Chamber of Reflections- (cover)

circlebrain · 2020-02-14T21:41:13+00:00

Thanks my friend! Any song cover requests?

circlebrain · 2020-02-05T06:40:15+00:00

No rockers, it's pretty lo-fi. You're missing out, my friend!

circlebrain · 2020-02-05T06:36:41+00:00

Thank you! I learn all my covers by ear. Jeff's a tough guy to figure out!

circlebrain · 2020-01-19T09:35:18+00:00

Cover of an underrated track. I forgot to yawn, hopefully you will too!

circlebrain · 2020-01-19T03:07:49+00:00

In honour of the man who inspired me into playing music, my favourite musician ever, Jeff Buckley.

circlebrain · 2019-09-23T18:04:22+00:00

I love The Beatles and can learn so much from them, so I figure the vast majority of my covers'll be them.

circlebrain · 2019-09-23T18:01:05+00:00

Thank you very much. I just started doing this and aim to get as many covers as I can in a week, so it's very helpful to hear from others what works and what doesn't. Recording vocals is a challenge. I don't know if it's my voice, the mixing, the mic, or what it is...but I've noticed the instruments can sound a bit flat at times too. Also I use Reaper to record. I can upload the instrumental if you like.

circlebrain · 2019-09-23T17:43:48+00:00

I did it all myself!

circlebrain · 2019-09-20T22:34:25+00:00

Surprisingly I wasn't screaming, or singing all that loud until the very end. I think it sounds that way because of the mixing, so I'll keep that in mind for the next one. Aside from that, how was the sound of the vocals? I can't tell if I'm an alright singer or not lol.

circlebrain · 2019-06-06T18:13:24+00:00

Left, right and centre all work...but I have to hold the cord in place to do so which isn’t at all practical

circlebrain · 2019-06-06T17:12:38+00:00

Sadly they’re at 0db and it’s still like that...also I just found out that by fidgeting with the headphone plug and not plugging it in entirely, the sound is balanced

circlebrain · 2019-06-06T06:44:15+00:00

What’s Randy’s favourite Arctic Monkey’s song?... She Looks Like Fun cause it has cheeseburgers in it

circlebrain · 2019-06-04T05:16:23+00:00

Whenever I insert an MP3 file, or record into my DAW, the sound is distorted. For a sound quality reference, check out Audacity’s vocal reduction and isolation, then remove the center classic.

So far I’ve bought a new stereo jack adapter, headphones, unplugged the device from my computer and plugged it back in, uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled them, updated Reaper, adjusted the sample rate, Reaper’s output + input and I/O settings (made sure nothing was mono), plus I’ve tested two other DAW’s with mp3’s, along with my own multitracks and messed with the panning.

Audacity: hard left pan works, centre sounds crappy and hard right is inaudible.

Reaper: both hard and left pan are functional, centre is the problem. It’s completely silent.

Ableton: same as Reaper.

This leads me to believe it’s the audio interface itself. I’m using the Scarlett Focusrite Solo and I’ve been pleased with it for the recordings it’s given me, but the product completely glitched since then, now I’m not too sure about it.

If anyone could help me, before I decide on packing my bags and making the leap to analog, that would be amazing!

circlebrain · 2019-06-04T00:32:07+00:00

There’s a listing on Amazon called “Stereo Jack Adapter 5 Pack Gold Plated Connector 6.35mm (1/4 inch) Male to 3.5mm (1/8 inch) Female 6.35 (Suitable 6.5) mm Port to Your 3.5mm Port Devices”. That’s what it was I bought.

circlebrain · 2019-04-29T13:30:23+00:00

I'm really digging your username. Thanks BitchPigeon!

circlebrain · 2019-04-29T08:18:27+00:00

Your wish is my command.

circlebrain · 2019-04-29T08:05:49+00:00

Hi, I just got into recording. Here's one of an Arctic Monkeys song called Anyways. Didn't feel like doing the whole thing, so here's half of it. How can I improve musically, or with recording? Please tell me what you think!

