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Post by david on Jan 3, 2018 19:42:56 GMT -5
I stopped making goals when I realized they were all just wishes. I'll probably just play a lot this year. I do wish I could find a more local group of some sort to play with or gig with, but that's just wishful thinking. If there were such a group I'd have found it by now. Move over here. You both need to move over here, but not too close, okay?
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Post by Doug on Jan 3, 2018 19:52:16 GMT -5
You both need to move over here, but not too close, okay? Hell move here where 60 is cold weather.
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Post by millring on Jan 3, 2018 20:10:14 GMT -5
You both need to move over here, but not too close, okay? We'll bring the squirrel. You provide the beer.
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Post by drlj on Jan 3, 2018 20:41:22 GMT -5
You both need to move over here, but not too close, okay? We'll bring the squirrel. You provide the beer. Oohh! Fancy dinner.
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Post by Village Idiot on Jan 3, 2018 21:16:59 GMT -5
One of my goals for the new year is to get More musically involved in the Vinton area. To that end, Phil and I will be performing tomorrow for the lunch crowd at the 4th street diner. We'd like to find additional, local musicians who would be interested in getting together a couple times a month to jam, maybe work up some more music to play locally. Todd, if you talk tothe dulcimer player in town tell her to stop at the 4th Street Diner tomorrow so we can meet her. (Todd you're welcome to stop by too) I've got that pesky work thing. I didn't call you over break because when I was free you were skiing. I assume if you're posting here your face didn't fall off in the cold or anything. My goal this year is to keep my callouses in shape so if I'm asked to play suddenly for and hour I can do so. I let that slip this fall when I was asked to suddenly play, and that was no fun.
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Post by Tamarack on Jan 4, 2018 0:05:32 GMT -5
Maybe learn to fingerpick semi-competently in 3/4 and 6/8 time.
I have exchanged emails with a veterinarian on the lakeshore, about 45 minutes away, who plays old-time banjo and is learning fiddle -- a contact thru the Banjo Hangout. Might get together to jam, or at least to stumble through some old-time tunes.
So far I think Shannon is the most ambitious. Restringing and tuning an autoharp sounds like a major undertaking.
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Post by concertinagirl on Jan 4, 2018 6:12:58 GMT -5
One of my first goals this year is to get a CD of polka music recorded. I was sent a "Friend" request on Facebook by the producer of the "Funtime Polka Party" radio & TV show. He saw the photos of me playing my concertina. I chatted with him on Instant Message and he asked that I send him one of my CD's so he could play it on his radio show. Ugh! I don't have a CD. I also inquired about auditioning to perform on the television show. He again said, "Send me a CD." Ugh!
I am sure to many of you this may not sound like a big deal. However to me, having my music played on the "Funtime Polka Party" radio show or appearing on the television show would be the equivalent of getting my picture on the cover of the "Rolling Stone." LOL!
The good news is that Larry and I are setting up a recording area in our practice studio so getting that CD made is within reach and hearing my music on the radio is a very real possibility. I am so excited about all of it.
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Post by Marshall on Jan 4, 2018 9:18:41 GMT -5
One of my first goals this year is to get a CD of polka music recorded. I was sent a "Friend" request on Facebook by the producer of the "Funtime Polka Party" radio & TV show. He saw the photos of me playing my concertina. I chatted with him on Instant Message and he asked that I send him one of my CD's so he could play it on his radio show. Ugh! I don't have a CD. I also inquired about auditioning to perform on the television show. He again said, "Send me a CD." Ugh! I am sure to many of you this may not sound like a big deal. However to me, having my music played on the "Funtime Polka Party" radio show or appearing on the television show would be the equivalent of getting my picture on the cover of the "Rolling Stone." LOL! The good news is that Larry and I are setting up a recording area in our practice studio so getting that CD made is within reach and hearing my music on the radio is a very real possibility. I am so excited about all of it. Recording is a whole different animal. Fun, but very consuming. Is Lar good (experienced?) at the controls? What software/set up is he using? Mics? It's a rabbit hole. But fun for sure.
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Post by Resolve on Jan 4, 2018 10:10:10 GMT -5
Recording is a whole different animal. Fun, but very consuming. Marshall, how do you do your CDs? Professional studio?
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Post by Marshall on Jan 4, 2018 10:48:07 GMT -5
There are people around here who have "studios" set up in their domiciles. Some formal. Some casual. They do recording for themselves and others. The costs are pretty reasonable; $40-$50/hour. You get their home/studio, their microphones (etc), their experience, and their expertise at the software controls all for that fee.
