mrcoaster's Homely Online Band

[grand_nagus_biglobes]

I also play trombone, heh. But my mike is a horrible £2 thing, so it wouldnt be much use.

I do play keyboard though (especially blues/jazz stuff) and a bit of guitar, if you need anymore keys/guitar in there. I can record them both using the line in on the soundcard, so I don't need to use a mike.
Being a Brian May (Queen) wannabe, I can do very pretty Brian-May type guitar harmonies ,if you like that sort of thing

 

[Shatna]

Posted by CorporalClegg:
Boy hofner’s “Clowns never laughed before…” remark didn’t fall far from the tree.

Sorry, I’ve just never been a big fan of the DAG thing, but I will work with it the best I can! (Positive attitude and all...)

One thing is, it needs some more color! There’s the obvious: throw in a 7th and +9th on the A turnaround. I’m also going to mess around with some variations on the B minor chord maybe a Minor 6th or mess around with some inverts.

The problem I see is there isn’t a lot of room for a good ol’ guitar melody aside from maybe some simple arpeggios, but I will see what I can come up with!

Well, allow me to reiterate: don't do too much work on it because it isn't necessarily the basis of the final product. If it is, it certainly needs work, but we don't know yet. Again, I was going for a feeling and a direction, in this case a sort of up-and-poppy feel with a few minors thrown in.

My suggestion is, hold off until coaster gets back to me and then we'll move on to the next step.

 

[Shatna]

Posted by grand_nagus_biglobes:
I also play trombone, heh. But my mike is a horrible £2 thing, so it wouldnt be much use.

I do play keyboard though (especially blues/jazz stuff) and a bit of guitar, if you need anymore keys/guitar in there. I can record them both using the line in on the soundcard, so I don't need to use a mike.
Being a Brian May (Queen) wannabe, I can do very pretty Brian-May type guitar harmonies ,if you like that sort of thing

Absolutely. Stand by.

 

[D Man]

Posted by CorporalClegg:
One thing is, it needs some more color! There’s the obvious: throw in a 7th and +9th on the A turnaround. I’m also going to mess around with some variations on the B minor chord maybe a Minor 6th or mess around with some inverts.

We need to be talking about this sort of thing more often on a Trek message board. I like minor 6ths. Although I must warn you, I can't guarantee my participation if you guys start throwing in a flat 9 on every chord, like some people here at school like to do.

 

[CorporalClegg]

Posted by D Jazzy Man:
Although I must warn you, I can't guarantee my participation if you guys start throwing in a flat 9 on every chord, like some people here at school like to do.

I agree whole-heartedly.

 

[Aurian]

Posted by Angry Angel:

*GASP* LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

OMG!


*snuggles the sweeties in the thread*

Btw, since im supposed to sing in this song, i sure hope i wont dissapoint people.. i aint no Mariah Carey..

 

[Angry Angel]

^No, indeed you're not!


You're better!

Although I might compete with you on the long hair thing ....

 

[mrcoaster]

The song doesn't sound anything REMOTELY like "Clowns never laughed before" - not at all.

I like the general rough beginning of it. I will have to do some further analysis to see if I can come up with something to add or change. I won't be home for a couple of days (and even then, my time there will be less than 36 hrs), so I'll try to see what I can think of when I get there. I should probably go through the PITA scenario of carrying one of my guitars with me on my next trip. I won't be able to do anything recording-wise with it...just not equipped to do that carrying stuff through security and on a plane every day, but at least I could tool around on the six-string.

 

[Shatna]

An example of how one of my songs evolved can be found here:

http://www.kellyzkorner.com/cafe/fsmp3playerv1.swf

Track 1 is an acoustic solo version. When I wrote it I had intended it to be slow and thoughtful, but when my old band worked it we turned it into a straight rocker. While screwing around one night, we tried it as a ska song - as a goof - and decided we liked it better. You can hear the finished product on Track 2.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Posted by Shatna:

Posted by RJDiogenes:
I could do a 'spoken word' interlude, like Vincent Price did in "Thriller." That would be cool. Hello? Hello? Pick up. Pick up.

Hey, why not? I like your work, I've heard it. You're in, too.

Sweet! Thanks! :thumbsup:

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Check out Large In Time; something for everybody!

 

[Angry Angel]

Posted by Shatna:
An example of how one of my songs evolved can be found here:

http://www.kellyzkorner.com/cafe/fsmp3playerv1.swf

Track 1 is an acoustic solo version. When I wrote it I had intended it to be slow and thoughtful, but when my old band worked it we turned it into a straight rocker. While screwing around one night, we tried it as a ska song - as a goof - and decided we liked it better. You can hear the finished product on Track 2.

:thumbsup: I have those in my music folder

 

[Hofner]

Well for what it's worth, here's a little song I wrote and recorded years ago. The recording quality isn't that great, it was an amateur effort. I was trying out a 4-track cassette recorder I'd bought and it's an old recording.

Warning to slow connection users; The filesize is about 4 Megabytes.

http://home.comcast.net/~hofner1968/HeyYouThere.mp3

Robert

 

[Dr. Horrible]

I can play the spoons, in case you need a spoons player.

 

[Shatna]

Posted by hofner:
Well for what it's worth, here's a little song I wrote and recorded years ago. The recording quality isn't that great, it was an amateur effort. I was trying out a 4-track cassette recorder I'd bought and it's an old recording.

Warning to slow connection users; The filesize is about 4 Megabytes.

http://home.comcast.net/~hofner1968/HeyYouThere.mp3

Robert

I like this a lot.

ymf77, we could use spoons, why the hell not?

 

[Shatna]

By the way, I added hofner's song as Track 3 of the Jukebox, so you don't have to download it to listen.

 

[Pingfah]

Yoink!!!

Thought i'd best save this highly important thread.

Any further news guys? We're waiting patiently for something to work at.

 

[RJDiogenes]

^^ Yes, I've been clearing my throat for days.

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Check out Large In Time; something for everybody!

 

[missmanners]

This is my cue to do the gushy fangirl thing over Shatna's singing. Just dont let him know.


mm

 

[Worf412]

Posted by Shatna:ymf77, we could use spoons, why the hell not?

Love for the spoons, but not the jaw harp?

Shatna, you wound me.

 

[doubleohfive]

Its ok, missmanners. Its when me, AA, Dennis, Worf412, and SPOCKED start doing the fangirl thing that Shatna needs to start worrying.