AGF Coffeehouse / Open Mic

[nomadh]

I did this cover as part of a challenge on another forum. The challenge was to play only one guitar for a week. I picked my Epiphone Les Paul Junior P90. It hasn't been getting much love. I set it up for slide about a year ago. I'm terrible at slide so it doesn't get a lot of play. I put it back to standard tuning and ignored my other guitars for the week. This song has four tracks with the Epi Jr., two rhythm, one lead, one bass. NO other guitars were used. I was surprised how versatile and how good sounding and playing this $150 guitar was, My apology goes out to Tom Petty for butchering his song,

I got to say the guitars sounded great nice mixing. The vocals were...... fun. I call mine placeholder vocals. As in "insert proper singer here" I hope I didnt offend but the vocals felt very added ontop and not really integrated like the rest of the recording.

[Kerry Brown]

Man, I gotta get a guitar with P90’s.

@Kerry Brown , how did you record the guitars? What did the signal chain look like?

It was recorded on a pc with Reaper using various plugins. I used a Scarlett 2i2 interface. No actual amps or pedals. It’s all digital. i prefer real amps for live use but at home I’m usually on headphones with the pc.

[Kerry Brown]

I got to say the guitars sounded great nice mixing. The vocals were...... fun. I call mine placeholder vocals. As in "insert proper singer here" I hope I didnt offend but the vocals felt very added ontop and not really integrated like the rest of the recording.

Thus my apology to Tom Petty

I fully admit I’m not a singer. Part of the problem was the Scarlett interface doesn’t play nice with dynamic mic’s. I discovered today if I go from the mic to a mixer to the Scarlett it sounds way better. I may redo the vocals but the main problem is me not the gear.

[tlarson58]

This is really, really good.

[Milkman]

Thanks @tlarson58. I've been trying to learn to sing for almost a year now. A lot of people think you just open your yap and you can either sing or you can't, but it's like any other instrument... you gotta work at it a bit. I'm finally getting to the point where I can do an acceptable job of some songs.

[Kerry Brown]

This is really, really good.

Very nice. It really is really good.

[brentona]

Something different with a little bouncey Uke

[Milkman]

@brentona i used to sing that to my girls every night. Thanks!

[brentona]

[mention]brentona[/mention] i used to sing that to my girls every night. Thanks!

Of course!! It’s a fun little song!


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[nomadh]

Welp, I finally did a recording. I got a few people asking for a current video of my singing and this song has been stuck in my head awhile. In fact it was someone here that introduced me to it in another thread. Anyone remember who?
So should I use this as a sample or keep trying?

[nomadh]

And I redid this one. Maybe this is better to submit.

[sabasgr68]

Welp, I finally did a recording. I got a few people asking for a current video of my singing and this song has been stuck in my head awhile. In fact it was someone here that introduced me to it in another thread. Anyone remember who?
So should I use this as a sample or keep trying?

Great, Damon! Don´t know any of those songs, but you did it well.

Wish I could overcome my shyness of singing and recording myself. It´s inside my head that I sing and play the way I´d wanted to

[nomadh]

Welp, I finally did a recording. I got a few people asking for a current video of my singing and this song has been stuck in my head awhile. In fact it was someone here that introduced me to it in another thread. Anyone remember who?
So should I use this as a sample or keep trying?

Great, Damon! Don´t know any of those songs, but you did it well.

Wish I could overcome my shyness of singing and recording myself. It´s inside my head that I sing and play the way I´d wanted to

Thanks, I guess I have it too. I play these songs alot but as soon as I start recording I do such dumb mistakes. And then with the band same thing with them. My best recordings are when I dont tell the guys I'm recording and then I forget too.

[Milkman]

Hey @nomadh, great job! I’d like to hear a full version of wagon wheel. I have trouble singing that with my shouty bellow, but your voice is well suited.

[nomadh]

Hey @nomadh, great job! I’d like to hear a full version of wagon wheel. I have trouble singing that with my shouty bellow, but your voice is well suited.

I'm not a country guy but I've always suspected that's a natural for my voice.
I think a lot of it is finding your own voice. Like having being given a guitar kit. Some kits have an ebony board and 10 strings and some kitsonly have 3 strings and particle board fretboard and then it's up to each of us to Express what we want to say through it. Sometimes it seems the more limited and the more flaws and the more we use those flaws as features to make something unique the more it can speak to someone. If your voice is a strat maybe dont try and sound like a humbucker. Or keep trying and maybe you can find both in your kit.

Oh, and still lots of practice and experimenting putting that voice kit together. I know I need years more but so far that's how its going.

[Milkman]

I agree, fully @nomadh

The hardest part of trying to become a passable singer for me is to stop trying to imitate other singers and just sing with my own voice. I'm learning now. You'll hear me change pronunciation or emphasis from recorded versions of songs, and you'll definitely hear me take songs that are sung with breathy, reserved tones and sing them with a near belt most of the time... cause that's just how I do it.

As we were discussing in a thread by @sabasgr68, the hardest part is listening to my own voice to pick out specific things that aren't coming out of my face in a pleasing way and work on them.

I never wanted to be a singer, but if I'm gonna do it, I'd like to do it half-assed well.

[nomadh]

No guitarist wants to be a singer until he finds out what a pita singers are

[sabasgr68]

I agree, fully @nomadh

The hardest part of trying to become a passable singer for me is to stop trying to imitate other singers and just sing with my own voice. I'm learning now. You'll hear me change pronunciation or emphasis from recorded versions of songs, and you'll definitely hear me take songs that are sung with breathy, reserved tones and sing them with a near belt most of the time... cause that's just how I do it.

As we were discussing in a thread by @sabasgr68, the hardest part is listening to my own voice to pick out specific things that aren't coming out of my face in a pleasing way and work on them.

I never wanted to be a singer, but if I'm gonna do it, I'd like to do it half-assed well.

Sorry for not responding, I was absent these last days...

I find it hard too, to stop trying to imitate others, and I guess that´s why I don´t like my voice, because I don´t sound like X or Y. I should follow your example. I´m not trying to be a singer, but as you said, I´d like to do it better, since I actually like to sing.

[tlarson58]

A quick demo to send to the guys in the band. We try to put a twist on stuff.

I plan on our banjo player filling out the juicy parts. The lead singer will handle the vocals.

[tlarson58]

Another one from our last practice at the warehouse last week...

[Milkman]

@tlarson58 .... niiiice!

Good quality recording on Ants, and good mix!

My Dad was a trucker and he loved all that trucker culture music from that era. I’ve always wanted to play that song in a band setting. Nice that you have a few guys who step up and sing; it makes the song MUCH better.

[tlarson58]

@tlarson58 .... niiiice!

Good quality recording on Ants, and good mix!

My Dad was a trucker and he loved all that trucker culture music from that era. I’ve always wanted to play that song in a band setting. Nice that you have a few guys who step up and sing; it makes the song MUCH better.

Aw, shucks.

I knew it would be a favorite but the guys didn't embrace it until we played it live. Now it's a staple.

Thanks again. That was really nice.

[sabasgr68]

We need to rock this thread, fellas!

We are supposed to be guitar players, right?

[Milkman]

[tlarson58]

@Milkman Good Riddance is just different enough to make it interesting (rather than a rehash) while still rooted in the original.