When you sit with someone that knows their stuff, it's amazing to watch how they edit different takes and meld them together. The first time I did that, I thought I'd learn how to do it myself in the future. But they move so fast and effortlessly around the software, that it only slows things down if you ask about every little thing they are doing. Now I jsut sit there and say, "I like the first half of the phrase on take 2. But it goes flat at the end. Can we splice in the end of the phrase from take 4?" . . . , and like magic in a few seconds 6 different activities occur and, Voila ! It's done seamlessly and perfect.
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Post by mrpaul on Jan 4, 2018 12:17:45 GMT -5
My goal remains the same in 2018, to be gifted a Wingert.
Call me.
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Post by loopysanchez on Jan 4, 2018 13:09:13 GMT -5
1. Play (at least) a little every day. 2. Use my phone to get video of every decent riff/chordpro/melody I stumble upon. 3. Pick the best ones to turn into songs. 4. Write some lyrics to match the music. 5. Record & mix the songs. My son has moved on to high school ball, and my daughter has left softball behind in favor of piano and art. This means my volunteer coaching career has ended, freeing several hundred hours a year to make musical noise. I figure I might as well see what I can come up with. I started recording all my ideas back around September, and when I started going back through them recently I found that around 10 of them are solid enough to turn into songs. One in particular seemed like a throwaway at the time--capoed, fingerpicked cowboy chords with a melody line on top--but I'll be damned if it hasn't been stuck in my head since last Saturday. I thought it sounded like a Willie Nelson rip-off, and my guitarist friend said John Lennon, so I guess that means it's neither, right? I'm still reasonably sure I ripped off somebody's song, but didn't Doug say "it's not illegal if a lawyer can't make 5 grand off of it?" So that means it's definitely legal. I've been typing all my lyric ideas into my phone for years, so now it's a matter of mixing and matching them with my guitar ideas until I (hopefully) pair up all of them. And whichever ones are left over will just give me a set of poems and instrumentals.
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Post by millring on Jan 4, 2018 13:11:23 GMT -5
my guitarist friend said John Lennon Imagine that.
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Post by lar on Jan 4, 2018 21:25:14 GMT -5
One of my first goals this year is to get a CD of polka music recorded. I was sent a "Friend" request on Facebook by the producer of the "Funtime Polka Party" radio & TV show. He saw the photos of me playing my concertina. I chatted with him on Instant Message and he asked that I send him one of my CD's so he could play it on his radio show. Ugh! I don't have a CD. I also inquired about auditioning to perform on the television show. He again said, "Send me a CD." Ugh! I am sure to many of you this may not sound like a big deal. However to me, having my music played on the "Funtime Polka Party" radio show or appearing on the television show would be the equivalent of getting my picture on the cover of the "Rolling Stone." LOL! The good news is that Larry and I are setting up a recording area in our practice studio so getting that CD made is within reach and hearing my music on the radio is a very real possibility. I am so excited about all of it. Recording is a whole different animal. Fun, but very consuming. Is Lar good (experienced?) at the controls? What software/set up is he using? Mics? It's a rabbit hole. But fun for sure. Lar is experienced. That doesn't necessarily mean good but I seem to get along okay. I've generally been pleased with what I've done. For the past several years I've been recording with a Tascam 24 channel digital recorder. Prior to that I used Sonor on my PC with a Line 6 interface. The Tascam was a definite improvement. For a long time I recorded vocals using a Shure SM58 and got very good results. Then a couple of years ago I bought a Shure KSM32/SL condenser mic, an Audio-Technica AT4033CL large diaphragm condenser mic, and a matched pair of Rode NT5 instrument mics. I've not had a chance to use them much as life became a lot more. I've been using an Aura Spectrum preamp for acoustic guitar and for electric guitar a 20 watt Fender Pro Junior III tube amp with a Boss multi-effects pedal. For bass I use a Hartke Bass Attack preamp which appears to be the electronics of a Hartke bass amp without the power section or speakers. It's been a wonderful addition to my recording gear. For the polka CD I think I'll go back to using the Shure SM58s for the vocals. And I'll probably buy a drum mic for the bass drum. I may use either/or Sm58s or the Rode instrument mics for the rest of the drum kit. Janice runs her concertina through a Boss EQ and I also use one for my banjo. Boss has been making and selling tons of them for a lot of years. There's a reason for that. They work great. Last summer I bought a Mackie 16 channel mixer. It has a USB output. I have a laptop computer with Sonor loaded on it. I'm giving some thought to experimenting with recording through the mixer to the laptop.
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Post by lar on Jan 4, 2018 21:27:51 GMT -5
My immediate goal for 2018 is to get our practice/recording space arranged and then to a record 10 or 12 song demo CD with the polka band.
