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Hey, This is kind of an odd one... Apparently the main melody here comes from a traditional Dutch tune that parents sing to their kids or whatever. I liked the melody a lot and wanted to try to create an arrangement around it, so I added a bunch of chords and an additional section to the tune...

:) We'll see. I remain unconvinced. I'll have to see how it goes over a few tracking/mixing sessions 1st and go from there I think. Actually, it's a Roland VS-2400 - I love it! I don't think the 2488 allows you to hook up a monitor and mouse? The 688 isn't gone or anything. Looking towards the...

Hey - I recently got a new bass and and old hammond M102 organ with a separate tone cabinet. Trying to squeeze everything into such a long, narrow room (19'L x 9.5'W x 8.5'H) where most of the length is already taken up by storage, a wood stove, a massive bookshelf and a futon, is kind of tough...

Hi, I had nothing to do today and no new material, so I did a cover of a beck tune from odelay - ramshackle. I did this once before in 2005 on tape, which was cool, but kind of rough. I mixed this on different speakers than what I normally use and they're kind of bright. As a result, I think...

Hey - here's something I more or less wrapped up this week. Something a bit different from me perhaps. I am curious to know how it sounds for folks. As always, I have concerns but will not voice them as I prefer not to steer anyone in a particular direction. I appreciate your criticism...

Hey - been a while... I suddenly got motivated and whipped together a tune over the last week or so. Hearing it now on Soundcloud, it doesn't sounds as good as it did while it was coming together. Maybe I did something wrong in the final stages and messed with it too much. I dunno. Did the bass...

Hey - I'm not talking surface rust here either... I'm talking about a bridge and tailpiece that are deeply pitted with thick rust. It's a 1968 Gibson SG Special, and I know a certain amount of surface rust might be appealing to some ("relic"?), but this is to the point where my hand can get raw...

Ok, so I have a Roland VS2400 workstation. It has a built in CDR for burning "master" discs and that is how I create my final product and also how I have a way to tranfer tunes to my PC for sharing online. The disc drive is the one unreliable part of this unit, and every few months, it just...

I went to see Beck at a smallish theater in Portland, Maine last week. Great show, and he spent a fair amount of time mentioning the city during his performance. At one point, he said something like, "You know, everyone needs a secret weapon, and my secret weapon is Bob Ludwig. He makes every...

Hey. Just messing around and chopped up a couple of brief sections of Funkadelic's "Can You Get to That", looped them, added FX and then added a bunch of new instruments, lyrics and vocals - essentially creating a new song. Just trying some new things in the absence of a drum kit. Probably not...

Hi, I have a 1968 Gibson SG Special with 2 P90's and there's some basic things I'd like to ask that I've never really understood. I was reading antichef's thread below and I guess this is pretty similar, but somewhat different issue. I think I understand far less than he about the inner...

I got inspired yesterday from dobro's thread and short song clip and decided to expand upon it - (waaay too much). I had a beat already I was working on and yesterday I wrote some lyrics and last night I added bass, a bunch of guitars and vocals. This is further proof (not that you needed it)...

Hello again, If anyone wants to try to help with this one that would be cool. Unlike the last number, it is faster and the mix is not nearly so dark. Maybe too far in the other direction? I think it's kind of almost pop...sort of? I tried to take some of the comments on the last track into...

Hello again, I hope no one minds me posting another track so soon after the last, but I think we're done with the boombox thing, and I'm anxious to see if anyone can help me with this week's project. I actually like this tune and was pretty happy with it while putting it together, but the end...

Personally, I have no end of troubles with computers, but I readily admit that I know little about them and don't try too hard to learn. It seems to me that it's at least a little more straight-forward with a standalone, at least to someone like me who is impatient with tech and just wants to...

Hey folks - I recently put together this silly (but hopefully fun) little tune about the first high school party I remember attending. If anyone wants to give me any feedback on the mix or the arrangement or whatever, I'd appreciate it. As for the mix, I find the overall impression is that it...

Hey...check this out. I actually kind of finished something for the first time in a long while. Does it sound any good? https://soundcloud.com/kingseesar/defective

Hey, So, I have a 1960's Ampeg Reverberocket amp that emits a constant loud hum whenever it is turned on whether or not anything is plugged into it. I bought it used around 1990. Had it serviced once back in 2003. All new tubes: 6k11, 6u10, 12ax7 (2) and 2 7868's (which were $50 a pop). I...

If my wife went on a trip overseas without me, I'd probably expect one of these to offset it: Yeah...I think he got one of these? XV-JT90 Offset Hybrid GFS Pickups Surf Green Alder Body I know it was some kind of franken-telejagmaster-stein or something...

I'm sorry to post another track so soon after the last, but I just really wanted to get feedback on something new if possible. This one's actually a little embarassing. I always build tracks in bits and pieces over the course of days or weeks. Songwriting and performance is kinda secondary to...