Kevin Walsh

Once you hear it, you can't not hear it. It was the in-hole pickup cable jack swinging around and clacking against the guitar while I played.

Sure, I'll do that, thanks! Watch for a pm later.

Well, you guys are dead right. The acoustic track has a boatload of banging on wood going on in there. I have to re-record the verse parts to get it out of there. Thanks for turning your good ears to the problem!

Gary did some really nice work with one of mine, I learned a lot from studying his choices. I may have another for you soon Gary!

Here's another that I think is ready for some critique, Sugarland. Your feedback is welcome.

Thanks for giving it a whirl and taking the time to comment!

Thanks so much!

There are certainly lot of choices online. Epiphone, SX, Harley Benton, Squier, Reverend, Cort, and many others, all brands with very good beginner offerings. I am partial to Epiphones and Squiers since those are what I started with and they have very well-built guitars based on iconic designs for very reasonable prices. Unlike many folks here I like online shopping for guitars, mostly because for the longest time there weren't many brick and mortar choices available. If you stick to well-respected retailers such as Sweetwater or GC/Musicians Friend or Zzounds the return policies are very liberal. I've shipped back quite a few guitars that didn't make the grade and always ended up with a good one. Have fun finding your first axe! Mine was a Squier Affinity Strat (circa 1999). I had it for many years and it went through all kinds of mod projects great and small as I learned what tones I liked and what I didn't. The neck and body on those guitars are usually first rate, so mine were still original when I donated it to a church about two years ago. Loved that guitar.

I really like the SM-57 for vocals.

If you don't mind building your own, check out MicrophoneParts.com. I LOVE my T-12. It's a JFET mic with transformer meant to fill the same space as a C12 et al. Here's the product page. There are links to some reviews there too which go into the build process. . T-12: DIY Studio Microphone Kit – Microphone-Parts.com

The solo at the end was certainly worth waiting for! This mix passes the crappy phone speaker test with flying colors. Great guitar work as always. Vocals have a Yes-esque anthemic quality that I really dig. Always great stuff from you and this is no exception.

Thanks!

Thank you, Andy!

Thank you Wookie, your work was a major motivation for trying this, so your approval is a big deal for me.

Thanks, Tom! We of the Dark Beach Boys Academy appreciate your input.

I agree with Larry and I would only add that this is a pretty awesome piece. Great playing wonderful sound and the bass tones are so tasty. But those drums!

Worthy of an Oscar!

Thanks for taking the time, John!

Thank you. Nigel, I'm thrilled you liked it and thanks for the feedback!

Cool, I'm punk! Rats, mark you caught me on that guitar bit. I thought about redoing it but thought, nah. thanks for the critique!

Thank you Jesse always great to hear from you!

I've listened to many wonderful synth-based songs, everything from ambience to trance to dance and I've always wanted to try my hand at it. So I started this song. It ended up as, well, something else, I'm not sure what. Whatever it is, I'd love to hear your critiques on the song in all it's aspects. Thank you in advance!

Kinda harsh, dude.

Thank you, Steve, for listening. It's heartening to hear your comments since I have a hard time not cringeing at the sound of my voice. Great guitar sounds are courtesy of S-Gear and a lovely 2005 Stratocaster and a 2020 Tele, both American. Hard not to get great sounds with those!

Many thanks!