It's been some time since I've had a chance to write songs and I'd like to get back to that. Eventually, I'd like do to a second solo CD. I have to wait to see how the songwriting goes.
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Post by Doug on Jan 4, 2018 21:36:35 GMT -5
I use the same mixer I use for the PA Peavey PB6-usb and out to the computer with Goldwave and do all recording single take. Which means that sometimes it is 40 or 50 takes before I get one I'm satisfied with but I'm looking for a sound that is the same as me live. (scary isn't it ) K&K pickup and AT headset mic.
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Post by xyrn on Jan 4, 2018 23:58:05 GMT -5
I want an American Strat.
I've got a personal goal/demon that needs to be sorted first, so I'm thinking maybe as a gift to myself if I can stick to the plan - after one year.
And, part 2, if I do succeed, I want to walk in with green cash money and walk out with my real Strat. (Not sure on new or used, I have some criteria though.) I've bought all my other guitars with credit, long since repaid, but this one, The One, I want to really earn and buy outright.
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Post by t-bob on Jan 5, 2018 8:48:44 GMT -5
2018 music goal I can ramp my velocity this year. I practice new Chopin & Bach preludes Later......
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Post by Marshall on Jan 5, 2018 9:49:40 GMT -5
Recording is a whole different animal. Fun, but very consuming. Is Lar good (experienced?) at Lar is experienced. That doesn't necessarily mean good but I seem to get along okay. I've generally been pleased with what I've done. For the past several years I've been recording with a Tascam 24 channel digital recorder. Prior to that I used Sonor on my PC with a Line 6 interface. The Tascam was a definite improvement. For a long time I recorded vocals using a Shure SM58 and got very good results. Then a couple of years ago I bought a Shure KSM32/SL condenser mic, an Audio-Technica AT4033CL large diaphragm condenser mic, and a matched pair of Rode NT5 instrument mics. I've not had a chance to use them much as life became a lot more. I've been using an Aura Spectrum preamp for acoustic guitar and for electric guitar a 20 watt Fender Pro Junior III tube amp with a Boss multi-effects pedal. For bass I use a Hartke Bass Attack preamp which appears to be the electronics of a Hartke bass amp without the power section or speakers. It's been a wonderful addition to my recording gear. For the polka CD I think I'll go back to using the Shure SM58s for the vocals. And I'll probably buy a drum mic for the bass drum. I may use either/or Sm58s or the Rode instrument mics for the rest of the drum kit. Janice runs her concertina through a Boss EQ and I also use one for my banjo. Boss has been making and selling tons of them for a lot of years. There's a reason for that. They work great. Last summer I bought a Mackie 16 channel mixer. It has a USB output. I have a laptop computer with Sonor loaded on it. I'm giving some thought to experimenting with recording through the mixer to the laptop. Good on you Lar. I wouldn't expect anything different. 15 years ago I did my first recording with Cakewalk at home. (Morphed into Sonar). Took me 5 years to do the recording. I had Gene Backlin mix and master. Back in those days I bought a pair of used Neuman KM184s (off of Phoenix), and a Shure KSM32. I still use those. My 2nd recording I went with Bruce Roper to record on Logic. (He's an Apple guy). I tried his mics in a blind sound test vs my Neuman and Shure, and chose my mics over his. So we did that. The recent recording wias with 2 guys. One uses ProTools. The other Cubase. I still used my mics. On one song I used Bill Kavanagh's nice vocal mic. As I listened to the final tracks, I hated the contrast between his vocal mic and my old KSM32, So I went back in and re-recorded the song with the KSM 32. It may not be as clear and detailed as fancier mics, but it has a big round warmth that is just very pleasing to the ear. (The fancy mic seemed harsh). I long ago thought of upgrading my old Cakewalk to Sonar. But then at one point I bought a version of Pro Tools with a digital interface. But the learning curve and time investment wasn't going to work for me. My time is better spend playing and writing than tinkering with recording gear. Plus I've found a plethora of guys with great skills at a reasonable price. So that's how I fly now. I still love the Neuman and Shure mics I bought 17 years ago. I'm sure you'll do well. You're the kind of guy that jumps in and tinkers with the stuff under the hood. More power to ya.
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Post by Marshall on Jan 5, 2018 10:06:12 GMT -5
PS- I've been scrounging to find a photo for the cover of the new CD project. The title being "Carnivals, and other Tragedies." I took some Carnival pictures myself this summer. But they weren't working out. So, last night I was scrounging the web. And I found several photos on Alamy web site that I could purchase rights to pretty cheaply. I think I'm going with this one. I can have the upper right background faded and put the title text in there. I love the festive colors, yet angstful look on the horses faces.
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