Recent content by smirky

Hi folks! I recently bought a DD-5, and as it is a battery-killer I want to use it with an adaptor. the guys at the music store told me that it goes with any 9V-adaptor, but when I tried it at home it was somehow strange: the check-light never went off. it was very bright when the effect was...

sorry, may be a stupid question, but how do I tune during a gig withouth the help of an fx-box? are there tuners with bypass functions on the market that do the job? thanks for help, smirky

is there a silent and comfortable way to stay in tune during a live-act? it's easy on my Strat (as I have this option on my effect-console), but how can I do it on my half-accoustic (without plugging out anything, naturally)? thanks for tips, smirky

I'm starting a band project with some really fine musicians, and I have about 50 songs ready (some of them being highly commercial and really would appeal to the masses). now we're discussing our possibilities, and how we could really achieve something. I am from Austria, and I know that the...

I just have amps for my electric but want to have one for my accoustic too. can you recommend any amps for this purpose (and remember: I'm not Bill Gates, so I don't want to sell my car for it ;-) thanks, smirky

very interesting suggestion, so you mean we all try to write songs titled "Woolton Church" and compare the results? btw, you have some more information about Woolton Church? or should everyone imagine his own church? anyway, I like your idea. already working on the first verse :-) smirky

it may be true that one cannot learn songwriting (you either have the gift or not, I'd say), but I think one can learn to write better songs. my new songs are a lot better than my old ones, and can't even be compared to my first ones (which are kind of crap). maybe there are songwriters out...

many of the really catchy songs derive their melodies from pentatonic scales, often containing no more than 3-4 different notes. maybe because the pentatonic scales are most easy to sing for the listener, and tunes using them are most easy to be remembered. I also think that melody writing...

kind of atmospheric stuff... the feeling reminds me of a certain Black-Sabbath song - "Megalomania" I think. actually I prefer listening to "easier" stuff, but your song (and the recording) is really cool...and I like the guitar solo! as said before, the lyrics are difficult to understand -...

English isn't my mother language, so I don't know the (slang?)word "boink" either. However, the rest of the words in the sentence lets me figure out the meaning :-) anyway: the Michael-Flatley explanation seems more logical *LOL* smirky

when I lack ideas I listen to some loops on my little drumcomputer which really helps usually´(especially when I want to write rock songs) writing a capella is also quite useful, as the melodies get fresher compared to those following always the same chord progressions on the guitar. I prefer...

thanks a lot for your replies! I won't give up... cu, smirky

A good song doesn't need to be long at all in my opinion (take the Beatles' "Yesterday" or many others of them) and if you are not able to deliver the message and give the audience some killer melodies within three or maybe four minutes, then you won't be able to do this by expanding the length...

I play guitar and bass and have a question: how can it be learned to play (for instance) a complicated bass line while singing a differently phrased melody (you know, like Sting for example)? in other words, how can I make my singing independent of what I play? thanks for any tips, smirky

I have realized that my rythm-(acoustic)guitar playing is often the same for each song -> boring! has anyone an idea how to make it fresher (books, sites, ...)? cu, smirky