Monthly Recording Challenge 52 - "Out With the Old and In With the New""

[UncleHammy]

Nutty1, Thanks for sharing in the inaugural Monthly Recording challenge on the new forum.

[JayKayWright]

Brilliant!!!  Great to hear you again Mandy.... Nice way to start out the challenge with another original that fits the bill..  Love all the references to L&M , Steve K and the old insecure Forum etc....  You were fabulous.

[Nutty1]

Thank you guys for all of your kindness and encouragement. ?

I am finding it hard to play guitar at the moment due to the stage of osteoarthritis that I am in at the moment (thank you guys for the tip about glucosamine in the chatbox the other day). My fingers no longer bend as easily and quickly as they once did and the grating bones in my wrists make Barre chirds and many other chords extremely painful to play. ?

I actually recorded the rhythm guitar at 60bpm and sped the project up to 72 where I was able to do the pentatonic scale fills using the high strings and a limited number of notes. ?

I have learnt a lot more about Garageband doing this and hopefully more about the blues. This was also my first go at doing fills something that I tended to shy away from in the past and could not do much of because my songwriting tended to be very lyric heavy, not leaving time for fills.?

I am still continuing with my guitar learning although I can not do things up to the  required speed. I am consolidating my position with the Barre chords etc by doing a small amount slowly each day so that my wrist will still be able to bend into that position  when the glorious day of less pain comes!?☀️

 

[mark_h]

21 hours ago, Nutty1 said:

Here is my offering. I fancied having a go at 12 Bar Blues. It is daft and not all that good but I had heaps of fun doing it and I learnt a lot.? As Country Lou Watson once said "The Blues Is a Good Woman Feeling Bad" Well, this is a bad singer and guitar player feeling good, thanks to this new forum!

https://soundcloud.com/user-581560130/cheesy-blues

By the way, the warning notice you will see is only a photograph of a message I was getting, it is not a warning about soundcloud or the link above.

So cool Mandy, well done. ?? you’re doing really well. ?????? Mark

[AcousticM]

Mandy, that was awesome! Way to go! 

I bet that was alot of fun to write and play. 

[Nutty1]

Thank you both for your generosity.

Yes I loved every minute of it! It had been far too long since I last played a song, let alone wrote one! Sometimes I get so hung up on learning new stuff I forget what it is all about, for me that is all about playing and writing songs.?

[IanD]

Here is my contribution for this month.

I bought a Udemy course 'Audio + Music Production in Logic Pro X' in the Black Friday sale and have been slowly working through it. I have to say that it's brilliant, I'm having lot's of 'so that's what that function is for' and 'so that's how you do it' moments. I thoroughly recommend the course if you have Logic Pro X. 

Anyway, this month I decided to submit a multi-track effort to practice and apply some of what I've learned (before I forget it all).

Ian

 

[UncleHammy]

Great job Ian.  Sounds great!

I really like the mix.  The vocals are crystal clear, nicely done.

[matonanjin]

Yes, Ian, sounds great.  Nice vocals and really nice playing.

[mark_h]

5 hours ago, IanD said:

Here is my contribution for this month.

I bought a Udemy course 'Audio + Music Production in Logic Pro X' in the Black Friday sale and have been slowly working through it. I have to say that it's brilliant, I'm having lot's of 'so that's what that function is for' and 'so that's how you do it' moments. I thoroughly recommend the course if you have Logic Pro X. 

Anyway, this month I decided to submit a multi-track effort to practice and apply some of what I've learned (before I forget it all).

Ian

 

It sounds like that was great buy Ian. Very professional production. ?????????

[AcousticM]

6 hours ago, IanD said:

Here is my contribution for this month.

I bought a Udemy course 'Audio + Music Production in Logic Pro X' in the Black Friday sale and have been slowly working through it. I have to say that it's brilliant, I'm having lot's of 'so that's what that function is for' and 'so that's how you do it' moments. I thoroughly recommend the course if you have Logic Pro X. 

Anyway, this month I decided to submit a multi-track effort to practice and apply some of what I've learned (before I forget it all).

Ian

 

Ian, that is quite a good production! I have been climbing that big learning curve with my new Presonus audio interface and Studio 1 software, so I have a good idea of the time and effort that went into that! Great job on every part of it!

[JayKayWright]

Beautiful Ian,  your recordings always sound great.  I agree 100% with AcousticM, the time and effort spent figuring out some of these things can be daunting (for me that is).  Always great to hear what your playing and your recording info.  Thanks.  

