Goodrum04

Well as long as this thread is still on here I might as well tell you what I'm looking for. The song you suggested is not beyond my ability but it is beyond my interest. I am looking for a song that could be remixed well using an acoustic guitar, piano, and drums. I want the remix to have an acoustic solo and (maybe) a piano solo (original ones that I write into the remix). A good fit will probably have classical roots and a defined melody(s). The song you suggested would be remixed well with an electric guitar. I want to start working on this remix now but it cannot be completed for months. I will be getting a new computer this August or early September. I have not been able to record for about a year and a half now but I still write like crazy.

Ya just delete this, I missed the part on DJ Pretzels Guidelines about not making these topics... I disagree with that rule though because I am looking for specific characteristics in a song. I don't know what every song sounds like and I'm not going to listen to every song ever requested on here. I would have liked people to recognize what I was looking for and recommend a song but it looks like I'll just have to search for songs to make myself

lol that is a good question yoozer. the reason I have both is because I didn't buy cubase. My friend had a copy so of course he shared it. to defend myself a little bit, i did say it wasnt delay in my post, that it was latency. well thanks guys, I think that pretty much does it. As for software, I guess ill just check out some more tutorials until i find what i need in fruity

The real question of this post is how to get the delay to go away in cubase. I read the manual and couldn't understand anything about how to get the lag to go away from pressing a key and making it go to the output. there's a noticable delay and I can't really do anything with it there. I assume it's because my computer is worthless but it meets the requirements so if there's any way to decrease my latency that I am unaware of, help would be greatly appreciated. The other problem I have is a better program for me. I own Cubase sx3 and Fruity Loops studio 8. I like fruity loops a lot, it is perfect but it just doesn't have the capabilities of something like cubase. I was looking for something that is more like fruity loops, just better because cubase is a little too complex for me.

I got it finally! Bluegrass is characterized by rolls (ridiculously fast patterned picking) when it's just guitar and banjo. You make alternating bass from the guitar and then roll like a motherfucker with the banjo. I got traditional G, C, and D rhythm for the guitar, and I'm rolling 5th chords with 16th notes at a 140 tempo. I just assumed 5th chords aren't frowned upon on the banjo, considering your right hand does everything. Now all that is left is the lead and some filler. Thanks everyone that at least tried to help out and pointed me in the right direction in a couple areas.

No I haven't heard of him, but I will definitely take a look. I've been listening to a bunch of bluegrass and I need all the help I can get here. I found out today why i was having so much trouble. I started in the key of G and about a week later I thought i was in the key of D so I was hitting a couple C# notes that were messing it up really bad. I didn't do this intentionally but I feel better now that I figured out part of my problem. Anyway, now half of the song is in the wrong key and it doesn't fit at all so I gotta change that sometime soon. edit: I did some recording today and I think I'm shit outta luck. I am horrible at creating bluegrass and I only got about 50 seconds of music that sounds close to bluegrass. It's also way too melodic for bluegrass.

Shania Twain is not country. Most of what you hear on the radio, that's not country. I don't like listening to the new country (that's what I call the stuff on the radio) or the old folk and bluegrass, I just happened to be good at the banjo because of my studies on classical guitar and straight music theory. Also, I'm not sure if the songs you and monkey are referring to are the same ones so I'm a little confused there. and how many bluegrass type songs exist on OC?

My specialty is acoustic guitar. I am not into country and I doubt I will ever be. I enjoy learning new types of music and that is what I'm reaching for right now with bluegrass. I got a myspace for music. www.myspace.com/collinlg All of my old stuff is on there and it's really not a good representation of what I do. I have just recently learned to keep a perfect tempo and it is very evident on my old stuff where I have tempo problems. If you want to hear one of my new songs I would be glad to show you just pm me or get me on aim (goodrum04). It's what got me the job with this director and after he heard it he mentioned nothing about my age. I have always wanted to do a remix for this site though, I just didn't want to do something and get rejected. With the apparent shortage of banjo players, I think maybe they will be a little more lenient with my mediocre remixing skills. It will probably be a while before I think about doing the song, I've just got too much shit on my mind right now.

I think what siven7 said has helped the most. I can't remix something because I'm using it for an actual commercial. The legal shit I would have to go through would break my balls hardcore. If you will tell me what the track name is from the song on Super Mario Brothers 2 is, I will definitely check it out.

lol good assumption, but when I play, it sounds like classical guitar or a more rock type sound. I have been studying Bluegrass for like the past 2 weeks and I've been listening to Tony Rice. Although the chords I play on the banjo sound country as hell, when I roll on my lead, it has so much influence from other more popular genres that I can't get that horrible country sound. edit: Also, I'm not only talking about getting that bluegrass sound on my banjo, but on my guitar as well. The guitar will accompany the banjo and they will switch off leads

About 2 weeks ago, one of my buddies who I've played guitar with for a while referred me to a director of some not very good horror movies. Anyway, I can play a banjo and he wants me to play a song for his movie trailer that is similar to Dueling Banjos from the movie Deliverance. I don't think I lack the skill but I just can't get it right because I've never played bluegrass music before. I'm in the key of G here and I need to know what characterizes a bluegrass song besides the alternating bass. edit: O the deadline is in like 2-3 weeks and the duration of the song needs to be like 2:20-2:40

It's the only thing I have used to download oc remixes from until recently when it stopped working for me

I am a noob to remixing music, but I found this site like 6? years ago and I have just recently registered. I am a guitarist though so if anyone needs a guitarist they could send me a private message and I'll send some samples to see if I can do what you need to be done. I'd be glad to help.

Yes, I have run across some very unusual instruments searching the internet. Unfortunately, only one comes to mind at the moment: the harp guitar. Here's a link to what they look like, you could search youtube for what it sounds like. http://www.harpguitars.net/history/org/org-form3b.htm I will look around and see if I can remember any of the other instruments I have seen and wondered wtf they were thinking when they made it. here ya go, quite possibly the ugliest instrument in the world, the 10 string guitar http://planetharp.com/store/product56.html I'm kind of tired of looking so there you go, I contributed two to the list of unusual instruments