Homegrown Tunes

Thrasher

ySS SSy — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:19:51 GMT

Played on the Strat directly into the digital recorder.

Prelude to Madness Acoustic

ySS SSy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:18:36 GMT

I've been practicing this. Yes, still quite a few mistakes, but this has got to be the most difficult thing I've worked on. Consider too that I'm playing it on the acoustic, the electric is much smoother. When I can get through this error free on acoustic then I think I will have accomplished something. BTW, the second two bars are not what they seem.

The Merry Minuet

ySS SSy — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:12:47 GMT

Saturday Afternoon Jam

ySS SSy — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:30:45 GMT

This recording is as rough as it gets. Just jamming with the recorder running, there are loads of mistakes and occasional flashes of excellence. I was encouraged by a friend to put this up, think of it as sitting around, having a beer and listening to some guy play guitar. If you're looking for some kind of perfection don't waste your time downloading this hour long podcast. Some of the songs on this will be re-recorded later and given a good studio treatment, project for winter 2009. Special thanks to Kurt Wright, Lakewood Ohio, master guitar technician. He gave my Sigma DV4 a professional setup and we added a Martin Slimline, so it's plugged directly into the amp.

Samba Pa Ti (Again)

ySS SSy — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:28:21 GMT

Hopefully this will correct the huge glitches caused by podomatics recent change, which corrupted the previous version.

Garage Band Jam

ySS SSy — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:59:35 GMT

Hall of the Moutain King

ySS SSy — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:27:24 GMT

This is a very rough version, recorded my first attempt at playing this on the electirc guitar. Haven't made any decisions on amp settings, drum, etc. but I had a request that I post something new. Updated version to follow before the end of the year, hopefully the finished product will sound better than this

Malibu Meltdown

ySS SSy — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:51:33 GMT

I will never listen to surf music again (Jimi Hendrix)

Blues in E Fast Tempo

ySS SSy — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:30:29 GMT

Working a little studio magic and speeded it up a bit.

Blues In E

ySS SSy — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:08:46 GMT

This time I got the drum track right

Down By The River

ySS SSy — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:22:40 GMT

The real purpose of this one was to demonstrate the bass guitar, but I kind of like the leads too. No effects, just Strat and Marshall amp. Well, I did add a bit of echo on the fast riff in the lead, but it's minimal. Sounds OK on cheap computer speakers, but if you run it through a sound system you'll probably want to turn the bass way down,

Can't Always Get What You Want

ySS SSy — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:38:20 GMT

CC and snicker requested that I remove the drum track, so here it is, no drums. I will admit, the drums have not been up to snuff.

From Hank To Hendrix

ySS SSy — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:10:15 GMT

Stray Cat Shuffle 2

ySS SSy — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 21:04:36 GMT

A new version of an earlier post. This time there's an Alyssis drum machine in the background of the acoustic guitar track. Working on getting the drum machine programmed the way I want, and to put it on its own track in the mix. Also using the Strat, but ran it through the Fostex recorder rather than the Marshall amp, so the sound isn't quite what I want. Will do this one again properly in a few weeks.

Blues Riff in A

ySS SSy — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:55:08 GMT

Just something I was fooling around with. No effects, just the acoustic guitar.

Can't Find My Way Home

ySS SSy — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:07:20 GMT

Powderfnger

ySS SSy — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:01:46 GMT

Different Type of All Right Now

ySS SSy — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:51:08 GMT

A couple of gut-wrenching sounds from the Strat & Marshall.

Wondrin' Aloud

ySS SSy — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:40:09 GMT

If I gotta sing I guess I gotta sing. Apologies to sensitve ears, but some tunes I just can't play unless I sing too,

Thrasher

ySS SSy — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:09:39 GMT

Go ahead, tell me that the vocals suck, it's not like I don't know it already. Still, I liked the way the guitar came out.

I Want to Know What Happened to Rock and Roll

ySS SSy — Fri, 12 May 2006 23:29:20 GMT

Freeform Jam in G

ySS SSy — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:18:46 GMT

Rather long at 7 minutes. The first half is just bluesy riffing in G. The second half combines the riff with a rythm. Used panning features for the solo segments in the last 3 minutes or so. Used wah-wah, phase shift and g-verb for the effects throughout.

Skating Away On the Thin Ice of a New Day

ySS SSy — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 20:32:08 GMT

My interpretation of a Jethro Tull classic. Slight use of phase shift and wah-wah effect on the transitional riff, along with a very mild echo effect. Overall effect with EQ is very acoustic.

Practice Riffs With Effects

ySS SSy — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:07:05 GMT

Using audacity software, the echo effect is not digital, it is layering of several tracks at 1/10 second out of phase with master track.

Welcome To the Machine

ySS SSy — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:25:33 GMT

Practice Riffing

ySS SSy — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:23:02 GMT

Life By the Drop

ySS SSy — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:19:05 GMT

Aqualung

ySS SSy — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:14:30 GMT

Pigs On The Wing

ySS SSy — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:25:11 GMT

Brain Damage

ySS SSy — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:20:57 GMT

Help Me

ySS SSy — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:19:35 GMT

The Needle and the Damage Done

ySS SSy — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:48:29 GMT

Locomotive Breath

ySS SSy — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:46:02 GMT

Space Truckin'

ySS SSy — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:34:30 GMT