Sharing my Music

[silverblk mystix]

Just for s and giggles...

All comments welcome - Bad & Worse

Did the writing and the guitar playing-but can't sing to save my life so my friend (and one of the best vocalists in Texas) is singing.

Flame away.

http://www.soundclick.com/mystix

[RGMCSE]

Just for s and giggles...

All comments welcome - Bad & Worse

Did the writing and the guitar playing-but can't sing to save my life so my friend (and one of the best vocalists in Texas) is singing.

Flame away.

http://www.soundclick.com/mystix

The ""Miles Away Worlds apart" song wasnt to bad. Kind of had a little Santana flare to it. Overall the song reminded me of something you would hear in the background of an Adam Sandler movie. Are you this guy?

[Nathan89]

I like it.

Thanks for sharing.

[Avante]

Good stuff.

I think you might like this...

[silverblk mystix]

The ""Miles Away Worlds apart" song wasnt to bad. Kind of had a little Santana flare to it. Overall the song reminded me of something you would hear in the background of an Adam Sandler movie. Are you this guy?

Thanks for the comment.

"Miles Away" is just an ol' style torch song- done in a modern way.

That would be pathetic and funny if that was me

[silverblk mystix]

I like it.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the comment and for taking time to listen.

[silverblk mystix]

Good stuff.

I think you might like this...

Thanks for listening.

That was pretty good- although a little more soul a little less pop would have been better IMO.

[I. Hustle]

Well done

[silverblk mystix]

Well done

Thanks for the comment.

[Frenzy]

Imo more strings less singing...not to say singing was bad,just strings had more "draw me in" factor

Wife loved the 3rd track however.

[Samuel Eto'o]

Whats your gear looking like, if you don't mind me asking?

[silverblk mystix]

Imo more strings less singing...not to say singing was bad,just strings had more "draw me in" factor

Wife loved the 3rd track however.

Thanks for the comment and for taking the time to listen.

That song was like giving birth- very painful-but once it came out-what a gift.

Thanks again.

[silverblk mystix]

Whats your gear looking like, if you don't mind me asking?

Well, I have Logic Pro and did everything on my computer-recording-wise, but interestingly enough almost everything was done on Garageband since it is so simple to use and very little Logic Pro was needed.
Unless you meant instrument-wise?

[Samuel Eto'o]

I do mean instrument wise, tbh.

[silverblk mystix]

I do mean instrument wise, tbh.

For the acoustic track, that was a Taylor Jumbo (315?) and it was just mic'd with a Shure 57 through a Apogee Duet as an interface.

The electrics were a Grosh Custom (strat) with Michael Detemple pickups (vintage wind) through a Vintage Sound Amp (a hand wound Princeton Clone with a Weber Caifornia speaker)

and a Fender SRV strat with Fralin Blues Special pickups.

A friend played a Fender Jazz bass on some songs and other songs I actually played the bass on my guitars--but I used the Garageband virtual bass to simulate the actual bass...doesn't sound as thick as a true bass but it works when you are recording alone and/or don't have an available bassist.

On "Goodbye to You" I used a tweed Victoria 20112 to do the "wes montgomery" jazz-type guitar for the fills and the Princeton clone for the clean rhythm parts.

On No One Like You- I actually played that bass on a little keyboard with the bass patch...and never bothered changing it.

All the guitar parts were mic'd with a shure 57 & 58 in front of the amps -6 inches in the center one mic and the second mic further back to catch the ambient sounds of the room.

The vocals were usually first or second takes as my vocalist is amazing and can express himself and give the words so much emotion after a very short time with the song. There was usually an audience in the room as we liked to get together, prepare some gourmet food, drinks, candles,vibe,girlfriends/wives , friendship, camaraderie,etc... and then we'd start recording and the combination of good food,good booze,good people and the excitement/energy of the music all added to the magic of the finished recording.

Probably more info than you asked for...

[Samuel Eto'o]

Thats awesome. I was more interested in guitar/pickups/amps but the rest is nice too.

I love all the music parts of playing the guitar (theory, improvisation, etc) but when it comes to the tech parts I know nothing. I want to switch out my pickups soon but haven't been able to figure out completely what I want to do and what I am able to do. I'm also a re when it comes to amps and mics. Its prolly a biproduct of me never having the money to spend on these kind of things anyway, so I don't do too much research

[silverblk mystix]

Thats awesome. I was more interested in guitar/pickups/amps but the rest is nice too.

