And welcome to Macjams. May this be the first of many songs that you post.

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I'm working on some new songs right now!!

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This is a good tune, psexnyc. There's nothing wrong with your voice... reminds me a little of Darius Rucker (Hootie & The Blowfish). He did alright. ;)

On a technical level, the first problem is TOO much FX... especially the use of the Chorus effect... I suggest you back the level down on the rhythm guitar and use only a very slight amount on the lead guitar part, if any at all.

Right now, they are eating each other up.

Don't be afraid to boost your vocals in spots. As I said, they sound fine.

Welcome to MacJams! ;)

--- Joe

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Okay...I'm gonna re-open the song in Garage Band and get to tweeking...see what I come up with.

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nice guitar works ,nice singing as well
rock on !!

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I feel my self confidence rising already. Now if only I can do this outside of my apartment!!!

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I like it. Those house drums work well with acoustic guitar, I'm surprised I never would have guessed. I have to agree that the fx are covering up the strengths you have- good voice, strong guitar work.
I guess we were kinda born on the same day, we should do some collaberating in the future.
Pablatone

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I guess you can tell that Chorus is my favorite FX. I'm gonna tweak the song and see how it comes out after I back off here and there amongst it all. And collaboration sounds cool...you can do that on Mac Jams?

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yeah, don't ask me how but yeah!
I looked over theFAQ's and it sounds like you post you tune at some other site and folks can download it from there, add there part, then send it back. how sweet is that?

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I love it!! I have not collaborated with another soul creatng fresh music since 1990something. It's just been me, my guitar and my reflection in the mirror. But since my brother-in-law gave me this eMac with GarageBand 3 on it, I have been having a blast!!

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Excellent Guitar sound, really clear and the vocal is so nice, much enjoyed listening to this piece.
Welcome to MacJams and keep up the good work !

Take Care
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Yeman Auf Al-Rawi

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Thank you Birdman. Your comments mean much!

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nice bright song and sings out your hope and message. Your voice is fine and the harmonies too; maybe a touch more volume. Nice arrangement and playing too, regards, M

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I've been listening to your stuff. I need to sign up as a fan.

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do more songs and you will hone everything eventually, I agree about the effects but then again I should be one of the last to talk :) nice melodies and chorus mang

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I got another song to post. Check it out when you can!

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and creative use of those chords.....vocal aint to shabby......what r u running the acoustic thru?........kool track.....

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My acoustic is not electric, so I am just recording it thru the little mic opening on my eMac. I just mute the TV, turn off the A/C (and I wait till the wife is at work and the kids are at summercamp), fire up GB3, make an instrument track, highlight it and when I see those little level things jumping, I know it's ready. I select a guitar sound, plug in my headphones and get to playing. I record my vocals the same way too.

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.. I got some sense of a kinda Hootie crossed with John Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane" ..and a hint of Dan Reed Network :o)

If you like the effect of chorus .. try recording
the main acoustic parts twice, 2 takes .. always slightly different .. pan 'em evenly L & R .. you can use
very slightly different tuning adjust %'s too .. to each track to give more or less chorus like effect .. this
sometimes creates a richer sound than just using the "chorus" effect.

Good tune, nice playing and singing - got potential.
Enjoyed it. Thanks for sharin'.

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Wow!! If I keep hanging around here on MacJams, you guys are going to make me into a Serious Musician!! I think I like that!! I will attempt your suggestion. When you say slightly different tunings, do you mean slightly tune my strings up or down from the original tuning?

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.. no .. I mean play the guitars twice, two separate recordings/tracks, exact same tuning on the guitars. Then, (in GBv3) if you open the tracks edit drawer at the bottom (hit the scissors symbol to the right of the 'eye') .. you will see "Enhance tuning" .. with a scale of "off" to "max" ..0-100. If you use a little on one of the guitar tracks, so it is hardly noticeable eg. 10-15 .. then go to the other guitar track you did and set it slightly different... then play the two tracks together (one panned L one R), adjust
to taste.

The combination of the two tracks never being exactly the same AND this little chorus like effect from using the "Enhance tuning" combines to give a 'chorus' like effect .. that you might like... and without using chorus FX. You can try this quickly without recording a new track .. just 'duplicate' the one you have and pan etc,
and apply a touch of Enhance tuning as described above .. but I think it works best when the two tracks are recorded separately in two takes. You can also EQ the tracks slightly different .. or apply different filters etc.

Try it and see if you like the warmer, richer guitar sounds you can get this way :)


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Thanks alot for that! I'm jumping all over that right now!!!

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Nice tune you put together here - and I think the vocals pretty damn good - especially stretching the harmonies the way you do. You're off to a great start - looking forward to more.

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I'm so excited to be here, I put up two more songs!!

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