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Posted on Feb 08, 2006 07:16 pm
tonyd1970
The fat one always watches us.
Member Since: Nov 08, 2002

heres a song Now on my website members.cox.net/tonyd1970 music page...

Tell me what you think its about, perhaps the title can change... and what genere is it.

all done in a hotel (again) with strings i got from target, had to. you deal with whats availiable.........

id like to know also, where i fit in to the musical buffet offered here. I hear everything else and im blown away- do my songs blow anyone away or am i destined to the recycle bin....
lemme know
tonyd

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zekthedeadcow
Eat Spam before it eats YOU!!!
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Since: May 11, 2002

Feb 08, 2006 09:07 pm

as a linux user I don't have a recycle bin... I have have a TRASH CAN! MUH HAHa!!! :) j/k

For being done in a hotel on strigs from target I'd say it came out pretty good. There is room for improvement... and I'd need a .wav to really tell

basically IMHO:
The somg is a simple acoustic and vocal song and therefore should be reletivly straight forward. Cut effects on vocals and anything on the guitar.

The guitar is thin... this is probably a combination of target strings and mp3 compession... if the guitar itself is thin I would mic the resinator box just below your elbow...and about 3" from the guitar... no more than 6". If you're micing the sound hole... well... don't do that. :)

there is distortion... I think some of the guitar is clipping if it is... then ... don't do that either:)

probably the thing to remember is, "Just because it's recorded don't mean it needs effects." :) last fall I recorded a piano and simply did a 3db boost with my limiter and that was it. acoustic instruments and vocals I like natural.

I don't like to talk about who falls where is "goodness" until I can finish something I'm allowed to put up myself. But your guitar playing is fine and you voice can hold a tune which makes you better than most. You just need to get some quality stings on the guitar and calm down on post processing. :)

Noize2u
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Since: Apr 04, 2002

Feb 09, 2006 11:47 pm

Lets see, tonyd's genre.

Acoustemmo? (acoustic emmo)

I dont really know were to put your stuff tony, as far as genre goes. Its acoustic, mostly ballady stuff. Emotional as well, thus the emmo thing.

Tadpui
I am not a crook's head
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Since: Mar 14, 2003

Feb 10, 2006 10:57 am

Acoustic Emo, definitely. That sounds like a pretty good fit.

cocofromscotland
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Since: Jan 12, 2004

Feb 11, 2006 06:20 am

Aye, I'd subscribe with these genre assessments...

It's usally acoustic/darkish ballad/rockyish/folk almost at times.

In terms of advice and opinion - I LIKE all yer stuff Tony. Its all gid. There are points in many recordings where I hear the guitars (especially when distorted) maxing out and maybe smidgen clipping but thats rectifiable. I think you said you used the DI method often times and do you use software effects??? I reckon some form of modeller would do you a good hand....but aye, its always top notch stuff.

Put it this way, I put no crap on my MP3 player and I find a lot of stuff passing thru my lugs (ears) from good ole HRC, including yourself....

As for the videos ... well, they are top bannana tae! Keep it up man...everyone loves the TonyD sound!

Coco.