Recent content by Diverdown

Hi Jay and welcome Im a relative newbie myself and am being helped out with songs by some of the fine fellows on this site. I concur with the previous comments and can only say that I rewrite constantly and setting your lyrics to music will change many things , I find that especialy when your...

Thanks for the comments I appreciate everyones input Isnt it strange this home reocording thing , You (I) start getting into it to try and capture what you hear only to find your ability to reproduce what you hear is lacking which leads to listening more criticly to what youve written and...

Thanks GZ I appreciate your input This piece was longer when I started but I found that i was just repeating sentiments and not really saying anything new so I chopped alot out of it I know what you mean about a hook and hopefully I can develop a section of the melody so its stands out more...

Hello All Please review My latest attempt for song structure melody and lyric The recording is still very rudimentry and needs a great deal of work Ive ripped this thing to shreds so many times an rewrote rewrote rewrote . Its called Life after 40 http://www.reverbnation.com/peterkielburger...

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Chris That was a thoughtfull and well written responce , You have illustrated your point very effectively. Im inspired to pursue some extra theory knowlege Perhaps the moderators of this fine site would consider a forum for theory discussions alone?

God I hope your wrong 1 time found with "A flock of seagulls is enough" and lest we forget the DA DA DA. I dont think society needs anymore padded shoulders and faux zippers either!:D:D:D

Paul McCartneys "silly little love songs" tongue i cheek comentary on the subject but I find that bassline captivating and keeps me listeningas its genius

As the OP my initial and lasting impression from reading this article isnt so much that there was some secret formula but that a very talented songsmith deemed a certain progression to be a moneymaker It illustrated to me that even people with uber talent search and think about formulaic...

Im just a beginner myself and am not sure ifwhat i write is correct but I imagine if you crank your amp to its best sweetest sound and you feel your preamp / mic gain settings need be high to get the best quality recording then your mic placement and room treatment would need to be your...

Hello all Wading in and adding to the op,s question or at least what I thought he was asking:D i think hes inquiring whether decreasing the (gain?) sensetivity of your microphone to compensate for a louder signal from your source ie amp is a good tradeoff

Lovely sounding piece I enjoyed the melody and would love to hear a nice strings section as a counterpoint , Id like to have the vocals a little more intimate perhaps being brought to the front of the mix some more Very nice P

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Ok Im gonna jump in and ask some perhaps obvious questions. In my situation I record thru a tapco usb interface that has instrument and line level selection options Would this be a built in DI? secondly when playing a passive pickuped instrument plugged into my Behringer eurorack mixer would...

I found an article written by John Mayer in Esquire Magazine with a comentary on writing a hit Enjoy! THen explain what he means " minor, 6,4,1,5":):confused::D Ever wonder why a lot of the big hit songs on the radio sound the same? That's because there are only so many combinations of chords...