better out than in dude!, lol

Thanks guys!

Yeah, I was MAD that day, and I had intended on just doing a nice mellow take of Double Trouble (straight into the Mac without the amp so I could play as loud as I wanted) but s*it happened with the unemployment situation and health insurance delays that got me so riled up so fast that I just turned GarageBand on, and pulled the 10 minutes (originally MIDI) backing in and started a new project and just went crazy and didn't stop playing until the 10 minutes was up and then I had no idea what I was left with - as to what I just recorded would sound like.  INTERESTING for sure!  Some parts were just too out of control and I fell into the wrong key temporarily and those sections went, and also I was playing so roughly (ALL finger style playing in this - no pick) that Goldie went OUT OF TUNE about 8 minutes in!  Never has happened before, even after playing hours with my ex-band.  But those end sections were kinda messed up due to that, although once I realized which strings were out, I managed to comensate while continuing to play so the ending really is the actual ending, with out of tune strings, but me just bending them in whichever way they had to go to keep in tune.

I was doing 2 full step bends on the lower part of the fretboard, and those really did a number on the tuning I think, but were great for getting out pent up agression!  (Those "angry bits" EC talks about at the CREAM interview that Gerd had translated and put into writing and also tabbed out - when EC had his psychedelic SG and was showing how to get the woman-tone and use the wah-wah pedal and all that).  It really does work - and even though I'm not good enough to play that fiercely as EC and get the angry bits out and yet still maintain total control, it still feels GOOD and I was a lot more relaxed at the end (and kind of exhausted too).

The original is actually in stereo and has panning that I like in it, but even at 128K it was 14 MB so I had to go to MONO for both the Blues Room and SoundClick.  But I'm going to upload the stereo one to my server and put a link in as I think the panning effect adds to the feelings.  I think this upload is too loud too, which is partly from going from stereo to mono and partly just me having it too high - so I'll try to adjust that too.

Thanks so much Gerd for such a nice compliment!  And many thanks to SixString and my friend HBL for their support too!  Yes Hans - I was M.A.D!! (Run away!!! )



Jim

Really Raw blues Jim and you are playing from the heart the way the blues were meant to be played 

Nice playing Jim!

Good luck - I'll buy one!

Hey - thanks pee.gee!!! 

That is what I was afraid would happen.  I said in an email to the marketing lady that I was afraid it would be a deal where I'd have to pay huge amounts to get my music recorded by an orchestra that needs to be payed, and I'll find out the details in the phone call Monday (and NOOO I can't pay them, although I'd take less royalties instead since I'm getting ZIP, NADA, ZILCH, ZERO... oh GOOSE EGG too now, and with full scores such as I have to be played most times I've had  other "offers" that are impersonal cookie-cutter type come-ons, which once I looked into the details, would have cost me HUNDREDS or THOUSANDS of dollars per MINUTE (as a whole orchestra had to be paid as well as the recording dudes), but this current contact was a one-to-one personal contact and the company has put out recordings and downloadable music as well as CD's of artists such as Yo-Yo Ma (cello), and now owns other catalogs of recordings from company's they've bought or collaborate with - and they are selling music by very well-known contemporary artists (some passed on) such as Leonard Bernstein, Richard Stoltzman, and the above mentioned Yo-Yo Ma, and many others.

  Here is "part" of an email to me, with the actual company names left out :

[Name of company] is a service-based production company with a series of subsidiary imprints. With any recording project, there is a budget, and our projects are no different. There is an investment that needs to be made on behalf of the composer, either from third party investor, grant organization, or personal resources. But what you get with a project with [Name of company] is unparalleled.  We have exclusive distribution through [another large music distribution company], the worldwide leader in classical distribution. We work with the finest in terms of ensembles, engineers, graphic designers, and more, and we do all of our work in-house to ensure the finest possible final product. Artists who work with us always retain full rights to the masters and the compositions, and our royalty policy is among the most competitive in the industry. We are also on the forefront of the presentation of our releases – with forays into “enhanced content”, digital albums, and more. While our projects do require investment on behalf of the composer (a reality in the classical recording industry), but you would be hard-pressed to find a more enthusiastic, hard-working and successful backing team.

Obviously I left out the names of any actual companies involved, since I don't feel I have the right to reveal that info YET and if they are looking around on the internet, seeing their name in a quote from me asking about the deal, could well scuttle the deal...  But I'm just not sure what an "investment that needs to be made on behalf of the composer" means.  "On behalf" of someone usually means that someone ELSE is doing something FOR the first someone (which would be me) - but I'm not sure! And what about the "3rd party investors and grant organizations" reference -- do they try and get those - or me?  Does "on behalf" mean I pay, or they get funding FOR ME???  I've been searching around the internet for how record companies work, but this is a production company (they book recording sessions with ensembles - some well known ones too - and then (like a record company) market the recordings and pay royalties - and I'm a member of ASCAP so they should be helping me with that), so... how is it to be interpreted (ANYONE!!).


Gerd - THANKS!! That should at least take a little sting out of the deal!   Seriously though - thanks!

Jim