[Nutty1]

Superb as always Ian, beautifully sang and played, I was jigging to the beat!

[IanD]

Here's a bonus one. Not sure it fits the theme, but I was playing around with 'Songbird' last night (mainly as vocal practice). This is a single, live take that I recorded on a little Zoom recorder then imported into Logic just to add a little reverb and compression and then lift the level.

Regarding the guitar, I was talking in the chat room the other night; I'm fairly comfortable with fingerstyle now where I just set my right hand going on auto-pilot whilst playing simple chords. I have reached a psychological roadblock though about adding in melody notes (my coordination just falls apart). The instrumental middle on this (and the intro) would be much more interesting with some melody notes, hammer-ons etc. Going to make it a resolution to crack that this year!

Ian

 

[Nutty1]

Wow Ian, that was a single live take! 

It is brilliant!

You are vey talented and as always, an inspiration for me.

[UncleHammy]

Another great one Ian.  Love it.  Thanks for sharing.

 

[WATSON43]

Hi UncleHammy.  I've been listening to Tuesday night Live Lessons for years, but I only recently joined the forum.  Here's my entry -- an old favorite from the Beatles "Revolver" album.  I recorded it using Presonus Studio One.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it.    

https://soundcloud.com/user-198649149/kg-and-your-bird-can-sing-3-2-17-key-of-c-with-drums    

[UncleHammy]

3 minutes ago, WATSON43 said:

Hi UncleHammy.  I've been listening to Tuesday night Live Lessons for years, but I only recently joined the forum

Awesome @WATSON43 it is always great to have a new poster.  Welcome to the Forum and thanks for posting in the Monthly Recording Challenge thread.  I hope you will become a regular.

Oh and BTW great job.  

Edited January 18, 2018 by UncleHammy

[IanD]

Wow @WATSON43, that's brilliant! Well done. 

I hope we hear much more from you on here.

Ian

[matonanjin]

54 minutes ago, WATSON43 said:

Hi UncleHammy.  I've been listening to Tuesday night Live Lessons for years, but I only recently joined the forum.  Here's my entry -- an old favorite from the Beatles "Revolver" album.  I recorded it using Presonus Studio One.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it.......

Watson43, Welcome to the forum.  As UncleHammy said, it is great to have a new poster.  And it reminds me we need a place for Introductions for new members.

And what a way to start!   Really nice playing, singing and a very nice job of recording it.  Thank you for posting this.

[Nutty1]

@WATSON43 I love it. Excellently played and sang.

I look forward to hearing more from you!

 

[WATSON43]

My thanks to all of you for the kind words.  I look forward to hearing songs from other Forum members.

[JayKayWright]

Nice job Ian, I really liked that one.  Your guitar playing and vocals were fantastic.  You've really stepped up your playing / singing and your goals.  Thanks.  Looking forward to hearing whats next!!

Watson43,  That was great, I enjoyed listening.  You've got a great set of pipes to go with your recording.  Thanks.  Glad you took the leap and posted.  Looking forward to hearing more from you.  Thanks.

[mark_h]

On 18/01/2018 at 10:05 AM, IanD said:

Here's a bonus one. Not sure it fits the theme, but I was playing around with 'Songbird' last night (mainly as vocal practice). This is a single, live take that I recorded on a little Zoom recorder then imported into Logic just to add a little reverb and compression and then lift the level.

Regarding the guitar, I was talking in the chat room the other night; I'm fairly comfortable with fingerstyle now where I just set my right hand going on auto-pilot whilst playing simple chords. I have reached a psychological roadblock though about adding in melody notes (my coordination just falls apart). The instrumental middle on this (and the intro) would be much more interesting with some melody notes, hammer-ons etc. Going to make it a resolution to crack that this year!

Ian

 

Great job Ian! Excellent recording, that guitar has a great bass. ?? Mark

[mark_h]

On 18/01/2018 at 5:22 PM, WATSON43 said:

Hi UncleHammy.  I've been listening to Tuesday night Live Lessons for years, but I only recently joined the forum.  Here's my entry -- an old favorite from the Beatles "Revolver" album.  I recorded it using Presonus Studio One.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it.    

https://soundcloud.com/user-198649149/kg-and-your-bird-can-sing-3-2-17-key-of-c-with-drums    

Hi Watson43, welcome and thanks for posting. What a very professional production great job. Looking forward to hearing more. ?? Mark.