Burtsbluesboxes

Wow thank you sheen, 4 years ago I had a lot of changes take place in my life and I haven't been real active on here since, so Just now seeing this.

This one just kind of happened. I recorded the music trying out the cookie tin guitar, 64 0unce Danish butter cookies tin (big one) fretted, with piezo pickup, then dropped Snowflakes spoken 'pella in and I don't think I even cut it to to adjust the timing! There is a spot where her voice gets a bit louder, I'll have to adjust that with a volume envelope. That's the piezo pick up only, played through guitar rig 5. It has some nice reverb all by itself too. I donated this one to the elementary school I'm a custodian at now, gave up my banks in December for it. The music teacher never heard of cbgs, now she has one to teach the kids about homemade instruments. She's doing a folk dance next month, perfect timing for them to get a cbg, cookie tin whatever you want to call it. I've heard a few of Snowflake's 'pellas used in blues tracks but this may be the first played on a cbg :p I love how these things sing! Everyone has their own voice. Gets really exciting imagining how the next build will sound. Thanks Ed, always a pleasure.

Hey Jamid,listened multiple times (may not show as I don't believe I signed in each day) dl'd, fav'd for further listening. I'll leave my thoughts shortly. A subject that fascinates me! I do believe in ghosts, no one will convince me otherwise.

I don't know of anymore free cbg albums, happened to find that one on my other desktop looking for something previously recorded. I think I like the swamp witch one the best of the two. It's got to be that electric guitar pick up or maybe just the mojo ;) I just got a number of magnetic pickups for builds, and wound my first with a magnet out of a hard drive, yet to try it though. Screw all the precision stuff, specific number of windings, resistance..., I just used the roll of wire and called it good. If it works, no reason it shouldn't, I saved a bunch of old junk hard drives to scavenge the magnets from and some hair clippers I can salvage the copper windings from. I love this one, thanks Ed :D

Hey Brado, I've been hanging a bit and noticed quite a few regulars haven't been on much. Life happens and sometime we all just need a break. This is by far my favorite music site! I came across this waves crashing on the beach recorded from inside a cave during a rainstorm soundscape so thought would be cool to write something for it. I'm trying to get together an album of all cbg music with nature theme, the last track was a swamp one. I have look at those thunder crashes, they were added in just because ;) The idea is hearing them from inside the cavern so I left them raw, as downloaded, but maybe some low end cuts would be helpful. I came across 2 original song competitions today so submitted this and a few others just for fun. I love the powerful bass on this. That's my 5 string Ibanez with active pickups. Drums are addictive drums, live on stage kit.The guitar is my electric 3 string cbg, the only one so far I put a magnetic pick up in. Must make more with mag. pickups!!!

Hey Byleth :D I think I found the entrance to your lair. The Aztecs believed a cave in South America was the entrance to the underworld. Archeologist found different rooms with animal bones and artifacts like described in their stories. Yeah, it's pretty wet and I forgot my soap! Lovecraft has a story about a gorilla type beast residing deep in the darkness of a cave, hope it doesn't smell me :O I'll be back to some darker music soon, having way too much fun with my homemade guitars right now. Thanks Master Byleth

Thanks Shatner :D You'll probably enjoy Bottomlands, a very similar one. Having a blast building and playing these 3 string cigar box guitars, such beautiful sounds from them! More to come. Working on an album I'll post here for free, of more music like this.

Yo Static, one year in, still building like crazy and loving these damn cbgs!! Working on a more fancy one for Designed Impression, then a similar one for myself. The first sound was actually a mistake but I like it :D The delays keep echoing long after the tracks have stopped in my daw and that sound happens if I don't allow it to completely decay, stop showing up on the master meter, and hit render. I was quite unsatisfied with my 6 string playing the night I made this so I grabbed my 3 string to play some slide, much better :p It doesn't need to go anywhere, the slide moves us along nicely as the repeating loop backing it sets a nice atmosphere mixed with the swamp soundscape. I agree, should and could go on alot longer! Maybe the next one will. I've been averaging 2 minutes with these cbg tunes, got it up to 4 with this one. Ultimately I'll rival the lengths you reach ;) Thanks Static :D

