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That's exactly what I want to do. I'm not worried about sending them back in to the kit. I can handle that. It's getting each instrument to it's own channel that I can not figure out. I'm not using VSTs, I'm only using the TD-5 and I want to use the midi tracks to quantize and then humanize...

I'm semi comfortable with midi in and out/channels. I'm not a total moron. But, I've never really used it much. Here's what I want to do. I have a Roland TD-5 kit and I want to create a separate midi track for each piece (kick - Snare - Hats - Toms). I could just play (i'm so awful timing...

Avant-Garde art (Man Ray - Dali - Naoto Hattori) are my favorite artists. One day I will own a set of Dali's Divine Comedy. Avant-garde music is tough to listen to. Performance art has to have a mind behind it, or else it is just bullshit. Anyone can do anything they want and call it art. Art...

I wrote a guitar hoff for this song, that says waltz all over it. Of course, that's what I think. Everyone else might say WTF?

Thanks. I have to say, I've never heard a record or song where the bass sounded bad to me. Maybe because it's not suppose to be upfront. As long as I can hear it, and it's not popping up and down, I'm fine.

I'm pretty sure if you used Yoko's voice as a burglar alarm, you'd be sued by the thieves for cruel and unusual punishment. There are extremely talented avant-garde artists like Laurie Anderson, who are smarter than the art. That's what makes it entertaining. She told this great story about...

I don't know if this will help. In all my years of recording I've gone direct. I have a Tube MP Studio 3, you'll notice it has a bass setting. I didn't always have one. But, it does punch up the sound a bit. It's $100. But, I know I didn't pay that much (I'm cheap) I think I bought it off...

I have the Two Virgins album (it doesn't have the brown bag). I put it on ONCE, and that was it. When John was murdered I put it up for sale, and a guy was going to give me $200 for it. I just had to meet him outside the Dakota. I declined. I bet I could still sell it. Though today I'd...

I recorded analog till I left Long Island. All my Ampeg 456 2" masters went into the trash. I'm not even sure if I still have the 1/4" masters. I used to watch in awe as Don would line up everything perfectly for a punch-in. Never missed one. Never mistakenly recorded over anything, and his...

That's even better than the one I put up. This one plays the chord.

I have seen his videos. They are excellent. He's quite informative. The problem is, I have no idea what he's talking about (it's the same with most lesson videos). Sometimes it falls into place and by the end I've put it together. Then I have to rewatch to fully understand. Books on music and...

Before 2017 I wrote 2 or 3 songs where my fingers moved while playing a chord. Like most punk rock guitarists, if I was playing a G or A I played a G or A till I changed chords. Now, I'm just all over the damn place. Which for my tone deaf ears makes adding other instruments a nightmare. I had...

I watch TV with my guitar and just play. Eventually I'll come up with something and work it into a song. My latest has a capo on the 5th fret and kind of seems like it's based in a strange F chord. My fingers are constantly moving, so I had no idea. I did a search and came up with this site...

This is the beginnings of a new song. 1.5 acoustic guitars, hofner bass (cranked a little to hear it fully) There's no effect or eq on either. It's a great sounding bass. I have to do the track again, with a little more style. But, that'll be after I have the vocal track down. I did do the...

The guitarist from my first band told me to check 6/8. It plays well in 3/4, so I'm not going there. When I think 3/4 I do think waltz, that's why this song didn't sound 3/4. Now, that I know it is, that's all I hear. I guess that's why I thought trumpet and violin for lead. One day you're...

I'm not the best with tempo. I tap my fingers, come close. But, it usually takes me about 15 minutes before I hit the exact tempo. Then I lay down the click track. I wrote a new song, and want to record it before I forget it. It's not normal chords or strumming. For me it's a little more...

Unfortunately I don't have a great amount of space, and I do have a tendency to bump into things when wearing an instrument. I know exactly what you mean about this bass. I know I'm going to have to be careful, it feels like it could snap if you move wrong. Where you could crack someone's head...

I don't have spotify, or I'd listen to this. In the early 90s I started recording an album that I never finished. I recorded a bizarre rap version of Poe's The Raven. I have it on cassette somewhere. It's long and only the basic tracks. But, the samples used were very Halloween.

I absolutely will. I'm working on a song right now. I don't even know if I'm playing chords. I think it either some sort of F or G. Maybe both. When I work it out, I'll put it up.

You had a real one. It's a shame you had to sell it. Most of my guitars are back from the 70s and 80s. A few go back to the 60s and 50s. I just think they took more pride in the workmanship. We did the Martin factory tour in PA. It's a great place. But, the majority of guitars are computer...