Barry Seymour

I kind of wanted to go for an isolated, simple sound with the vocals. It's just guitar, bass, lead and a single strings line. (Strings are new to me, I'm lovin' 'em.)

I'm really proud of this one. Let me know if you hear anything that needs tweaking or improving. EDIT: Sorry, everyone, for some reason Soundcloud can't find this, even though the link is right. https://soundcloud.com/barry-seymour/the-kind-of-man-who-does-whats-right

Thanks. Stratocaster on the left, fingerpicked Takamine acoustic on the right. Solo was on my cheap Squier Tele, with Fender Vintage Pickups. A surprisingly good axe, after some upgrades and adjustments.

Cathartic, yes. A little bit terrifying too, to be honest. But it is what it is. I wrote it, I recorded it, now I gotta put it out there. Thanks for the kind words.

Late last night. I have to work at the kitchen table, around my family's schedule.

Actually, not an error. The Am goes to an AmMa7, I wanted to echo that with the bass. You can hear the same thing at 1:28. Good ear, though!

Just the Sonitus effects included with Cakewalk. Sonitus Reverb and Surround.

There's just a touch in there. Too much and it would take away from the personal vibe I was striving for.

I am really proud of this one.

I just started a new project and am experimenting with Arranger. All was going well, it's pretty rudimentary at this point, but now I'm in a place where I try to Duplicate a section and Cakewalk crashes. It's pretty reliable. I'm a software developer, so I know how important it is to be able to reproduce a bug! If you can't do that, you can't find and fix it. So I have a ZIP file of my project if anyone at Bandlab wants to look at it. Right now it's super simple - a drum track and a rhythm guitar track. I wanted to attach it but it's larger than the forum will permit. I've been looking in vain for any place where I can report a bug; if anyone knows where I could do that, please forward this to them. Thanks!

Mull was primarily a musician in the 70s. Lots of great, funny stuff, and an AMAZING guitarist. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=martin+mull+music&disable_polymer=true

I used one of the built-in Drum machines - MTPowerDrumKit2. I donated $10 to get a key that eliminates the need to 'accept' the kit every time I use it. It includes a set of grooves, and fills along with a rudimentary composer tool that lets you assemble a groove with related fills. I don't need much, but this worked out really well for me.

Probably the pick. BOSS compression pedal can boost that.

That was the Strat in the picture. Bridge and Middle pickup, Boss compression pedal.

Here's a new one. I had me some fun with it. Thoughts?

Nice! Very ZZ Top.

Ding ding ding ding ding! ?

Very kind, thanks. (I use Sony MDR headphones myself, but then I do a test listen using the earphones that came with my Samsung Galaxy phone! ?)

Thanks. Any specific ideas or suggestions, please let me know! Fresh pair of ears and all that...

Fascinating. Nailed the BPM. These sound good. Any way I can outright steal these? LOL. I don't consider myself knowledgeable enough at this stage to put too much attention on the drums. This is my very first CWP, after all. But this is compelling.

New mix of "Background Roar." Added some drum fills, re-sang some bits, added a solo at the end and a proper fadeout, tweaked some EQ.

A very good point. I'm still pretty weak on drum composition, and new to home recording in general, so specific recommendations like yours are very helpful, thanks.

If EZD is 'Easy Drummer', then no. I just composed a simple pattern using the step sequencer.

It works! You may not consider yourself a singer, but the vocals work here. Cool animation. Where did it come from?

It's a Behringer Xeynyx 302USB. Now that you mention it, there are two buttons on that damn thing that I keep having to remember to get right, and I think they're related to how audio gets routed; at my work PC right now, will check it tonight. Thanks!