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guitarman777
12-29-2004, 04:09 AM
So I'm going to post three songs I've recorded: two originals and one cover. These were all done in my bedroom studio and were performed, engineered, and produced almost exclusively by my lonesome, specific details on equipment and such are included below. Hope you enjoy!

For Ben, Love Jesus (http://www.otheosdivine.com/for_ben_love_jesus.mp3): Indie rock tune I wrote a while ago for my band. Used a $25 Radio Shack mic built by Shure for all the live stuff except bass guitar: acoustics, electrics, vocals. Bass was run direct, drums were generated by Reason and programmed by yours truly. Actually, the entire song was mixed and produced within Reason, seeing how at the time I didn't have a quality multitracking program. I used Cubasis VST (which was included with my Soundblaster sound card) to record the audio, then I imported all the sounds into Reason via the advanced sound sampler.

Send Me (http://www.otheosdivine.com/send_me.mp3): Acoustic song I wrote for missions emphasis stuff at church. Based on Isaiah Chapter 6, written at the apartment of one of the guitarists from my church praise band. Acoustics mic'd stereo with a Rode NT2 and a Shure SM81 condenser, I believe. Vocals tracked with the Rode and the bass run direct. Drums were again generated in Reason, however I originally recorded the live audio in Cubasis but then imported everything into Cubase SX once I got it.

Blessed Be Your Name (http://www.otheosdivine.com/blessed_be_your_name.mp3): My David Crowder Band-esque version of Matt Redman's current popular praise song. The only reason I did it is because I wanted a reason to like the song. Every other version I've heard of the song hasn't really struck a good chord with my ears, so I decided to do it my way. This is probably the first song I did using Cubase from start to finish, using Reason for all the drums & perc & the high synth leady part. Acoustics and vocals were recorded with an Audio Technica 4060 studio condenser, with a Samson condenser filling out the acoustics in stereo. Electrics were tracked with an SM57 and were a pain to get close to right (they're still not quite what I want, but I think they're about as good as they'll ever be). Bass was done direct, of course. Yes, that's me doing the high vox too. :D Hope you enjoy!

reverbbb
12-29-2004, 12:18 PM
OK Paulo, I'm just gonna give up on my songwriting projects! . . . NOT!

But seriously, you have a very professional sound on all three songs. Now the .mp3 translation quality was beginning to show signs of stress. But your message, vocals and textures all show much promise for radio material.

Radio material has been my desire for several years, but A) I don't know what I'm doing and B) I have a dreadful voice.

Please explain what you meant by cutting a CD in Dallas. Is it on the radio yet? If so, under what band name?

guitarman777
12-29-2004, 01:02 PM
OK Paulo, I'm just gonna give up on my songwriting projects! . . . NOT!

But seriously, you have a very professional sound on all three songs. Now the .mp3 translation quality was beginning to show signs of stress. But your message, vocals and textures all show much promise for radio material.

Radio material has been my desire for several years, but A) I don't know what I'm doing and B) I have a dreadful voice.

Please explain what you meant by cutting a CD in Dallas. Is it on the radio yet? If so, under what band name?

Yeah, the MP3's didn't rip as well as I would like. I generally dislike MP3's for that very reason. Even the highest encoded MP3's have a bit of swishing that I can't stand, my ears are pretty sensitive to it and it just flat out bugs me. Anyways, thanks for your comments!

Regarding a CD in Dallas, I have been playing with a guy named Jonny Diaz (http://www.jonnydiaz.com) for a couple years now. He came from Lakeland, FL, to Tallahassee for college on a baseball scholarship, but the Lord led him in a different direction and now he's making music, and I'm his lead guitarist. We began recording his first CD in March of 2003 and released the final result that summer. We will be recording the second CD during our tour this coming summer, same producer (Joel Cameron) in the same studio, but now with a full band. For the first CD I was the main studio musician, playing half the acoustics, all the electrics and bass, Hammond organ, mandolin and even accordion, and I also assisted in engineering and production. To boot, I did all the photography and art design for the cover, but now we've got a bass player and drummer and an additional backup singer, and we'll be hitting up more outside sources for other facets of the production process. I'm not sure what the exact dates are that we'll be in Dallas, but we plan on being there for a while and playing in town and in some of the outlying locations regularly while we're cutting the sophomore record. Some of the tunes from the first CD have made it onto the radio in random parts of the US including Orlando, South Carolina, and I think even Dallas but I'm really not sure.

Ascension
12-29-2004, 02:20 PM
Nice stuff man !! I do agree that the MP3`s kinda sterilize the tracks. Its nice modern stuff and should do well.

stephen
12-29-2004, 03:19 PM
Cant wait to get home, and fire this up! All these good comments gaot my expectations up, so I'm lookin forward to it!

refin
12-30-2004, 12:42 AM
Really good tunes,along with the playing,recording and singing....may God continue to give you more!

stephen
12-30-2004, 02:14 AM
Paulo!

I love the way you arranged everything! Nice orchestration! You've given me some ideas for "Blessed be the Name". Good job bro! That is giving Glory to Jesus!

PRoJeX
01-03-2005, 06:55 PM
hey pualo!, your awesome, keep up the good work with what u are doing, your version of Blessed Be your name ROX!!!!

kewlpack
01-03-2005, 09:09 PM
Ya, wow. Very, VERY nice stuff.

wow.
~A~