One more time
This one is What If I Had. I am using the 55 Les Paul with a Marshall 4×12 straight front bottom in stereo with a Mesa Boogie 1×12, and a black shirt. eh
New guitar song
More Friday morning music. I like to drive is the tune. Just verse chorus today. More to come
We rocked in the AM
Gonna upload a few songs and song ideas to youtube. Here is the first one. Five5five is the song. It is a fun one to play early in the morning.
Tell your friends.
Finally, Pro Tools
Yes I finally got Pro Tools and came into the real world of computer music. I have dabbled for years with Cubase and Alesis stuff as well as Peak for mastering. But Pro Tools seems to be what more people are using. My feeling has always been to do what everyone else is not. However this will allow my files to be accessed by any studio I might use.
Sure to be a learning curve ahead but the conventions are straightforward (mixer, transport, etc.) and the editing ease looks awesome. Already pulling up old songs to give a new feel. I will be glad to spend more time on creating. Plug ins are sweet.
Sketchbook
Pen and ink sketch of Henry.
Some sketches
My son loves animals, so I drew a few pen & ink sketches. I like pen because it is a challenge. No eraser available. When I draw in pencil and charcoal, the eraser becomes a drawing tool.
Finally posted a few songs
On the songs page there are three songs to listen to. It is a work in progress but you can get an idea of what’s happening.
Hit hard, make loud
That is what an old friend of mine used to say about his drumming. Bzzz came over on Sunday for a rousing session. We recorded one new idea and played a few others. Got into about 15 of the originals. We plan to play more often.
We may start using midi Bass again through a Hartke bass attack. It sounds pretty cool.
Jam Saturday
Bzzz and I got together on Saturday for a two hour session. Ran through about half the originals and played Born to be Wild and Mississippi Queen just for the fun of it.
Also jammed a couple of riffs. One was good enough to record. So I put it in the in box (the hand-held recorder).
Later I had the unusual experience of calling the man on a band…
I’ve been on the other end of that party many times. But listen, they were playing two doors down in the yard not in the garage. Quite loud for three or four hours, OK. They started just before six pm and at 10:45 after my son awoke screaming for the second time I had to make the call.
Back from vacation
Just returned from vacation on Long Island. Well. I did manage to write a few lyric ideas. I will begin to put them to music soon.