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I just had a listen. :D I like the groove and production and the video as well :wink:

Suggestion: Trying singing the chorus up around the notes d# c# b. Right now you are using b a# g#, but going up on the chorus might add more contrast.

:| The lyrics still don't grab me on this one, but don't put much into that comment. Like I typed before, I don't relate to the topic.

Pictures at the links below. Wow, Chris. That's great! Thanks for sharing :wink:

James]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/paged/2/#post-382206 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/paged/2/#post-382205 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:09:14 +0000
cheers
Paul]]> Sunday Songwriters Group pbee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/paged/2/#post-382205 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382204 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:57:19 +0000
I'm busy with other projects right now, but I'll add one of those to the list. Twenty-five years ago I built my own house and I still have all the tools and equipment that I used. So cutting those panels and pieces to size should be no problem. I still have the combination woodworking machine that I used to make all the doors and windows - the old fashioned way with mortice and tenons, etc.

I built a two roomed shed first and we lived in that for a couple of years while I built the house. When we moved in the shed became the workshop. But for a while what's now part of the lounge-room was the woodworking shop for making windows etc. :) Pictures at the links below.

Lounge under construction

Same view a bit later...

Chris]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382204 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382200 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:30:58 +0000
don't go buying a cajon cos they're quite expensive, but really cheap (about $NZ50) and easy to make. Here's a youtube video that I made explaining how to make one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpZ5IkdYLmk

This is the cajon that I've used in the last 5 songs I've recorded. To be honest I think that a 3mm tappa (front panel) is too thin but 4mm is too fat so 3.5mm or its imperial equivalent I think would be perfect. Anyway if you have some time then these are really easy to make especially if the hardware shop will cut the pieces to size for you (Bunnings probably will, Mitre10 (are they in OZ?) definitely do). PM me if you want any help.

cheers

Paul]]> Sunday Songwriters Group pbee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382200 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382199 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:06:38 +0000 Chris,
all the backing is done by playing the acoustic guitar, bass and Cajon.
Thanks for the info. I'm impressed. I had to Google "Cajon" though, and now I have to resist the tempration to buy yet another toy!.... :mrgreen:]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382199 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382195 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:04:11 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382195 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382194 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:51:22 +0000
Chris,
all the backing is done by playing the acoustic guitar, bass and Cajon.

John, .. It sounds like you are working with these too. Do you have a favorite setting? no not really, but I do find that less is more. So if you can get a good original recording then typically the only thing I do is a tiny bit of reverb and thats just to replace the flatness of the microphone and make it sound more natural and maybe a little EQ around 2K mark 1 or 2 db for the vocal. And finally I try to place each instrument in a different position the stereo field so they don't compete. And/or spread it across the field to varying degrees by duplicating 1 track and offsetting it by a fraction of a second say 5/1000 then pan 1 left and the offset track pan right. This can create a wonderful intimacy and make the instrument appear to be playing right beside your ears.
Then............ if I have time or inclination I play around with mastering the mix as a whole using plungins like multiband compressors, there is a whole heap of youtube stuff out there on how to do this.

Hobson, thanks yes I've removed the other 2 cents line

cheers

Paul]]> Sunday Songwriters Group pbee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382194 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382191 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:08:24 +0000
Overall, good lyrics. Somehow the "two cents" lines don't quite work. Maybe something like this:

They want to take my two cents
But they don't want my two cents worth.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Hobson https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382191 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382189 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:16:39 +0000 I kind of miss the single newsreader format.

I enjoyed your song and recording. I'm just starting to understand the EQ, compression and reverb settings on my DAW. It sounds like you are working with these too. Do you have a favorite setting?]]> Sunday Songwriters Group John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382189 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382187 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:37:35 +0000
How do you do the backing? Is it just you playing, or is it augmented in some way? Very well presented anyway. I always struggle with getting a half-way decent sounding musical accompaniment. so I know, all too well, that it's not easy to sound that good.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg11-week24-my-two-cents-mp3/#post-382187