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😎Let's work together to write and record another song. It will be another team effort and anyone at any level is encouraged to join in.🎸
   
🥁Please volunteer to do the tasks below shown in black.  I will try to pick up any tasks that do not get volunteered for (except the rhythm guitar unless it is a really easy and slow chord progressions because of my arthritis😁) and I will help anyone who wants to join in. 🎙

🎶One of the great things about working with others in this way is that we end up with a song that has been crafted by a pool of ideas. 
 
The production tasks: 

1) Nutty 1 will Choose a tempo (bpm), time signature (eg 4/4), key (eg. C major) and a song structure (eg. intro, verse, chorus, bridge outro) with bars and chords.

Key: G     Time signature: 4/4   Tempo: 72 bpm

Intro (4 bars)          G / C / D / Em

Verse 1 (8 bars)     C / Am / Em / B7 / C / Am / Em / B7

Chorus (8 bars)     G / C / D / Em /G / C / D / Em

Verse 2 (8 bars)     C / Am / Em / B7 / C / Am / Em / B7

Solo (8 bars)           G / C / D / Em /G / C / D / Em

Verse 3 (8 bars)      C / Am / Em / B7 / C / Am / Em / B7

Bridge (4 bars)        D / Am/ D / Em

Chorus  (8 bars)     G / C / D / Em /G / C / D / Em

Outro (1 bar)           G

2) Nutty 1 will Record a drum track.

3) guitarben will Record a rhythm guitar track. 

4) Jusca will Record a bass guitar track.

 5) gotto will Write some lyrics and choose a title for the song.

6) gotto will Record the vocals.

7) Texaspackerfan will Record a lead guitar track (solos, fills).

😎Texaspackerfan will Mix and master the song, this includes providing intermediate mixes for collaborators who want a specific mix in order to record their parts.

Please note:

🎤 If you can record your track in 24 bit and at 44.1kHz, saving your track as a wave (WAV) file that would be great, if not then even an MP3 will do at the best quality you can. If you do not have any recording software (Apple products have GarageBand included free of charge) you can use Audacity, it is free to download and free to use. Audacity is available for Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac. We have a shared online space for uploading and sharing the audio files, I will send a PM to new contributors.

🎧 P.s. If anyone wants to play rhythm guitar but is worried that the chord structure and tempo may be too difficult for them, then please reply to this thread or send me a private message and we will taylor the chord progressions so that you can play it. I wholeheartedly encourage beginners and anyone who is new to home recording. We need all experience levels in these collaborations. This is exactly how I got started, I learnt a lot from the experienced collaborators and I am still learning with every collaboration!

 

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I would, as usual, love to be involved but I have just gone down with flu so if you need anything once my energy returns I'll help out then.

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Thank you @Fretless get well soon.  

Guess what ......l have just bought myself a present..........Logic Pro X. 😎

I just have to learn how to use the advanced features now. 😁 I have a great Udemy course which is helping. 

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Ditto Fretless. Get well soon. My life is crazy busy lately- a good thing for a retiree, yes-but i will try to help if this project launches again. Let's see if this can spark some creative genius from our forum friends here. Maybe even Mr K? 😃

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Thank you @gotto, it sounds like you are making the most of your retirement.😎

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Many people seem busy right now... it must be a sign that I shouldn't sit this one out and finally take the plunge!

I would be happy to volunteer for the rhythm guitar track, I really appreciate the opportunity to learn from you guys. Also I just got a new cable that solved my latency problem in Garage Band, so I'll get to learn more about that too; I have simply been using the voice recorder on my phone.

Fair warning: based on my current skills I should probably stick with open chords and 8th notes strumming, although I don't mind stepping out of my comfort zone (reasonably).

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Thank you @guitarben, I will put you down for the rhythm guitar. 👏 Yay this boat is going to float!!!!

I will write the chord progression to get us going and will make sure that the chord progression consists of open chords. 

 

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@Jusca are you interested in joining in?

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Ok here we go!

Key: G     Time signature: 4/4   Tempo: 72 bpm

Structure:

Intro (4 bars)          G / C / D / Em

Verse 1 (8 bars)     C / Am / Em / B7 / C / Am / Em / B7

Chorus (8 bars)     G / C / D / Em /G / C / D / Em

Verse 2 (8 bars)     C / Am / Em / B7 / C / Am / Em / B7

Solo (8 bars)           G / C / D / Em /G / C / D / Em

Verse 3 (8 bars)      C / Am / Em / B7 / C / Am / Em / B7

Bridge (4 bars)        D / Am/ D / Em

Chorus  (8 bars)     G / C / D / Em /G / C / D / Em

Outro (1 bar)           G

I make that 57 bars and it will be 3 minutes 13 seconds long (according to Logic Pro X 🤓).

