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This is the other cover song my wife and I recorded at a north woods WI cabin this past weekend for our 22nd anniversary. Recorded live to one track with GarageBand on my iPad with the built-in mics. No EQ or compression added yet (didn't sound as though it needed it to me) - only some reverb...

My wife and I went up to a cabin in the north WI woods this past weekend for our 22nd anniversary, and while we were there, we recorded a couple of cover songs (Joe Henry's "Trampoline" being the other) for fun. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing recorded on GarageBand on my iPad with the...

Hey y'all, This is our cover of Gabriel's "Mercy Street." I'm actually not 100% done tracking - we still have to add a higher female harmony part in the chorus - but it's very close, and I'm not sure when we're going to be able to do that, so I'm doing what I can (working on the mix) in the...

I used to be nothing but a Fender guy for decades, but an Epiphone Les Paul Special in TV yellow started to change my mind. It's an amazing guitar. This one is even better. It's as nice as any guitar I've played. The finish is gorgeous and flawless, the fretwork is immaculate, beautiful binding...

Hey y'all, I have a Strat and just replaced the stock pickups with the following pickups: Bridge: Seymour Duncan Little 59 (single coil-sized humbucker) Middle: Seymour Duncan RWRP Vintage pickup Neck: Seymour Duncan All positions sound great except for the neck/middle position, which sounds...

Hey everyone, I wanted to share some thoughts on this subject and present an analogy to help illustrate my point. What's my point? I think tuning vocals and/or heavily editing vocals and other instruments is doing us all a great disservice as musicians overall. If we get used to just getting...

Hey y'all, I actually have a full video of this one to share once we get the mix finalized. Any comments appreciated. Thanks! Edit: Here's the video for anyone that would prefer the video experience. 😉

Hey y'all, I couldn't really find a good spot for this thread, so please feel free to move it mods. I'm looking for some horn players to collaborate on a jazz tune I've written. It's in the modal jazz vein, similar to Kind of Blue-era Miles. I'm looking for a trumpet and tenor/alto sax to play...

Hey y'all, This is my first pass at this one. Any comments welcome. Thanks!

Hey y'all, Could use a few more ears on this one if you have a chance to give a listen. Any comments welcome. Thanks!

Hey y'all, Quick background: So, this is a song written by the Grammy-winning songwriter Chris Tompkins, who's written and/or co-written several hits for Carrie Underwood ("Before He Cheats," "Blown Away"), Kenny Chesney ("Aint' Back Yet"), Dierks Bentley ("Drunk on a Plane"), and more...

This may be a stupid question, but, as a guitarist (predominantly) I've always wondered about it. So many 80s songs, for example, featured guitars and keys, and often times the guitars were just playing power chords (i.e., root and 5th only - no 3rd). When this is going on, what are the keys...

I'm curious if every guitar player has this ... what I call the "holy sh*t" moment. Here's my story. I started playing guitar at 14 (1985 I think) on a borrowed Peavey T-15, which had a built-in, bare bones (solid state, obviously) amp in the case. (See pic. I don't own this anymore, but this...

Hey y'all, I just finished all the guitars last night for one of two full songs that will appear at the end of a DIY Home Recording book and wanted to get opinions. The only thing that’s left on this is the vocals and then the mix. This one’s just an all-out, bare-bones rock tune (I was...

I have a few older units in my rack and can't find info in the manuals about whether or not the 1/4" connections are balanced or unbalanced. I was hoping I could find an easy way to tell without having to open them up (I'd have to take them out of the rack), and I saw this on a forum...

Curious if anyone has any insight on this. I've gotten into synths a good bit over the past 10 years (guitar is my main instrument), and I've been curious about the typical workflow that bands used in the 80s for a song with a prominent synth track, whether it's a bass line, arpeggios, etc...

Hey y'all, this is another from my wife's album. Just FYI, this one has already been mastered, so it's a good bit louder than the previous mixes I've posted. But it hasn't been released yet, so there's still time to make changes if something really needs to change. Thanks for any comments!

Another one from my wife's solo album. Thanks for any feedback!

Song #4 from the wife's album. Thanks for any comments!

This is the third song from my wife's solo album. Thanks for any thoughts, comments, or suggestions!