yes!

yes!

beautiful!
don't sweat the recording quality or nothing like that, the musician ship shines through... In fact a little bit of that crackle reminds me of vinyl..
amazing track though... well done

beautiful! don't sweat the recording quality or nothing like that, the musician ship shines through... In fact a little bit of that crackle reminds me of vinyl.. amazing track though... well done

holy... is this a single take? you have some serious skill on the acoustic composition is amazing and the acoustic gives it a really close and intimate vibe. really nice work.

holy... is this a single take? you have some serious skill on the acoustic :) composition is amazing and the acoustic gives it a really close and intimate vibe. really nice work.

jesus, I forgot how good of a guitar player you are. I'd kill to be able to make chord progressions like this-what's your secret?

jesus, I forgot how good of a guitar player you are. I'd kill to be able to make chord progressions like this-what's your secret?

Thanks for the kind words! It is definitely not a single take. Logic Pro lets you do this awesome thing where you can set a section to loop automatically, and record multiple takes all in one go, and then go back and very easily fade between the takes to get the best of each one. It's actually about 3-4 separate tracks playing at once, with TONS of takes spliced together because my timing was shit, or I would keep screwing up, haha.

Thanks for the kind words! It is definitely not a single take. Logic Pro lets you do this awesome thing where you can set a section to loop automatically, and record multiple takes all in one go, and then go back and very easily fade between the takes to get the best of each one. It's actually about 3-4 separate tracks playing at once, with TONS of takes spliced together because my timing was shit, or I would keep screwing up, haha.

My secret for the chords progressions, honestly, is mostly just my knowledge of music theory, which I can thank music school and lots of personal study for. Secondary dominants/diminished chords are stellar for changing keys, and really changing the feel of a song. But beyond that, it's also that "common tone" technique I think I made a blog post about once (that I think you saw, an0va). Basically, a chord has three (minimum) notes. Sometimes, after establishing a chord progression, the second time around you can take one of the chords in that progression and keep two of the notes in it, but change the third one to make a whole new chord, and because two of the notes DIDN'T change ... it doesn't sound entirely out of place in the grand scheme of things. That's actually, in a really oddly explained (and perhaps "wrong") kind of way, how secondary doms/dims are, too, but you can take that principle to come up with weird shit too.

long posts about technical shit woooo

My secret for the chords progressions, honestly, is mostly just my knowledge of music theory, which I can thank music school and lots of personal study for. Secondary dominants/diminished chords are stellar for changing keys, and really changing the feel of a song. But beyond that, it's also that "common tone" technique I think I made a blog post about once (that I think you saw, an0va). Basically, a chord has three (minimum) notes. Sometimes, after establishing a chord progression, the second time around you can take one of the chords in that progression and keep two of the notes in it, but change the third one to make a whole new chord, and because two of the notes DIDN'T change ... it doesn't sound entirely out of place in the grand scheme of things. That's actually, in a really oddly explained (and perhaps "wrong") kind of way, how secondary doms/dims are, too, but you can take that principle to come up with weird shit too. long posts about technical shit woooo

Nice fret work and progression!

Nice fret work and progression!

Cool! Wasn't expecting this - in a good way!

Cool! Wasn't expecting this - in a good way!

Such great writing, such amazing playing, and it sounds amazing, the recording is spot on

Such great writing, such amazing playing, and it sounds amazing, the recording is spot on

This is slick. The voice leading between chords (common tone idea) is really love. Clearly someone who knows how to play their instrument (and voice chords). Melodic work is slick too.

As for the recording. I LOVE slightly rough recordings, with background sound. I think it adds so much depth to the recording - something that studio recordings just suck from a piece.

+Fav. I am looking forward to more of your work!

This is slick. The voice leading between chords (common tone idea) is really love. Clearly someone who knows how to play their instrument (and voice chords). Melodic work is slick too. As for the recording. I LOVE slightly rough recordings, with background sound. I think it adds so much depth to the recording - something that studio recordings just suck from a piece. +Fav. I am looking forward to more of your work!

Great playing, beautiful composition. Looking forward to hearing more :-)

Great playing, beautiful composition. Looking forward to hearing more :-)

this is just so gosh dang beautiful, buddy. love it.

this is just so gosh dang beautiful, buddy. love it.

wow. this is something else. lovely playing, great to hear something a little different on weekly beats!

wow. this is something else. lovely playing, great to hear something a little different on weekly beats!

I'm in the same boat with you for recording dude. Still getting my head around it and the SM57 is still on the to-buy list for me. With that said you've got some great chord progressions and movements between chords. Really natural sound as well, almost thought it was a single take!

I'm in the same boat with you for recording dude. Still getting my head around it and the SM57 is still on the to-buy list for me. With that said you've got some great chord progressions and movements between chords. Really natural sound as well, almost thought it was a single take!

yer a real great guitar player sir

yer a real great guitar player sir

Well played!!!

Well played!!!

After listening to "rotting bat carcasses falling from the sky"... this was a real treat for the ears!  Nice playing, you achieved a nice sound for just getting to know the mic!

After listening to "rotting bat carcasses falling from the sky"... this was a real treat for the ears! Nice playing, you achieved a nice sound for just getting to know the mic!

very pleasant! would fit in very nicely with a windham hill records compilation -- and i love those things, so well done!

very pleasant! would fit in very nicely with a windham hill records compilation -- and i love those things, so well done!

+1. Great job on this one.

+1. Great job on this one.

pretty!

pretty!