I finished my original!

[Phil513]

Whew. Still sounds like an 8 year old did it, but at least i got one.

[Dexter Inferno]

[micwalt]

Good on ya!

[Phil513]

There was about 5 times i almost gathered up the whole lot and tossed it out the window.

[T-BoneBarnet]

Congrats.
It's been a while since your last effort.

[Phil513]

Congrats.
It's been a while since your last effort.

Yeah, i know. If i kept after it more, i'd be a lot better by now.

[telecaster911]

You're really a whole bunch better than you give youself credit for. Can't wait to hear it

[Johnny N.]

Great job Phil. I finished something for the Blues recording fest but havent been able to pull anything together original yet. I may just try to find something to cover but I'd love to get something original out. I did kind of stumble over a progression I like but havent sat down and put any effort into lyrics yet.

I am anxious to hear the original fest.

[Phil513]

Mine probably is like a ton of other songs, i have become quite adept at laying down a simple progression then layering a bunch of keyboards over to mask the guitar playing.

[Mrs.P]

Yay Phil! Now drop and give me twenty.

[Phil513]

Yay Phil! Now drop and give me twenty.

How about 19.95?

[Dexter Inferno]

Yeah, i know. If i kept after it more, i'd be a lot better by now.

You know, I think you really overthink things. And I do really do that myself.
A lot of us try too hard to avoid doing some cliched, whereas you'll have bands like The Killers becoming big hits. It's not really about being geniuses, but more doing stuff people will like.

Some of us really are not cut out for being the brainy brilliant type.
The world needs good pop as well.
So my conclusion really is to do whatever you feel like, chances are that more people will like it more than you'd have thought to begin with.

[T-BoneBarnet]

Mine probably is like a ton of other songs, i have become quite adept at laying down a simple progression then layering a bunch of keyboards over to mask the guitar playing.

Here's a quote from (Sir) George Martin: "It shouldn't be expected that people are necessarily doing what they appear to be doing on records".

[hobo]

hey phil can't wait to hear your stuff

you are one fine guitar player

[Mark Wein]

Very cool!

I haven't started on an original or a blues tune. My original plan was to have the Metropolitans play with me live but I might just do a solo acoustic guitar/vocal thing for the blues....

[Phil513]

Mines just another of my goofy instrumentals, but hey. Its what i do. haha.

This one sounds decidedly less porn soundtrack like though.

[Mark Wein]

Mines just another of my goofy instrumentals, but hey. Its what i do. haha.

This one sounds decidedly less porn soundtrack like though.

Porn soundtracks can be cool too

[mosiddiqi]

Well done Phil! ..look forward to it..I've heard most of the guys here..but you've been hiding ::

[Phil513]

Well done Phil! ..look forward to it..I've heard most of the guys here..but you've been hiding ::

lol. I'm really a n00b and both playing and recording, so dont expect a bunch. I can chord pretty decent and i strum like a wild animal, but dont know the first thing about soloing. Thank God for keyboards.

[Prages]

I just rerecorded a song I wrote in 1993.

It sounds like it was written by a love sick 18 year old.

But it's the best this one has ever sounded.

I also shot video of me playing each track. I hope to be able to edit together a nice video before the big reveal.

[Phil513]

I just rerecorded a song I wrote in 1993.

It sounds like it was written by a love sice 18 year old.

But it's the best this one has ever sounded.

I also shot video of me playing each track. I hope to be able to edit together a nice video before the big reveal.

A video would be cool.

[jimw281972]

Sweet.. How can I hear it?

[cfgsteak]

Right on Phil!

[Phil513]

Sweet.. How can I hear it?

I think the big reveal is first part of Feb. I'm a bit fuzzy on when, i'll have to dig up the thread.

[Phil513]

Found it.

"The Blues and Jazz Recordingfest: Submit recordings to me by Tuesday January 19th and Reveal on Wednesday January 20th.

The Original Music Recordingfest: Submit recordings to me by Tuesday February 2nd with the Reveal on Wednesday February 3rd"

[Prages]

Man...

I've got my video all finished up. I may not be able to sit on this for 2 weeks. Might have to jump the gun and post it before the reveal, then try to get something else done for the reveal.

The song is cheesy, but the video is pretty cool, if I do say so myself.

[Phil513]

do eet.

[Prages]

do eet.

Maybe tomorrow. I was rendering the video this morning, but it takes forever to render....I'm talking like an hour and a half for a 6 minute video.

In my computer's defense, I've got 10 different video feeds running at once.

It was still rendering when I left. Hopefully when I get home it'll be done, and I'll be able to start the upload.