1,501 Reply by neophytte

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House of the rising sun: https://youtu.be/Tzyt1vBfMEw - I'm also putting up some acoustic versions of my original songs on YouTube, if you're feeling bored and want to look around smile

Cheers

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1,502 Topic by neophytte

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This was the title track from my duo's second CD:

http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/Ganesha.mp3

Recording this was fun - the guitar was so loud and I seem to recall we placed the amp in the toilet (next to the recording studio) to control the feedback better - and the keyboard player and I kept the same line going. With some words recorded from a radio station I used to work at, but I'm not sure who spoke them ...

Enjoy!

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1,503 Topic by neophytte

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When I say 'song', we programmed the old Mac to talk, as was the fashion in the 90's wink

http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/Morn … lectra.mp3

I don't think we ever used the guitar track for this music, although I seem to recall we did record one ... it was an attempt to get more into the 'electronic' dance thing with the duo ...

Enjoy!

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1,504 Reply by neophytte

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Cheers, I forgot to add Alan is the keyboard player, and made a bunch of tracks, which I edited via MIDI ...

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1,505 Topic by neophytte

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This was recorded with Alan Burke as part of our duo:

http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/Salem.mp3

Enjoy

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1,506 Topic by neophytte

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This song was written and recorded with my duo partner, Alan Burke, with both of us sharing the main vocals.

http://neophytte.mine.nu/audio/mp3/SecretWorld.mp3

Enjoy!

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1,507 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Here is another very quick attempt as one of this months FSOTM ~Folsom Prision~.  Bit of lag with me blowing the whistle lol as I was trying to perform this on my own (hard to get to the whistle on time). Think my banjo ukulele could do with some new strings too! smile
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/folsom-prison

That's pretty good!! I guess I should have listened to the song first before attempting to do my version big_smile

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1,508 Reply by neophytte

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He's got a real 50's feel to his music, it was all pretty good!!

Cheers

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1,509 Reply by neophytte

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Thanks for sharing ...

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1,510 Reply by neophytte

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Must admit, I'm with TF - never liked the headstock, which has caused me to never play one ... (and I'm too happy with my Maton)

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1,511 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Neo the broad range of styles you cover is impressive.

Thanks smile

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1,512 Reply by neophytte

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beamer wrote:

Me and the kid went at it again.

:thumbsup: sounds good!! (although a little low in volume?)

I enjoy jamming with my boy as well ... but we don't do it as much since he moved from drums to keyboard ...

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1,513 Reply by neophytte

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Thanks, enjoyed that!

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1,514 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Ok, here is a very quick attempt I did this afternoon of ~ Elvira~ .  I tend to get a bit too fast in parts (but then I have a bad tendancy to do that at the best of times). 
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/elvira

That was great - the song suits the Uke!!!

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1,515 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Ok ... just got done listening to all of your covers neophytte

Thanks for your kind words ...

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1,516 Reply by neophytte

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tonio54 wrote:

so far ...  a very cool new web design  !!!

I agree ...

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1,517 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

Elivira was a bit different to how iIusually have heard this song but the beauty of doing covers here is that we can make them to sound however we want, so good for you.  Folsom Prison version also a little bit different too but both of these songs you made them your own.  Have to agree with what zurf said about the vocals, they could do with being louder or the mic up closer so as not to be out done by the guitar playing. 
Proud Mary was the best one I thought because you seemed more confident and it seems like you know it well, so your vocals and guitar style on this cover were good, very enjoyable on this one smile

Thanks for your kind comments - I hadn't heard of Elvira or Folsom Blues before, which is why they are probably more my take on it than close to the original ... smile

I do remember learning Proud Mary from my school days, and it must have sunk in but I've never played it on guitar before ...

Thanks for the comments on the mic - I'll try better next time ...

Cheers

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1,518 Reply by neophytte

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Zurf wrote:

If I had to make one constructive criticism, it would be to either get a mic closer to your mouth or to sing louder.  You sing so well, it should be more clearly featured in your recordings.

Thanks for that - I'm trying to use a simplistic recording approach, so it's one microphone plugged into the iPhone, which sits on a tripod, and I have one of those bluetooth "remote shutter" things, so I don't need to keep leaning to the phone to turn the recording on and off ... but with one mic it's sometimes hard to get the 'sweet spot' between balancing voice and guitar - however I'll bring it closer to my mouth next time smile

Cheers

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1,519 Reply by neophytte

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Can I also suggest "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen - it's not totally Christmas-y, but I think I can convince my wife to sing this one wink

Cheers

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1,520 Reply by neophytte

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Zurf wrote:

Jambalaya. I forgot the lyric about catching all the fish in the bayou. So...forgive me.

https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/jambalaya-cfsotm

That was pretty good!! I liked the fingerpicking throughout, nice and clean ...

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1,521 Reply by neophytte

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easybeat wrote:

any chance of a video????

+1!

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1,522 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

Rich,

Nice job - all of your songs are well done.
The way you played Folsom Prison was quite unique.
An array of guitars as well - liked what appeared to be the pink top guitar on your Beatles version of All my loving that was along side the others on YT

Have a great day
Jim

Thanks - that was my wife's "Hello Kitty" guitar ....

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1,523 Reply by neophytte

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I'm not sure of the legalities of it, but if that's a side issue, any PC with a CD dive should be able to read the CD and convert it to an MP3 format - from there it will go directly to SoundCloud ... iTunes will do it on a Mac, there are too many programs to list on the PC side, but I'm sure ImgBurn will do the trick ...

Cheers

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1,524 Reply by neophytte

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I always loved his work!!

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1,525 Topic by neophytte

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZpXEMUzAUM

Enjoy!!

Cheers

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