Foo - Post your music!

Between Pcad's axe thread and Fuzzbox' wordyRappinghood I gots inspired to start a thread for foo folks to post their music. We've had a couple of people starting their own music threads here in the past, but I'd love to see this thread stick around, with everyone contributing who wants to.

I wanna make some new recordings, but we have almost everything packed away right now due to work being done on our place, but here is a link (http://www.myspace.com/566953926/music/songs/major-taylor-39-s-grave-40-live-2003-41-85756265) to a song I wrote about Major Taylor. Sorry, super sloppy live version - my friend and his wife did a groovy faux moog cover which is linked off the Wikipedia page for MT

OK, I've just posted this in another thread so I should post it here,

Cover of U2's Running to Stand Still, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFOI3tWLg3o

Anthony

Here's an original song called, Shine a Light,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXeMtvuJdJg

Anthony

Here's some of my original music. I wrote this about 15 years ago.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JFPg_o6cdI&feature=related

Here's an original song called, Shine a Light,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXeMtvuJdJg

Anthony

Anthony I was specifically thinking of your past music thread in the OP - and was hoping you'd pop in here. I really like the original tune!:thumb:

Here's some of my original music. I wrote this about 15 years ago.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JFPg_o6cdI&feature=related

very nice Tom! Is that an acoustic with internal bridge pickup?

very nice Tom! Is that an acoustic with internal bridge pickup?

Classically strung solid body, Gibson Chet Atkins, with a bit of Chorus.

Here's an original song called, Shine a Light,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXeMtvuJdJg

Anthony

That was great AnthonyG! A uke with a banjo sound, the best of two worlds! Twice in three months I've gone done to the music shop intent on buying a tenor but a soprano uke always manages to follow me home instead.
Ernest

I mainly play gtr but have played bass a bit for friend's band over the past decade or so. Here's a show (http://rabidinthekennel.com/artists/the-best-of-the-new-breed-volume-1) we did for web radio last year (scroll down 4 or 5 spots to "Phillip Eno"). There's a mini video of the day here (http://rabidinthekennel.com/blog/video-phillip-eno-session-excerpts).

Classically strung solid body, Gibson Chet Atkins, with a bit of Chorus.

Nice! I remember those gtrs. Your video made me think of that Ice Road Truckers show.

here's a link to my current band:

http://www.reverbnation.com/smashthestatekc

i'm the bass player :D

here's a link to my current band:

http://www.reverbnation.com/smashthestatekc

i'm the bass player :D

Well, that took me back. I used to play guitar in a band called The Anarchs, back in the day. We did a lot of Ramones and Pistol covers, and even briefly opened for the Ramones on a Midwest swing for a whole 2 shows. :p

even briefly opened for the Ramones on a Midwest swing for a whole 2 shows. :p

i don't know you, but i think i hate you. :(

kidding. :D

i don't know you, but i think i hate you. :(

kidding. :D

That's OK, Punk'll do that to ya. :p I've since graduated to primarily Jazz/Blues, and Classical, and even a bit of country and 70's folk.

Well, I'm a Karaoke Girl..... But I do have a studio and do most Keyboard backup for folks,,,
This is one I mixed and played the board for a friend, JM on vocals....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4EMcGsRtjo&feature=g-upl

But if you want to see me at the bar throwing it down. Here ya go... ME ON STAGE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq2I2p8H5sc&feature=g-upl

That was great AnthonyG! A uke with a banjo sound, the best of two worlds! Twice in three months I've gone done to the music shop intent on buying a tenor but a soprano uke always manages to follow me home instead.
Ernest

Yes it sounds great doesn't it. I started out with Concert scale ukulele's and I've been working my way up through Tenor scale and now a Baritone scale ukulele. The banjo ukulele is a step back to concert scale but that's the way they come. I've tried to play Soprano ukulele's but they are just too small for me.


Anthony I was specifically thinking of your past music thread in the OP - and was hoping you'd pop in here. I really like the original tune!:thumb:

Thanks. Its a simple song but there's something to be said for simple songs.

Anthony

Thanks. Its a simple song but there's something to be said for simple songs.

Right you are! I like some 'busy' music but it's always refreshing to see what goodies can be found with just a few chords and a pretty melody.

Here (http://www.myspace.com/566953926/music/songs/once-i-had-a-sweetheart-m4a-81543413) is my take on an old traditional ballad.

For those who read Pcad's axe thread this is my PRS with one piece maple top and P90s (http://www.myspace.com/566953926/music/songs/behind-any-door-m4a-81543443) (1 live track for the gtr, these were done with Garageband, lo-fi and sloppy due to my impatience at redoing things)

Here's a band I played with back in the early 90s. I used to tape band rehearsals on a cheap boom box!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5ppt63EpmI&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Q5j5xoQr4&feature=youtu.be

Did a bit of a roughcut with Audacity today. May I present the Lake Wawasee Blues......

