[gmku]

My bro and I used to do that one all the time, both of us on acoustic. It's got a lot of good places for easy fills and stuff.

[davenotdead]

sports [except soccer and skateboarding] which happen to be the cool ones in australia....

uncanny knowledge of actors' roles in film...and several obscure ones...basically im an audio student, and when i watch film with film students at school, they always say 'oh, him from so-and-so' , and i always come up with the name of the actor and what previous work theyve done [usually immediately]...i dont even know if this qualifies as a talent...

noise-making?....i like to think so...im fairly decent with the use of effects to achieve the sounds im looking for...

grammar/english-language editing/writing....and spelling.

[gmku]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

no. if i met you in person i would be at a loss for words. for a while at least. when i first meet anyone it's incredibly awkward and i become very soft spoken and don't say much at all. however around people i know well it's totally different, i'll be very loud and talkative..

One's conversational voice isn't necessarily the same as one's writing voice--even though one tries to write conversationally. I know excellent writers who can barely put two words together over a cup of coffee, but who write circles around me.

What I've found helps to get over my shyness around people is to pretend I'm somebody else. Sometimes I put on Larry David, other times David Duchovny, depending on how old and bald I'm feeling.

[Cantankerous]

well it seems i can't quite line up my "lead" track with the others because i'm slightly incompetent so we will just have to see how this turns out.

but basically don't let my bright colours and exotic fabrics fool you. i'm completely different conversationally.

[davenotdead]

what are you recording to? software i presume?

[Cantankerous]

uh yeah audacity
i used to have this really neat sony acid program but i don't know where that went

[gmku]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

well it seems i can't quite line up my "lead" track with the others because i'm slightly incompetent so we will just have to see how this turns out.

but basically don't let my bright colours and exotic fabrics fool you. i'm completely different conversationally.

There's something cool about the rough mix, though. You should post it when it's ready.

[Cantankerous]

it's a bit too late, i already wrote over the guitar track but this sounds better anyway. you'll see. i'm working on all the EQ and stuff now because i don't feel like doing any more.

[LittlePuppetBoy]

drawing
remembering stuff from a long time ago
cooking (newfound)
smoke rings
trivia
playing bass
animal trivia

[gmku]

I record on a little cassette player sometimes. Just me and my acoustic. Then I play it back on the stereo. It's usually pretty awful.

[Cantankerous]

i have one of those and sometimes i do that
to be honest i like doing that better than doing all the processing and mixing and shit.

okay so i'll post this in this thread in a minute. it's exporting the mp3 right now.
forgive the big fuzzy noises you may hear in a couple places, i think it has to do with the microphone but maybe it adds to it. who knows. i'm going to stop talking and just post the damn song.

[Cantankerous]

here it is

[gmku]

I'm freaking impressed! Nice job. I like how you go from the minor to the major at the end. Are you just going from A minor to A major?

I like the different strum pattern from the way the Stones do it. It's subtle but updates it nicely.

[gmku]

My WMP window makes a nice light show to go with it, too.

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by gmku

I'm freaking impressed! Nice job. I like how you go from the minor to the major at the end. Are you just going from A minor to A major?

I like the different strum pattern from the way the Stones do it. It's subtle but updates it nicely.

wow, thank you!
yeah at the end i'm going like this, i don't know the chord names because i never do, just the specific note (i would call them both an A chord but i cant get more specific than that)

e|x
B|3
G|3
D|3
A|0
E|x


e|x
B|2
G|3
D|3
A|0
E|x

[gmku]

Yeah, top's A major, bottom's minor.

My version is a copycat of the Sticky Fingers cut, although sometimes I slow it way down to try to make it sound even more desolate.

You might try that for a different effect w/ yr version. Slow it down a beat or two. Not that you have to. It's great as it is.

My brother sends me copies of songs, him singing with his acoustic, that sound like he's on speed. Like bluesy songs five times to fast, so they almost sound cheerful. I'm kind of the opposite. I like taking a fairly upbeat song, say, like Dead Flowers, and slowing it all the way down to a dirge.

Anyway, very cool, C.

[Cantankerous]

i usually slow everything down to a space rock tempo. if that makes sense.
i'm trying to think of another song i could play. i could play dead flowers actually. i might do that.

[k-krack]

- Fucking around with musical instruments
- Drawing on my binders (don't think this means I can draw at all, I just draw patterns or anti-patterns... all over the place... like... ALL...)
- Writing, I think...
- Noticing girls that are hot... I do this like a champ, it's weird.
- Sarcasm
- Talking about philosophy and my beliefs... it's weird I do that, too...
- Getting bad haircuts (I don't mean to, they just fall on me... from the sky... the sky of bad haircuts. Although, the cut I got today is actually not looking atrocious.)
- Talking for too long.
- Wearing tight shirts.
- Warping fragile minds.
- Putting distortion into every song. Fucking right.

[gmku]

e|x
B|3
G|3
D|3
A|0
E|x


Actually, I think that's a typo--you're one fret too high for an A on those numbered ones. Should be more like 2 2 2, and 1 2 2. ??? For an A chord anyway.

I think. I'm confused. I'm tired. Going to bed.

[gmku]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

i usually slow everything down to a space rock tempo. if that makes sense.
i'm trying to think of another song i could play. i could play dead flowers actually. i might do that.

Cool. Have you heard the Cowboy Junkies' version of Dead Flowers? They take it way down, narcoticize it.