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CB's DEBUT

Great tune. Nice playing and just SUPERB singing. :bravo:
You have a "smokiness" to your voice; nice phrasing, etc. Your voice is "different" than most (I mean that in a POSITIVE way); there's an alluring quality to it that makes one want to hear some more tunes. :beer:
 
:bravo: Wow! Good job!:bravo:

The volume levels were a little uneven but I too love that raw non-mastered sound.
 
Childbride said:
this was a huge thing for me. i'm very self-conscious about my voice and my playing, both of which are juvenile and undeveloped.

Well throw those inhibitions away!
I thought the recording was low but the content was well done...
really like the singing and thought the guitar player was purdddy good to!

:bravo: :beer: :bravo:
 
Very nice CB and Shiner, very nice indeed. You are on your way, lets hear another:AOK:

M
 
Well guys once again I say that was a fantastic job. I guess knowing and watching the two of you since you first began in the art of making music makes this recording a little more special to me.

CB you can now throw that self-consciousness out the window cause your through with it and this recording just proved your DAD was wrong. Great job girl, look out PEARL.

Shiner, you know, noone ever comments much on what or how your doing because you are good at keeping things hid (must be your lawyer experience) but when you first started I got a glimpse of your nervousness also and I sensed a little bit of that nervousness before the recording started. You did good man! You can play in my band any ole time but bring your own shiner. Great job both of you.
 
Wowie-Zowie,,,,,

For a first time out, you have certainly hit the target.

If I had done that well on my first attempt, I would be feeling immense pride and satisfaction. And that noise that you are hearing in the background??? just one of those doors opening, waiting for you,,,,,,

Congratulations,,,,

Steve
 
Great job guys! Shiner, your playing is very nice, smooth and consistent.

CB YOU TOTALLY ROCK!!! I am very impressed with your voice. Kinda reminds me of Phoebe Snow. I love a good alto voice that has a little grit/smokiness/whatever you want to call it and you definitely pull it off.

So now we know that our Fret's Conscience/Birthday Prompter/Spiritual Awareness Guru can not only PLAY, but she can SING TOO!!! Way to go CB!!!
:AOK: :dude: :rockon: :R :bravo: :master:

BTW, I'd like a copy of the CD too! With all the credit card offers I'm getting in, I should be able to scrape up the $1 million. :rotflmao: :D :poke:
 
Terrific performance from both of you!

I'm a huge Garbage fan, I love much of the stuff that they've put out. And Shirley Manson is pretty amazing. But CB, you do the song justice with your vocals and Shiner does the song justice with his rhythm work.
 
Sweeeet :dude:

Great debut for the two of you :bravo: Nice playing Shiner and awesome vocals CB :AOK:

The two of you have set the bar pretty high for the newbs :D

GG
 
Y'all are very kind, but I'm just beginning to grasp the enormity of what I have to learn here. I just downloaded the 156 page manual for Audacity to try to figure out how to solve some of the problems. But that's ok, I just have to keep reminding myself that this is a hobby and I don't need to take it so seriously.
 
We may be kind, but still, you guys did a great job. And by all means, don't take it too seriously! It is about fun after all.
 
Very Very nicely done Shiner and CB.

A Great job for a first recording....Shiner you did A great job on the 12 string and CB you did a wonderful job on the singing...you do have beautiful voice.

You two keep it up,you are doing great!!:bravo: :bravo:
 
Wow, that was really good, guys! Coulda been a bit louder, for sure, but you both sounded great. Keep 'em comin'!! :AOK: :dude: :rockon: :bravo: :beer:
 
sunvalleylaw said:
We may be kind, but still, you guys did a great job. And by all means, don't take it too seriously! It is about fun after all.

Why sure........ that's whay they call it "playing".........as opposed to working.
"I have to learn how to work this......" as opposed to........


"I'll play with this later and let you know how it feels......"
"MMmmm.....it feels good......"..........

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
 
thank you all, very sincerely and humbly, from the shiners. my husband played wonderfully, and i deeply appreciate all of his encouragement and support.

we are already working on another offering.

this inspires me to work harder. :)

thank you again.
k
 
luvmyshiner said:
Yeah, you'll have to crank it up Warren. From what I've been able to tell there is a problem with the Tascam when you mic into it directly. Some of the guys on the Tascam forum use mic pre-amps to solve the problem, but for now that's the best I can do.

Sorry for taking a while...I listened to you guys's tune, and sent e-mails and pms...meanwhile, here's the answer to your low-volume/level problem with the mic and the Tascam...

There's nothing wrong with the machine...it's just a typically poorly written (for hobbyists) manual (I downloaded it and checked things out) that assumes hobbyists would know about things like impedance-matching of line-level signals to get strong enough gain....

EDIT: The XLR inputs of the Tascam should work fine for condenser mics, using the onboard 48V phantom power. But for low impedance (Lo-z) Dynamic mics like an SM58 or 57, they just won't cut the mustard. That's not what they're intended for. The 1/4" input jacks, on the other hand, are for guitars and hi-impedance line level signals...like a hi-impedance dynamic mic. So you have to 'convert' the SM58 to work with the 1/4" inputs.
I just copied this from a pm I just sent ya...

OK, now my feeble ol' head 'members....using my SM-58 with a Teac/Tascam cassette machine, and my old Yamaha Cassette 4-track, that only has 1/4" inputs, you NEED one of these to convert the Low Impedance ('Lo-Z') balanced signal of the SM58 (with it's XLR cable to a High Impedance (Hi-Z) unbalanced signal with a 1/4" plug.

They're $20 but you need one for each Lo-Z mic you'd use at once. You don't need any mixers or preamps if you get one (or 2) of these.

Line-Matching Transformer

I got mine 25 years ago at Radio Shack(Archer Part #274-016) and it was still almost 20 bucks then...If you're in a hurry and have a Shack in Waco, check it out. otherwise, order it from Sweetwater (no tax, no shipping, but it will take 4 days.)

This way, you'll plug the SM58 directly into the 1/4" input in the front of your DP01, and then turn up the Input Trim knob to get a good strong gain....with the machine in Record/Pause mode to set levels, your Input/track fader first set at the 'unity gain' mark (do you know what I mean there....heavy white lines about 75-80%% of the way to the top?)
 
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wow sorry I came so late (no high speed at my moms houses)

but I got to say really good job CB you have a really nice voice.

and good job with the 12-string shiner :AOK:
 
Excellent Shiners.nice guitar work and as Warren said K /CB has a beautiful voice and it does sound sexy.love to have her sing to or at me anytime or any day.no wonder he wants to get her a contract..I would too if I still had studio access.keep it coming you two :bravo:
 
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