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hello again elizabet,

i'm reading your work top down, which means your last posting first! another profound piece of work, myself; i've never understood women who are enamoured by men who use violence to put their point across...different strokes...

this is a fuller story than "just read this" but it could well be a continuation of it.

you have a very strong style and tackle the love problem straight on. one thing though, a little bit of background would be nice. this is just a personal thing as i like to know what your mind set was at the time of writing, and if it's a work of fiction or did happen.

hope it all works out for you with this guy

phill

hi guys,

i'm not a uke player, but i followed toney's link and played along with some of the songs on there with guitar, which worked just as well, what a great site, thanks toney, i'm gonna bookmark the site and go back when i feel like jamming!

phill

hi anastasiak,

there's a lot of good advice above, but at the end of the day it's all down to what you want to do!
if you want good quality recordings that you wont feel embarrassed about when you play them to others [on chordie...hopefully] your best bet is to get a multi-track digital recorder, new one's can be expensive, but there are most likely used one's out there.

multi-tracking means putting different sounds onto separate tracks, without affecting the sound on each, therefore you can mix the tracks when you've finished recording to get a balanced sound, with possibly one guitar in the left channel, another guitar [or keyboard] in the right channel and your vocal track in the middle.
you can also add harmonies, bass, drums etc, all at different times and independently.

overdubbing simply means recording eg a voice over a pre-existing guitar track. with this method you cant remix at a later time, so you have to make sure the mix is correct before starting.

as already mentioned above, you can get a recorder that will interface with your pc, so you may be able to transfer your tracks onto audacity to mix down and add effects, check russels tutorial in the sticky section above.

if you really want to get into recording it can get very expensive and complicated, so beginners kit would be;

a recording device.

a good mic, [i use a beyerdynamic stage mic through an alesis mixer].

i prefer using a guitar pick-up as i always end up knocking the mic or over or under recording, or picking up the sound of people walking out side or cars passing.
some recorders have a built in metrognome, but if yours doesnt, you may want to get a drum machine to keep the beat.

that's it, your basic starter kit, or if you prefer you could down-load audacity [it's free] then get a decent mic [ensure you have a mic interface on your pc before lashing out your hard earned]
and follow russel's instructions.

happy recording, and let's hear them when their done

phill

hi ken,

i'd love to be there just for the craic [i think that's irish...still] unfortunately i'll be doing my usual thing of boring some poor unsuspecting drunkards into getting drunker as i sing 2 or 3 hours of rock pop and c/w music [mainly from the 60's] do you think they'd like that up there? if so i'm on my way...have a good un my friend

phill

i found chordie by accident! i googled "songwriters" not expecting any replies, chordie was top of the list...i never got to the second!

i've been on other sites..."yahoo answers" and got totally narked by the apparent 10 year olds, swearing and acting like, well 10 year olds, make that 5 year olds, even the youngsters here act like adults!

after browsing the songwriting section for a couple of days, i thought i might contribute a song, then kept getting bombarded [or bullied] by roger [thanks rog, i need a push at times to get me going] to record the subsequent songs i posted...after a lot of false starts and help from said roger, i managed to set up a myspace page and up-loaded some tracks.

now i've been writing and recording for 30 to 40 years, but i believe my writing and recording have improved exponential since joining, as the standard was so high, i was afraid to shame my-self, so [as you do] i got better, not yet to a standard i aspire to but getting there.

so a big thanks to chordie and especially to per for his foresight and patience with me and a lot of others.

i would also like to thank, ken from sconny botland, kenny from canada, and not least for his help and greatly appreciated friendship russel harding

thanks again

phill

this began as a discussion i was having with my-self today, i asked, does it matter how i spell my name? yes i replied, then it just evolved from there. it's a bit of flippancy, nonsense if you like a play or similar sounding words and [i hope] a bit of wisdom at the end...

phill

as i understand your predicament, you cant get a decent volume without using direct inject, may i suggest, if your not plugging in, rest the recorder on or near the guitar, it's probably out of range of the mic.

phill

hi, i've been following this thread for a while to see where it went, and it's just got to a bit that i can join in to.

when i write a song i usually start quietly so my wife [in the other room watching coronation street or prison break] cant complain of the noise. so when i go to record the song, [when she's out at the bingo!] i go to give the vocals a bit of oomph and i usually find i have to change the key, which is a pain...so a capo helps especially if the chords are finger twisters!

i also use the capo if i want to double track the guitar. 1st track, left pan open chords E for instance. then capo on the 4th fret and play E in the C shape on the right pan. it gives a nice effect [i think so anyway]

phill

hi tine,

can i just say that you can take the guitar to your local music shop and ask there if they have a guitar doctor or a contact number for one. it may cost a bit, so sort that out first.

if you dont get on with your guitar, try a few out in the shop, they may give you part ex for yours but play it for a good while, dont just listen to the sales person, who is most likely an accomplished player and would make any box sound good.

also, the action would raise if the strings were tuned wrongly,[if they were too tight?]
maybe the strings are too heavy for the guitar, for acoustic i would recommend a 10 or 11 guage set, not too light not too heavy.

i've given you a couple of options, try one or more....but please dont give up

phill

hi pix,

is your flash drive/memory stick full or very small?

you might stick it into your computer, go to my computer, go to removable drive D or F whatever it comes up as, right click on the icon go to FORMAT, this will clear everything off the flash/memory stick, which will allow you to add your new recording. make sure you save whatever is on there worth keeping.
you'll need to Format each time you transfer from recorder to computer to ensure you have space on your memory stick.

just a thought, as you have a digital recorder, dont you have a click track facility? you can use that without it actually recording it, then add your percussion later.

hope this helps

phill

hi tine,

it may well be about a guy you work with, but let me assure you, it applies to any number of kids i know and work with. most you'd like to kick in the kaboose just to get them to fulfill thier potential. some unfortunately have no potential or useful future!

this is good work, full as usual with your keen observation of life around you, maybe you should show this to your work mate?

phill