Nail Soup

Why is it bizarre that @skankdelvarhas given some good advice?😃

Coming in early to get ahead of some days away. Blurb: At first I thought the door was in a mirrored wall... so I based the lyrics around seeing a mirror Vs door as a metaphor similar to glass half empty or full. Also went for a more reflective feel in the music. End of Blurb Technical notes: Studio One DAW. Studio One drum app loaded with “Red Zep” drum sounds, programmed via piano roll. Vantage Bass. Squier Tele guitar. Studio one piano and organ played via Akai Mini Play keyboard. Hudson Ukulele. Sure SM 58 Mic. Used a couple of new (to me) DAW techniques: ‘Automation’ to control an effect pedal off/on and control volume up/down on one element. The other new technique? Whisper it........ Autotune! (well it's some form of pitch correction anyway)

Wow, that's tough. Life, eh? Best wishes. Hope you'll find some way to stay in music.... as you've already seen, you can get loads of ideas from the BC 'ers.

Thornalley went on to join Johnny Hates Jazz!

Coincidence? I reckon Gallop has gone to his dream gig of Steel Panther.

If the bass is a WASHburn?

I might even go so far as a bit of cheerful whistling during this stage!

Yes, makes you proud to be British don't it guv😀

similar for me.... you could name a whole bunch of Cure singles which I think are a great song, yet I have no inclination to get any further into their albums. That goes for both the 'alt' and 'pop' periods - if I can split their career like that!

Slightly off topic, but Lol Tolhurst’s autobiography is a good read. Sad in parts of course.

I read someone (I think in the band) quipping that Lol Tolhurst was seen in a bass shop getting ready to try out for the bass role.

As per some of the other posters, they didn’t fit my punk credentials, but I sneakily liked a few of their songs. Good to hear they still put on a good show.

Do we have a new 'Sex On Fire'? I hope not, I haven't finished hating the old one yet.

I use Studio One and it’s fine. I got it bundled with some hardware otherwise I don’t know what I’d use.

I’ve done all mine in MS Word. Used snips of photos and shapes with text mainly. The “bring to front” and transparency features were useful.

Well, I've taken the plunge. 5 minutes after the above post I downloaded the trial version of Melodyne, and been playing with it since. Pretty good...... just need to see if the features I need are contained in the basic (i.e. cheap) version.

Sparks and Franz Ferdinand combined forces a few tears ago. The two bands had a complimentary instrumental line up, so fitted together OK. I can't remember what it sounded like though! They went by the mildly amusing moniker of FFS. I think it was the bass player who came up with it.

Seems only to be pop music that has that age profile….. other arts like painting or books seem to not be age constrained.

I’ve never used auto tune. I guess I’m old fashioned and also it’s not available in my DAW (Studio One). However Studio one does partner with Melodyne and there is a trial version available…… so I’m considering it!

Yes I’d like to hear it too!

Does not matter if you can’t play piano. It won’t help you find good bass sounds for a start. Just keep your bass brain switched on and think of some good lines and work out the fingering your own way. Good luck!

A lot of singing ability is about letting your inner singer out. I guess alcohol can help with that. If your inner singer is already out the alcohol will make you worse.

I'm sure that's what Lemmy would have wanted ........😀

Mine had a nice picture😉

Here's Lemmy/Motorheads own acoustic version, recorded for a beer advert a few years back. The ad itself had video of the performance too - IIRC.