03-01-2013 Garage Band Practice at The Dungeon by Dan Stafford on SoundCloud
Dan - Tenor Sax
Jon - Guitar
Ron - Conga Drum
Showing posts with label tenor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tenor. Show all posts
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Thursday, December 20, 2012
By The Garage Lights 6
http://soundcloud.com/dan-stafford/by-the-garage-lights-6
A little better here - I'm still no great singer, but at least my vocal monitor isn't introducing delay and making it impossible to sing straight - now it's all operator error. LOL
Rock on,
Dan
Garage Band 2
An update of our bluesey indiestrumental with new vocals.
https://soundcloud.com/dan-stafford/garage-band-2
Kinda funky and low-down cool...
Rock on,
Dan
https://soundcloud.com/dan-stafford/garage-band-2
Kinda funky and low-down cool...
Rock on,
Dan
Sunday, December 9, 2012
By The Garage Lights 5 - three new vocal tracks and levels adjusted across tracks
http://www.whizzyrds.com/By_The_Garage_Lights_5.mp3
I just spent another three hours on this, and it's a lot better. Not perfect, but better.
Dan
I just spent another three hours on this, and it's a lot better. Not perfect, but better.
Dan
By The Garage Lights 4 - Early Vocals & Updated Sax Track
I just spent about 3 hours tweaking the sax and laying in vocals.
I haven't done a lot of singing...except maybe in the shower or along with Elvis in the truck, maybe a little with the Beatles as a teenager, but not much public. I'm still getting used to the equipment and how different my recorded voice sounds as compared to what I hear by bone conduction (which is how most of us hear ourselves speak...or sing). It's quite a difference. I'm using Robin Gibb's trick of holding my hand alongside my face to my ear, and working on how far the mic should be from my mouth.
Here's the best of five takes, no written lyrics, but a general outline.
http://www.whizzyrds.com/By_The_Garage_Lights_4.mp3
Rock on,
Dan
I haven't done a lot of singing...except maybe in the shower or along with Elvis in the truck, maybe a little with the Beatles as a teenager, but not much public. I'm still getting used to the equipment and how different my recorded voice sounds as compared to what I hear by bone conduction (which is how most of us hear ourselves speak...or sing). It's quite a difference. I'm using Robin Gibb's trick of holding my hand alongside my face to my ear, and working on how far the mic should be from my mouth.
Here's the best of five takes, no written lyrics, but a general outline.
http://www.whizzyrds.com/By_The_Garage_Lights_4.mp3
Rock on,
Dan
Friday, December 7, 2012
By The Garage Lights 3 - Audacity Evolution
This MUCH cleaner version was recorded in Audacity 1.3 Beta in multiple separate tracks. The drum track was created using the Pocket Drum Pad app for Android with my HTC Amaze phone.
Jon Ross laid down the guitar track after the drums were done.
I added the tenor sax last.
The tracks have all been cleaned of background noise and amplification levels adjusted to that all the instruments blend just right.
The result is nearly six minutes of smooth bliss. Enjoy:
http://www.whizzyrds.com/By_The_Garage_Lights_3-Audacity_Evolution.mp3
Rock on,
Dan
Jon Ross laid down the guitar track after the drums were done.
I added the tenor sax last.
The tracks have all been cleaned of background noise and amplification levels adjusted to that all the instruments blend just right.
The result is nearly six minutes of smooth bliss. Enjoy:
http://www.whizzyrds.com/By_The_Garage_Lights_3-Audacity_Evolution.mp3
Rock on,
Dan
Friday, November 30, 2012
By The Garage Lights - Take 2 at Oak Brook IL by Dan Stafford & Jon Ross on SoundCloud
http://soundcloud.com/dan-stafford/by-the-garage-lights-take-2-at
MP3 version - cleaned up with Audacity: http://www.whizzyrds.com/By-The-Garage-Lights-2.mp3
By the way, Jon's guitar is named Judy. I love it! That was my Mom's name.
Rock on,
Dan
MP3 version - cleaned up with Audacity: http://www.whizzyrds.com/By-The-Garage-Lights-2.mp3
By the way, Jon's guitar is named Judy. I love it! That was my Mom's name.
Rock on,
Dan
Friday, November 9, 2012
By The Garage Lights - 11-9-2012 Jon N' Dan at Oak Brook IL by Dan Stafford on SoundCloud
http://soundcloud.com/dan-stafford/by-the-garage-lights-11-9-2012
MP3 version: http://www.whizzyrds.com/By_The_Garage_Lights.mp3
This is a pretty little instrumental ditty my guitar teacher Jon Ross and I recorded together - on my Android cell phone with Soundcloud - in the underground parking garage at my condo building.
I'm playing Bello (my tenor sax) and Jon is playing Judy. (his electric guitar)
I think this is one of the prettiest songs I've done, and I'm grateful for the chance to play with another musician.
