thread to make you feel better about your playing ...

[tone4days]

tone4days' band - deny everything demo

this is the demo my band paid $300 for ... geezer rock covers at its ... err .. umm ... most unvarnished?

i play just about all the guitars you hear ... the little single note thing at the begining 'goodbye to you' and the two little lead bits in 'wild night' is the other guitarist, but otherwise it's all me for your listening .. umm .. err .. experience ...

i sing all the guy parts except 'the middle' which i do not sing at all on (dig the shyt falsetto on 'fav mistake' )

music for people already drunk or well on their way

yup, you and/or your band and/or 'some guy you know' can do it better ...

all parts played with my SD A2P/JB loaded Brian Moore i88.13 through a Yamaha DG-Stomp direct to the computer ... not that any of those manufacturers deserve to be blamed for their contributions ...

lessons learned? insist on being present at mixing, especially if the bass player's friend is doing the mix ... insist on coming back another day for solos / overdubs and vocals after basic rhythm tracks are done instead of giving in to the rest of the folks and dragging the day out longer to 'just get them done' ... insist on playback of vocals instead of taking the engineer's word that it sounded good to him


so, i'm throwing it out there .. feel free to throw stuff back ..i got the chickenwire up

cheers
t4d

 

[RGN]

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Not that bad at all IMO. The chick has a nice voice. Your vocals and playing sound good. If I was sitting in a bar and you guys fired up it sure wouldn't run me out bro.

 

[tone4days]

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thanks for the kind words, rgn ... i appreciate it

 

[seafoamer]

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i'll check it later yo.
i'm watchin' the game downstairs & on my shytty laptop.
i'm gonna need the boomin' system.

 

[Erlend_G]

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Sounds good!

 

[seafoamer]

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Sounds good!

what the hell is that?
That's not even a comment.
u didn't even have to listen to write that shyt.
go back to the SR, longface.

 

[nepalnt21]

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i agree she has a nice voice. nice playing too. it actually makes me feel worse about my playing, teeheehee

 

[nepalnt21]

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ksjdfg sjkd I LOOOOOOOVE sheryl crow. nice version too u guys are great

 

[oldschoolrock]

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Nice vocals and playing. Nice tone to the guitar I always loved that type of low gain tone (to me) especially on that stones tune since I mostly play with high gain. Love to hear real vocals too once in a while as oppossed to some guy screaming his head off (no offense to our singer who is very good). The guitar playing on that Journey song was very enjoyable I thought the vocals were a just a tad bit pitchy but still sounded great. I liked it...all of it.

 

[tone4days]

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thanks guys ... i appreciate your having a listen

foamy, trust me, you don't want it TOO loud

hey nepal ... dunno where in hoco you are, but we are playing at luna-c grille in river hill village center on 16 june ... it is a restaurant w/ a bar, so if you and your friends wanna come make fun of old people, they won't card ya unless ya try to order a brew ... or you can tell your parents and they can bring their friends ... we do a few more crow tunes too - every day is a winding road and all i wanna do is have some fun ...

cheers
t4d

 

[tone4days]

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thanks oldschool ... i wish he wouldve used a different take of that solo in 'lights' (i did at least 7 takes) ... my timing goes to shyt during the long descending lick towards the end on that take ... and funny that you mention the pitchyness .. since we heard this demo, we reassigned the harmonies on that song for just that reason ... we cut out the highest part and gave her the next lowest one .. the part that is lowest on this demo becomes the middle, and now i drop down and have the lowest .. we think it sounds better now than it did on that recording ... we'll have to see what the crowds think ... and i wish i would've used the open G for honky tonk .. it was 'ok ish' on the demo, but no one wanted to be bothered with the 30 sesconds it wouldve taken me to swap axes ... i really need to learn to be more assertive in the studio, i think

for us, it really came down to this ... we are a buncha part timer hobbyists who want to do our best, but understand the limitation of what our best really is ... this is what we sound like ... this is what we are GONNA sound like ... if a bar owner or party planner hears it and says, "yeah, these guys are good enough", then so be it ... we'd hate to feel as though we would be accused of duping anyone into hiring us and expecting a pro touring quality band only to be disappointed when we showed up ... if people get up and dance and have a good time when we play, our mission will have been accomplished .. as long as we make enough scratch to cover the PA rental and put gas in the car, we're happy to have an outlet to play once a month or so ... it's only music, no one gets hurt, right?

cheers
t4d

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

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what the hell is that?
That's not even a comment.
u didn't even have to listen to write that shyt.
go back to the SR, longface.

Good point. A better comment would be something like "This music makes me feel good...almost as good as watching the Yankees strike out twelve times in one game."

 

[seafoamer]

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Good point. A better comment would be something like "This music makes me feel good...almost as good as watching the Yankees strike out twelve times in one game."

Don't make me kill u.

 

[tone4days]

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lmao

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

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Now, now...no death threats. They're very unseemly.

 

[seafoamer]

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i <3'ed it, dood!
fun band! I'd hire u guys for a shindig.
r u guys heading towards being a wedding/function band?
I thought the recording was very nyce, too.
congrats on the demo & website

 

[seafoamer]

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Now, now...no death threats. They're very unseemly.

GRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[firebirdVII]

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I may not have anything to compare you to (except crap college bands), but I thought that that was nice and tight. Something I would like to hear cranked, I can hear the guitar, but I like to really hear the guitar.

If I was a club owner, I would hire you guys. But then again, this is all coming from someone who is pretty green, lol :smack:

 

[nepalnt21]

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hey nepal ... dunno where in hoco you are, but we are playing at luna-c grille in river hill village center on 16 june ... it is a restaurant w/ a bar, so if you and your friends wanna come make fun of old people, they won't card ya unless ya try to order a brew ... or you can tell your parents and they can bring their friends ... we do a few more crow tunes too - every day is a winding road and all i wanna do is have some fun ...

if im in maryland at that time, i will definitely do that. i like luna c. ive been there once or twice.

btw, ur the only person that actually figured out that my name had something to do with the country (unless they never wrote it down in a post)

 

[Guest]

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I dig it! Really nice sounding and the kind of music that I enjoy and listen to... you guys did well when recorded.

I think both of you have a really nice voice that suits this kind of music and also blends well together! Nice stuff