A few years ago, when Yahoo! bought geocities, they started charging for the pop access to e-mail. I discovered that it is cheaper to have your own domain name, unlimited personalized e-mail addresses, and website than it is to pay yahoo for POP access to their e-mail.
Now that I have all this storage space, I might as well fill it up... Here is a list of songs that I recorded (they get better near the end):
| November 23, 2004 | Here comes the sun | Done with my acoustic Epiphone PR 350S and a desktop computer microphone. Pay no attention to the mistakes and the sigh at 2:40. Check back later and I may re-release this. |
| November 30, 2004 | Bridge over troubled water | Plugged my Epiphone Sheraton VSB directly into the computer. I got a little too jazzy near the end. |
| February 7, 2005 | Oh Darling! | Recorded with my new Eastman AR810CE guitar. It was done with 3 separate recordings. The left channel was "acoustic" with a microphone, the right and the middle channels were done with it plugged in. |
| February 7, 2005 | Wonderful Tonight | With some mistakes. See below. Can't be bothered deleting it off the server. |
| February 15, 2005 | If I Fell | In Hi-Fi Stereo! Using a microphone for acoustic, and amplifier for the pickup. And the magnificent Eastman guitar. |
| February 17, 2005 | Duckin' the Fog. | (Copyright 2005, David Dailey) My first successful attempt at a melody and chord progressions. I think I either need a microphone pre-amp, or a better sound card. Done in 1 take! |
| February 20, 2005 | Wonderful Tonight | Fewer mistakes this time. I could sing this one, but I'm not going to. |
| February 20, 2005 | Michelle | Another one by the Beatles... Notice a theme? |
| February 22, 2005 | Tears in Heaven | My most requested song. Done on one of my home made guitars. |
| March 18, 2005 | Yesterday | Did this one today. |
| March 18, 2005 | Let it Be | Same with this one. They are getting better near the bottom. |
| October 30, 2005 | Hello, Goodbye | Got a new microphone (MXL 990) yesterday and a new preamp (Behringer Eurorack UB1202). |
| October 30, 2005 | Do You Want to Know a Secret? | |
| October 30, 2005 | In My Life | Slightly modified, to exclude the harpsichord solo. |
| November 10, 2005 | Blues | Left channel is AR810CE into a microphone. Right channel is the pickup plugged into the mixing board directly. |
| July 1, 2006 | Wonderful Tonight | I finally started singing. |
| July 1, 2006 | Promises | Some more singing. |
These are all recorded with Audacity and the mp3 encoding is done with LAME.
Check out KRISTAL Audio Engine. It seems to have some more features than Audacity. If you want to have an ASIO compatible sound card, download ASIO4ALL. My sound card is a Realtek AC97
I first started playing a guitar with my father's old black Silvertone and his 1970 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe gold-top.
Christmas in 1990 or '91, I got my first guitar, an Epiphone PR 350S. Then for my birthday in 1993, I got an Epiphone Sheraton VSB.
I made 2 classical guitars in 1999 and 2000 and they sound alright. I also have a Fender Ultra Chorus amplifier. Up until this year I didn't have a high quality instrument of my own, so I bought a new Eastman Uptown Pro AR810CE with Antique Red finish. It sounds, looks, and plays better than anything else (maybe the Les Paul plays better). It's a real carved archtop too.