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Chris,
I went to your site and dwnld the "Evil Twin." It was very nice.
Very straightforward but effective. I listened to "Morning of the
Taco" and that is pretty danceable too. You said that you don't know
how to play a guitar. Was that you on the guitar? If so, good job.
You can play! :) CLC
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "bloobeary" <christophert@s...> wrote:
> Hiya all. Nice to see there's a group on this subject, since it's
one
> I've been trying to get into for some time.
>
> My name's Chris Sutor, and I go by the handle of Cobalt. I'm 32,
and
> currently, I don't own a guitar, or know how to play one. However,
I am
> going out this weekend to audition a few models, and I bought a
book -
> "rock guitar for dummies." So I'm taking my first baby steps.
>
> I've been getting advice and assistance from my brother and his
wife,
> both of which play, or have played in rock bands in the SF area.
(Paula
> plays in an all-mom punk band called The Lactators)
>
> Now, having said that - I have made a few "Surf" tunes of my own,
which
> are avilable in mp3 format. Not having had a guitar to use, I made
do
> with a sampled guitar string pluck, a keyboard, and a sequencer.
> (insert heartfelt groan) So, this stuff lacks some of the
freshness
> and life of real guitar rock.
>
> Getting the guitar and finally learning to play it is the only way
I
> can see of taking my next step towards making real surf rock, so
I'm
> hoping to make good use of the collected knowledge on this group as
I
> fumble my way along. Hope you folks will be patient with me as I
have
> NO idea what I'm doing. >:)
>
> For those of you curious about my stuff, head over to:
>
> ...for a rudimentary download page. The surf tunes are the ones by
> "Cobalt and the Aquabears"....
>
> For an extra giggle, there's a faked photo of a 67' aquabears 45
single
> at:
>
>
> Now, seeing as I'm heading out this weekend to price a few guitars
and
> try the feel of different models - would anyone mind me asking what
the
> usual cost of a Fender Strat is? I've decided on that as a good
basic
> model to start with. I've got my eye on a metallic blue "fender
> american startocaster" model over at guitartrader.com listed at
$799.
> I've also been advised to haggle my butt off.
>
> Any advice you guys could toss my way would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers, gang!
>
> -c*
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "cancerleocam" <cancerleocam@y...> wrote:
>
> Chris,
> I went to your site and dwnld the "Evil Twin." It was very nice.
> Very straightforward but effective.
Thanx. :) I'd just found the soundtrack album for the old Batman TV
series and got inspired. I wanted to try something with that same
running, churning bass & beat.
> I listened to "Morning of the
> Taco" and that is pretty danceable too. You said that you don't know
> how to play a guitar. Was that you on the guitar? If so, good job.
> You can play! :) CLC
Thanx again, but I really can't take total credit for the stuff with
Technoise in the title (like Morning of the taco) as those were made
out of pre-built loop samples.
The Aquabears surf tunes (like Evil Twin) don't feature a real guitar.
I used a sampled string pluck and a sequencer keyboard to generate a
near-guitar sound. Cool Edit Pro was used to tweak the "guitar" tracks
to add reverb, distortion and other effects.
I haven't actually bought a guitar yet. That's going to happen
tomorrow, hopefully.
Glad you liked them, tho. I'm hoping to improve my sound once I'm using
the real thing, but it's good to know I'm on the right track.
Cheers!
-c*
