A little something I made

ink3 · #1 July 9th, 2006

Hi, I´m new here and this is my first post. I´ve been playing guitar for little over one year, and this is something I made a couple of weeks ago. I did it quite fast, in a day or so, and it´s very much a work in progress.

Constructive critisism is always wellcome, I need it

I´ll spend some time listening through your contributions, it´s allways fun to find a new good guitarsite.

Ingvar Hulterström

allthumbs · #2 July 9th, 2006

Hi Ink. Pretty good first upload. Needs a little more polishing. Add some slurs, double stops etc. Good start.

joe_strummer · #3 July 9th, 2006

Neat tune, some fine playing, great start keep up the good work

scotty_b · #4 July 9th, 2006

Well done.
Looking forward to hearing more of your playing

BigBaby · #5 July 9th, 2006

A suggestion for this subforum in general I lifted from photography sites.

Most times along with a pic or portfolio the photog will supply info about the setup, i.e. equipment, f-stop, shutter speed etc. and will sometimes even supply a photo of the setup.

My suggestion would be to put in a small blurb along with the recording itself that describes the signal chain, e.g. which guitar, which pedal and effect used, recording setup.

Example I'm working on a few recordings and here's what the blurb would look like:

Larrivee L-03R acoustic w/ D'addario phos bronze strings
Single AKG C1000S condensor mic 10" from fret 12 perpendicular to fretboard
M Audio Firewire Solo A/D
FL Studio Producer Edition Sound Editor => compression used (haven't decided how much yet) and XmS left to right channel delay for stereo simulation

BTW I hope to post within the next month.

ink3 · #6 July 9th, 2006

Thanks for the kind words, I´ll promptly post another one

Re equipment:

Ibanez sz520 into guitarport recorded in sonar 5

Ingvar Hulterström

Jim · #7 July 9th, 2006

Welcome and very nice playing!

I really enjoyed that.

Jim

nagukush · #8 July 9th, 2006

Great one Pal !!! Really enjoyed it

Great work !!!

Keep Posting and Welcome to the Family

Kindest Regards and Lots of Care
Kush

krissovo · #9 July 9th, 2006

Nice piece thanks for sharing

Is the guitar port the one from Line 6? If so is it worth buying?

ink3 · #10 July 9th, 2006

Thanks yet again for all the kind words.

About (Line 6) Guitarport: Being a beginner I do think it´s great value and a really capable little gadget. Playing and recording on the computer becomes very easy, and I think it sounds great, even though it might not sound as good as a good amp. On the other hand, it´s much cheaper.

si16 · #11 July 9th, 2006

Liked it. Some confident picking and good rhythm work. Perhaps just work on the timing a bit towards the end.

737blues · #12 July 9th, 2006

Nice track ink3. Sounds like you're well on your way, great progress in one year. Well done.

Krissovo, I use the Line6 Guitar port too. As ink3 said, it makes getting sound into your computer very easy and sounds pretty good too. If you want to do a forum search you will find quite a few posts about. You can use it with any sequencer, (eg. Audacity) or purchase a package which includes the Riffworks recording program. (Loop based, like Garage Band)

Kirk Lorange · #13 July 10th, 2006

Nice one Ink ... you have some great ideas going there. I kept waiting for a new section to take over for a while, like maybe a key change (try going to the relative major 'A'), but as you say, it's a work in progress. Great stuff ...

Misty2u · #14 July 10th, 2006

Welcome Ink

Nice work btw

ink3 · #15 July 10th, 2006

I think the most important thing to do when you start playing the guitar is to find a really good teacher, which I did (thanks Dan), but I have probably been a little (lot?) less focused on the theory side of music than he would have preferred. So, I´ve just spent a couple of hours trying to figure out what it is I do in this tune. Which was prompted by the following excellent comment:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirk Lorange

I kept waiting for a new section to take over for a while, like maybe a key change (try going to the relative major 'A'):

So, I´ve discovered that it´s in F sharp minor (which was a bit of a midbender when i first saw it), and I´ve also learned what a relative major is. Thanks Kirk, this pulled me kicking and screaming into theory

Now I just have to understand what that means on a practical level

Ingvar Hulterström