Acoustic Song

[Monkey Allen]

Appreciate any comments on this song, I recorded it before I had proper stuff...but I don't mind the song really.

Anyway, comment on the tune if you want

the song is "Spain Six"

thanks

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=355705

 

[XLR]

A nice tune... solid rhythm guitar. Maybe more Mexican/latin than Spanish . I like the tremolo in the lead line near the end.

Tim

 

[Monkey Allen]

Thanks for the comment, glad you liked the bit at the end!

 

[bigbubba]

Very nice. I really really like it. Especially if you're just sitting out on the porch and just having a glass of wine. Did I say wine, I mean BEER. BEER! BEER!

Ok, back to the song, on the home theater system it sounds very nice. And the tune itself is very nice. I wonder how many takes did you do for the rhythm part. And if the rhythm currently on the track is all one take.

I find a lot of rhythm sections to be chores sometimes and keep losing time. So I do at least a 100 punch ins and about 2000 takes before I have one good rhythm track.

 

[Monkey Allen]

All the lead bits are pieced together I think bit by bit. I think I would record the lead in chunks like that. The whole thing was only about 3 tracks. But the rhythm is one take. I worked out the progression over time, as you do, then probably played it through once then recorded it in one hit.

I'm pretty sure I did it about 2 years ago on an SBlive and with a $19 microphone. I used a capo for some of the lead. I definitely would have been drinking beer when I did it.

Thanks for your comments, really kind

 

[bigbubba]

All the lead bits are pieced together I think bit by bit. I think I would record the lead in chunks like that. The whole thing was only about 3 tracks. But the rhythm is one take. I worked out the progression over time, as you do, then probably played it through once then recorded it in one hit.

Yup, all my leads are also pieced together. I mean played in bits and pieces. Most of all, they're done as I think of them. Which means the AMP settings have probably changed in the middle 'coz I was trying to get a nickelback sound yesterday and a bon jovi sound today. So now I have a different sound and different volume level. I find rhythm harder to do in one take. Playing song tunes/melodies are the easiest for me since I am essentially singing that with the guitar.

 

[Monkey Allen]

Yeah, most of the songs that I have done, and that i like are ones where I didn't really have much of a plan...just kind of like slapping down the rhythm/ chord progression that you have worked out and then after that adding bits and pieces here and there.

The ones I really try to work out turn out like shit really.

The song 'watery' in my recordings was like that. i had 3 chords and a bit of an idea for a riff or two, then basically made up the rest while I recorded.

I like doing it like that. I end up smoking lots of cigarettes and drinking beer and just having a good time.

 

[boomtap]

I couldn't help but click on that song Watery. There is a fade that you did on a single note, that sounded so cool. I am going to steal that for something sometime, that rocked.

 

[Monkey Allen]

Which fade was that? What part of the song? Do you mean that fast fade from left to right?

Thanks for listening, cool

 

[cmhansen]

The rhythm guitar is real solid. The solo fit the song pretty good too. Some sections almost sounded Greek in origin. Nice piece.

 

[Monkey Allen]

Greek hey? I never thought of that...thanks for the comment, it's been good to get some replies