 

 

 

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To get things moving I have produced a drum track using the automatic drummer in Logic, I have made  adjustments to it but kept it simple.

GG4 Drums

The track starts with a 1 bar metronome "count in" which we will use to align all of the tracks. So if all participants  could put this at the start of their recordings it will help me to align up the tracks.

The drums then start for 1 bar and then it follows the song plan above (so we have 1 bar of metronome and then 1 bar of drums) and then the guitar part can start on bar 3.

OK @guitarben over to you. Please let me know if you need any help, you can contact me by this thread or via the messaging system.

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@Nutty 1 Perfect thank you, this will be fun! It might be better to keep the questions and discussion here so that others may see the process.

2 things I would like to clarify:

1- The strumming patterns are up to me?

2- The number of chords and bar always match; should I stick to 1 chord per bar or is that up to me?

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@guitarben great!😎

1) Yes, the strumming pattern is up to you as long as it works with the drums.

2) The chord progression in this arrangement is 1 chord per bar and this (together with the song structure) is the "map" of the song. This will also be used by the Bass Guitarist and Lead Guitarist to help them to determine what notes to play. 

🤔However since we are at the first guitar recording stage you can make changes as long as you stick to the key of G (or it makes things harder for the Lead Guitarist) and that it still conforms to the song structure above. You can have multiple chords per bar if you want, if you do make changes can you provide me with the chord progression that you have played please? This will than be our new "map".🎸

 

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@Nutty 1 Thank for the reply! I will not change the chord progression, and I'll keep it at 1 chord per bar. There's no need to complicate things for now, it's a nice challenge for me as it is. :D

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On 4/26/2019 at 9:37 AM, Nutty 1 said:

@Jusca are you interested in joining in?

Thanks!  I would love to join in.  I stepped away from the computer the other day when I was asking if the collabs were active and just got a chance to get back on here.  Wow, yall move fast as i saw a new collab started. :) I hope you get some relief from your ailments soon. I totally understand how that can be in regards to playing.

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I would like to play bass! 

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Thank you @Jusca I have put you down as the bass player.

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2 hours ago, Jusca said:

Thanks!  I would love to join in.  I stepped away from the computer the other day when I was asking if the collabs were active and just got a chance to get back on here.  Wow, yall move fast as i saw a new collab started. :) I hope you get some relief from your ailments soon. I totally understand how that can be in regards to playing.

Thank you for your good wishes Jusca. I have just been referred to an orthopaedic surgeon for the trigger finger. I think I will sneakily ask their advice about the osteoarthritis also! 

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Welcome aboard @Jusca! I'll post the rhythm asap, unfortunately I wasn't able to do it over the weekend

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Hi@Nutty 1 

I'd like to help where I would be of help. lead, mixing or whatever. let me know if I can help.

Danny

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Thank you @Texaspackerfan Danny, I will put you down for both!

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19 hours ago, Nutty 1 said:

Thank you @Texaspackerfan Danny, I will put you down for both!

sounds great! im loving my new software program, send me the stems as you get them

Danny

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On 5/1/2019 at 9:21 AM, guitarben said:

Welcome aboard @Jusca! I'll post the rhythm asap, unfortunately I wasn't able to do it over the weekend

No problem!  It's no rush. :)

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Hello @guitarben how is the rhythm guitar going? Do you need anything?

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On 5/17/2019 at 5:51 AM, Nutty 1 said:

Hello @guitarben how is the rhythm guitar going? Do you need anything?

hey @Nutty 1

How about we keep this simple and go with a:

intro: g c d g

 and add some minor chords in later? maybe go little crazy in the bridge?

Danny

 

 

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3 hours ago, Texaspackerfan said:

hey @Nutty 1

How about we keep this simple and go with a:

intro: g c d g

 and add some minor chords in later? maybe go little crazy in the bridge?

 Danny

Thank you Danny, I have a sent @guitarben a pm saying that we can simplify the chord progression as I don't think he reads this thread. guitarben had said in a pm that he was going to do it bank holiday weekend, maybe his plans changed.

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