Hi All,

Looking for a band to jam with is tough. It's even tougher to find one that does it purely for fun (not a full-time job) and even if you did find one, the schedules don't fit with all the members, especially those who have a day job like me.

Most often than not, we give up looking for one and just play/practice with the comfort of our homes. What if you can change that? What if you would be able to jam with your fellow musicians without gathering them in one place, that you could learn and play at your own pace? What if you will be given a chance to improve yourself, would you take it?

If you would take that chance, please read on.

So I am wondering if any of you here are interested working on a collaboration project covering songs of our choice. I am a noob rhythm guitarist myself and I have cover some songs for practice . Might as well be serious about it and if I can't join/get some people in a band, then why not do it in our own leisure time, wherever and whenever.

Basically, this is what we would need to start the project:

1. Choice of songs to cover, or any original songs would do too
2. Able to use Ableton (i.e. Live 8) or any DAW that would suit you best, this including your choice of VST (i.e. Guitar Rig 4, Amplitube) through an audio interface (i.e. Line6, Behringer, etc.). Why need a DAW and VST? Because this will standardize our recordings and editing the final work should be easier, aside from the better quality of recordings.
3. Able to use Sony Vegas for video recording and editing. If we choose to do purely audio, then this is not necessary. But if you're not shy to show-off your skills and put on youtube, this will be handy. For more on this: Youtube Collaboration

And this is what we would do:
1. Using the choice of song, we would build the parts one by one.
2. You record your part and send to each members.
3. Each will have their own turn to put up their ideas into the song (more improvisation is better).
4. Each work will be collated and final editing will be done. Final copy will be sent to each for approval or if changes will be done if needed.

This is for fun purposes only and as a way to learn from fellow musicians. So any of you who have a spare time, kindly PM me and start this.
Imagine if we do a full band cover, that should be epic!






Note:
1. This is for fun purposes only (non-commercial).
2. No copyright infringement is intended for the songs that are chosen for covers.


Thank you for your time. Rock on!






PROGRESS REPORT


This post has been edited by killerkamote7: Nov 7 2012, 11:04 AM

would be very interested,but need to buy audio interface.no money.no recording skills T_T

Not really br0, as long as you can record cleanly, should be no problem.
You can directly plug your guitar on your pc (with the adaptor of course). Have you tried to use any , like Amplitube 3, Guitar Rig 4, Audacity, FL Studio or Ableton Live?

never use 1.but ive downladed amplitube 3.lets see what i can learn from it.neway what songs are u planning to cover?im a bassist anyway,with very little guitar skills.haha

Deadfrog suggested these songs, and I think Its kinda cool.

- Jar Of Hearts (rock version) by Christina Perri
- Secrets (rock version) by One Republic
- Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance
- Mama Mia (rock version) by Abba

Now we got a bassist, rhythm g, lead g.. now any drummer and vocalist interested?

if a violin fit well, i might give it a try.

Little Ice, that would be awesome. If we are to cover "Secrets", can you play the cello part in violin? it would be a little different, so its niceee

listened to the song, should be no problem transposing it. i might just make a blur video cause i want to remain anonymous, but i have good recording equipment for good clear sound.

this is interesting, but i think the band is already full

Hi bro, drummer and a vocalist still needed, maybe 2 vocalist, a male and female depending on song choice

Send me your emails so we can start on this collaboration. Thanks!

shit, haven't fully learn the songs i've suggested. i'll experiment some this weekend

ok... here's one:



This post has been edited by deadfrog: Oct 15 2011, 07:16 PM

Very very nice suggestion you have there~

Wish I could join as well desu~

Deadfrog, I have practice 'Secrets' today. But havent uploaded to youtube (ayam shy) haha.

Check this out, some solo improvisations on the middle and last part, and I've added the rhythm guitar too.

Secrets - Rock Cover

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Added on October 15, 2011, 9:54 pmHi Aine, everyone who can contribute is welcome., this is for fun only


This post has been edited by killerkamote7: Oct 15 2011, 09:54 PM

cool... added u as my facebook friend.

Hi desu~

I try to adjust my time and will PM you if I can contribute.

Thank you.

ok,1st level finish.ive learn how to record cleanly still dont know how to mix and to use the effects.but i have a bit of confidence in joining in now hope u can teach me here and there about this amplitube

the song begin with cello (violin for me) part, but i'll add in the violin once the whole structure is firm, just a guitar track will do. i don't want to be the core person of the project, just want to add violin track for fun. leave the bars necessary for the violin will do.

Hey bro, good job!

If you are using amplitube, you can choose the built-in presets in there. You can see at the bottom there are 1 to 4 tracks. Usually I load the song (or backing track) at the first slot (numbered 1), for this you need to turn off the amplitube effects so it wont get messed up (theres an icon at the very bottom, farthest right). And for the guitar, you can use slot number 2, turn on the effects icon and choose a preset. You can also just record straight away using clean channel, and at playback you can experiment with the presets. Once the choose the desired preset you can export the tracks. Oh btw, if you have time, download also Ableton. This is easier to use during recording. You will need the Amplitube as a plugin instead (me, i refer guitar rig 4 as plugin). Il take screenshots later and show it to you.

You can also check the tutorial at youtube:



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For our first collaboration, we will cover 'Secrets' as this is an easy song to play with.

Song details:
Tempo: 148 bpm (as per original), ensure to use metronome always when recording.

Key: D Major, with chords progression D-F#m-Bm-G

Length: 3:55 with proper ending (no fading)

Intro: Violin solo (by 'little ice) will go on for 8 measures followed by vocals (violin plays for another 8 measures.

Guitars:

Rhythm (Dist) and Solo (2 parts) - Me and Deadfrog will work on this, need to discuss the improvisation parts
Bass - More on this later.

Drummer - More on this later. I'm not sure if a drummer can record a clean one using acoustic drum, else we resort to electronic drums since it has a midi output that can be recorded directly to pc. If we can't find one, then we do it using drum software like cakewalk, etc. (prefers acoustic drum). Anyone please?


Vocals - We currently don't have a vocalist, though I can find one. It will be epic if a female will sing this song (note: need to change the song key if ever). Something like this:




Guys, please use this thread to update our progress. If you guys have time, please create account in soundcloud.com so we can put our Work In Progress tracks in there so we can easily share our recordings to each other. This is my channel:

http://soundcloud.com/marksherman


Rock on!

i'm not sure soundcloud allows copyrighted material to be published publicly. i guess if it's private it's ok. i found another site worth exploring, it's an online DAW application. you can record directly via the web but the effects are pretty limited for free accounts. the site is http://www.indabamusic.com. i would think it is easier to work in an online DAW app as compared to soundcloud. we can add multiple tracks i.e. guitars, bass, drums, vox etc in a project and we can control the timing of the song as well a lot more easier. just like your regular DAW.

This post has been edited by deadfrog: Oct 17 2011, 04:10 PM

^Depends on the disclaimer type. Anyway, that online DAW looks nice. I'm still waiting reply from my friend whether he can do the drum tracks. I assume the drum and bass lines goes first, then guitar tracks and the vocals last.