Excerpts from Folderol's message of 2010-09-08 23:24:11 +0200: > Having re-discovered the guitar, I've been getting some practice in. > I don't know what the style I like is called, but it consists of > picking a sort of melody from the lower strings with the thumb, then > using fingers over the other strings to play arpeggios. > > After much practice, I was able to get through a 4-5 minute 'song' > without a break or significant mistake. Once I had that sorted I moved > over to the synth and produced some backing and a couple of 'verses' of > lead. > > When I put that up on one of the music collaboration websites, a friend > very quickly came back with complementary guitar line, along with a > very nice guitar lead for the middle verse, after which I was then able > to work out and add a subdued (synth) bass line. > > And there it stayed for a while. I couldn't think of where to take it. > I just knew it wasn't 'complete'. It also didn't have a title, and > finding that turned out to be the catalyst, because as soon as he heard > it my friend came back with lyrics, half sung half spoken. > > All that was needed was a bit of tidying up and here is our complete > collaboration. I hope you like it. > > http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Gone_Fishin.ogg > > -- > Will J Godfrey > http://www.musically.me.uk > Say you have a poem and I have a tune. > Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. Hi Will, I like the vocals. It's one of the things us young folks can't do until we're old folks too. No offense. :) -- Philipp -- "Wir stehen selbst enttäuscht und sehn betroffen / Den Vorhang zu und alle Fragen offen." Bertolt Brecht, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
