My band once did a cover of Young MC's "Busta Move" - bass, drums, acoustic and electric guitar, 2 singers. Very fun.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 11:00 PM on November 25, 2009

Yeah i'd bounce it all down to seperate audio tracks, make sure you let them know at the other end what bit rate and frequency too - 16bit, 48kHz or whatever.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 7:45 PM on November 17, 2009

Hometracked is a blog about diy home recording. Plenty of good tips and tricks.

Tweakbench is a great site for VST plugins.

I'll post more as I think of them.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 1:01 AM on October 23, 2009

Pooka. I've only got their first self-titled album, but it's one of my most treasured possessions. Beautiful harmonies and solid songwriting.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 2:08 AM on October 10, 2009

Oh yeah, slacken the strings on the guitar before you board the plane.
posted by awfurby \

Dunno if this is urban myth or not, but easier to retune a guitar than to glue the neck back on.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 1:59 AM on October 10, 2009

I'd love to join in too please.
It's been too long since I picked up a guitar. I need an excuse to wipe the dust off it.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 6:28 PM on December 14, 2008

Very tasty.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 3:49 PM on March 25, 2008

Not sure about the glock. Sounds a bit like your mic was picking up some wind chimes playing outside. Maybe just cut them out until the solo bit, they sound a bit random everywhere else.

Like the lyrics, nice imagery. not sure about the repetition of "still unclaimed".

Plus it ends on an odd note, sounds unresolved.

Sorry to be such a critic. I really do like your song. I'll look out for any do-overs.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 3:46 PM on March 25, 2008

Very nice lyrics, and great vocals. Maybe a bit too much reverb on the voices, it gets a bit washy when the backing vocals come in. I'd get rid of the effects on the guitar/ bass - is that a chorus pedal I can hear? I think I'm allergic to chorus effects. Strip it down, keep it simple,get the levels right and then think about adding effects afterwards.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 3:40 PM on March 25, 2008

Cool song. I've got a degree in philosophy so I can totally appreciate the sentiment...barring the sheep.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 2:19 AM on March 17, 2008

Awesome, succinct song, love the whimsical fairy tale lyrics. It's a talent to be able to know when to end a song, and not drag it out unneccesarily. I'm gonna go listen to the rest of your stuff, and I look forward to more.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 12:18 AM on February 7, 2008

As soon as you started singing I thought of this Australian Singer/songwriter, Ned Collette. It's that same deep voice and off-centre, clever lyics.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 12:20 AM on February 7, 2008

Thanks for the comments. I'd be happy if I could find a happy medium between the midi and the acoustic version. At the very least I'd like to add some keyboards to the latter version, and vocal harmonies...and record it better too.
posted to MeFi Music by robotot at 4:34 PM on January 31, 2008