ExplodingCat Sings

[realexplodingcat]

I recently found my cache of musical experiments and film soundtrack songs I did a few years ago. Several burned CDs of music and random noise. Listen quietly to the musical version of my live journal.

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[twilight-spirit.livejournal.com]

The SPCA demands to know if any exploding cats were harmed in the making of that skit. :)

btw, I 've been busy so I haven't had a chance to get back to your last comments, so here goes: The songs are pretty cool ... you're way ahead of me so far! The Waves website is www.waves.com. Just be sure you're sitting down when you view the pricing... And I guess 'cold' is okay for synths, but unless I'm going for a certain effect, I'd want all my live instruments/voices to have that warm feel, but you're absolutely right ... it's a preference thing.

Whew!

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

Yes, by the sound of it, I think several exploding cats were harmed for that piece of music.

Thanks, I appreciate the brief but positive feedback on my tracks. I may be ahead of you, but I still think you're a better performer than I am. Maybe that's why I like the "cold" sound, because I tend to be a really sloppy performer, so I like the precision digital music allows me to achieve.

[twilight-spirit.livejournal.com]

Just had to make sure. :)

Actually, my performance skills aren't that great anymore. I hardly play my violin anymore, so that's not as good as it used to be; the guitar is just plain *hard*, man ... it's way too easy to flub things up, plus I never practice with a metronome, so I'm probably even worse than I'm aware; and my keyboarding is sadly out of practice. About the only thing I feel really good at anymore is singing, and that's a day-to-day thing whether or not it's 'there'. Plus I seriously need some formal voice lessons to make sure I'm not going to end up with nodes; I know already that I've hurt my voice a little.

That's the nice thing about having your own digital project studio. You have all the time in the world to get things just right. :)

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

You gotta practice some more! I know...you need more time, too. Yeah, suspect my keyboard skills have diminished. I don't play that every day like I used to. I try to work on the guitar a little bit every day. I don't feel so bad about missing notes if you also find it very easy to flub things up on guitar. I hear it's much easier playing electric guitar. So, if we do a decent job on the acoustic, electric should be simple. Voice lessons: That's still on my list of things to do.

[twilight-spirit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, electric guitar doesn't seem to require nearly as much of a firm touch on the fretboard ... a light touch is enough, and that does seem to make getting around easier. Plus, if you've got the distortion way up you can play stuff wrong and have it still sound pretty good. But if you want to do serious shredding like Yngwie, Satriani, or any of them, you still gotta have mad skillz.

Seriously, I am in awe of true classical guitarists that can actually play straight from a G clef and play real classical music on a guitar. That takes real discipline. No pressure though. ;)

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yeah. I'm awed my true classical guitarists, too. I figure if I practice enough at classical guitar and become reasonable good at it, when I finally turn to rock music on an electric...it'll be a piece of cake.