theHumps

Thanks!

I went so extra gritty with my vocals I kept throwing out my voice after every couple lines. Had to cut back a bit so I could actually finish the song.

Take care!

Wayne

I can improve any of my songs I upload but if you could be more specific of what you felt needed improving that would be more helpful.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wayne

On every song I consider editing any of my instruments to accommodate the vocals. Been there, done that, a million times. But the song dictated to me to let the guitars rip. Nothing interferes with the vocals that I can hear and I can understand every word clearly in the song. Also the guitars are panned very wide, 35/50.

And I did give the lead guitar a break for the listener, between 1:30 and 1:33, lol. And that's all I intended giving the listener!! I'm not a guitar player, I'm someone who can play the guitar, there's a difference. I'm proud of the guitar, it's fitting I think and the sloppiness of it and cool gritty sound with a few stingers was too good to cut, it needed to be there, in my opinion.

But I do honestly appreciate the positive feedback. Thanks for stopping by!

Wayne

Thanks man!

I didn't have in mind vocals for this one, I like how the instruments fill the space without words on them. Just a quick, simple musical idea.

Wayne

Thanks! I like the waltz beat, breaks up the 4/4 or 2/4 timing we all use constantly.

Next one has singing, Big singing actually, lol. There's a hint, fun one on the way!

Wayne

Thanks Michael!

Wayne

Thanks!

I'm feeling more comfortable and confident singing within my abilities. Having some fun with the lyrics and story.

Wayne

Thanks! The lyrics are fun.

For an amp I am using a Fender Bronco tweed amp, 15 watts, 1 8" speaker. It has a clean channel and a drive channel, no reverb. It makes some nice tones and makes a cheap guitar sound pretty good.

For electric guitar I play a couple cheap ones, Fender Strat Squire and an Epiphone Riviera Custom P 93, an ES styled guitar. Here I used the Strat.

Glad you liked it!

Wayne

Thanks!

Wayne

Thanks for swinging by again!

Wayne

Cheers man!

Except for the drums, EZ Drummer, it was all played and sung live. Not at the same time though, he.

Wayne

Cool man, glad you liked it!

Wayne

Ha! Yup still fooling around with it, it's fun!

Thanks Maj!

Wayne

Hey Cam!

I bought a Moog Theremini theremin and have been experimenting with it in my music. Fun to play and it gives me some interesting sounds. I also like how it interacts with the guitar, like an organ with one sound and an ocarina almost with the other.

I've never been to California, seems like it would be nice to visit. We are starting our 7 months of nice weather here in florida after 2 hurricanes.

Happy holidays!

Wayne

Thanks Paul!

Wayne

Thanks Michael!

Wayne

The search you took was prob set for most recently uploaded so naturally mine was at the top. Also there were no flutes used or abused in the track. The sound you are hearing is a Moog Theremini theremin. The preset I used sounds like a flute, granted, but I never touched the instrument while playing it, unlike a flute. I'm not much of a singer, just do it cuz I can and it adds to my tracks to have singing on them.

Thanks Gothi!

Wayne

It's interesting you mentioned the timing of the singing, good feedback.

I actually did that on purpose. I've listened to countless live performances on youtube and watched so many performers do the same thing. Whether it's done on purpose to break up the monotony of singing the song the same way every time or just the breaking up of everything coming in on the beat, it is commonly done. To sing a song and break up the phrasing so that it isn't always perfect and on time is perfectly acceptable. It just makes the ears work a little harder to hear something that is expected but isn't necessarily wrong either. It's just how I chose to sing it and I re sang it twice to get it right, he. Just my interpretation in the moment. But thanks for inquiring about that.

If you listen even closer, every thing is moving in the song, delays and phasers were put on everything but the drums and automated to some extent.

Thanks Mykael! Hope my explanation helped you see into why I did that.

Cheers!

Wayne

I remember finding my first gold neckless while i was metal detecting, I was so excited. It was half an ounce of 18 carat gold worth about $1,200. I got the fever then!

Thanks!

Wayne