Well, I’ve been making good on my desire to record some songs. A few days ago I finally sat down, pulled out all my dusty (actually, really dusty) music gear, pulled up GarageBand on my Mac, and laid down some tracks for a simple song. It was fun. I’ve been trying to keep going, but my problem is I’ll spend 15 or 20 minutes getting everything set up, then do 1 or 2 takes and get bored. Then I wait for the next day to do any more work on the project. Slow going.
My studio is very high tech. I’ll attach some pictures so everyone can drool. My gear consists of a couple of guitars, a 14-channel mixer plugged straight into my laptop via 1/8″ plug (no digital audio interface for me, baby!), an SM57 covered with a dress sock to reduce popping, a stack of books to place the mic on, and the requisite tangle of cables. My headphones are busted so I just use external speakers for monitors and turn them down low enough so the SM57 doesn’t pick them up but I can still barely hear them when playing or singing. I sit on the couch in front of the computer so I can make sure I get adequate volume without clipping and hit the space bar when I’m done with a take. It would make a great documentary.
The only problem with this post is that my usually-tidy living room is a mess.
Very well written. I always enjoy reading what you have to say.
Also, I adore the curtains and pillows.
Why, thank you. I made the curtains and pillows myself. Also, that’s quite a pseudonym you have there.
That was fun. I’m writing a song for my parents’ third wedding. I’d love to be able to record things into a device other than a digital voice recorder. I’m still looking for equipment although not very hard. Did you know they were tying their third knot? It’s starting to look like a rope ladder…
Wow, I did not know that. I wonder what that wedding will be like. So this will be their third wedding? Or did they just go get hitched any of the other times?