Ok, so I don't have a midi keyboard or any instruments, I just have Audacity. I did this demo to work on the vocal arrangement of this track written by a guy I was in prison with It's just a quick sketch and I don't intend to use this beat, but what do you think?

Microphone is old and beaten up, too. Doesn't seem to have the sensitivity it once had. All muffled and lifeless sounding now.

Despite the muffle that sounds great + tight. Is that a traditional Thai song? One of my mikes died in a similar way, i think they can be sensitive to temperature and humidity.

YowMaScroow said:

Despite the muffle that sounds great + tight. Is that a traditional Thai song? One of my mikes died in a similar way, i think they can be sensitive to temperature and humidity.

Thanks. I was using Audacity for the first time and spent about 3 or 4 hours trying to work out doing the vocals. I could do them better with more time, maybe doing them line by line and doing more harmonies, but I haven't done anything musical (as in recording) in years and just wanted to get back into it.

The song is an original track written by a Thai friend I met in prison last year (long story!). We worked on two of his Thai songs together and I also sang some western stuff over his guitar playing, just making Sly Stone or Otis Redding songs fit to the chords he was playing.

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[Edited 4/7/13 12:36pm]