Watch a cartoon...
Donald Duck, Ants, 1952
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1dcrGR4KfQ
Daniel73 wrote:I have to make clear that Rockerduck and everyone else is right and that I'm wrong. Don't follow me. Stay with them. They know what's best for you. Throw away your guitars. Buy a CD.
Cubic acres wrote:You don't HAVE to react on every posting from Daniel, escalating conflicts.
And no, Cubic Acres is not Daniel.
Stephan wrote:Anyway, I've bought quite a lot CD's lately. 'Stadium Arcadium' from the Peppers, 'Black holes and Revelations' from Muse, a live CD called 'Under a Blood Red Sky' from U2, 'Demon Days' (haven't had the time to listen to it yet, I've bought it today) from the Gorillaz and 'De Stijl' from The White Stripes'. And a DVD from U2, Live at Slane Castle (One of their best video's, I think. Much more atmosphere then at the 'Chicago'-live recorded concert).
Stephan wrote:I've also bought a new microphone, a samson Q1U dynamic USB, but it doesn't works (yet) with Cubase. I think I should download some sort of software called 'SoftPre' first, but that's currently under contsruction.
Stephan wrote:I'm also planning to buy an electric acoustic guitar, so that I can record acoustic sounds with Cubase. But I don't really know much about those instruments.
Daniel73 wrote:Have you won the lottery? How is 'Stadium Arcadium'? I only know the hit-single with the video that contains imitations of rock-stars.
Of the other groups I like U2 the most. I haven't seen any of their DVDs. Not even 'Rattle and hum', of which I have the CD.
Daniel73 wrote:Maybe you need a mixing-desk?
Daniel73 wrote:Having heard your recordings, I think your instruments sound good already. Buying much instruments, especially as a beginning guitar player, tends to stray away from what music really is. I think sound should come out of the musician instead of the instrument. My suggestion would be to learn some basic musical theory, before you get fed up with buying guitars. The sound is in yourself. If you would invest in yourself rather than in instruments, you can be a very good guitar player on any guitar.
Daniel73 wrote:Recently I've began reading notes again. My intention is to write down notes first and then learn how to play them properly, before recording. (Which saves a lot of recording tricks.)
Daniel73 wrote:What I still find difficult is repeating the same progression over and over again, throughout a song.
Daniel73 wrote:My guitar teacher disagrees with that, as he says guitars should be convenient and easy to play, also because it would be bad for the muscles (getting sour, as with sports).
Daniel73 wrote:Anyway, I certainly hope to hear more recordings from you.
Daniel73 wrote:And later when you're famous, I can sell them as bootlegs.
Daniel73 wrote:Do you know the CD 'Forever changes' by Love? (1967)
Daniel73 wrote:Love - Alone Again Or (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wKRhxgGaXM
Stephan wrote:It's hard to review Stadium Arcadium, because I haven't got the time to get to know all songs as much as I want to, I just bought it. But with 28 songs there's got to be some good songs on it.
Stephan wrote:'Tell me baby', the second song on the second album. This song also has an videoclip, in which the Red Hot Chili Peppers play in a room where all kinds of people walk in and take their places. The guitarriff sounds very good, and the chorus is affective.
Stephan wrote:I'm also waiting for the Vertigo-show live in Milan, recorded last year. One of the great things of the Vertigo-tour is that U2 opens their shows with some Boy-classics, like 'I Will Follow', 'Cry/Electric Co.' and 'An Cath Dub'. Too bad I was on a vacation in Spain when they played in the Amsterdam Arena last summer.
Stephan wrote:Daniel73 wrote:Maybe you need a mixing-desk?
Could be, but I don't know much about those. The microphone I use works via USB, specially for home-recording, so I don't know if it fits with a mixing-desk. What do these desks actually do?
Stephan wrote:You're right, music is about expressing yourself in the first and most important place. Sometimes I forget about that.
