Re: 2004 DUC Disc Update
 

Gene Backlin-

Gene,
I'm catching up and just heard this...really enjoyed it...another good job.
-Roy

Re: 2004 DUC Disc Update
 

Thanks Roy,

I have my daughter's choir on the 8th in their Christmas Concert, then FINALLY on Dec 13-15th, I will have them in the acoustically designed music room in a non performance in front of an audience, session.

In the spring they are going to perform Vivaldi's Gloria in a chuch with brass quintet and pipe organ.

Thanks for listening, it is greatly appreciated !!!

Take Care,
Gene

Amateur Tunes
 

After watching the DUC for some time, I boldly place my amateur toolings in the public domain. Don't look for EQ or mastering wizardry here. These are examples of what an amateur can do in a few hours in a back room of an apartment with a 001, a nice sound module (Roland XV-3038), a couple of guitars, and a PodPro. One day I might even put up tunes with lyrics.

http://www.139west82.org/duc

Re: Amateur Tunes
 

Buzz,

Amazing that one person did all that. Amateur you may say, but you seem to have a great deal of musical knowledge and experience. Do you construct the backgrounds as a vehicle to play guitar over? Or do you develop it all together?

Especially impressive (as it is done with a keyboard, no?) is the free time drum sign-off on New Strat Groove.

Will take a little while to process all. I'll post as I listen.

Re: Amateur Tunes
 

Hello Buzz,

I like the guitar playing you did Cool!and piano too.
Nice work!

Bob

First tunes
 

Here is my first tunes ready.

Pois poistakaa

Feel free to tell what is wrong except my singing. I have had hard times to find a singer. And of course it is in Finnish.

Thanx for listening.

Re: Amateur Tunes
 

Buzz,

I didn’t hear anything amateur about this stuff. Great job!!!! I thought it was nicely done. I have heard “professional stuff” that no way matched what you did here. Can’t wait to hear more. I also liked your simple website.

Re: Amateur Tunes
 

Why thank you! And yes, although music & recording is not my profession, it certainly is an important part of my life. I've played in bands since high school and started recording on a Tascam
234 4 track cassette unit in 1982 when I went to college so it's not like the environment is unknown to me.
I consider myself more of a keyboard player than a guitarist but now that you mention it some of those tunes do have a "platform" feel to them over which the guitar is laid.
Glad you liked the free time drum sign-off! Couldn't have done it without the incredibly expressive patch on the drum chip.

Re: First tunes
 

Finnish surf punk metal! Even though you said ignore the vocals, I like the chopped EQ treatment on the chorus ("pois poistakaa!").

Re: Mac Mixes!!!!!!!!
 

Pete: Fragile. That's VERY well recorded and mixed! Great drum sound, guitar sounds, vocal sound. Don't tell anyone you did it on an 001 - they'll never know. Tell 'em you did it on a 2" Otari machine and they'll probably believe you. I bet you had a great room to record in.

Gee, I can ALWAYS find something to nag on about with a recording, but not with that song. OK, I probably would have brought the aux send down a little for the echo on the lead vocal. There...I found something.

Great mix!