Thread: Musicians Central

I'm making a background piece for a podcast. Hey, Sigg, any progress on the theme song? Do you know what key it's in, at least, and maybe bpm? I can make a clean segue that way.

e minor, 140 bpm, 4/4 time, genre : awesome

Schweet! My ambient track is 70 bpm. Will dovetail nicely.

I don't know when my stuff will arrive though and then I will have to actually record the song, so I can't really even give a projected completion date, sorry

Originally Posted by Sigg

I hope you're not being sarcastic, I'm in the mood for some brand-spankin' new southern man drawl.

No, I'm not. It looks like this summer I'm going to have time to record some new stuff. But I might post some things that aren't typical of what I normally do -- maybe some things that are a little strange or in progress.

Originally Posted by Sigg

I don't know when my stuff will arrive though and then I will have to actually record the song, so I can't really even give a projected completion date, sorry

It's all good. If the first podcast(s) get done before the theme song, we'll plug the hell out of it until you have it done.

Originally Posted by JosephB

No, I'm not. It looks like this summer I'm going to have time to record some new stuff. But I might post some things that aren't typical of what I normally do -- maybe some things that are a little strange or in progress.

Nice. I do that all the time...in fact I think I still have your "Fireman" up on my flash player. People email comments frequently about wips.

Originally Posted by JosephB

No, I'm not. It looks like this summer I'm going to have time to record some new stuff. But I might post some things that aren't typical of what I normally do -- maybe some things that are a little strange or in progress.

I like strange, some of my songs are a little strange too.

OK, I'll christen the new location.

I like this song, but it's one that I recorded in a situation where I didn't have my own amp, and played through a Line 6 Pod. I hate the guitar tone -- too much distortion. I don't know what I was thinking.

My Coat

I love that guitar sound, Joe. Needs more ooomph for the solo though. I gotta lil Line 6 Spider, the 15-watt job. Don't like the fx at all. Great basic tone though.

Here's one that I don't think people here have heard-the instrumental version of a song called "Alley", written to words by Lin. I should have the vocal version done by the end of the month. Doing the Reznor bit is hard on the vocal chords and I can only do a track at a time. Lin can post the lyrics if he likes-I don't have the right to do so.

Originally Posted by JosephB

OK, I'll christen the new location.

I like this song, but it's one that I recorded in a situation where I didn't have my own amp, and played through a Line 6 Pod. I hate the guitar tone -- too much distortion. I don't know what I was thinking.

My Coat

My god, Joe's gone pop! It was good though, so it's ok. I know what you mean about Line 6, I just bought a Line 6 Spider for a practice amp and even the clean tone is dirty. My other amp in california is a Peavy Classic 50, the most fat, gorgeous clean tone evvveerrr.

Also, I think the solo was very well fitted to the style of the song. Nice singing too joe, I think you're singing is improving.

Originally Posted by moderan

I love that guitar sound, Joe. Needs more ooomph for the solo though. I gotta lil Line 6 Spider, the 15-watt job. Don't like the fx at all. Great basic tone though.

Here's one that I don't think people here have heard-the instrumental version of a song called "Alley", written to words by Lin. I should have the vocal version done by the end of the month. Doing the Reznor bit is hard on the vocal chords and I can only do a track at a time. Lin can post the lyrics if he likes-I don't have the right to do so.

Nice, I can imagine singing on top of this. Although I can tell you are a rhythm player, you buried the lead guitar behind the rest of the instruments, for shame!

Mod, I like the tone on the lead -- not the rhythm. Too harsh -- not a smooth distortion like I get playing straight through the old Silvertone. The Pod is just the thing you play through into the sound card, not an amp. It does OK on some things, leads particularly.

I like that one Mod. At the end, something about the beat, phased bass and "noise" reminds of the old Nugent song, "Stranglehold."

Siggster -- yes, it's a little pop, for me anyway. Still has some twang to it though. My singing varies. I think because I do it so sporadically. I sound better with harmonies, but I guess everyone does. I'm pretty happy with the lead solo too.

I don't think I've heard the Peavy Classic. I've played through some of the solid state amps they made in the 70's and they're just awful. Then again, the Fender solid sate amps from that era are pretty nasty too.

Originally Posted by Sigg

I don't know when my stuff will arrive though and then I will have to actually record the song, so I can't really even give a projected completion date, sorry

Just to let you know, I spoke with my dad, he said he will ship it this weekend. So I should have it by thursday next week. Also, I asked him to ship my m-audio O2 midi controller keyboard, so maybe the WF theme will have some fruity loop action goin on!

I don't think I've heard the Peavy Classic. I've played through some of the solid state amps they made in the 70's and they're just awful. Then again, the Fender solid sate amps from that era are pretty nasty too.

Classic 50 is a tube amp

I have the Classic 50 212, so it's the smaller one with 2x12inch speakers. They've also got the 4x10inch speaker version but that was a little excessive for me.

I remember visiting from college and going to play my amp and literally tearing up because the tube sound was so much better than the digital sound from the multi-effects processor I had been using to practice in my dorm room.

I think they are like $950 new, I got mine off ebay for like $400, complete with a cigarette burn in the tweed covering haha, true vintage style.

I feel the same way about the Silvertone. One drawback to having a 60's amp -- I discovered the particle board in the head is disintegrating. The covering is the only thing really holding it together. My brother can duplicate the the case, he can build anything -- but I don't how to recover it.