Originally Posted by: mpaqYea Slim! Theres a cowbell in there. Gotta have more cowbell!!! :)

The thing i liked about your Ouch track was that it was a ROCK inspiration. I made the backing track to have a raw feel with that distorted rythym although it got somewhat subdued in the compression process. But your track of all the tracks ive heard came closest to what i was thinking when i laid down my solo. You gotta trust your gut sometimes and forget about theory. Sometimes i overthink things, map out the chords and notes within the scales etc etc but usually in the end, i just play whatever sounds right to me without any regard to any particular structure. As i get better perhaps i can harness both, but if i had to choose i will always go with my gut. I think you are the same in that sense...you must be an old guy like me :)

LOL, so I'm not crazy- I thought I heard a cowbell. Yeah, overthinking definitely gets in the way. My first takes are usually my best, imo. But when it's sloppy, or more often than not, when I have trouble recording, it's trying to duplicate my original feel that things go crazy. Like I've said, I couldn't capture ANYTHING of the first take on my last take. It wasn't so much that I was overthinking anything this time, it was all that stuff in my head getting in the way- total brain-freeze. but I was so happy to be able to get a clear sound out of the TonePort, I just pushed ahead.

Yeah, you're right in saying we're alike in our approach. I normally go where my fingers take me. and yeah, I'm an old guy; don't know what you consider old, but I'm eligible for my AARP card, lol. I was getting back to theory just to find new ideas, different approaches/sounds and stuff. But in the end, I go with my gut.

Well, things are just getting worse hardware wise. When I turned on my desktop this morn to check my email, I got some error message. Haven't figured it out yet. Was thinking of installing the TonePort on my desktop, as i have more usb ports, and they should "grab" the Port's plug better. Now, I either have a dead HD, or who knows what. And my desktop has an Audigy Soundblaster card with an external bay for external recording, like a guitar. I just preferred my laptop because of its portability. I think I'm gonna kill something or someone if anything else goes wrong.

Anyway, you know that "Zpaq", had to be pulled. Be honest- didn't you just picture stereotypical country bumpkins square-dancing or something, lol. Horrendous. I'm still cringing.

So when is the Jan BT coming out? :eek: