Tag: nasoalmo

NaSoAlMo – New Song

This is song #9, but it is the seventh song finished this month. There should be at least one, more likely two additional songs before December 1st.

NaSoAlMo Song #6

I am going to post this even though alonetone.com is being really, really weird tonight.

If that doesn’t work then you can listen to this… it’s from soundcloud. I feel dirty posting anything from soundcloud. Every time someone uses soundcloud to embed a track onto their blog a kitten dies. Really. It’s true.

Now, if I told you that the lyrics to this turkey were based on an episode of The Walking Dead, you would be able to tell which one, right? (The title is a giveaway)

New Toys

So the two pedals I bought yesterday were used at a band practice last night. The tuner was no big deal, except that it is actually a bypass switch. When you turn it on the signal goes in but not out. I thought there was something wrong. I plugged in the input and switched it on, then plugged in all of my other pedals and turned on the amp and… nothing. It only took a minute to figure it out though.

As for the phaser… sah-WEEET.

I am hoping to mix a song for NaSoAlMo tonight. I’m telecommuting tomorrow too so hopefully I’ll make a big push to finish off the four remaining songs.

Before that though…

Chicken, quinoa, broccoli, and the Bruins (hopefully) kicking the crap out of the Penguins.

Song #5

I mixed the fifth song for November tonight. Not sure why I left the drums off of it until the very end. Also not sure if I like it without any drums until the very end.

NaSoAlMo Song #3

Did you hear that? I finally did it. I finally put a little backwards guitar onto a GarageBand file.

But wait, you can’t reverse an audio track in GarageBand. How did I do it?

Well, I’ll tell you!

I recorded a little lead guitar as the intro to this crappy song. I then exported just that 4-5 measure part to iTunes. I then took that audio file and loaded it into Audacity where I reversed it and saved it. Finally, I pulled the reversed file from Audacity into the GarageBand file and BOOM! Backwards guitar.

NaSoAlMo Song #2

Here is the second of 10 (probably) songs written and recorded for NaSoAlMo. As has often been the case lately I am 90% asleep right now, so I have no idea if the mix I just finished is listenable or not. I’d consider it a big bonus if it sounds okay.

NaSoAlMo Song #1

Hello and welcome to the first song finished for the 2014 NaSoAlMo. Aren’t you excited?? It’s more than seven minutes long and it’s got lots of 12-string guitar. It fits both of my mini-goals for the month. Hooray!

Not sure about the mix. It’s very late and I am 90% asleep, so who knows if it sounds good or not. Surely not me!