Some of us are professionals. Some of us are retired. Some of us are just learning. Some of us just play because we enjoy it.
This is your thread - and it's not just for guitarists. I don't care if you play a kazoo. I want to hear it. I will listen to every submission of personally created work - and, if history is any predictor, other people will too.
So, grab your phone and guitar and record us something. Or, if you can do better recording that that, do so!
If you don't play and want to, ask questions. If you want more information, ask questions. If you want resources, ask questions.
(I'm not going to ping people in this one - the thread's a bit late. I'll tell ya why, in a moment.)
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[–] TheBuddha [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Sounds like you're trying to go somewhere with that. Hmm...
Also, neat rendition of Tull. ;-)
[–] crazy_eyes 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Did you hear the Sublime one?
[–] TheBuddha [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I finally meandered down the stairs and gave that a listen. I like how you give zero fucks about editing out mistakes. You're just like, "Imma run with this bitch, anyhow."
I'm kind of the exact opposite. I strive for note-for-note recreation, faithful to the original studio recording, and don't let a whole lot of mistakes make it to the public forums of the world wide web. Don't get me wrong - I make many, many mistakes. I just spent a while learning to edit them out and I've got plenty of free time in which to do multiple takes until I get it right.
Sometimes - probably more often than not - I'm happy with my first take. However, some of the stuff that I share is the product of many hours. Some of them may have had a dozen restarts and another half dozen full cuts. Once in a while, I'll take the time to actually edit out the mistakes and put multiple pieces together. But, I'm not very good at that. It's actually much faster for me to just re-record it.
Shh! That's my secret. I kind of suck at getting it timed just right and cutting and mixing. I wish I were faster, but I'm not. It's pretty new to me and I'm entirely unschooled at it. So, it's usually faster if I just record it all over again. I need to start some sort of cue system - so that I can have markers that make editing easier. I play with a metronome - almost always. I wonder if I can figure out how to increment the counts and take the signal and add a silent marker to the audio files? This would make editing them easier. I may not have the greatest ear for tonality - but I can hear when there's a slight change in the beat and I notice when there's a mistake in the timing of an edit. (Which is why it takes me forever to edit stuff.)
[–] TheBuddha [S] ago
No, I stopped at Thick as a Brick. I'll give that a listen in a bit. I've got a sleigh missus beside me, I'm on a tablet, and I'm not actually sure where my headphones are. Well, I know where there are some, but I usually have a pair on my nightstand. Maybe an alien stole 'em, because they are missing. Not that they'd do me much good, as this is an iPad and SoundCloud needs Flash, which an iPad doesn't support.
The missus wanted attention, so I've been busy. But, that's why I'm now in bed at such an early hour.
[–] crazy_eyes 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Haha, thanks!