Adventures in Recording Music 1:
As someone who initially became a musician through my vocals, hearing myself ‘correctly’ is a lifelong struggle. Sensory overload is a big problem for me, but generally when I think of sensory overload I’m having to tolerate a negative input. Making music is a blend of positive sensory overload and negative sensory overload and of learning to process the difference so I can harness the sounds I’m looking for and filter the sounds my brain is negatively amplifying.
I have a horrifying memory of hating hearing my voice on recording for the first time and having no sense of the technology, the atmosphere, or the setting driving the character of the sound as much as my own vocal cords. The way sound travels from my mouth to my ears is highly distorting itself. Its normal for artists to vacillate between hating and loving their work. But day to day changes in how my brain processes sound makes pinning down ‘audio reality’ very difficult. Now that I’m diving more into recording guitar, the ‘black box’ technology of acoustic pickups add another layer of interpretation.
Past attempts to record my guitar straight into a microphone have given me good results but I want to be able to produce more complex sound profiles. The pickups on my acoustic guitar, I’m learning, are not built for my playing style. I have a rhythmic playing style that generates a lot of pick-noise on the internal pickups. In the time it has taken me to figure this out, I’ve been obsessing over my playing style, thinking that the difference in sound quality has been a result of poor technique, starting to convince myself that it was revealing fundamental flaws in the way that I play and that I have to re-think everything. This is all despite the fact that I have many years of direct to microphone recording that says otherwise. Suffice to say I’ve been giving myself headaches.
A lot of this comes down to the way my brain processes sound. Once my ear picks up on a ‘flaw’, and begins to hyper-focus, I lose the ability to properly filter and balance the sounds that I’m hearing. I’ve had to walk away from playing guitar for a couple days because I know that right now, I cannot objectively listen to my music. This can be extremely frustrating, when I’m feeling such a drive to make progress on this, but I’m trying to remind myself that learning to interpret sound is a musical precursor to recording.
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Luigi Legnani - Collection of Modern Melodies
Giulio Tampani, guitar
Got my new tune Ropes and Chains up tonight. 3 weeks of toiling over this one. Very emotional and technically challenging. It is what it is. Just my vocal, Takamine EF407 acoustic and Fender p-bass. Vocal mic was Apex 550 FET large diaphragm condenser. https://youtu.be/zgLh6wltQPA #guitar #recording #vocals #music #gearsquad #songwriting
Chowder was an honest audience. If I was playing well, he was right there. If I was too loud or sucking at it, he would quietly find another place to hang out. I miss that dog so much.
#guitar #Dogs
-Dummy Toys-
Concert Picture
Xiaoniao 小鸟, guitarist, Berlin 2025
#edgy Explorer-style #schecter guitar
#Fotovorschlag ‚Ecken und Kanten‘
#Photo Suggestion: “Corners and Edges”
picture taken by me © arnica montana
#dummytoys #punkrockersfromchina #punk #小鸟 #guitar #schecter #diamondseries #explorer #photography #music #concertphotography #concert @punk
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Francisco Tárrega - Maria, Isabel, Rosita, Marieta & Adelita
Giulio Tampalini, guitar
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Luigi Legnani - Fantasia for Guitar, Op. 1
Giulio Tampalini, guitar
Can anyone recommend good alternatives to YouTube? I'm creating guitar tutorials and I'm considering uploading my videos on other platforms as well. I heard about Peertube so far.
If you are a fan of #ambient #PedalSteel #guitar I would love for you to check out my Ambient Pedal Steel playlist.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7iZsCLTZGA1Z5lKA7elTvJ?si=e437c7faf0684041
It features artists such as Chuck Johnson, Luke Schneider, The North Americans, and others. Even Ben Harper did an album of pedal steel sketches!
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Are you a #punk? Do you play #guitar? Do you like guitar gear? Do you like looking at pictures of guitar gear used by #punks?
Follow my new Pixelfed account!
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Got my new blues tune up. Guitars are Telecaster (L) and Danelectro 59M through the EHX B9 organ pedal (R). Bass is Fender p-bass. Harp is Hohner Special 20 B flat. I’m capo’d at the first fret on guitars, and through Keeley compressor. Harp and Tele are both through MXR Timmy. Drums are MT Power Drum kit sampler. I also tracked a Latin percussion shaker. Mics are Apex 550 for vocals and an Apex 327 for harp. Inspiration for the song came from Dylan’s version of Axe and the Wind. #music #blues #guitar #bass #recording #war #songwriting #gearsquad https://youtu.be/72GYFodn9M0
I send thanks to the buyer from Indiana who purchased an art print of
Serenade -- https://fineartamerica.com/featured/serenade-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
May the artwork take you to a place of beauty, calmness, and joy.
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #fedigiftshop #romance #romantic #music #song #guitar #love #joy #moonlight #sailing #sailboat #boat #sale #wallart
Hey! Fedi friends! The new Convair album, "Lived Ever After" is available, just a bit early for #BandcampFriday. It's set it to "name your own price" but as this is my only source of income, paying is greatly appreciated. This marks the first time I've ever done vocals for Convair and my first-ever post-transition vocals nonetheless. It also marks a return to studio tracks with things like drums and bass. Enjoy! #music #musodon #ambient #guitar #shoegaze
I posted a new video, should you ever feel a need to see a silly music video.
It's also available on my PeerTube site:
Bandcamp Friday has come and gone, but I still have a new album floating around out there. It's one of my better works, I think. Give it a shot if you're looking for something new to listen to. #NewMusic #musodon #ambient #guitar #shoegaze
https://convair.bandcamp.com/album/lived-ever-after
"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain."
Via Mzilikazi wa Afrika
Here’s another track I have on the shelf (# 2 of 3 so far) as I write and record songs for a concept album. This one’s an under 3 minute rocker. Non public private link, prerelease #music #rock #guitar #synth #percussion #progressiverock #art #songwriting #SongWriter #MusicProduction https://on.soundcloud.com/P1h3CtMCnUMo7uTm6K
My latest song in the lab, not yet published #music #synth #guitar #rock #progressiverock
Celine Banza – For You (acoustic version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8hZpp24C_0
I have released my latest song and video. It's available on my PeerTube site. Enjoy and please boost it if you like it!
"Down Down Down"
Hit play. Sound on.
https://www.ajschuler.com/album-project #music #rock #SongWriter #guitar #synth #MusicProduction
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Luigi Legnani - Gran Variazione, Op 16
Giulio Tampalini, guitar
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Luigi Legnani - Gran Caprice ou Etude, Op. 60
Giulio Tampalini, guitar
