warn that i don't consider myself a vocalist but I try

brhf9

send the link.

and what type of songs are you writing?

byrn3535

Thats the prob.. I don't have a link or really know how to post it...

The songs I've been writing are mellow acoustic types, mostly because I sold all my gear.. all i have left is my trusty acoustic

brhf9

if you post it, i can recommend rapidshare and megaupload. but i never used those things.

byrn3535

maybe if I "yousendit" to myself I can copy the link??? I'll try that.

byrn3535

Hopefully this works

http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2F8EQK9CMXCVN1M3L0HFNVXLF8

brhf9

works. i will listen and if you are interested i will share my 2 cents tomorrow. (today for me already...)

byrn3535

thanks, be honest, if you think it sucks let me know...i can take it!

byrn3535

anyone else???? It won't be that terrible...i promise

DeetroitBaasketball

It wasn't bad, you sound like a friend of mine. I gotta say that I wasn't a fan of the chorus (drive, drive, drive... and then the echo part), but I enjoyed it. I liked the solo too.

byrn3535

thanks, I was thinking about toning down the reverb alittle.

Skooled

i'll add bass, we will be the first E-band
*high five*

byrn3535

thats actually an interesting thought...hmmm

brhf9

i enjoyed the intro (remimded me a little of 'bossa nova), the vocals on the verses and that part after the 2nd chorus with the guitar solo.

didn' t like the chorus and that guitar effect was a bit annoying for me.

but hey, it's something that i would hear in a rainy saturday afternoon...

but seriously, i liked. keep the music flowing!

Igottago

hey buddy, I'm in the exact same situation...my band of several years broke upin the fall..i've kinda been lost and looking for a way back into the music..trust me, I know exactly where you're at right now. I think maybe just try to get out and play a few local jams, and hopefully meet some people and it snowballs. I dunno, i'm just trying to figure it out myself. I can't listen to your stuff at work, i'll give it a listen when I get home.

fada

not bad man. For the "When I'm gone Is shall be free" I would try and stretch your vocals , louder.

Deaderman

I haven't listened to it all yet but stretch out the "drive" in the chorus...

byrn3535

wow, thanks for all the feeback! I knew I could trust the opinions of fans of the greatest band on earth!!!

couple of things in my own defense (for lack of a better term)

I'm still learning the recording program I'm using (cakewalk)
I only have an acoustic staight to the computer, and 1 sure microphone. So I'm pretty limited to what I can do.

I agree with all of you on the Drive, drive, drive, part I need to change that up alittle, I think i'll tone down the reverb over all, I use it because it covers the flaws of my singing a little

I have a couple more demos near completion if anyone is interested I'll post them. otherwise I'll keep it to this one. I know there's probably thousands of people like me out there doing this kind of thing and this might not be the forumn to do this on. It's just nice to have people hear my ideas again...it's been awhile...Thanks again!!!