Give this a listen please

[the_guitar_guru]

I would appreciate it if you all would give this song a listen; it is my MySpace profile song for the moment. It isn't perfect but people have really taken to it. I just upgraded my personal studio to a new MacBook Pro and Logic Studio 8 and wanted to record something to see how it works. In keeping with my eclectic “Americana Blues Rock” style I recorded this little piece using my handmade mandolin for the lead track and my new maple bodied Martin 6 string for the rhythm. It isn’t flawless but those who have heard it think that I have found a cool style.

http://www.myspace.com/gregvulcan

What do you think? Is there an appreciation for stuff like this? I could easily do an entire CD of this type of stuff but I fear no one really wants to hear stuff like this.

For those of you wondering; the mandolin is a 2006 Old Time F4 3 Point built by Kevin Mathers; www.oldtimemandolin.com

[the_guitar_guru]

Answers to common questions that I have already recieved.
1) I get audio in and out of the computer with a Tascam US428 interface; it records 4 tracks at once.
2) For a mic I used a Audio Technica 2020 which I blended with the Aura in the Martin. My mandolin has an internal McIntyre SBT and an internal Crown Mini Condensor Mic ran into a Baggs MixPro. I use a Mackie mixer.
3) Yes; it is an original composition.

[the_guitar_guru]

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[the_guitar_guru]

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[the_guitar_guru]

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[Jim Broyles]

The tune is nice, the guitar sounds great but I do not like the mandolin tone at all. Sounds like my mandolins have sounded when the action was too low. Kind of thin, and like the strings aren't vibrating fully.

[JeffD]

Very nice playing, a good feeling. I am not sure I would like a whole album like that, but as a tune on that album its nice.

I agree about the distinct difference in tone quality between the guitar and mandolin.

[the_guitar_guru]

Thanks for the feedback.

Since recording it I have scalloped my fingerboard extension, switched to a graphite bridge and raised the action on the mandolin so I think that its tone has improved. The Martin has the factory Fishman Aura system which records really nice when mixed with the AT2020 mic. I'll have to recut it sometime.

I sometimes like to record noodles for ideas and thought that I was on to a good feel.