I just wish I could do instrumental parts like this.

D'aw, twarn't nuffin. :)

This brings back memories! I remember the first time I got my hands on a Tascam Portastudio, circa '84; it was an absolutely magical machine. All my stuff came out at approximately this level of fidelity, too. No matter how the eq knobs got turned, it never yielded anything resembling a natural result. But it didn't matter. It was multitrack recording in a box! How cool was that?!

You are WAY, WAY better as a musician than I ever was as a cartoonist. Unfortunately, because of my crappy cartooning, that's hardly a compliment, so I'd better come up with a more positive way to put it!

Oh, absolutely. I lusted after a four-track since I started playing music, and when I finally got one, it was manna from heaven. ($399. I remember the price because I successfully HAGGLED it down!) I ended up using it literally to death. I'm not sure what happened to it.

I think my EQ knobs BROKE OFF at one point, too. Technology!

And thanks so much. I feel immensely flattered and humbled. :)

Every time I hear someone's recorded music with all sorts of instrumentation and (most likely) multi-track recording, it boggles my mind somewhat because I haven't got the foggiest notion how something like that is done. (Meaning: how one records and syncs up separate recordings to make it sound like a complete whole.)

It's easier than it looks. You basically record each part, then while listening to the part, you record the next one, and so on and so on and so on. Occasionally you'll want to mix out guide parts like metronome "clicks" (say, for instance, a solo piano bit in a full band song).

It's trickier on a four track recorder (like I had) because you have only four tracks to work with. The first track will be drums, the second track will be bass, and the third track will be keyboards, for instance. To get "more" tracks, you then record all those tracks onto the fourth track for a "mini-mix", which frees up the first three tracks for more instrumentation. It was quite fun at the time... the difficulty was mostly getting a good take because I was a sloppy keyboard player. :)

Hmmm... I guess it's easier now with computers and digital recording. You can make as many tracks as you need, and mix-n-match as you please.

I guess my mental block was utilizing a click track/metronome to keep the time constant. That makes tons of sense.

Why do I get the feeling this would be the opening theme song to the 1980's version of the Newshounds cartoon? I can see it already- reporters chasing bad guys with cameras and mics, dodging thrown pies and other stuff, following the villain in his biplane while the KPET crew pursues in their newsvan over a rolling scene of rainbows.

Look out, Ferris!

The news van crashes into the world's largest doggie fire hydrant, but the villain is caught anyways through some accident.

The song just fits nicely with that mental image.

Rhubarb has already done a way better version of the Newshounds theme than I ever could have imagined. :)

I know I'm slow in responding, but eight years is a bit much!

BUT you did respnd, so that's good.

Also, you moving back to Seattle any time soon?

That's impressive! Very well done! Do you have any other recordings like this?

And eight years later I finally respond like the negligent guy I am...

… yes, yes I do. But I don't consider any of them worth sharing.

Hey, at least you weren't growling/screaming (that's what I did back then). And anyway, I think it's more important to put feeling into a performance than doing a technically near-perfect run-through while staying in your comfort zone. I actually like the ending as it is, though perhaps a fade-out would be nice. I must say I missed some lyrics, so it would be cool if you could write them out. Either way, pretty song. :3

Thanks. :) Here they are:

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Say what you want, do what you wanna do
Anything will help
Someone's got a bad attitude and it's not myself
Or someone else
It's you, and you, and you will never work it out.

All I need to know is why I'm made to feel so wrong.
All I need to know is why this goes on and on.

We never speak, we never communicate.
And you call yourself a friend.
When it comes to compromises, it's always me who has to bend,
Again and again.
So don't ever flatter yourself!

(chorus)

We can work it out if only we'd give it a try
If we actually talked it over, we'd know how and why,
But it won't ever happen, it goes against your grain.
Some people delight in giving other people pain.

(chorus)

Very good lyrics.. I like how the words flow into the choruses. :)

I love the keyboard work here, awesome! I like the vocals, they are kind of muddy but it works great with the song.

And you wondered why I kept that professonal-release cassette you were getting ready to throw away when your friends and I halped you move.

You're a better musician than you believe you are.

That is really good! Well done!

This sounds really "Future so Bright I gotta Wear Shades"-ish, I like it!

Funny, my mom's boyfriend has a Tascam Porta-05, but it doesn't work anymore.

I always enjoy listening to lo-fi homemade recordings; this song is certainly no exception. It kind of mixes rock with new wave, in my opinion.

Your voice in it reminds me of the lead singer of Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo. ^.^ Especially in the song, "Weird Science."

Also, this will be going on my iPod.

Wow, I'm flattered. :)

...Howl was this not faved here? Rectified that ASAP.