So when you say "music" I'll throw down some Experimental Power Noize, but stop just shy of calling it music...

Myspace site for Pine Tree State Mind Control, w/ free mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/pinetreestatemindcontrol

Live:
Easthampton MA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZF5gHj3Hls

Montreal QC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvSztRlt5xc

Tracks off EP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w89joZ88Jgc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hczuzrvhG0

Well, I'm a Karaoke Girl..... But I do have a studio and do most Keyboard backup for folks,,,
This is one I mixed and played the board for a friend, JM on vocals....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4EMcGsRtjo&feature=g-upl

But if you want to see me at the bar throwing it down. Here ya go... ME ON STAGE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq2I2p8H5sc&feature=g-upl

You have a good voice! Wish the audio was a bit clearer there...And there's some real nice playing on that first clip.

I actually played bass on this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ8doYhEbh8&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL) but it's been remixed to the point you can barely hear that...but I am in the live bits (under the fuzzy hat).

A more recent and very live version here (starts at 3 mins in) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=549a89h1DLw&feature=related).

You have turned this into Foo Open Mic Night.

It's what I do.



Now we need you to fire up that new gtr and amp and post us some audio/video goodness:)

Now we need you to fire up that new gtr and amp and post us some audio/video goodness:)

Don't hold your Fred breath.

brb

just got in from rehearsal. Been up for 31 hours...big show Friday.

tease tease tease! I wanna hear that new p90 gtr and amp!!

There is an open mic 'every' Monday night right along my commute home and I keep stopping every few weeks but every time I do, they've canceled it with no notice. Grrrr....what's a loser amateur hack musician to do?

brb

Gesundheit

So I go to the electric blues jam Open Mic tonight and there's this guy up there playing and while he's a bit erratic, I really do enjoy some of his playing, particularly his rhythm fills. The guy really seems to know his stuff. I'm talking to him afterwards and it turns out he's a guitar teacher I ran into at the local music store a couple of weeks ago. Perfect. I'll hook up with him twice a month and we can learn some blues/funk numbers that we can then play together @ some future Open Mic jam. When you meet a guy like that twice in a few weeks and he coincidentally turns out to be the guitar teacher you ran into @ Alto Music, it's God's way of telling you that's your new guitar teacher.

Another observation is that many of the people who get up to sing @ Open Mic can't really sing. I'm no Grammy winner, but I can sing better than most of the people I've heard @ these things, so I'm starting to get more confidence up. Hey, at the end of the day I can't sing either, but it's all relative. I'm like a fast Fred on vocals.

tease tease tease! I wanna hear that new p90 gtr and amp!!


It doesn't matter because they all sound like crap through tinny laptop speakers. I ordered the humbucker version of the same axe today. Amazing deal. I played all these $2-$3K LP's at the store. I like the Korean Agile LP knockoff just as much and it's $500 with the case. I figure if I ever sell them I'll get $300 on eBay all day long. Hard to lose too much buying guitars that nice for that cheap.

yeah, in the end ya just gotta put yourself out there once in a while and have fun with it. Most people out there aren't too great, it's no biggie.

Having said that, hooking up with the teacher and jamming is great - like riding with people faster than you; as long as you hang in and don't get completely dropped, there's no better way to up your game.

yeah, in the end ya just gotta put yourself out there once in a while and have fun with it. Most people out there aren't too great, it's no biggie.

Having said that, hooking up with the teacher and jamming is great - like riding with people faster than you; as long as you hang in and don't get completely dropped, there's no better way to up your game.

Yep. I let my self consciousness stand in my way of enjoying music for too long. I'm too self critical, at the end of the day it doesn't matter, none of us are getting a record contract, we all do it for laughs. I love playing and singing, and I'm really not that bad at it, so why not? You can't get better playing in your house alone, you have to play OUT, with other musicians, and in front of a room, for a number of reasons. This teaching scenario I hooked up with tonight is really ideal, precisely what I need, the right style of playing, the teacher has the right chops, we can jam together @ the same open mic night. Actually I think we may both enjoy it (the teacher and myself). I'm a somewhat advanced player compared to a lot of the students a guitar teacher is going to get, and I'm rather motivated, if I were a guitar teacher I'd like a student like that.

Plus all the interaction with other amateur musicians is very stimulating and what I need. What's daunting for me is a loud, dark room, pedal boards with 8 different stomp boxes, trying to get used to hearing yourself in a band mix, etc. But the only way to learn your way through all that is to do it.

Amen to all that. Just go have fun with it. Teachers can often have fun with students b/c questions often arise that fosters and rekindles their own intellectual and artistic curiosity - this is true in every discipline, I'm sure. So I'm sure he's getting stuff out of this too.


As far as all the other hoops to jump through it can be a drag especially if you hook up with people who don't listen to the others playing, turn up too loud all the time, etc. It's not easy but I've tried to steer clear of those types when I can. When you can hook up with good musicians who are also good people (and this is rare), it's like heaven.

