The HM Musicians' Thread (Page 1 of 10)

Should we list equipment or just rock out with our...

music?

I play pretty much anything on bass but prefer blues, classic rock and oddly pop as of late since it's more bass heavy today than it has been since the 80s.

Does anyone use anything in particular when recording or just a mic and 4 track?

I use mainly linux based stuff for now (ubuntu studio) but haven't devoted a lot of time to setting it up lately due to work and the desire to actually play when I get some free time.

I started out on bass in the mid-80s with a BC Rich Warlock bass. I got tired of how it looked and sounded so I ripped the frets off and made it a fretless.

When I was in college, I walked into an old favorite music store and walked out with a new Rickenbacker. I was told it was a 4001 but didn't know until 20 years later that it was actually a 4003.

A few years later, I decided to sell my bass equipment and buy a Harley. Today, I have neither. What a great idea that was.

Anyway, the kidlet got interested in guitar about 5 years ago and a friend got her a cheap (read CHEAP) guitar that basically fell apart if you strummed it for more than 3 minutes at a time.

Obviously we replaced it. I found a good deal on that Les Paul for the Hard Rock I mentioned in another thread. It was an Epiphone LP that I put real tuners on so it'd stay in tune and picked up some real Gibson LP pickups.

Now it sounds like a real guitar.

This got me wanting another bass so I picked up an Ibanez acoustic electric. It's not a bad guitar but it wasn't an electric.

Anyway, I ended up with a cheapo Rogue fretless and found a diamond because I was actively searching for another Rickenbacker. It was that 1986 Rickenbacker 4003S/5. It had been sitting in a case for about 20 years only to be brought out occasionally to jam with people.

Right now, I just thump around playing basslines and playing with different tempos and such when I get free time (which isn't much the last 8 or 9 months).

I typically have tuxguitar open so I can transcribe basslines or download tabs so I can hear and see how other tunes do. But, with tabs I've found that what someone else hears is often complete garbage to what is actually played by a band on a song and when they transcribe it, it's even worse.

Anyway, that's what I know currently.

Which isn't much.

When I record, I record into a Fostex 8-track because I don't have a good mic. Bass isn't always easy to catch and I often find I'm shaking the whole house with it and not even realizing.

My cats are my best fans but I think they beleive they're The Who groupies since they have ripped up 3 cabinets which I'm in the process of re-tolexing so they can't rip them up again.

With tuxguitar, you can still load up your power guitar tabs and also load up Guitar Pro and some other program tabs into it.

It's not a bad little free linux app. It plays back in MIDI too.

^^Cool. Doing that now. I also have quite a few songs that are orchestral, more suited for a movie score. I'd REALLY like to get into that business but it's VERY hard.

Okay. Let's see if this works.

This is one where I did everything on live instruments. Recording layer by layer by myself and singing.
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Music/Ma … w=c0741136

The next couple are more movie score.
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Music/Ma … w=88e028b2

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Music/Ma … w=5d715345

Y'all can be brutally honest.

Hmmmmm... Let me check.

Edit: Don't see a link to make them public. I click share and it asks for an email address to share with.

Last edited by z3r0c00l (2011-08-08 21:12:45)

Lon, what happened to your system?

It's possible you can get those files back. If you've overwritten the drive, it'll be tougher at the least but it's very possible you can get those files back.

z3r0c00l, in your default dropbox folder, there's another folder named Public. In that folder is a word document that tells you exactly how to use the Public folder.