ACOUSTIC CD (featuring

Hi y'all!! I hope this isn't inappropriate here, BUT at least Brian May maniacs (among other guitar nuts) might get a kick out of it...
 
I run a site called INTIMATE AUDIO, which has just issued its first CD, INTERPRETATIONS:
 
http://www.intimateaudio.com/interpretations.html

The disc opens with “Bohemian Rhapsody”—the WHOLE thing, played "live" (all parts played simultaneously) with only acoustic guitar & voice, including the "Galiileo" section!! (Soundclips are at link above)
 
As for the rest of the disc, fans of Queen, Beach Boys, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, and John Frusciante's solo material (among others) might enjoy it. It's all covers (licensed properly), recorded "live" in my home studio (playing and singing at the same time). Some of them are pretty crazy! And funny! And serious!
 
Here's the complete songlist, FYI:
 
1. “Bohemian Rhapsody” 6:03
2. “God Only Knows” 2:39
3. “Blackbird” 2:28
4. “Sweet Baby James” 3:52
5. “Hallelujah” 6:28
6. “She’s Always a Woman” 3:08
7. “Leader of the Band” 4:17
8. “Sister Golden Hair” 2:53
9. “Castles Made of Sand” 3:12
10. “Coconut” 3:44
 
Total playing time: 39:03
All songs used by permission. All rights reserved.
 
The full story (why the CD exists, how it was recorded, notes on the arrangements, etc.) and MP3/Real Audio soundclips can be found here:
 
http://www.intimateaudio.com/interpretations.html
 
Thanks for taking the time to read this (and hopefully laugh over some of them soundclips)!! Any feedback is appreciated!!!!!!
 
Dale Turner

Thats good. I wish i could get my recording to sound that nice. Very nice accoustic playing there. I'm hoping to make an album sometime but having got all the people i need.
How old are you and how long have you been playing ?

Thanks a lot!!! It was recorded live, with three mics (two RODE NT2s and a Shure KSM-32), all into my Mac, running Digital Perfomer. I then EQ's it and used a Mic Modeler plug-in. That helped warm up its sound, and made for a pretty high-quality recording, I guess :)

As for the "age" and stuff, I'm 34 years old... (ANCIENT!) Been playing for eons, but have had bad hand problems since 1997, so my "chops" aren't as polished. (Of course, that makes for some of its charm!) I started playing this kind of stuff because it was fun (and I couldn't solo anymore!). Plus, I love yodeling!

I'd love to hear some of your stuff! What other kinds of people are you looking for, to round out your band to make a recording?? Finding (dependable) people is hard.... I hope you are making progress on ALL of those fronts!!

The fun thing about the "home recording" thing is that you don't need other people... I guess I ended up going that route due to a "lack" of dependable people in my neck of the woods... Of course, do-it-yourself "band" recordingas are a whole lot different than a single guitar & vocals.

Do you have a web site or anything that I can check out??

Dale

I do have a website. It only has two guitar pieces on there so far. One is a small arpegio bit and the other one is and E major run played quite fast. They are bad quality though. I'm not too bothered about the people who are going to be in my band because its the first band ive been in. As long as they are quite good and are nice people. It would just be nice to have other people to play with.
I'm into some nice riffs(not nu metal) and i like shred stuff(mainly because i'm a natural at it). I really like some of the technical accoustic stuff and also the really melodic accoustic stuff too. I'm going to see if i can learn a piece off a game too :)
My website is http://www.geocities.com/madmarksmadness and the 2 things i have done are on the downloads section which are the run and sweeps download. It all i've got up there of me playing at the moment and is bad recording. If i knew how to record my music properly and had decent equipment then it would sound good :)