-Tonight, I tuned up, and am now fine-tuning it, and soon, I'll be re-doing my guitar tracks, for "Hero", and mixing them down in Adobe Acorbat. (Oh, Adobe ROCKS!!!!!!!!!)

OH! -Just you wait until this is remixed!!!

-THen, just you wait until the re-make of it all!!!! -ha ha ha

Oh, I'm LOVIN' my new toys here....!

-Just you wait....!

;-)

Progress Notes....

Apr 10, 2008
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MAN, I LOVE MY NEW COMPUTER WITH VISTA!!!!!!!

Finally, a computer that can handle the high-speed internet service we've been paying for!!!!

Yesterday, I began to make use of a program called Adobe Audition 2.0, which allows me to take each, individual track of my songs to clean up the sound. Although I am unable to fix the timing issues in "Hero", I am able to clean up the sound a bit better!

Last night, I put the original 6 tracks of music for "Hero" into this program. (original 2 guitars and four voice parts) and seriously reduced a lot of the noise caused by the first guitar's amplifier. Plus, I brought out the voice parts a little bit better.

My next step is to send these remixed tracks back to my digital 8-track recorder, and mix them down to one track, then bounce them to a new place (in the 8-track) so I can begin to retrack the 2nd and third guitars, and re-add the percussion parts.

Then, I export these new tracks into the computer and mix them here. -Then I send them back to the 8-track for a final mixdown, then burn to disk.

Then, I can post it here for everyone to enjoy!

It's quite a process, but I think it will all be worth it in the end. After I get this done, I can go back and retrack everything, do this process all over, and post an even BETTER version, but hey... -One thing at a time, eh?

As soon as I'm better with this program, it will show in my future musical postings.

Thanks for your patience!

Why Yes! -Yes I AM Working Here...!

Apr 3, 2008
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(-Darn computer... AGain...)

So, for the second try...I've spent the past couple weeks trying to write some more instrument parts for "Hero", using the first recording I posted here.

Yeah, I know. -I should have just started over, from scratch. But I just wanted to keep going, to see where it could go.

As you remember, the first recording I posted had Dan and I on guitar, and I added four voice parts. This recording started from there, and I added a 3rd guitar, a Bass Drum, A Snare Drum, and some Cymbals.

--Makes it sound a little more like a band now. -It still needs a Bass Guitar part, and eight bars of screaming Lead Guitar, right smack in the middle of it. -But I think it's getting there.

As usual, it's not perfect, but I hope you like it! -Tell me what YOU think of it!

Hero

Jim Nelson, Dan E. Vans

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Hero - Lyrics

Just last night, I sat down, cleaned my Strat and re-strung it. I let it sit for at least two days, allowing the strings to stretch naturally before I stretch them some. I plan to re-track everything from scratch again, and see if I can't clean it up some more.

-Stay Tuned!