This song was inspired by the events that have changed New Orleans forever. This once great city - full of life, love and hope has been beaten, robbed and left for dead. This song is simply my acknowlegment the fact.
Lyrics
A blind man and a pauper,
a pastor and a thief
were holed up in a hotel room
playing cards on a dirty sheet
Two hands were quickly folded
a gun was slowly drawn
The blind man strummed an old guitar
while they all sang along
I used to know a lady many years ago
she lived in a mansion by the gulf of Mexico
till the rains came and washed away her home beside the sea
Every night was a party, every day a jamboree
The pastor gave a blessing
for those who have been lost
whose spirts are still floating
beneath the spanish moss
The thief smiled at the pastor
and said, “there’s nothing left”.
climbed out of the window
a’singing beneath his breath
Are you a songwriter or musician who wants to record their music quickly, easily and cheaply? Want get your ideas in a fixed format such as an audio CD? This short guide to setting up a cheap audio home studio should help. It’s about using what works for you. You will learn how to multi-track using well-known and simple methods to get your music to your hard drive.
Will your recordings rival those made in professional studios? Probably not. But I think you will be pleasantly surprised at how well your music will sound. With a little effort and a small outlay of cash you too can record songs of sufficient quality to sell your music and amaze your friends.
And how much will it cost? It varies. I have listed the generic products you will need and also some brand specific items. Does this mean the brands I’ve listed are the best? No, of course not. It is equipment that I have, have used or know someone who has. I’m sure there are better and worse products out there. This is meant as a guide to help you get the equipment that best fits your budget and expertise. I have based the cost of each item from information I’ve gathered off the net.
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Inexpensive Multitrack Digital Recording Part I
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Home recording and general music posts archived from the Recording Website. Some of the info here is outdated but many of the audio recording and home studio tips are still good.
The Early Years - Post from the old threaded wwwboard
Archives 1 thru 12 contain home studio and audio recording tips from 2000
Archives 13 and 14 contain home studio and audio recording tips from the first two months of 2001
The Yabb Boards Posts from the first of the modern forums (Yabb).
This archive covers home and audio recording posts form February, March, April, May and June of 2001.
It is also when the Freedom Exchange first became part of the Recording Website so quite a few songwriting posts are in this archive as well.
Pre RID YabbSE Posts
Recording Website Archives late Feb. 2001 ro early March 2003. This was the second big move after changing from wwwboard to yabb. Yabb was based on cgi/pearl and the new forum software, yabbse was php based. Also, these posts were before RID (the Recording Institute of Detroit) took over the site.
If you want your music on the net you really should have in the mp3 audio format. Here’s a brief explanation of what an mp3 is.
The name mp3 is an abbreviation for MPEG Audio Layer 3. MPEG stands for the Motion Picture Experts Group. These people have developed video compression systems which includes such formats as DSS, HDTV and DVD. MPEG Audio Layer 3 or mp3 is an offshoot of the video compression technology.
The compression used in an mp3 file is based on 3 things;
- Sometimes, one sound will mask another.
- We hear some sounds better than others.
- There are some sounds we can’t hear.
By eliminating these sounds from the original song file the mp3 format is able to shrink the file size down to about a tenth of the original.
So does the sound quality of the music suffer? Of course, but I believe the size savings is well worth it. And of course, the quality of the original recording will help determine the quality of the mp3 song file. But remember, we’re talking about putting songs on the net for others to download.
