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Post by notbob on Oct 10, 2017 22:23:55 GMT -5
Thanks Drifter, I listened to some of both albums....sounds pretty professionally done. I liked the I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE album more....good blues. My stuff is all done by me, with the exception of a few friends sitting in on a couple of songs....I did all the mixing myself....trial and error....lots of error....and lots of time...playing all the instruments, recording each instrument, mixing all the songs, making the CD's, and the graphics for the covers, the wife helped with the graphics, bless her heart. Hey rjhangover...sounds like we have a lot in common. I can only play guitar and I sing. All the rest of my arrangements were done utilizing the software I have with the exception of sax on the "I've Never Been Here Before" album and Bass on the song, "Late For Supper Blues" on the same album. I did all the arranging and mixing myself with the help of some critiques from saxophonist, Gerry Plank. I can totally relate to "trial and error." I've been doing computer recording for over twenty years, but it's only been about the past five or six years where I've developed somewhat of a consistent system that pretty much works for me. After many very complex mixes that weren't good, I learned how to simplify my efforts considerably - figuring out how to better utilize my recording software in a simpler manner. It's like learning a whole 'nother instrument and it takes a lot of practice. It also helps to have a critical ear you trust who isn't afraid to tell you when you suck and why. That's what I finally found about five or six years ago when the saxophonist and I became friends. Making CDs, graphics, printing, putting jewel cases together, folding the inserts, etc...........yeah, a whole lot of work and a big expense - cases, good heavyweight gloss paper, ink... I have a printer that prints CDs. As I've aged, I've developed a really bad back so I can no longer haul equipment. Because of that, I'm not gigging anymore, so making up CDs is kind of senseless since I don't have a platform where I can sell them. I guess that's OK because I have the internet. It's an interesting time to be in the music business. Do you have a web presence...somewhere people can listen to your music? I'd love to hear what you do.
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Post by notbob on Oct 10, 2017 22:25:28 GMT -5
You're welcome rjhangover . Yes, Notbob does sound professional and I'd say is. I love his music! How nice that your wife was involved with your project! Thanks for the help Drifter.
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Post by notbob on Oct 10, 2017 22:32:39 GMT -5
Thanks Drifter, I listened to some of both albums....sounds pretty professionally done. I liked the I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE album more....good blues. My stuff is all done by me, with the exception of a few friends sitting in on a couple of songs....I did all the mixing myself....trial and error....lots of error....and lots of time...playing all the instruments, recording each instrument, mixing all the songs, making the CD's, and the graphics for the covers, the wife helped with the graphics, bless her heart. Never mind, I found the link - going there now.
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Post by notbob on Oct 10, 2017 23:04:29 GMT -5
Good stuff rjhangover. Love the old folk/blues vibe. Your influences show well - Guthry, Dylan - I even hear a little Hendricks - great marriage of styles and really solid lyrics. Some of your songs talk about things I've never heard expressed in song before. That's refreshing. Hell...you're younger than my daughter. How'd you become attracted to that hippie era music?
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Post by rjhangover on Oct 11, 2017 11:42:21 GMT -5
Good stuff rjhangover . Love the old folk/blues vibe. Your influences show well - Guthry, Dylan - I even hear a little Hendricks - great marriage of styles and really solid lyrics. Some of your songs talk about things I've never heard expressed in song before. That's refreshing. Hell...you're younger than my daughter. How'd you become attracted to that hippie era music? Hey Greg, I don't think I'm younger than your daughter, probably the same age as you, 64. You got the influences right, except for Hendrix. I've been told I sound like Dylan, because we both sing like a dog with his hind leg caught in a barbwire fence. I've been playing since I was eight. Grew up with the Beatles, Jeff Beck, Clapton and Jimmy Page when they were in the Yard Birds. I turned into a hippie when I saw the movie EASY RIDER. One of the songs on the link TIT FOR TAT, is about when I met hippies for the first time....they came through town, passing through to California....stopped for gas, and the redneck at the filling station filled their tank with water. They broke down on Main Street, and when into the real estate office where they broke down, and bought a house a block off Main Street, then rented an adobe house with only one room, a bathroom and a kitchen for $40..00 a month, and turned it into a head shop. Nobody in town had ever seen a hippie before, they were all rednecks. But I was an outsider, cause I moved there from Colorado Springs with my mother when I was eleven. So I hung out with the hippies, big fun. It's only been the last twenty years I've learned to play all the other instruments, and recording. And like you, hauling gear is for the young bucks. I've come down with breathing problems, might even get a lung transplant. I hope I can avoid it. Working real hard at the gym, and doing breathing exercises. I have to sing while using oxygen, so my stage presents sucks. Some of the new music I'm into is Umphries Mcgee, Widespread Panic, and Drive By Truckers. Still doing Van Morrison, Bruce Cockburn, Stones, Screamin Cheetah Wheelies, the Hazies., the Band, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, and lots of country and folk and bluegrass. So where do you live? Maybe we could jam some time. I've got a whole studio here in West Virginia.
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Post by notbob on Oct 11, 2017 21:50:38 GMT -5
Thanks rjhangover. I sent you a message with some boring details about my recording gear. You were into what might have been considered the other end of the pop music spectrum. I was into soul and funk and big production horn bands and I got to play in a seven piece band that did just that back in the 70s. Even to this day, with six of us who could sing, and not much we couldn't cop, it's one of the two best bands I've played in. The other was a six piece country band...with six voices including bass. Thanks rj. Hadn't thought about those things in awhile. My most fun playing was always at an annual backwoods moonshine party though, with a generator about 300 ft. back in the woods powering one or two 60 watt lights and a PA, on a beautiful covered stage with big log beams. It was a four day bash - Thursday through Sunday and regardless of reality, the time was always twenty-to-eight. Playing down home music with down home folks. I've never experienced any higher level of gratification from any other venue - no matter how big the stage or how big the crowd. It's pure and raw and honest...and I don't even drink - lol.
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