My first ever attempt at recording myself playing a "song" (instrumental).

[Hellbat]

I figured I may as well expose myself for some ridicule here. I recently got pro-tools installed on my windows 7 partition and decided to try to record myself. I was farting around with downloading presets for my 11 rack and came across an "Andy Timmons" style patch and got inspired while i was playing some simple chords and came up with a little melody to play over it. 10 minutes later I had this 2 minute long spaghetti western-ish ballad style instrumental.

Keep in mind I am no shredder or even very talented at rhythm playing and both the chords and melody recordings are first takes. I also didn't come up with an elegant ending and fuck up both parts little harmonics but I'm not a pro-tools artist yet so it remains clammed. Be gentle, even if it sucks it's only 2 minutes of your life I stole!

Also, it's in wma format because I haven't been able to figure out how to buy the MP3 plug in yet.

http://members.shaw.ca/dpcowan/ballad.wma

The patch is basically a JCM-800 at the edge of breakup strongly compressed, with some tape echo and a medium plate reverb. For mixdown the rhythm track was panned a little right and the lead was a little left, and I threw a touch of pro-tools reverb on top of it. Guitar was my RR1t with duncan custom and jazz. Rhythm was middle position volume rolled back a hair and lead was bridge up all the way.

[Twitch]

I like it. It sounds good to me.

[jackson1]

Nice! I browsed the JCF while listening. I didn't know, but JCF goes well with abundance of reverb. Now you know

Btw. Win7 and Pro Tools 9 works great together. The best PT version to date.

[Trussrod]

I liked it...

[RacerX]

Liked it, but I would've liked a more distorted lead tone.

[Hellbat]

Thanks guys! I was expecting "Break your guitars and burn your computer!"

[RacerX]

Thanks guys! I was expecting "Break your computer!"

[Soap]

A very nice piece.
Has a Scorpion vibe to it.

[jackson1]

Thanks guys! I was expecting "Break your guitars and burn your computer!"

Break out your guitars and record some more

[Trem]

A very nice piece.
Has a Scorpion vibe to it.

Agreed, sounds good

[Endrik]

Sounds like you are a lazy piece of shit... but that's a good thing Better than no talent hack which is a dead end. No horrible out of tune vibrato and thin, toneless feel. You can shake the strings my man. With practice you'll get tighter and if you put even more effort into it you'll sound great. You have the ear which is the most important thing, everything else comes with work.

[VitaminG]

what Endrik & everyone else said. Some tasty note choices in there too.

[Hellbat]

Sounds like you are a lazy piece of shit...

Yup that about sums it up haha!

[Endrik]

I'm a lazy fuck also, luckily during the highs school I played A LOT so it doesn't take much of an effort to get in shape due muscle memory. But the thing is... even with really amazing players... when there's a period without a constant playing routine, the groove gets too loose. Even those who have amazing natural timing need to play constantly to keep it in the pocket. And the other thing is keeping the dynamics under control, specially with clean sounds and chordal work, it takes some effort to get everything sounding nice and even.

[quadperson]

it does have a Scorpions vibe to it...nice.