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literate, not literal Hey Chip, I said Dylan was "literate" and Corgan is not. It's not that his songs can all be taken literally. But all Dylan's songs come from a place of literature, where he's part of a history of poets (as, of course, his pen name illustrates), and utilize such things...

I agree that Erland has great natural talent and song sense, but I think he could use a little less adulation and a little more helpful criticism- Erland, I think this song could use more development, both from a songwriting and recording perspective. The basic melody and chord structure IS...

IMHO there is room for impressionistic lyrics as well as more concrete lyrics in rock (broadly defined) music. Smashing Pumpkin's music is itself impressionistic and emotional rather than following traditional ideas of melody and harmony, so his lyrics go with the music in that way. In...

My goodness A couple comments: Bruce, about Sjoko, I have no idea what you're talking about, and apparently, neither do you. He did ask me (after several months, and after lying to me by telling me he was already working on my stuff) to resend a disk that he claimed was not working, but I...

I want to recommend Arthur Winer at www.canaveralskies.com. He did a great job sprucing up my homerecorded project, turned it around in a few days, listens to what you say, and is very reasonably priced. He used to be a mastering engineer at Sony and is now on his own. You can tell him I sent...

Cool. Those bullet things are pretty good, but an sm58 (or 57) works fine IMHO. I would forget about using a condensor mic on harp; just get right on top of the 58 and drive the sound; turn up the volume too high and over compress while recording (if you can do that with your set up). Then...

Great job. The vocal reminded me of Clapton also. I thought it was a tad too far back in the mix; maybe lay off the reverb a little. Loved the guitar work and sound. Good restraint also; modern blues guitarists tend to show off by playing too many notes and play themselves right out of any...

Interesting idea, but why would I want to record the sound the way I hear it when I play? The guitarist's head is usually in a relatively poor sound position, isn't it? When I need a better idea of what it's sounding like to others I play into a wall. Or else I arrange for an out of body...

Thanks guys. And thanks for the imagery c7sus.;)

No, really, I'm not kidding!!!! (although your technique does have some promise)

An eq cut somewhere between 300 and 700hz (poke around) can also be helpful, I have found.

If I want to try positioning two small condensor mics in an XY configuration to record acoustic guitar, what's a good way to hold them in place? Do you just use two mic stands or it there a better way?

Dear s__paul: I have no idea what this argument is about, but I do know that it is possible to have the argument without being such an asshole.

It's not just that you need a good drummer to do this. The guitarist and vocalist are better off playing off the rhythm section; you get into a better groove that way (sorry for being so technical). One thing you can do is give the drummer a recording to listen to, then let him record the drum...

I think it's really well done; I can hear it through the meter. Everything sits nicely in place. Very expressive too, although the same thoughts have been expressed many times in other rap or hip hop songs. elk hunter? from Colorado? Is this your thing or are you just genre surfing?

Chris, I agree with those saying that good song lyrics can be impressionistic, but my reaction here is that you engaged in some interesting free association and so far that's all. At this point, it's really too scattered to be evocative. If you're interested in developing this song, I would go...

To make a long and painful story short, I have had to reconfigure my hard drive and reconnect and reload everything. The first thing I tried to do to test whether N-track was working was to attempt to play a .wav file. I am getting the message "waiting for incoming sync". I don't know what...

I agree with Joe, in that it could use a bass, or at least a stronger bass line on the rhthym guitar. To tell ya the truth, I think the canned drums do not work here. They are also way too prominent in the mix. I would suggest a different, sharper sound on the accented beat also. Vocal has a...

Hello Steve, welcome to homerec (LI Slim = Larry Kolker). The mix seemed pretty good. I am listening through crappy multimedia speakers, which usually limits the bottom. The bass was very round and full, so it might be too much through good speakers, and a little boxy. The vocal had a nice...

Dan Bern He records on Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe label as I recall. He's not a secret. I like "I am the Messiah" (I'm not sure whether that's the name of the song or just a line in it.) He has a Dylan-like attitude in his delivery and tells very interesting stories.