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Post by TommyD on Jun 8, 2014 13:54:31 GMT -6
Please forgive the few seconds of silence at the beginning of this recording. I'm still getting the hang of recording. Earlier attempts at removing portions of the recording ended up deleting the entire track. It too many tries to get this recording. I wasn't going to take the chance! soundcloud.com/tomdorsey-1/blues-for-charlie-take-199 |
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Post by bluesbruce on Jun 8, 2014 14:27:33 GMT -6
Tommy,
Nice job with that one. Was the blank at the start where you deleted the count-in? Great tone, very nicely played, your lead part sits well with the backing track. You're getting the hang of this recording thing now! Keep 'em coming. "Blues For Charlie" is one of my favorites that I've gotten to so far.
Bruce
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Post by Phil on Jun 8, 2014 14:27:36 GMT -6
Way to go, Tommy! I really liked that. Your playing and tone are very good. I don't have any constructive criticism. The tune reminds me of T-Bone Walker's style.
I don't know which program you're using to convert the wave file to mp3, but with Audacity it's very easy to highlight and delete sections at the beginning or end to get rid of intro/outro silence.
Keep up the good work. I now have no doubt that I want to get "Jazzin' the Blues". The studies you guys have uploaded have great melodies. The interesting melodies are what attracted me to BYCU and More BYCU. Are the tunes composed by John G. or are they re-workings of tunes by others?
Phil
Phil
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Post by TommyD on Jun 8, 2014 14:35:34 GMT -6
Thank you, Bruce and Phil. Blues for Charlie is one of my favorites from the Jazzin' the Blues book. I'm going to go back and record some of the tunes I've already gone through to get more experience with the process.
Phil, in an earlier thread in the Jazz forum I commented to John G. about how much I liked a tune in Jazzin' the Blues called "Alone at Midnight." John replied "I have to give much credit to my co-author Dave Roos. We wrote the tunes together, but I'm not sure I could have done it alone. Dave is a very talented musician, and a good friend."
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Post by Phil on Jun 8, 2014 21:09:39 GMT -6
Thank you, Bruce and Phil. Blues for Charlie is one of my favorites from the Jazzin' the Blues book. I'm going to go back and record some of the tunes I've already gone through to get more experience with the process. Phil, in an earlier thread in the Jazz forum I commented to John G. about how much I liked a tune in Jazzin' the Blues called "Alone at Midnight." John replied "I have to give much credit to my co-author Dave Roos. We wrote the tunes together, but I'm not sure I could have done it alone. Dave is a very talented musician, and a good friend." Tommy, Thanks for the 'inside' information. I agree that "Alone at Midnight" is a beautiful tune. It would be worth the effort to expand it into a full length song. Phil |
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Post by joachim on Jun 9, 2014 0:41:29 GMT -6
I enjoyed that as well, Tommy. Very smooth and relaxed. Keep it up!
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Post by jack1982 on Jun 9, 2014 5:25:30 GMT -6
Very very nice Tommy! Really smooth and relaxed as Joachim said. Beautiful tone as well. Any constructive criticism I could offer would have to be down in the nth degree of nitpicking  Are you using Reaper? If so, what I do is to go to the time bar above the tracks and highlight the portion of the song I want to include in the finished mix (leaving out silences at the beginning an end). Then when you go into "file" and "render", under "render bounds" choose "time selection" and it will only mix down the part you highlighted. I always save the project before rendering, and then just hit "close" on the rendering dialogue box when I'm done - I don't know if that's necessary, I'm very new to this myself - but that way I know I can re-render it as many times as I want if I decide I want to change the volume level of this instrument vs. that one etc. |
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Post by TommyD on Jun 9, 2014 17:50:09 GMT -6
Jack, I'm using GarageBand. I'm getting better with it, but I still have a time trying to remember all the steps, including posting it up to Soundcloud. After a few more recordings and postings I'll have the hang of it. But I'm always eager to hear tips that anyone has to offer.
One of the things I've learned through this experience is to save a copy that I'm happy with before messing around with the recording. Then when I make the inevitable goof up I still have the original. I've worked around computers for years and know to always back up your work. Not sure why I didn't think about doing that with the recording before tinkering with it. One of those "duh" moments.
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