record a demo

I write songs and id want to record a demo for publishers.All i have for now is a mxl 990 and a tascam us144.

Our first song (alone) together!
Words & melody by me, arrangement & mixing by hubby… We got it recorded, copyrighted & hubby posted it to MySpace today, so here it is…

As a rocket scientist type, I am a very deep and complex thinker, as my contributions to this song will doubtless prove…

Feedback on everything from the writing to the arrangement to the production (and everything in between) is welcome, DESIRED even! At this stage, we are trying to get better, and if you have an ear, you’re qualified to judge!

We also found out today that our first song, This is One Way, co-written with our friend Ron Marcus, has been picked up by a few internet radio stations & actually made a couple of the online blues-rock and blues charts… Hubby says we’re all the way up to #131 on one of them! WOO HOO!hahaha

We’re brand spankin’ new to MySpace, so friend us if you’d like… Right now, with no friends, we’re like the most pathetic band ever…

Ours is a songwriter’s demo, used to sell a song instead of our performance act…

The recording is done & all that’s left is the mastering & the legal stuff… We’re going to break it out at a songwriter’s workshop next week… Hopefully we’ll be putting it up online soon…

ive been wanting to record a demo for a very long time now but, i cant find any good background music. i want to do cover songs and ive looked online for karaoke music but it seems that everywhere i look you cant buy just one track. the cds come with other songs that i just dont need. and on top of that they dont give you the option to listen to them first. i did find this one site where i could listen and after i picked out all of my songs and got ready to buy, it stated that you can not use their music to record with. does anyone know where i can find good background tracks to record with?

I write the lyrics & some melodies… Thank goodness hubby can fill in the other instruments… We have a good home studio & have learned to use it… Now it’s time to get some of our stuff down… Our goal is to record 3-4 originals this year… If we end up with one that’s good, we’ll be blissfully happy…

I record songs that I write on Garage Band, recording software that comes standard for Macs.

The thing is, none of the songs I’ve recorded are “done”. Either my mixing skills are lacking, or the songs themselves have not come to their full potential—most likely both.

I’d like to either go back and finish all these, along with some new ones, or do a live recording of an open mic show or something…then I can offer them to people who like my music for a low, low price.

My ultimate goal in recording a demo? I just want to play music and share it…and if I can make my work as a musician even a negligible part of my income, well, that would be wonderful!

crap. I’m not confident.
time to add it to my goals.
Good Luck everyone on acheiveing this goal.

I will accomplish this goal. I am determined to do this. With hard work and the right people, this iwll happen. yay! im being confident, i think.

I bought the mBox 2 w/ProTools at Guitar center last month? Also, I bought a mic, a pop filter and guitar/mic cables. once i get my mac notebook i’m all set to record. ALL SET.my songs are coming along nicely as well. woot!

my last entry got me thinking about blogging on my different music styles.

so. I’ve been writing quite a bit. I even wrote a song…not quite finished yet all on piano..no words. just keys. a song that is most likely reminiscent to Clint Mansell scores. I do enjoy his pieces. I’m even thinking about adding some sort of electronic music to it….kind of reminds me of that old DJ Shadow song, Organ Donor.

The other songs that I’ve written are more slow acoustic and somewhat jazzy songs. I’m glad I’m over this ethereal music stage..at least I hope so for now. It’s really quite annoying when I write music that doesn’t even suit my voice, so I don’t even want to perform them because I know my voice enough to KNOW when it WON’T sound good.

Anyways, I guess you could say I’ve been expanding musically. It’s fun to get creative and I’ve been doing it for the past year and a half by listening to all sorts of new music. Not stuck on this blues and pure jazz phase that I was on for quite sometime. my voice has changed. I like light blues like Corinne Bailey Rae, coffee-house like Rachael Yamagata or A Fine Frenzy, pure like Priscilla Ahn or Mandy Moore, well, I see Mandy (yes, I AM on a first name basis) finding a new niche in music, embarrassed by the candy shit music she put out in her previous records..and quite frankly, she should be. So her voice, as pure sounding as it is, I hear a raw-ness coming about as well. Anyways, her songs along with many pop artists have the common hook that drags so many listeners in, but where is the quality? Where is the depth? Alright..i’m not going to get all …’lets find true, REAL music’ on this topic because thats not what its about. I’m glad Mandy is finding a new niche and better quality music because her voice deserves it. Point is, music is an art form. Vocal quality, instruments, intonation, resonance, vibrato, beat, rhythm, accidentals, and dynamics are the tools and colors you need to paint the big picture: the song. I don’t know why it is so important to me, but it is. Music is an art that has been so heavily tampered with.

Lets leave it at this. I don’t like anything that is contrived for the masses. Do not make music to make a quick buck.

As catchy a song it is in the clubs…Heidi’s dream ( from The Hills) was never to be first and foremost a SINGER. That is Chicken poo for your ears. And Spencer’s rapping is terrible. but, I think everyone knows that. But this is a prime example of quick money making. LAME.

Oh, this is not a quick money maker, BUT, it is poor quality music for the masses. The song called “TATOO” by Jordin Sparks. I personally love Jordin Sparks voice. I saw her on American Idol, and I’m sure the writers wrote that for her because she’s about 18 years old. But still.. the lyrics to that song are horrendous. I didn’t even know it was her singing that song until my friend pointed it out. Because when I first heard that terrible chorus I turned it off.

“You’re still a part of everything I do, you’re on my heart just like a tattoo,
Just like a tattoo, I’ll always have you.”

What the F is that? I’m not THAT poetic..but I can sure as hell figure out something better to say than…you’re on my heart just like a tattoo. I thought she sounded like any other r&b young singer on the radio (paula deanda, jojo, etc) when in fact she is an AMERICAN IDOL. Meaning, she should stand out.

I’m not going to get into this anymore..my head hurts. I don’t even know why I started blogging about it in the first place.

OKAY, my new avenues: piano scores, jazz, light blues, rock, electronic?