Ed, I have time to review the forum tonight and you have some questions that make us think about life. I also am advanced in life and have 17 years on you. Good thing we are not measured by miles. Like you, I started thinking about this and when I told Ginny 3 years ago that I wanted to buy some recording equipment, so said "How Much"? My answer was 7 to 800 bucks. Now, I always look ahead and do some research so $3500 bucks later I explained that it was the smart thing to do. Now, here lies the problem. After a performance like that she asked me what kind of results this was going to get. This is a sobering thought as you start thinking about what should you do next. I had a new Mac, a digirack 002, the upgrade pro tools software, studio monitors and a subwoofer and of course a backup hard drive. Now, I get the Mac cooking after a couple of evenings and having been a computer geek for 38 years this wasn't a big deal. I finally get the 002 rack to play through the monitors and I am boarderline cooking. I load down pro tools and the get started manual is about 130 pages. I sat here for two evenings and my Mac had pro tools loaded and on the top line it said pro tools but I had a blank screen and it didn't do a damn thing.
Finally I found a demo in the files and got that started and that is when I realized that I had to open a new session.
Now as many of you may know, pro tools is not self training. Ginny went shopping one evening and when she got home I had a guitar track down and the quality blew me away. She was impressed so now we can turn the heat up!.
Long story short, I made a 12 song CD titled "Darwin Ohman- Instrumentals I Remember (kind Of). This was a project to learn pro tools. They are all cover songs and are as follows: Dance With The Guitar Man, Forty Miles Of Bad Road, Buckaroo, Honky Tonk, Steel Guitar Rag, Ginchy, Ram-Bunk-Shis, Hot Toddy, Memphis, Vaquero, Harlem Nocturne, and Wheels. I did all the guitar tracks, including bass. Rog, the drummer in our band did the drum work. This CD blew everyone away because it sounded very professional, good sound quality and I must have been damn lucky. I was about three songs into it before I figured out how to edit. I have since since recorded our band , all covers, titled Senior Class- Notables, and they are Under The Boardwalk, It's So Easy , Last Date, White Sport Coat, True Love Ways, Sleepwalk, Dance With The Guitar Man(Added Track From Last CD) , You Belong To Me, Margueritaville, So Fine, Apache, Back Home Again, Little Sister and Diana. It has also surprised everyone who has heard it. So, Ed, and others, you can do it and it is so fun when you are done! Ginny, who is my best critic, thinks they are the greatest. So would also tell me if something didn't sound right. It was not cheap as you have to pay royalties on the songs and to have the Cd made you are looking at about $1500 per 1000 copies. So, I hope this was not too boring, but the question was asked and there is no short answer, but go for it! I am now recording my daughter. What a rush! If you are doing vocals I recommend Melo Dyne. It is great for pitch control
I think Leo made a marketing and design snafu with the Jazzmaster and Jaguar. The vintage prices reflect that. I like the Jazzmaster but do not own one. It is a low priority
Now don't get me going on G&L because thats another story and a fun one!! Go get 'er Ed, don't wait till your gone. Do it now so your loved ones can enjoy! MrRoundel has the bug too!
--Darwin
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