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This has happened to me...full arrangements of unwritten songs playing in my head while I'm asleep...but the details of the dream (and thus the song) always fade within seconds of waking... Darn brain. :(

My goodness, things are getting a bit touchy here. First of all, Jimmy Vaughan is not overrated. He's not that great, but I've never heard anyone rate him highly. He's pretty much rated exactly where he should be. I'd say...Kurt Cobain. I love Kurt, but as a guitarist? Naaaaaaaah. Good but not...

I pretty much agree. Don't force a song to be long. If it's short, it's short. Long can be good, if that's the nature of the song. It's a Zen thing.

I totally get this. It usually happens during/after a long shower/walk. If I sit down and TRY to write, I fail 99% of the time.

I'm really surprised by poll. I write my lyrics first 90% of time. Usually, a melody begins to form as I'm in the midst of writing. From the lyrics comes rhythm, from rhythm melody, and from melody chord changes. Trying to cram lyrics into a predefined melody, or a melody into predefined...

I agree. Let the lyrics flow. Let the structure come. Not to say that there shouldn't BE structure. But it doesn't have to be V/C/V/B/C or A/A/B/A. But it could be. Hmm, looking through my book o' lyrics, most of my songs ARE in fact V/C/V/B/C or A/A/B/A. Interesting. :p

Lyrics have meaning But more to the point Is the music redeeming When you're smoking a joint? But really, illicit drugs aside, I like lyrics that capture a specific emotion or experience of the artist. Heavy-handed, moralistic, thou-shalt-not lyrics turn me off big-time. Specific > vague...

REMEMBER...you can't BEAM through a FORCE field. So don't TRY it. ;)

:laughings: Oh God...this is truly my worst nightmare. I've literally had nightmares about this.

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Wow, this thread has been going for a long time! It's a good one, so I'll chime in. I love the timbre of my voice. My biggest struggle is forgetting that people are listening or a mic is recording and just DOING it. In the past, I've striven to MAKE my voice sound a certain way. Now I know I...

Hmm, then again...that Studio Projects B1 looks pretty darned nice. This is going to be a tough decision. :confused:

I'm an amateur, but this is what I'm finding. Everyone is born with a certain range. That's life. You can expand your range with lessons/practice, but you won't become a tenor if you're born a bass. Sorry. So embrace your natural range and make the most of it. When it comes to accurately...

I have a question about the Fast Track Ultra. I use Windows 7 64-bit. An unsettlingly large number of consumers with Windows Vista and Windows 7 report online (in Amazon reviews, M-Audio boards, and elsewhere) that they have experienced driver issues that render the Fast Track unusable or a...

Thanks! The Fast Track Ultra looks to be exactly what I need. And at a pretty nice price...the reviews online look excellent too.

Thanks for all the input, guys! I appreciate it. I think I'm going to go for the v67g.

I'm a vocalist+acoustic guitarist new to home recording. I'm looking for a cheap large-diaphragm condenser mic to lay down some crisp, clean vocal tracks. My budget is ~$200. After scouring the web for I-don't-know-how-many-hours, two mics keep rearing their heads: the Rode NT1-A (~$200), and...

Hey all. I'm a singer/songwriter new to home recording. I've been doing some research, and I'm ready to buy a few mics and an audio interface. I'll leave the mics to a separate post. I'm here to ask about the audio interface. I will be using this interface primarily to record one vocalist and...