My absolute favorite thing about Looperman is the majority of us are just ordinary people working for a living making music simply as a hobbie. I've come across and collaborated with some amazing musicians from around the world on here over the years! We all have something we can learn from on another. Never thought of of Houston as a swamp city, always thought it was just a really big, developed and busy city. What do us hillbillies way up here in Maine know anyway ;) Thanks Mindheist! When I first heard cigar box guitars a year ago that was it I HAD to have one!!! Buying one wasn't an option either, had to be homemade. We do have a swamp out back with similar sounds, just no man eaters if you don't count mosquitoes and black flies. Summers can get quite hot 90s is enough for me! I heard a coyote yipping last night :D Ahhh the sounds of nature. Stay tuned for more northern played, southern inspired swamp blues :D

Damn 1990! Seems a few lifetimes ago! That would be quite terrifying! I've never been further south of North Carolina, too hot, humid and busy for me!! I like Maine, we get cold enough so there's no poisonous snakes, insects and alot of the tropical germs can't survive the winters. I'll take the cold over the heat! It's funny when people ask Maine? Where's that? People actually live there, it's not all pine trees? I love the maine woods! Less that will kill you here hahaha Listening to some tracks in my car I realized how much I do use footsteps in stuff. Maybe the next one will be fishing for catfish from a boat instead of walking. I actaully had the thought to add rowing instead. I love the cbg songs on you tube that's one guitar solo playing slide, telling it's tale. I played along with a drum groove for timing, then cut out the drums to keep it guitar and sounds of nature only. When it come to mind that's the best time to ask! Sent you a message with the stems wet and dry, have a blast with them :D The wife said sounds like pink floyd as well, but did David Gilmore play a cbg? Billy Gibbons did :p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHzeNW_nJVY My work schedule has been a bit crazy switching nights to days and back, but I am working on getting together the songs I think will go together for a cbg album, making sure they're mixed acceptably ect. All played on cbgs and maybe bass guitar since I haven't yet built a bass, I have the parts though. I do have some stuff mixed with 6 string playing too. Started experimenting with open tunings on 6 string from what I've learned this past year. Thanks NeoGillian :D

Thanks EyeDye, these cbgs sound amazing for such simple instruments!! Fretless ones I literally play with one finger (slide)

Looking up at the stars through the cypress trees, wading through the brown green knee deep muck. I use guitar rig 5, this setting was Brookside. I like the delays and how it fattened up the low end. Most of the time I use atmo guitar setting, less delay. Sometimes you just have to try out each 'til you find that sweet sound for each piece. Thanks Cru :D

Good to see you hanging again Aaron :D Going very well, thanks. Loving these cbgs!! Now I'm messing with open tunings on 6 strings and setting up a 6 string for slide playing all from my experience with cbgs. Pouring with sweat as I played this ;) Love the feel and story these guitars can create all on their own, then a little soundscaping... Thanks Aaaron.

I want to make a better video with moving images, maybe like walking through the swamp. Soundtrack music for sure! A number of people have said where the hell is the directors! I make ALOT of stuff perfect for movies. I'd love to make my own animated film like Fantasia or Allegro Non Troppo with my music. I started experimenting with soundscaping and voice acting due to the fact I cannot sing! Trust me hahahaha I do spoken word no problem and extreme metal vocals (wouldn't consider that singing). But I really prefer to let the sounds and the guitar tell the tale. Here's on animated one I made with music Designed Impression shared with me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAVY-QTKJPA Bit dark, but that's along the lines of what I'd like to make for Bottomlands. Or here's a funny one with 3rd nipple Neal Visher's song Bobby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAZ9-UzmDC8 Fun stuff :D Thanks CM More on the way as well as hoping get that cbg made this month and off to you and Sunny. Made a 3 string olive oil can one Saturday tuned open D (DAD) for a change. Just need to electrify it to record it easily.

Forget the alligators and mosquitoes watch out for that sinkhole!! Thanks :D

I'm a huge fan of soundscapes with music, draws you right in like being there :p