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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOK, some of you asked, so here's some recording of the band...
Did shortened demo tunes live in our practice studio. No tracks, just from the mixer so it's a little rough. Gives an idea of the style we shoot for though. unfortunately I had a sore throat and the second tune's crummy singing was mine. I usually belt it out a little more.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,620 posts)I just listened to the first one, and I wanted to say how much I liked it. It rocks!
Now, I will listen to the second one...
bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,620 posts)You do sound a bit understated......but I like that.
The guitar work is very cool on both tracks...
Your group deserves to be heard widely!
livetohike
(22,143 posts)thanks for posting this You have a nice voice, too bluesbassman.
bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)I usually have more gravel in my voice, but I just couldn't push that hard last night. Thanks for the compliment and I'm glad you like the tunes.
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... this one's sweet!!! It may have just been the tracks you chose, but you walk the bass
more than most -- I liked that.
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I think I like your restrained voice on the second one more than if you had been belting
it out... and I think I heard a little Randy Newmanish quality there.
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bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)The drummer and I have been playing together off and on for about twelve years. There's a lot of trust there and we know each other's cues very well.
Part of the sound quality is due to the guitar and my bass coming DI to the mixer and the drummer was wsing a Roland electronic kit so he was direct too. The only analog was the vocals, so it made mixing a ton easier. We'll be doing some track work later on, but for a quick and dirty last night these didn't turn out too bad.
Thanks for the vocal notes. I just didn't feel very trusting of my voice last night, so I backed way off.
MiddleFingerMom
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I'm always amazed by vocalists who can sing to FUCKING BLISTERING music in a
ultra-smooth cool lounge-singer type of mellowness. I think it takes some real
talent to develop that ability to hold back.
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Maybe you should use it occasionally as a change-up.
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Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)I bet a beer would go down nicely with that vibe.
bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)Glad you liked it TA!
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)You'd make Otis Rush and Bo Diddley proud.
Between the two tunes, I especially liked the cover of all your love, though. Great stuff!
bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)These were done for demo use, so we cut them up. On All Your Love we do a 60 bar sequence where we go from the swing to shuffle and back change. Fun to play.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)The guitar player, drummer, and myself have been playing together off and on for about twelve years, the keyboard player is new. We can usually count on forty or fifty people showing up for a bar gig, but we're working on expanding our base and the venues we play. Pretty much a hobby band as we all have day jobs.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)and plays some blues/rock guitar himself, though no longer in a band--he was impressed. He noticed that your guitarist has a cool Santana-like sound in that first song. Hope you guys get a bigger following--although 40-50 people in a bar is already a good turnout.
bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)We actually do a cover of Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen pretty much note for note. Usually play it at the end of the night as it's not a blues tune, but it's a gas to play and the crowd enjoys it.
petronius
(26,602 posts)be sure to drop an announcement on DU.
Thanks for sharing!
bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)Well, the closest we've got so far was a biker rally down in Watsonville, but you never know what'll turn up.
liberaltrucker
(9,129 posts)bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)Iggo
(47,552 posts)That switch to shuffle in the middle of the first song was the closest thing to a Texas blues mosh part that I've ever heard. I was smiling huge.
And don't sell yourself short on the second song. The voice you ended up with worked very well with that song.
All in all, I really liked what I heard. Great job!
bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)Glad you enjoyed the tunes. Hopefully we'll get some more done soon and do the full length versions.