Dave Dunn
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I'm still learning how to use the DAW Waveform 11 efficiently, and playing around with a weird version of When the Saints, but I've started recording a song I wrote for my wife in around 1990, and thinking I'm better off giving cover versions a miss completely and recording my catalogue of original songs.
I'm using fake drums from the MT Power Drums plugin, but otherwise playing and singing everything myself.
It's a bit hard to cover 3 guitar parts with just me, my guitar has always just been the low hum that ties a thin, jagged, distorted guitar and a full, rich guitar sound together.
I'm nowhere near the level of the guitarist I've played with since the mid 80s, so I'm faking it with overdubs, adding the harmonics that should have been there the first time. It's working out well though.
I did some vocals, and some sax (call me the one note wonder!), but the room is giving me trouble even with an electric guitar plugged straight into the interface, so I've been working on building some acoustic treatment panels and implementing some other treatment ideas.
I won't record acoustic instruments or vocals seriously until that's completed.
Soon I'll be posting some "backing tracks" of my songs and asking for some saxophone submissions, the next two songs will be a fast 50s type rock'n'roll song in A (I've always introduced it as my unoriginal original), and a stomping type blues in E. They should be very easy to work with, I'm hoping that some of the fledgling saxophonists in the forum might be interested in contributing.
Stay tuned for more updates!
I'm using fake drums from the MT Power Drums plugin, but otherwise playing and singing everything myself.
It's a bit hard to cover 3 guitar parts with just me, my guitar has always just been the low hum that ties a thin, jagged, distorted guitar and a full, rich guitar sound together.
I'm nowhere near the level of the guitarist I've played with since the mid 80s, so I'm faking it with overdubs, adding the harmonics that should have been there the first time. It's working out well though.
I did some vocals, and some sax (call me the one note wonder!), but the room is giving me trouble even with an electric guitar plugged straight into the interface, so I've been working on building some acoustic treatment panels and implementing some other treatment ideas.
I won't record acoustic instruments or vocals seriously until that's completed.
Soon I'll be posting some "backing tracks" of my songs and asking for some saxophone submissions, the next two songs will be a fast 50s type rock'n'roll song in A (I've always introduced it as my unoriginal original), and a stomping type blues in E. They should be very easy to work with, I'm hoping that some of the fledgling saxophonists in the forum might be interested in contributing.
Stay tuned for more updates!
