Hey all. Feeling guilty since I haven't been on much lately and I've had severaly PMs from brothers checking in, which of course makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, so I figured I'd make a post to at least show that I didn't just dissapear into another dimension or something (one can only hope ).

Plus it' gives me an excuse to share a little bit of some other interests I've been pursuing recently, one of which is an attempt to write and record an album. Needless to say it's slow going since my band consists of only me (shallow talent pool) and my recording studio consists of only my basement (used to be a garage).

Anyways, heres a song that's been in the works for a while. Can't get the widget thingy to work so a link will have to do: http://soundcloud.com/a-frost/free

Let me know what you think if you are so inclined or feel free to share any tips or suggestions if you've got 'em. I am of course under no illusions and realize that there are many flaws and it certainly will not be everyone's cup o' tea, so feel free to tell me my song sucks and I should go crawl in a hole and die if that's what you really think. You'll have to stick with it for at least 1:30 or so if you want to hear my crappy singing voice

Just sorta wanted to share. I'll post more songs as I finish them, whether you want to hear them or not. If you like 'em, that's awesome. If you hate 'em, that's still awesome because it will give me satisfaction knowing that every time I post a new one it will annoy somebody.




-Adam

Well done Frosty! Has a sort of psychadelic feel to it at the top.

What you're meaning to do is way more important than what's actually coming out at this point. I don't mean that as a backhanded compliment either. Believe me, there are plenty of people with better training that have far less to "say" musically. Your voice can be worked on, so don't worry about that. Technical shit can be worked on too. If you get into more sophisticaed hardware/software you won't even have to sing well. It can be "fixed". That works for a whole bunch of big names. Ever heard Brittany Spears without any "digital help"?? You're Pavarotti by comparison, lol.

The only thing I didn't quite get from a musical standpoint was what the drums were doing.

Hey, Frost!
Good to see you posting, and making music!
I listened to the track right before my internet
went down, and misterE said almost exactly what I
was going to say, only more eloquently!
I like the direction you're taking with that song, but the
drums are holding it back, and are kind of distracting
from the piece.
It's why otherwise sane people associate with the sort
of lunatics who play drums...
Cheers, and take care!
Chris.

Yeah the drums do sorta suck.

It's probably at least partly because and I don't actually have any drums and wouldn't know how to play them if I did.

I'm still trying to work out all the ins and outs of the drum software and midi and stuff so hopefully they will get better.

I can't listen to it right now, Frost, but I shall. I've made more than my fair share of home recordings of what I like to assume is music.



Glad you're okay. I was wondering where you were myself.

Frost,

I like where beginning of the son is going. I think you need sort of a "B" section with some rhythmically interesting guitar sounds, and the go to your vocals. Your vocals can be a "C" section and then you can repeat or "da capo" the "A" section. Just some thoughts from a wanna-be-musician, namely me. I think it sounds awesome! Keep working away at it.

Yeah, I like checkin' out other people's stuff too.

I'm mostly electronic...here's my most "normal" stuff, from the 2010 NaSoAlMo.org project:

http://www.soundcloud.com/syntaxiate

...more weirdness, experimental:

http://www.soundcloud.com/stickybop

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Kyle Weiss wrote:

Gotta go choke somebody at the moment

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I like that!

Hay Frost, glad to see your doing OK, I listened to your track and I think its great, keep up the great work.

Pretty cool!

Here's a dumb question: what program are you guys using to make music on your computer? My daughter has Garage Band on her Macbook, and she has recorded some stuff with her boyfriend that sounds really good.

However, I know there are other programs out there...I'm getting kinda interested in doing some of it myself.

Mike

When you're asking "make music on your computer," are you referring to composing the music or simply recording?

To try and answer both potential questions, I use old-fashioned synthesizers, MIDI and non-computerized electronic instruments. I will record with an open-source program called "Audacity."

I don't know anything about Garage Band, except everyone has it installed on any given Mac and seem to get passable results.

Thanks for the reply. I know next to nothing about recording on a computer, so that was the gist of my question, the actual recording.

My daughter and her boyfriend were using the Garage Band program, and he has a decent microphone. Sounds pretty good, actually.

A friend of mine was talking about Protools...but I understand it's kinda pricey.

Mike