The song has a ballad / blues / indie rock fusion kind of sound.
Rock on,
Dan
MP3 version: http://www.whizzyrds.com/By_The_Garage_Lights.mp3
This is a pretty little instrumental ditty my guitar teacher Jon Ross and I recorded together - on my Android cell phone with Soundcloud - in the underground parking garage at my condo building.
I'm playing Bello (my tenor sax) and Jon is playing Judy. (his electric guitar)
I think this is one of the prettiest songs I've done, and I'm grateful for the chance to play with another musician.
The song has a ballad / blues / indie rock fusion kind of sound.
Rock on,
Dan
Garage Band 11-09-2012 Jon N' Dan at Oak Brook IL by Dan Stafford on SoundCloud
http://soundcloud.com/dan-stafford/garagw-band-11-09-2012-jon-n
This was Jon & I's first attempt to really play together. I'm pretty happy with the result, and I'm thinking we could really get a nice, mellow, and unique Blues/Indie Rock fusion going with a decent drummer and vocalist.
Jon and I are going to continue working on this genre for the rest of the year, especially By The Garage Lights.
Here's the MP3 version in case you're not so good with Soundcloud. I have some of the background noise and dead air cleaned out of the MP3 version as well. - http://www.whizzyrds.com/Garage-Band.mp3
Rock on,
Dan
This was Jon & I's first attempt to really play together. I'm pretty happy with the result, and I'm thinking we could really get a nice, mellow, and unique Blues/Indie Rock fusion going with a decent drummer and vocalist.
Jon and I are going to continue working on this genre for the rest of the year, especially By The Garage Lights.
Here's the MP3 version in case you're not so good with Soundcloud. I have some of the background noise and dead air cleaned out of the MP3 version as well. - http://www.whizzyrds.com/Garage-Band.mp3
Rock on,
Dan
Saturday, November 3, 2012
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
66 Sax: Shaman's Trek - New Song (Instrumental)
http://www.archive.org/download/ShamansTrek/Shamans-Trek.mp3
New Age Blues Sax - Tenor sax, Audacity echo-effect, pin-can percussion, C-harmonica, low-octave tenor sax overlay. This tune has a haunting yet smooth effect, like walking on a misty night in the fall.
Play on, and thank you for listening.
Dan
PS - poetry to go with the track:
Night Of The Pumpkin Mystic...
Walking the Hollowed Hills on a thin-misted night,
Stars glitter in and out of view,
Shadowed trees reach dark limbs,
Leaves rustle underfoot,
Dried grasses rustle the soft breeze,
Chills tingle spine,
Steps beat time,
Entranced,
Treading to the Underworld,
The place of pumpkins and candle smoke,
Where a faded flower dwells,
Seeking whispers and secrets,
Seeking the roots of time.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 09/24/2011
Side note:
Kind of interesting how I did this track - I used a program called Audacity, which is free online. The program has numerous effects, and can record numerous multiple instrument tracks. There are actually two tenor saxophone tracks, a c-harmonica track, and a "pin-can" percussion track. (Meaning that the percussion is literally an empty paint can full of colored plastic stick-pins.) I went through and cleared noise and adjusted volume level on each track, then added echo to the high-octave sax track. The result, as you can hear, comes out kind of "spacey" and yet smooth. I'm planning to start practicing some traditional Christmas songs soon, then I'll try doing some effects to spice it up, and see how it goes.
New Age Blues Sax - Tenor sax, Audacity echo-effect, pin-can percussion, C-harmonica, low-octave tenor sax overlay. This tune has a haunting yet smooth effect, like walking on a misty night in the fall.
Play on, and thank you for listening.
Dan
PS - poetry to go with the track:
Night Of The Pumpkin Mystic...
Walking the Hollowed Hills on a thin-misted night,
Stars glitter in and out of view,
Shadowed trees reach dark limbs,
Leaves rustle underfoot,
Dried grasses rustle the soft breeze,
Chills tingle spine,
Steps beat time,
Entranced,
Treading to the Underworld,
The place of pumpkins and candle smoke,
Where a faded flower dwells,
Seeking whispers and secrets,
Seeking the roots of time.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
(C) 09/24/2011
Side note:
Kind of interesting how I did this track - I used a program called Audacity, which is free online. The program has numerous effects, and can record numerous multiple instrument tracks. There are actually two tenor saxophone tracks, a c-harmonica track, and a "pin-can" percussion track. (Meaning that the percussion is literally an empty paint can full of colored plastic stick-pins.) I went through and cleared noise and adjusted volume level on each track, then added echo to the high-octave sax track. The result, as you can hear, comes out kind of "spacey" and yet smooth. I'm planning to start practicing some traditional Christmas songs soon, then I'll try doing some effects to spice it up, and see how it goes.
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