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G'day all, Here's a cover i've been mucking around with if you'd like to have a listen. I would really like some comments on the balance of the individual tracks as well as on the overall sound through your monitors (eg. too boomy, muddy etc) It's Martha my Dear and its here if you're...

Greetings friends, IF you're interested, here's an awesome beatles tune (which one isnt?) i recorded yesterday. This is really the first time ive recorded on my computer by myself, so its very ROUGH. equipment - sm57 - dodgy nylon string acoustic - bass - those CD-r plastic cases (percussion...

I hope that this forum is still visited at times................. What I would like to know is everybody's views on the differences / similarities between "Head voice" and falsetto. Do you think they are the same thing (as many people do) or are they distinctly differently produced? AS far as...

Hey fellas, Just deciding on a digital piano to buy and ive been researching for ages. Wondering if anyone with experience with these or similar keyboards can give me some advice?? what do you recommend in the choice Roland FP-3 vs KORG SP-200 ??? thats not the absolute final choice i have...

Hey guitar guys, Just wondering if any of you have ever tried your hand at making a distortion pedal? If so, does anyone have any schematics or suggestions that they can bear parting with?? I have already got a design and im just weighing up whether to proceed or if ive got something horribly...

Hi guys, Heres another mixing question pertaining to vocals. What are some effects you use on your vocals when recording? (eg. reverb, chorus, compression etc etc.) And how do you accomplish it?? (techniques, hardware?, software?) If possible, put up a short mp3 demo of the effects used...

hey guys , This forum hasnt had much action lately, so i thought i'd just ask a question of everyones recording habits. When tracking vocals , do you try to get it all right in one take ,? or are you the guy who sings each line as many times as it takes to get it right, then sing the next...

Hey guys, I was reading an 'explanation' of vibrato the other day and was finding it hard to even follow what the idiot was saying. Just wondering if anyone can give an accurate description of how it works, how it can be done and when to use it. I can use the technique fine (i think), but...

Hey y'all Does any one here purposefully "PUT ON" accents when they sing to create a certain sound, or is your singing voice a natural extension of your speaking voice?? I have to say that I (and most australians) put on american(ish) accents while singing although this is sometimes referred...

Just wondering whether any one here can tell me of any experiences where they have used only a website to market their CD. What was the response like? did you sell many?? What are some hints for getting hits?? thanks y

hey, just wondering if any of you can recommend some decent stage monitors?? or Foldbacks, so i can hear my singing. It seems that for high notes its ok without anything, as i can hear myself over the band, but as soon as i have to sing something lower it just blends in and i cant hear myself...

hey fellow vocalists, Ive been reading a few books recently (and also alot of people say) that if you have to do a performance then drink plenty of water during the day and keep warm and stuff. So on the weekend i had my first ever 'Payed gig' (yeeeha) and i made sure i drank heaps of water...

Hey guys, I am considering getting oine of those big hollow-bodied gretsch guitars for two reasons. 1. I love the look of them 2. I love the sound ive heard come out of them does anyone here own one or used one and can recommend a goodun or give suggestions?? If you hate them please tell...

Hey i was just wondering if anyone has any good "remedies" for copious amounts of sibilance. Most of my vocal tracks seem to have heaps, and its almost unbearable when listening in head phones (someone told me cos the small cone speakers or something). anyway - i'm looking for an inexpensive...

Ok this is the first time i've posted any lyrics.... this is merely a work in progress - remember that..... The song is set to mostly piano and violin and is mainly minor chords. SO its a little depressing i spose.... tell me what you think. THE FALL A pale iridescent glow, A cheap and nasty...

Hey knowledgeable friends, If you have some spare time / are interested have a listen to this....... Ms Jackson Its a cover of the vines song which is a cover of that outKast song. I played and sang it all and it was recorded at Tukkis' Home rec 'studio'. Any comments / suggestions would...

Hey all, I recently posted a beatles song and said that i would try and do a better job on another beatles song.............. Have a listen if you like and tell me what you think of this one. http://www.traveldreams.com.au/Girl.mp3 Tukkis was the mxer on this one again and i performed all...

Hey guys This is a Beatles cover I did with Tukkis. It's a cover of the song I'm Only Sleeping. http://www.traveldreams.com.au/I'm%20Only%20Sleeping.mp3 Please give mix and performance opinions Thanks Guys yiordanaki

Hey, I was just wondering (after reading about smilestoned's routine), Whats the weirdest time/place that you've come up with some good lyrics or ideas for songs??? It'd be nice to compare and maybe there'll be an overall majority (so I can just do that activity when i wanna write!) if you can...

Hey all, I have a friend who wants to build a recording studio underneath his house. Its a double garage and we are going to halve it and use the one half as the studio/Practice room. I'm not sure on demensions or specifics yet - but as this is the first recording studio he (or I) Have built...