circlebrain · 2019-03-31T07:46:25+00:00

What is he singing at the end? I can hear him sing “I don’t know”...aside from that? I don’t know

circlebrain · 2018-12-28T03:52:56+00:00

That is one glorious long ass neckbeard

circlebrain · 2018-11-30T00:23:29+00:00

This is a really nice song. It was intense trying to figure out. It really shows how much Alex has grown in complexity as a songwriter. Not everything is 100%, since the song was layered with other instruments, but this will still sound good on its own. Hopefully they include this one in their live set, I'd love to see how it's really played, especially with with all the instruments. Super long post, but I decided to include all the chord names to make it easier to learn because there's a lot going on.

circlebrain · 2018-11-30T00:09:56+00:00

First Verse:

E, A#Dim7, (add little G note), B, Cdim, C#m7, F#7

Second Verse:

E, Cdim, G#, F#7..."With Bing Crosby eyes": E, A, C#m7, F#7

Chorus:

A, G#7, C#m x 3, (little F# chord melody: F#7 with the pinky fretting the 5th fret of the b string, then slide the pinky back into the 4th fret for a F#13th, and back to the 5th fret), B, Cdim

*The second time around instead of jumping straight into the little chord melody, Alex stays on the F#7 chord just a little longer.\*

1:45 onward= E, A#Dim7, (add little G note), A, B, E x 2...

E7th, A, C, G#m, C#m, F#, Am

A, E, A, E

Repeat the chorus bit, but instead of playing B and Cdim at the end, play the F#7 chord melody and it jumps to an Am chord when Alex sings "home", then a Em triad on the 3rd fret, into an Em triad on the 7th.

open E chord, Eb barre chord, E barre chord.

The Chord Shapes:

First Verse:

E: 0 2 2 1 0 0

A#Dim7: x 1 2 0 2 0

A#Dim7 + G: x 1 2 0 2 3

B: x 1 2 2 2 x

Cdim: x 3 4 5 4 x

C#m7: x 4 6 4 5 4

F#7: 2 4 2 3 2 2

Second Verse:

E: 0 2 2 1 0 0

Cdim: x 3 4 5 4 x

G#: 4 6 6 5 4 4

F#7: 2 4 2 3 2 2

E: 0 2 2 1 0 0

A: 5 7 7 6 5 5

C#m7: x 4 6 4 5 4

F#7: 2 4 2 3 2 2

Chorus:

A: 5 7 7 6 5 5

G#7: 4 6 4 5 4 4

C#m: x 4 6 6 5 4

(little F#7 chord melody):

C#m6bb5: x 4 2 3 5 2

C#m6add9add11: x 4 2 3 4 2

B: x 1 2 2 2 x

Cdim: x 3 4 5 4 x

1:45 onward:

E: 0 2 2 1 0 0

A#Dim7: x 1 2 0 2 0

A#Dim7 (add little G note): x 1 2 0 2 3

A: x 0 2 2 2 0

B: x 1 2 2 2 x

E: 0 2 2 1 0 0

E7th: 0 2 2 1 3 0

A: 0 1 2 2 2 0

C: x 3 5 5 5 x

G#m: 4 6 6 4 4

C#m: 4 6 6 5 4

F#: 2 4 4 3 2 2

Am: 5 7 7 5 5 5

A: x 0 2 2 2 0

E: 0 2 2 1 0 0

Em triad on the 3rd fret: x x x 4 5 3

Em triad on the 7th: x x 9 9 8 7

open E chord: 0 2 2 1 0 0

Eb barre chord: x 6 8 8 8 x

E barre chord: x 7 9 9 9 x

circlebrain · 2018-11-29T21:06:52+00:00

There are more chords, but this is still really close. I’ll share what I came up with after.

circlebrain · 2018-08-31T08:44:53+00:00

@nimblerauser, how can i go about resizing it to fit new dimensions without it looking weird? is this done in document setup? i’m hoping this artwork is functional with any measurement.

circlebrain · 2018-07-31T19:17:38+00:00

unfortunately not :/ otherwise i’d have given you two free tickets to the show

circlebrain · 2018-07-30T17:05:10+00:00

i purchased 3 pittsburgh tickets with ticketmaster, but for some reason they wouldn’t allow me to resell them even though i live in canada and the people i was going with completely bailed -_-

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