576 Reply by neophytte

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Thanks - it's a Rode lavalier mic like this one:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images150x150/1463160026000_1059342.jpg
I got the 'headset' part from a cheap $8 mic on eBay, and pulled that off and hot glued the Rode in it's place ... this goes directly into my iPhone and I use one a bluetooth camera switch to turn it on and off ... that, coupled with a stand for the phone, is about all I use.
http://neophytte.mine.nu/forum/simpleforum_files/attachments/cheap_mic.png
The guitar and vocal all come through the one microphone, and it's sometimes hard to get the distance right to pick up the voice and guitar equally, but I've found a little bit of post-processing in Logic helps before mixing it all down in iMovie ...

With this song I did a bit of experimenting with the EQ and applied an 'auto wah' sound to the one sounds most associated with the guitar, and reverb to the ones most associated with my voice. So don't use a PA or amp throughout, and the computer is just used at the end of the process.

Thanks for listening!!

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577 Topic by neophytte

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https://youtu.be/zfiywWm6pxE

Enjoy!

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578 Reply by neophytte

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Nice work, the flute makes that song!!!

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579 Reply by neophytte

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Sounds good ... haha drummers are a special type of person ...

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580 Topic by neophytte

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https://youtu.be/Inf4YxhqjU4

Enjoy!

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581 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

Richard - fantastic performance !  Love the  " Queen of Corona VIRUS! " line !  I hope you Julio are practicing social distancing down at the school yard ! smile

Jim

Hi Jim,

We're in week 7 of lockdown ... so we certainly are - hope everyone on your end is in the safe zone too ...

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582 Topic by neophytte

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https://youtu.be/bbKFjAIKcVg

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583 Reply by neophytte

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Generally speaking, blues was built on "out slightly", if mine is out, I try using it with a slide and picking how I wouldn't normally pick - also try stomping your foot along as this helps the 'feel'. I hope that's the kind of blues you are aiming for ...

And welcome aboard!!

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584 Reply by neophytte

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Thanks for the explanation Peatle, we've been at home for 2 weeks now, so I took the kids to the local park today (only saw about 10 people in the hour we were there, and we all kept well away from each other). After that we took a drive to the beach and back to give the car a bit of a run, and saw a lot of teddy bears on gates and in windows; I told the kids I'd seen something on Facebook about it (but I don't really _read_ FB, kinda just flick through), so I'm glad I can tell them what it means now smile

And thanks for posting the poem/song lyrics EB!!

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585 Reply by neophytte

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I'm feelin' them blues - stay safe all!!

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586 Reply by neophytte

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LOL, funny story smile     

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587 Reply by neophytte

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Sorry, I usually add he URL, but forgot, so now: https://onsongapp.com/

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588 Reply by neophytte

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Sorry for your loss, Joe, it was a good song that I could hear ...

In Perth, we are all instructed (as far as possible) to work from home, to limit exposure. Our company services a large supermarket chain (based in Sydney), and they're doing the same - unfortunately the digital networks and ISP's are slowing down as a result of everyone working from home. Store shelves are empty, un-imposed rations are being administered, every concert has been closed (after a lady went to the WASO concert in a contagious state). https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/public … 881483565z

Sporting events are to go ahead, but with no crowd in the stadiums, I'm guessing until one of the players is diagnosed with it, then they will probably shut down as well. Kids are still attending school, but every event and after school activity for the foreseeable future has been cancelled.

Strange times we're in ...

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589 Reply by neophytte

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Riffstation always works well for me: https://www.filehorse.com/download-riffstation/

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590 Reply by neophytte

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stuart mccrossan wrote:

HI I have seen bands using a phone on mike stand with words etc which scroll through the song in tempo...….where can I get this pls?

If you're going offline, OnSong has this feature ...

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591 Reply by neophytte

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Good news, Bill!! Glad to hear it ...

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592 Reply by neophytte

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Zurf wrote:
Baldguitardude wrote:
Zurf wrote:

Very disappointing.

Like my sight reading.

I still might use it on stage tomorrow. The action is half as high as it was. I just can't use the first frets on E or A, which only matters in Bb. One song is in Bb, but I'll slide up to grab the Bb and Eb as the sixth fret rather than the first. Intonation at the 12th feet is ok even with the slightly high action.

If the action is still high, try lowering the tuning from EADG to DGCF and play everything two frets higher, or use a capo ...

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593 Reply by neophytte

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Yep, maybe it is the change they made for the childrens section ... unsure ...

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594 Reply by neophytte

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If you're referring to the fact that the "artist" is unavailable, you'll need to convert the old style 

{st:

tags into the newer 

{artist:

tags as the Chordpro format has changed the meaning of these two in 2018 or 2019 ....

https://www.chordpro.org/chordpro/Direc … title.html

https://www.chordpro.org/chordpro/Direc … rtist.html

Otherwise, sometimes earlier versions of OnSong will mess up if there are excessive comments starting with the hash sign "#" at the beginning of the song ...

If you could be a bit more specific with your problem, I can give a more specific answer ...

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595 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

My second reply wasn't deleted. Not sure what going on there Richard.
Pete

Hmm, that's weird, I got a notice in my email, but couldn't find it ....

Anyway, (in response) everythings good this end ...

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596 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Excellent guitar Richard and lady on vocals good. Across here in NZ on some days we got the smoke from the Ozzy fires drifting through our air. Your fire fighters and also those who came from other countries are heroes in my eyes. Pleased to hear you and your family came through it good.

BTW: couldn't reply to your second reply on YouTube (was it deleted??)

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597 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Excellent guitar Richard and lady on vocals good. Across here in NZ on some days we got the smoke from the Ozzy fires drifting through our air. Your fire fighters and also those who came from other countries are heroes in my eyes. Pleased to hear you and your family came through it good.

Thanks Peatle - yes, I met up with my old boss just after Christmas, whose daughter is over in NZ with her new bf, and got to see some of the photos from your side of the world of the smoke floating over ... I was just visiting our customers in NSW, wouldn't want to have lived through those fires, apparently they have been the worst ever!!

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598 Reply by neophytte

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Dirty Ed wrote:

{snip}
A busy but enjoyable evening. 

DE

Sounds great DE!! Congrats on your contribution ...

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599 Reply by neophytte

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Phill Williams wrote:

Nice one Richard, looks like you had a lot of fun.

Thanks, we did! We did a couple of songs, this was the best from the video point of view (cameras cut out halfway through songs, etc), but probably not the best song we did ...

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600 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

cool Richard - looks like a lot of fun.

I only wish I was good enough to play in public as such.

Congrats.

P.S.  Did those fires affect the area you live in ?

Jim

Thanks - it was pretty fun; the fires we had were about 30km north of us, but they can spread pretty quick, we were fortunate to have good weather make it harder for the fires, not like the ones in the east; I had to fly over for work, and when I was flying back, you could see the huge plumes of smoke from the bush - kilometers and kilometers of it.

Here is a quick video I shot from the plane:  https://youtu.be/WnGdJHXnGkY

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