Randall822

Hi ya Berrygurrl,

Am glad you liked the song. Yes you can use it in your B/F's project. Just give me credit and also a copy of the final video. I would like to see it very much.

Randy Miller

Thanks a lot Rich_S for your comment. I'll make more!
Randall822

Hi there OkayBoot,

I thought I answered this comment back then when you sent it to me. If not, then the answer is 'yes' you can use the tune...just give me credit is all. Glad you enjoyed it.
Randy

Hi there Ed,

Thanks for your listening to and commenting on my latest Blues instrumental. Mostly I do Country and Rock, but now and then I get an idea for a song and the Loops I found helped me put it all together.
I'll check out your page and see what you have up.

Thanks again.
Randy

Hello there musiclover38,

Thank you for stopping by and listening and commenting on my latest blues tune. You should be able to download it as 6 others already have.

I will check out your page here and give a listen to whatever you have uploaded, and comment on it.

Thanks again for your nice comments.
Randy

Hi there Iwahstore,

I did listen to your vocals in my song here. Sounded ok to me overall. But I think it would have sounded better if you had added some reverb to your voice as it sounded kind of dry is all.

Thanks for letting me know about your adding vocals.
The rules here are that your suppose to ask the artist permission first.

Take care,
Randy

Hi Danke,

Another good choice for you to listen to.
Thanks again for the compliments.
As I may have said in another post, I believe in quality, not quantity. If it takes me a month or more to make a song proper, then that's what it takes.

I am truly a 1 man band, altho back in the 60's to about '79, I played in other bands, and also had my own country-rock band.

Randy

Randy

Hi again Danke,

Glad you got to listen to the song again..you can download it and play it back on better speakers than the usual computer type speakers. It'll sound much better.

Yes, you can send me a song and I'll see what I can do with it. My e-mail address is: randall822@aol.com

Thanks for listening to my other songs as well.
Randy

Hi there TY,

Thanks for your listening and reviewing my alt-rock tune.
Yeah, vocals would be nice, but the song would have be made a little different to accommodate vocals is all. I could do that easy enough.

I'll check out and see what you have up.
Randy

Hello Sergej,

Thanks a lot for listening and reviewing my latest rock tune. It takes me quite awhile to produce a tune. Sometimes I run out of ideas right in the middle, and then I put the song aside and start another.....then come back to it.
I try to produce quality rather than quantity.

So I am glad you liked it. If you haven't heard of any of my other many tunes, you may like some of them as well. Mostly, Country and Rock with some Blues thrown in here and there. I play slide guitar as well and that is good for certain Blues tunes (Besides Bluegrass and Country)

I'll check your page out and see what songs you have up and give you a review back.
Randy

Hi ya Barry,

Been a long time since I have seen your name. I remember you left Lafango a long time ago. It was a decent place and we all got lots of hits, but they kept making too many changes, and had problems with uploads, etc. I am still on there, but just to post songs there.

I thank you for your nice comments. I haven't heard of Ed King or Billy Gibbons before. I haven't listened to that much music really in quite awhile. But they must be good artist then. I'll look them up and give them each a listen.

I am doing OK here...as I mentioned in my note to Dave below, I got bored with retirement and went back to work part time. Music will be in my life until I can't physically play any more. Then I suppose I will have a big guitar sale. ha ha

Again, nice to hear from you, and I will give a listen to see what you have up on your page.
Randy

Hi there Dave,
Great to hear from you. I am sorry that I am not as active on here as I used to be. I retired once and then decided to go back to work for something to do. Sitting around watching TV or making music, wasn't giving me any exercise at all. So I got a part time job at my local 'Home Depot' store. A home improvement store in case you have never heard of them.

As for the song, In addition to my Fenders, I also use my Framus, a Les Paul copy as well for different lead sounds. It was made in Germany in 1972. Some times I get ideas from other songs, or even just a drum beat will give me an idea.

Age/health will have a factor tho soon as I am nearing 69 yrs old. You maybe have seen 'Glen Campbell' on TV the other day... is going to give his last concert very soon as he has Alzheimer's disease now. He was shown trying to sing and play. He forgot some words and the chords/leads some. Sad...but we will all eventually end up with something happening to us.

There are many fine older players out there...and maybe they already had their time in the sun when they were younger. But older folks, like me in particular, love to play and record as long as we can. I can't always play a long lick without mistakes, but that is what recording is for....play a bunch of notes, then record them...then some more, etc. eventually you have a whole song done. Haha

Anyways, I appreciate your fine comments and will give a listen to see what you have up new.
Randy

Hi there Danke,

I appreciate your review and comments. I don't believe I've had any reviews from you before, so if your new and get time, check out my many other songs on here. Mostly I do Country and Rock and some Blues now and then.

