On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Folderol <folderol@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > That was nice listenin' for a Friday afternoon. If I had a rod and reel I might have been convinced to go do a bit myself before the weather changes too much more. Thanks for sharing, Mark _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
