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Hi All, One morning about fifty years ago, I woke up with the idea in my head for this tune. I picked up my acoustic guitar and recorded it onto a stereo cassette - remember those? In those days, it was just a single guitar piece. In the intervening time I've played this tune countless times, but never re-recorded it until now. This time I used Powertracks and four tracks - one each for the guitar, bass, legato strings and the spiccato strings. The acoustic was a Taylor which a friend had brought in for me to service and re-string. I thought that whilst I'd got it I might as well try it out, but the new strings having just been fitted, were a bit bright and buzzy at times and this was picked up by the Neuman U87 mic which Floyd covets. The bass is my old Jazz bass and the strings are MIDI and Edirol Orchestral. So, here it is and it's only a minute and a half, so not a long listen if you have the time. ONE MORNINGHope you're all keeping well and staying safe. ROG
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It's a cool tune. Beautiful melody. I wish the stuff I was writing decades back was worth recording now but, sadly, it was pretty pathetic and best left in the past.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Hello ROG,
A very nice melody you made, ages ago. In spite how Guitarhacker judge about his own melodies from the past, I always think it is a pitty you leave your melodies/joy die. Just because there must be better ones. Of course there are, but who knows what you can make from your old melodies. And that brings me to your 'old' song. The guitar in it is recorded pretty well(you played it, didn't you?). Clear sound, littlebit gritty, but very nice. I think you can do more with it, not leave it 1,5 minute. But that's how I think of this, as you have noticed.
One tiny remark about 'the band': I think if you used real tracks to fill this melody it would have sparkled more, like a tiny star... But don't mind this too much, I far away ;-)
Hans
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Love the sound of that Taylor! Lovely melody, supported well by the other instruments.
Enjoyed!
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Good choice using the Taylor while you had it, ROG. I'm with Herb on that wishing "the stuff I was writing decades back was worth recording now..." A drummer friend of mine that I wrote with back then claims that we wrote 5,000 surfer songs, but I claim we wrote one 5,000 times. Great tune and well played!!
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ROG,
A nice piece. The guitar sounds good. And I really like the way it and the strings join together.
It would be a cool experiment to see if you could reproduce the guitar part using the Ample Sound guitar!
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fj
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Beautiful melody, taking my mind to times when music was played at kings' castles. I was just thinking how this would sound with the instruments of that time, like lute, harpsichord, harp... anyway, I enjoyed your acoustic playing.
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Wow what a beautiful song. Your acoustic was so delicate and precise. I also got a medieval vibe from the song. Did trigger the imagination of past English history. Well done.
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We were immediately struck by the beauty of the tone and melody and felt some sense of familiarity with it...then we noted Scott's mention of the medieval vibe and, yep, that was it. A bit of a feeling of lovely countrysides with perhaps a castle in the far distance.
Glad he brought that guitar in for service and even more so that you decided to put it to good use.
You worked the bass and strings in so nicely.
And the clarity of the mix is wonderful.
Janice said the tune would be a good way to start your morning.
Kudos!
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Glad you finally got the chance to get this recorded and shared!
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Very good sounding guitar. Enjoyed listening!
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Lovely playing (on a borrowed Taylor - sounds like a song) an an appealing arrangement.
Very pretty.
Peter
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Sweet - worth developing further.
Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe
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This is a real good example of how we can remind ourselves that, even early on, we came up with good stuff. I really enjoyed it--I have to see if I can find my recorder to play along with it!!!
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It's a cool tune. Beautiful melody. I wish the stuff I was writing decades back was worth recording now but, sadly, it was pretty pathetic and best left in the past. Hi Herb, Many thanks for the review. Your comment made me smile - I've written my fair share of dross in the past as well. I love your latest though! Cheers, ROG.
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Hello ROG,
A very nice melody you made, ages ago. In spite how Guitarhacker judge about his own melodies from the past, I always think it is a pitty you leave your melodies/joy die. Just because there must be better ones. Of course there are, but who knows what you can make from your old melodies. And that brings me to your 'old' song. The guitar in it is recorded pretty well(you played it, didn't you?). Clear sound, littlebit gritty, but very nice. I think you can do more with it, not leave it 1,5 minute. But that's how I think of this, as you have noticed.
One tiny remark about 'the band': I think if you used real tracks to fill this melody it would have sparkled more, like a tiny star... But don't mind this too much, I far away ;-)
Hans Hi Hans, I did extend it at one time, because it got used as an examination piece, but this is the original short version. I would have tried real tracks, but the guitar was recorded without a click track, so I could vary the tempo in places. Using real tracks would have involved a complicated tempo map, so I took the easy way out and used MIDI. Many thanks for looking in and for the review. Cheers, ROG.
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ROG, This is some exquisite playing with lot's of feeling. The recording of the Taylor sounds excellent. The ring of familiarity to the beautiful melody makes it very accesable and easy to listen to. Very nicely done, Tom
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Hi ROG Lovely melody and refined playing on that great sounding guitar. Regards, Leon
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Love the sound of that Taylor! Lovely melody, supported well by the other instruments.
Enjoyed! Hi Dave, I can't remember which Taylor model it was, but it was certainly nice to play. Many thanks thanks for the listen and review. Cheers, ROG.
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Good choice using the Taylor while you had it, ROG. I'm with Herb on that wishing "the stuff I was writing decades back was worth recording now..." A drummer friend of mine that I wrote with back then claims that we wrote 5,000 surfer songs, but I claim we wrote one 5,000 times. Great tune and well played!! Hi Marty, Yes, was sad to have to hand the Taylor back. Many thanks for the review - made me chuckle. Cheers, ROG.
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