As for the lead out front, that was done on purpose as I didn't want the background music to drown it out. Like vocals in a rock song, they are hard to hear clearly sometimes.

Anyway I am glad you enjoyed it and I will review one of your songs here shortly.
Randy

hello there John,

Thanks for commenting and listening to my country song Rt-96.
This is the type of music I enjoy the most.
I appreciate your comments and also left you a review on one of your songs.

Randy

Hello there Kyle,

Thanks so much for your comments here. I commented on your latest country song as well. As far as my sound quality, it is a matter of what instruments you use and their volume/place in the overall mix. Basically mixing so they each have a say and fit in without overpowering another.

I always have another person listen to my songs when they are finished so as to have another pair of good ears listen to them and make comments as to what may need 'fixing', if anything before I post them.

That is usually the fellow that 'Masters' my songs at his recording studio. He usually doesn't have to do much with my songs, but he makes them 'radio ready' as far as volume and any tweaking as far as getting rid of any booming Bass, and maybe add in some high's with the tools he uses.

Then he compresses the overall song so the volume is steady throughout and radio ready, or up to the Red Book code for all songs.

Other than that, using more than one rhythm guitar is a good idea, such as an Acoustic guitar, and in this case, also an electric rhythm guitar doing more of a vamping sound that adds to the overall feel. Then the lead on top of that.

Many songs in country music also use a Baritone guitar to get that deep low sound. Basically a guitar tuned an octave lower with heavier strings. I didn't use one here tho.

So basically to get a good sound, make sure each instrument you play or add into your mix, is clear and cuts thru when needed. The fiddle in my song was basically all background.

Anyways, I am glad you enjoyed it and I hope my comments here help some.

Randy

Hi again Fila,

Thanks again for your comments here. Strange that I have only have 2 comments but 25 downloads...ha ha ha. Guess people do seem to like it as that is a good sign.

Yeah, that Djembe was a loop and I made it fit to the tempo. As you say, all the instruments I used makes more of a overall non-electric feel and down home sound. Guess all that was needed was a washboard bass and jawharp. Lol

Thanks again,
Randy

Well hello there Fila,

Been a long time since we have heard from each other. I am still on Lafango, but doesn't seem to be much action there.
Am glad you liked my latest country tune. Took me near 3 months to get all the parts down. The fiddle was a loop and drums as well.

The lead part wasn't done in all one fell swoop. I had to play some and add to the track and then some more. So a bit of cutting and pasting in Pro Tools to make it sound seamless. Lol

Anyway's, I will check out and see what you have up.

Thanks again,
Randy

Hi there Andre2uk,

I thought I had left you a reply awhile back, but doesn't look like I did. Sorry about that as I always try to give a review back or write a comment to a person on the comment to me.

I am glad you enjoyed this song. It was one of my favorites as well. Doing a song like this by myself takes a lot of time..months for me usually. I don;t play drum or fiddle so I buy loops and use these to fill in where I need them.

Basically, to use loops, you need a music software program that you can load loops into. There are some free ones out there, but I don;t recall the names. Probably just do a Google search and you'll find one. 'Fruity Loops' is what a number of people use. If you go and see about that, it should help you out. The program I use to put things altogether is called 'Pro Tools" and is way to complicated for a beginner. All my songs are final Mastered as well at a local studio for $5.

Thanks again for your comments.
Randy

Hello there andre2uk,

Thanks so much for listening and reviewing my songs. Glad you enjoy my songs and appreciate your comments.

Randy

Hello Richie,

Thank you for commenting on my new tune. I think this is one of best ones to date as far as country. Will get over to your page, and pages of others here...to give a review back.

Randy

Hi ya Jamie,

Thanks for commenting on my new song. Took me 3 months to put it together. I like this playing style the best, and it takes a lot of practice believe me.

Thanks again,
Randy

Hello there abnerbesares,

Thanks for listening and commenting on my latest song. I appreciate your comments very much.

Randy

Hi there midiman007,

I am glad you enjoyed listening to my latest country song. I'll stop over to your page and see what you have up and a give a review back.

Randy
P.S. I changed my browser to Firefox and I am finally able to reply here as I couldn't with Explorer for some reason.

Hello Stem0man,

Thanks for your comments on this old style country tune.
As for stopping in the middle of the song and starting over, I tend to do stuff like that.
Gives a fresh start. Since there were no drums in this tune, the instruments had to do all the work.
The song is about 2 minutes is all and thus gives the idea of the sound and style I wanted to get across.

Thanks again....I gave you a review back as well on your page.
Randy