Originally Posted by: jiujitsu_jesusAwesome picture, Rockonn! Man, if I ever go high bandwidth, that's going to be my avatar.

Anyway, Earthman - that was some quite impressive stuff! Quite original - you've got a knack for the alternative. Are you, perchance, influenced by a weird British jazz-rock band called Henry Cow? Your work reminds me of them a little.
Well done overall.

Mandolin Song: This was a very good compositional idea - I like the way that the major chord fills suddenly come in over the minor lower-register progression. A timing glitch or two, but otherwise great.

That One Song With The Sounds: That's a great rhythm tone! Good chordal ideas, but the strumming was a little aggressive in parts.

Jebsley Sings: Dude, you built a dulcimer? Cool!
This sounded quite medieval - I can imagine it as the soundtrack for one of those old-school historical documentaries. :D

5-String Guitar: I really liked this, it was very Opeth/Promised Land-era Queensryche. Great work, considering you only had five strings to play with! Would sound even better with a smooth lead.

Ampy's Crying: Some would call this art! Seriously, it would make a great introduction to a quirky art-rock song

EAEBDD: Good, but too short! Build on it, man - you could turn it into something jazzy, by the sounds of it.

Richmond Hill: This is probably the best song, and the one that reminds me the most of Henry Cow. Really original, and well-arranged. The wah work at the beginning was nice; the dissonant keyboard harmony thingy was awesome; and after that, the idyllic little piano progression just sounded plain creepy! All you need to do is add some trippy vocals, and you've got a prog-rock opus on your hands, Sonny Jim. :D

Just out of curiosity, what did you use to record?

The timing on the mandolin song screwed up as I was recording. On the playback, it kept skipping. I would've done it over again, but I really wanted to get it all in one live take, and I have a tendency to bugger things up on the very last chord.

On "That one song with the sounds," it sounds too distorted. The quieter part was using just the amp's distortion (turned really low), and the louder part was using my DS-1 along with the amp's distortion. My friend/drummer made up a really cool drums for it. As far as I'm concerned, they make the song.

Yeah, eaebdd is way too short. The only reason I left it that short was, again, because I wanted to get it in one take, and I always screw things up. It's still my favourite of my songs, though, especially since I'm pretty sure I invented that tuning.

Thanks for taking the time to listen, guys. I 'ppreciate it.

EDIT: Oh yeah. The recording question. For the electric guitar stuff, I just set up my mic in front of my amp, and plug the mic into the computer. For the acoustic guitar/mandolin/dulcimer stuff, I just play into the mic. All of these songs were recorded (and in the case of "Richmond Hill," mixed) using Wave Studio. The exception is the mandolin song, which I recorded on Audacity. It's about a billion times easier, and a billion times cooler.

EDIT #2: So, anybody else listen?