Whitey McMusic
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I thank everyone for their kind words. I realized that stopping music would severely handicap who I am, and the few people who do like the art I present. Here's to hoping that what I do from here on out can balance into a stronger end result.
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You have a gift for melody. That's a life raft, friend.
Honestly, I completely get the frustration of nobody listening. I'm pretty proud of a song like Down, and how many people have ever heard it? Two or three dozen, half of whom probably just checked a sound clip?
But I also always have an undercurrent of "who gives a shit?" Dreaming about being a successful musician is a different thing from dreaming about making the music. It's a different thing.
Think of it this way: is it more important that she heard you say "I love you," or is it more important that you said it at all?
Honestly, I completely get the frustration of nobody listening. I'm pretty proud of a song like Down, and how many people have ever heard it? Two or three dozen, half of whom probably just checked a sound clip?
But I also always have an undercurrent of "who gives a shit?" Dreaming about being a successful musician is a different thing from dreaming about making the music. It's a different thing.
Think of it this way: is it more important that she heard you say "I love you," or is it more important that you said it at all?
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Good and well spoken advice. The desire to be known will never outweigh the need to be expressive. Emotion can temporary fog the idea, but through empathy I always come back to a progressive conclusion.McParadigm wrote:You have a gift for melody. That's a life raft, friend.
Honestly, I completely get the frustration of nobody listening. I'm pretty proud of a song like Down, and how many people have ever heard it? Two or three dozen, half of whom probably just checked a sound clip?
But I also always have an undercurrent of "who gives a shit?" Dreaming about being a successful musician is a different thing from dreaming about making the music. It's a different thing.
Think of it this way: is it more important that she heard you say "I love you," or is it more important that you said it at all?
Thanks guy.
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that she heard it.McParadigm wrote:You have a gift for melody. That's a life raft, friend.
Honestly, I completely get the frustration of nobody listening. I'm pretty proud of a song like Down, and how many people have ever heard it? Two or three dozen, half of whom probably just checked a sound clip?
But I also always have an undercurrent of "who gives a shit?" Dreaming about being a successful musician is a different thing from dreaming about making the music. It's a different thing.
Think of it this way: is it more important that she heard you say "I love you," or is it more important that you said it at all?
and then that she heard your song.
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I like the Telephone song a lot.
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Recorded a new tune at my buddies place yesterday. Really stretched my vocals, and think they came out real nice. Added some drums and misc instrumentation today.
https://soundcloud.com/nick-nagy/hidden-desires
https://soundcloud.com/nick-nagy/hidden-desires
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Really like this but the drums do my head in. Any chance of a copy without the beats?
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Yeah, I'll have a link in a bit.LetMeSleep wrote:Really like this but the drums do my head in. Any chance of a copy without the beats?
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here you go guy...I actually like the no drums version better as well.
http://nicknagymusic.bandcamp.com/track/hidden-desires
http://nicknagymusic.bandcamp.com/track/hidden-desires
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That's one of your best! Loved it.
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Yeah, I like it a bunch. It reminds me of "Gravity" by Embrace with a less cloying vocal melody.
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Words could not express the appreciation of all the positive comments. I'm glad you guys are digging the track, I still have a smile on my face.
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Nice one dude. Hopefully you get an opportunity to lay down enough for an ep or album one day.
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About 5 years ago I laid an album's worth of songs with my old band in a proper studio. It was a nice experience, but I didn't like the glossiness of the sound. Same thing happened with an EP we did prior to the album. The amount of demos and studio tracks I have on a big stack of CDs from the previous years, are staggering.LetMeSleep wrote:Nice one dude. Hopefully you get an opportunity to lay down enough for an ep or album one day.
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I'm thinking about recording a full band cover...any suggestions?
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Whitey McTeeth wrote:About 5 years ago I laid an album's worth of songs with my old band in a proper studio. It was a nice experience, but I didn't like the glossiness of the sound. Same thing happened with an EP we did prior to the album. The amount of demos and studio tracks I have on a big stack of CDs from the previous years, are staggering.LetMeSleep wrote:Nice one dude. Hopefully you get an opportunity to lay down enough for an ep or album one day.
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The one thing I've always done since age 18, through good or bad, is write songs. Starting around 20 I recorded everything. Sometimes on a four track recorder, sometimes on a hand held recorder. I have a digital recorder I now use. Every so often I fill it up, and transfer all the files to my computer. For some reason I hold onto all these tunes, many of them never worked on.
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Whitey, I'd give my left testicle for you to open the vaults.Whitey McTeeth wrote:The one thing I've always done since age 18, through good or bad, is write songs. Starting around 20 I recorded everything. Sometimes on a four track recorder, sometimes on a hand held recorder. I have a digital recorder I now use. Every so often I fill it up, and transfer all the files to my computer. For some reason I hold onto all these tunes, many of them never worked on.
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