I also try to keep my set up as simple as possible - and bring two of everything to gigs when possible. Less stuff to go wrong. More often than not I'm just gtr > cable > amp > plug in the wall. Sort of a musical 'fixie' approach? Of course with the right gtr and amp, that's all you need. It's a boring sound sometimes but better that than futzing with dead batteries, faulty patch cables, etc etc - just my $.02.

Odd, for a professional musician I seem to have a pathetically non-existent web presence when it comes to online examples of my music.

Hmm, here's one...but I think you need a Rhapsody subscription to actually hear these tunes
http://www.rhapsody.com/#album/Alb.47479750

Currently in the headphones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6WwjXu8m6o

Cool, some talent here. My band just released a CD and we have a gig tonight and tomorrow night. Fun stuff!

We do have some good stuff in BF!

@Bob Ross, I need to get a Rhaposdy acct - the samples sounded really interesting!

Currently in the headphones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6WwjXu8m6o

ohaiurdoinitwrongkthnxbai

Plus all the interaction with other amateur musicians is very stimulating and what I need. What's daunting for me is a loud, dark room, pedal boards with 8 different stomp boxes, trying to get used to hearing yourself in a band mix, etc. But the only way to learn your way through all that is to do it.

My advice here... is if you're playing through stomp boxes non-stop, you didn't buy the right guitar/amp combination for you (unless you're playing overly effected stuff to start with). I've played with people who have never actually played just their guitar and amp. They have no idea what the two sound like together.
Find your Guitar(s)/Amp(s) combination, then find the boxes and boards that compliment what you're doing there. Remember, it's your sound, don't be a slave to pedals.

I occasionally plug in a wah pedal or an echo, neither of which my amp or guitars can supply. Otherwise, when I want a change in tone, I swap guitars. Aside from a Valco/National/Supro and a Danelectro, I've managed to collect all the tones I want in guitars and a few I don't (really need to ditch a few strat clones).

I've got several stomp boxes lined up and I use every one of them. That's how you get signature tone IMO. Other wise you just sound like a guy playing through a Twin or a Marshal or what ever. But yeah for beginners you definitely want to be able to play the guitar before you get into changing the tone. I almost always have either delay or chorus on. Auto wha for a few songs, two different distortion boxes, a compressor, Cry Baby wah and a Uni Vibe :D

dang! page 2 already for this. where o where are all the foosicians?

here's some more of my crud:

lead gtr on "Hard Line" (http://russellhubley.com/refractor.html)

Lead gtr on everything except track 2 (http://soundcloud.com/matthew-searing/sets/this-flat-earth-1995/)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiQV7HMOmkw

I'm in that pile of people. Terrible sound quality which makes it sound a bit like skinning cats.
Not everything I play is like this, but when I get paid to play, that's what I'm doing. Picture below is from finals of a band competition in North Carolina in 2010. I've been in the finals of that competition for the last 4 years in different band set ups and haven't gotten a placing yet. One day.....

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/247513_10100322443023453_6212862_53016508_2621435_n.jpg

actually for that many people, that wasn't too chaotic at all! :thumb: Sounded good to me.

I'm just gonna keep posting more of my crap until Pcad gets that garageband thing happening...

This is rough (http://www.myspace.com/566953926/music/songs/jewel-wma-86110769) - but nice tone in spots; Guild Nightbird, basically a chambered les paul, with DiMarzio PAF style pups, into a boss reverb pedal and a 1970 Traynor YBA-1 through a closed back 2x12. I think we were in a room with no PA, so I'm just screaming over the music. Actually with my voice, it's best to NOT have a PA.

Thought there was always chicken wire in front of the stage down south?

down south mebbe, not up yonder.

here's a cover of a white stripes' dylan cover (http://www.myspace.com/566953926/music/songs/one-more-cup-of-coffee-86110974) and a cover of a yardies' mcCoys cover (http://www.myspace.com/566953926/music/songs/my-gal-sloopy-86110999), same date and gear.

I've been playing and I guess teaching a couple people at work on lunch and recently started to bring the laptop, mic, and interface to record myself.

"Ruby" Dave Rawlings cover.. recorded in one shot 1 mic me singing and playing.. and whistling!
http://soundcloud.com/pewter-camaro/ruby-dave-rawlings-cover

One more..

"As the World Falls Down" David Bowie Cover same deal.. 1 Mic Me and a guitar.
http://soundcloud.com/pewter-camaro/as-the-world-falls-down-david

Guitar in both is a Godin 5th Ave Kingpin played acoustically.

Nice! You've got one of those awesome Irish tenor voices.:thumb:

This isn't me, but I think he's just a bit better.:) That G# on the shift isn't as easy as it looks.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO2VHVhGSPs&feature=related