I love all the music parts of playing the guitar (theory, improvisation, etc) but when it comes to the tech parts I know nothing. I want to switch out my pickups soon but haven't been able to figure out completely what I want to do and what I am able to do. I'm also a re when it comes to amps and mics. Its prolly a biproduct of me never having the money to spend on these kind of things anyway, so I don't do too much research

Well, if truth be told- I would spend any money on lessons, classes,etc... before the actual gear...but there are some really cool inexpensive solid pieces of gear out there.

Amps: Gotta go with tubes first--but there is a hybrid which is tubes with a section built in for effects...check out the fender vibro champ and super champs---these are great practice amps that sound great and do anything (reverb, echo, tremolo,distortion, clean, etc...)

[silverblk mystix]

Shameless bump to thank everyone for their time and comments.


If those music experts who said I knew about music would like to
enlighten me with their brilliant music knowledge- this is a second opportunity.

[TeyshaBlue]

I don't know who you're talking about, but I thought Miles Away was pretty good. Got some work to do on the arrangement as the transition at 1:06 is pretty jarring. Vox are pretty stinking good....like that dude's voice alot. The COSM-ish distortion at the beginning doesn't seem to be a great fit...but I'm not a huge fan of that sound anyway. lol

Needs some backing strings/pads/fills from time to time as well as a bit of punctuation in the drum track. There's no real phrasing going on here with the arrangement..it's pretty static and wanders a bit.
Nice first shot tho. With some work, this tune could really shine. It's got some nice elements going for it.

[silverblk mystix]

I don't know who you're talking about, but I thought Miles Away was pretty good. Got some work to do on the arrangement as the transition at 1:06 is pretty jarring. Vox are pretty stinking good....like that dude's voice alot. The COSM-ish distortion at the beginning doesn't seem to be a great fit...but I'm not a huge fan of that sound anyway. lol

Needs some backing strings/pads/fills from time to time as well as a bit of punctuation in the drum track. There's no real phrasing going on here with the arrangement..it's pretty static and wanders a bit.
Nice first shot tho. With some work, this tune could really shine. It's got some nice elements going for it.

Thanks for the comments--I think you hit the nail on the head on everything you just mentioned.

Funny- I had so many other takes on that first guitar section-but unfortunately they had a different vocal take as well- so I left the lesser toned guitar on there to save the brilliant vocal.

Good call.

[stxspurs]

i dig it....thanks for putting it out there.

[silverblk mystix]

i dig it....thanks for putting it out there.

Thanks again. I am truly humbled by all the comments.

[MannyIsGod]

so humbled

Oh sure, I will post mine right after you post yours.

And show me where I ever mentioned that I was a musical genius?

The point of this thread was that the OP claims Kanye is a musical genius. I disagree-but hey, to each his own.

FYI, I would not expect you to understand my music because it contains beautiful melodies (remember those?), intelligent lyrics, real instruments, and well crafted songs in general. Regardless, the only thing you would take any time to do is to try and knock them down, besides if you think Kanye is a musical genius-then there would be no point in listening to my music.

Oh, and by the way...do you ever attend the Spurs GTG'S???

...Because you seem like such a swell guy-that I would be really researching the GTG beforehand to see if you are attending...because, like I said....I am sure you are a swell guy and I would just love to meet you face to face....

[MannyIsGod]

so humbled

It is classic. On the one hand you talked and said I didn't know about music and then you asked me to post my music because in your professional opinion it would probably suck and blah-blah...

So when you have the chance to confirm if you were even accurate in your professional assessment- you didn't have the balls to find out.

Very classic- I just showed you how stupid your comments really are- you assert one thing- then cannot even confirm or deny that you might have been mistaken or if you actually knew what the you were talking about.

Classic case of a -talker being schooled on -either know what the you are talking about--or shut the up and leave the music discussions to a in' professional.

You've been pwned. STFU from now on or prepare to be embarrassed again.

[silverblk mystix]

It kills you to be wrong!

If you listen you're ed because it's good stuff.

If you don't listen you're ed because you talked on something you are absolutely unqualified to judge--but your arrogance allowed you to believe you could just judge me like that. By not even listening you are confirming that you you are a dumb who judges before even hearing the material.


I overrated you actually, I thought you would jump at the chance and just listen and tell me the music was ty. I could accept that because music taste is subjective. You are actually more stupid than I thought possible.
Classic.

Pwned again.