Getting there...

* Under Construction Update:
The file has been posted. Post complete*

Now I'm checking to see which colors will look best w/ the background, so sorry for the rainbow style post. It may make it interesting visually, but once again that is just secondary. Today I'm going to post the cover of "Good" that I was talking about in the last post. Here's a link:

http://www.box.net/shared/7qxo7e8eyc (Hit back on the browser when you're done to come back here. Or, copy and paste the target to a new tab. Then you can listen and read. I'm sorry, I want the link to open a new window, but I haven't figured out how to make that happen yet. )


Like I said in the my last post, some of you may have heard this before. I also said that I had a story to tell well I guess it's time;

Not so long ago, I was laid off from the company at which I had spent 11 years building a "career". (I can't believe how quick the time since has past though, it was St. Patrick's Day '09) At the same time, I had been working on learning Cubase, a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), software that emulates an audio studio that allows you to record, mix and master songs on your PC if you have the right peripherals. I did have one of those, a Lexicon Omega. It was cheap compared with the good equipment, but it allowed me to plug in my guitar, keyboard and MIDI drum pad and mix them in Cubase. It worked okay and I was starting to get the hang of how to get a decent sounding song out of it. (Starting to, I wasn't quite there yet) ...



Sorry for the interuption in the written story but I've decided that I'm going to continue in speech with my next song post. So without further ado, here is something that I'm working on now. You'll notice it's called "I like this riff". It is a work in progress (this is just a "first draft") but it gives me a chance to share with you a little bit of where I am musically. Stay tuned after the song for the story. I hope you enjoy.

And now, here is the link:

http://www.box.net/shared/5xqgzogg3d

And don't worry, the song isn't 11 minutes long

Thanks,
jdj

I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm working on it.

So, to start with, I've changed a couple of font settings. Hopefully it shows up. I can't actually tell at this point, but that is completely secondary. This post is to test to see if I've found a way for you, the reader (assuming that someday there are some of those) can listen to my music.

So here goes (the link takes you to a new page, just hit back on the browser when you've heard enough to come back here):

http://www.box.net/shared/4mkknxl4f4

Now you should be able to click that link above and listen to my cover of STP's Plush (acoustic).

Let's publish and find out...

So, it seems to work well enough. I don't know if this will be the permanent format, but I think it will do for now.

Now, since I have posted music I guess I need to discuss it. In my last post, I opened the subject of "the decision" which is what I will henceforth call my decision that what I would like to do is find a way to make a living playing music. That is the genesis of this blog.

If you are reading this, chances are you followed a link from my Facebook page. Maybe you heard the song I posted to Facebook a while ago. I got a decent response from people that were actually able to listen to the song, but found that in a lot of cases people either didn't know that it was there or weren't able to listen. Then I had issues with my DAW (which I will discuss in detail at some point in future posts) so I didn't have any new stuff to post.

Well I have new stuff to post now and will be updating this blog often. I would like to get feedback and help from you. So please leave comments and help me out.

jdj

PS. BTW, I know it's weird singing everything "jdj" but for now I'm leaving my real name out of this blog, it is potentially embarrassing enough,
Joe

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So this, as is most of what has been posted to this blog is a test. i just found this mobile blogger application and i want to see how it works. i don't actually have too much interesting to say i am still working on trying to set up this blog. but i will give a quick description of when i'm going to right now ( i know this, the lack of capitalization is going to drive me crazy) :

as of yet in this blog i haven't brought this up, but the purpose of this blog is to be a showcase for my music and (hopefully) tell the entertaining story of my journey after making the decision that i want to be a musician. ( a decision that i recently made that will be a blog entry of its own)

so for now, i'm working on setting up some type of music player in the blog so that i can post my music and you can listen to it. i think i have a way to do it and i am going to work on that now.

i still need a clever sign off,
jdj

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