Reading notes is something I should learn. It would broaden my horizon when I can play piano parts on the guitar, too. Or whatever instrument that doesn't has TABS.
The only instrument of which I can really read notes is drums, but that's not very hard, because there aren't as much notes as on a guitar.
If you record in the studio, you can of course take the best parts of different takes and make one 'perfect take'.
I’m working on a new version of ‘In A Little While’ now. I think I now have the second guitar that plays a riff left of track right. Also the drums are now as they should be. For the first time I changed the metronome speed, from 120 to 105.
The only things I have to do are the vocals (but I’d like to try the new microphone on this one) and part of the guitars.
And also two demos of my own, a retake of 'Safari' where I really don't know what to do with the lyrics yet. And a song that I haven't posted yet, in which the lyrics are the only problem, too. I'm not much of a poet .
Or you can become famous yourself, so we can sell each other’s bootlegs.
[CD 'Forever Changes' by Love] I don’t really know that CD, or Love. The cover of ‘Forever Changes’ looks quite psychedelic, and so does the track list.
Love - Alone Again Or (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wKRhxgGaXM
Sounds good, I like atmosphere. Also the trumpets that enter at two third of the song, which sounds Spanish.
In another karaoke movie on YouTube called ‘The Red Telephone’, I see that (singer?) Arthur Lee has died in 2006. Is he the same one as the man in white who plays guitar and sings at the same time?
Daniel73 wrote:I have two CDs of the Peppers. 'Blood Sugar' (with 'Under the Bridge') and the previous one, 'By the Way'. I don't know if I will buy 'Stadium Arcadium', because I think Anthony Kiedis' voice isn't interesting enough to have more CDs of the Peppers.
Daniel73 wrote:I could listen to the music all day, but it's always Kiedis who gets boring. Strange that this seems to be accepted. Reviewers note when Kiedis is singing not-too-bad. How can he life with it?
Daniel73 wrote:John Frusciante - I Feel Love
Daniel73 wrote:It's a crime U2 hasn't released this song on CD. (Or did they?) It's one of the U2 songs I like the most.
Daniel73 wrote:A mixing-desk has multiple connections and faders. For example, you can plug in a guitar and one or a microphone at the same time. Or more more microphones and more guitars, depending on what you choose.
Here's an example, a cheap one: Tapco MIX 60
http://feedback.nl/?id=55&b=MIX60
I guess there should be mixers with USB-possibilities as well?
Daniel73 wrote:Music is not only expressing yourself, but also being capable to do it. The better you can play, by starting simple, the more you can express.
Daniel73 wrote:Playing with a metronome can be difficult in the beginning, because the metropnome is the boss and it needs discipline to keep in tempo and rhythm. A metronome may sound irritating in the beginning, but the better you play along the less you hear it.
I'm using a Korg MA-30. About 25 Euro's. Since using this metronome I'm very into practicing.
Daniel73 wrote:I suggest you try some easy lesson book how to play guitar,
Daniel73 wrote:Have you tried recording the same guitar part twice, for example? As if two guitar players are playing exactly the same? Then you get rich sound. ABBA used that method. In some songs, they recorded parts twice.
Daniel73 wrote:You have interesting word-choices and impressions.
Daniel73 wrote:I suggest you try to write (imitate) a children's song, with simple couplets that have a steady pattern. That's a good lesson to write songs, as you can easily see what goes wrong and what works good.
Daniel73 wrote:So far, my recordings won't sell. They have the best copy-protection ever: No one will ever desire to copy them. And you need a special decoder to hear what I hear from them. Mostly the recordings are intended as reminders of possibilities I've tried.
Daniel73 wrote:The Beatles have such a song: 'Tomorrow never knows' (entirely in C, except for some C7, which is still C)
Daniel73 wrote:Principal question is: What is psychedelic? The word has also been used as a fashion word.
Stephan wrote:P.s.: I’m sorry for the late response, I’ve made it myself quite busy last weeks.
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