Just kidding...
March 14, 2010 - New Audio! Here's one of my own favorites of the songs I've written, Beulah Lynn (7:15, 8.3MB mp3). This is a single-track "live" practice session in my home studio, recorded on the Tascam Porta-Studio, tweaked a minor amount in Sound Studio. I thought it sounded pretty good, but I'll "try to" get back to it and make a better, multi-track recording of it when I can.
Here's a start on some of the songs in a form that you can actually hear the music. After pulling the plug for a couple of weeks the first of March 2007, I decided to take another listen and post them back with my own self-critiques, just so you don't think that I think what's posted here are the greatest things you ever heard. These don't necessarily include the best songs I've written and certainly aren't professional recordings; just some tracks I've found the time to record as I worked on songs evenings or weekends.
These are HOME studio recordings that so far are just one-shot, single track "live" recordings (except for the Garage Band tracks), so the vocal/instrument balance isn't always quite right and hard to adjust, since everything's on one track. I'll backtrack and record some multi-track stuff when I find time ... "real soon now." I've recently obtained some new equipment and software that should help future recordings. The "Live Dec. 2005"" tracks were recorded on a Tascam Portastudio at South Texas Coffee Company (more coming when I get them checked out and uploaded).
| TITLE |
FILES |
Notes |
Self-Critique |
| A Child of Yours |
Download the MP3 (3:24, 1.9MB)
| (Home Studio June-04) |
One of the best recordings here, but I know, the piano part (many of my piano parts) needs work to play less of the melody. |
| Before the Day is Done |
Download the MP3 (2:16, 1.3MB)
| (Home Studio Jan-04) |
Sound is good, but again, I haven't spent much time on the piano as accompaniment instead of just playing the melody. |
| Clap Your Hands and Sing |
Download the MP3 (2:54, 1.6MB)
| (Home Studio Mar-04) |
Ok, vocals not as good as they could be; a little rushed although this needs a quick tempo. |
| Freeway Song (Lord, Save Me) |
Download the MP3 (4:09, 2.9MB)
| (Live Performance Dec-2005) |
Ah, come on! This is a FUN song to either play or listen to. You'll have to forgive a couple of minor keyboard bobbles at the beginning, but not bad for just pushing "Record" at a live performance. |
| Get in the Flow |
Download the MP3 (2:19, 1.3MB)
| (Acoustic piano to tape Nov-03) |
Sounds like a "live" cut sitting at the piano singing into a little single-track karaoke/tape machine - oh, wait, it was. Get in the flue? |
| Grace, the Grace |
Download the MP3 (3:22, 1.9MB)
| (Home Studio June-04) |
Yeah, right-when I try to sing too "pretty" - it often ain't. I love this song, but that doesn't mean I'm the best person to sing it. |
| Halle-Hallelujah! |
Download the MP3 (2:12, 1.3MB)
| (Home Studio?) |
Ugh! I can do better! But here it is, just as a ROUGH idea of what the song sounds like, since it's one of the songs I've got the sheet music on sale for. I promise a better cut to come when I can get to it. |
| How Much More |
Download the MP3 (3:00, 1.7MB)
| (Home Studio Jan-04) |
A little rushed, but I think the sound came out OK. |
| In the Presence of God |
Download the MP3 (1:46, 1MB)
| (Home Studio Nov-03) |
Hey! OK, THIS is one of my better recordings here. |
| Jesus Will Speak of Me |
Download the MP3 (2:50, 1.6MB)
| (Home Studio Jan-04) |
One of my Kermit-the-Frog days - with Miss Piggy standing on his toe! This song deserves better. |
| Little Man |
Download the MP3 (4:02, 2.3MB)
| (Home Studio Mar-04) |
A few ragged spots, but overall not a bad recording of another FUN song. |
| Lord, Set My Spirit Free |
Download the MP3 (1:33, 0.9MB)
| (Home Studio Nov-03) |
This is a decent recording of a nice little song. |
| Me and the Lord |
Download the MP3 (2:56, 1.6MB)
| (Home Studio Jan-04) |
The piano came out good except that one blurb near the end; vocals sound too much like - ME! |
| Morning Thanks Song (This is Your Day) |
Download the MP3 (1:32, 0.9MB)
| (Home Studio Nov-03) |
Kermit the Frog is a freakin BA-ZILLIONAIRE! SO THERE! |
| Root Out the Planting |
Download the MP3 (2:30, 1.4MB)
| (Home Studio Nov-03) |
Vocals start out a bit muddy, but it gets better. |
| Speak Forgiveness |
Download the MP3 (6:04, 3.4MB)
| (Home Studio July-04) |
Vocals are buried and muddy. Try to overlook that and listen to this song anyway. |
| Tabernacle |
Download the MP3 (7:28, 5.1MB)
| (Live Performance Dec-2005) |
Ok recording for a live performance, but this a song I need to spend some serious time getting the "studio" orchestration worked out on. |
| When My Heart Hears You |
Download the MP3 (2:00, 1.1MB)
| (Home Studio Nov-03) |
Vocals are a bit lacking, and I think I tried cutting and pasting some parts in Sound Studio that didn't come out too smooth. |
| TITLE |
FILES |
Notes |
Self-Critique |
| About You Blue |
Download the MP3 (3:38, 2MB)
| (Home Studio Jan-04) |
Very rushed! Needs a slower, bluesier feel. |
| Beulah Lynn |
Download the MP3 (7:15, 8.3MB)
| (Home Studio March-10) |
This is pretty much what I sound like "live;" I had the tape running on the Tascam during a practice session, thought it sounded pretty good, so I pulled it onto the Mac and tweaked it a tiny amount in Sound Studio. |
| Dog Go Howl |
Download the MP3 (4:53, 2.8MB)
| (Home Studio Jan-04) |
Ok, but I think I can sound a little better on this song now. No soul comes through in this cut. |
| Google My Name
|
Download the MP3 (2:42, 2.5MB)
| (Garage Band Oct-09) |
First cut in Garage Band when the song was hours old, so after I play it awhile it may change some. Not perfect - there's those vocals sounding too much like - me - again, but not bad considering I haven't done much in Garage Band, and what I have done was months ago. |
| Have You Got a Piano
|
Download the MP3 (2:10, 1.2MB)
| (Rough First Cut June-04) |
Not bad for a "rough first cut;" I think this song was barely an hour old when I sat down and recorded it. Actually recorded a much longer version; these are the good parts spliced together in Sound Studio. |
| If You Were Not the One |
Download the MP3 (4:34, 2.6MB)
| (Home Studio Jan-04) |
Sounds like I tried to sing too sweet for the song. OK, but needs to be redone with a little more edge - and without the little mistakes on the piano! |
| Walkin' the Dog (Alligator Song) |
Download the MP3 (2:24, 1.3MB)
| (Home Studio Jan-04) |
This is another one of the times my tongue trips over the Texan in me and I sound too much like - ME! It's a fun song, anyway. |
| Won't You Come Drive With Me |
Download the MP3 (5:30, 6.3MB)
| (Garage Band Jan-08) |
My first completion of a whole song! in Garage Band! Could still use some improvements, mostly with my "bangin' and sangin'", but now I've got a multi-track baseline that I can go back and do that with! |