OK, so I'm a slide guitar player now!

At least I'm trying. I wrote this blues tune and when I got done I didn't know what to do with it. So, I decided to try to learn to play slide guitar. I got a couple of lessons on-line, played around with it for a couple of days and then recorded Slim Pickins'. I'm certainly not a very good slide guitar player, but I enjoyed doing this and so I'm going to keep practicing and recording other tunes using slide. Thanks for taking a listen.

You go, Markybro!

Tim, that's funny. One of the videos i watched was a guy teaching how Duane played. Maybe I better watch some more videos? Too funny. Thanks all for taking a listen.

 Way to Go! Just needs a vocal.

Hi Mark, it's fun to play slide isn't it ?  Nice one.

Rik

This sounds like a slide performance around which everything else was glued IMO Mark. The drums are not fitting together w/the bass as they should, I only hear that snare every Nth hit. If I were king, of the Forrest? I would take the mix, W/O the slide, or any lead, and try to glue it together better, and then put the lead over it like the icing on the cake. It's not bad? But you can do better.

Glad you're working on a new technique. And I don't mean to wee on anyone's leg, I'm just giving an honest opinion, I hope you take it that way?

Thanks James, everyone. Robbie, you are absolutely right. There are two problems I had with this tune. Normally after I have a tune written and figure out how I want the guitars to sound, I try to find a midi loop from my BFD sample library. I've always been able to find something that comes close. Once I lay down the guitar tracks to the loop I'm using. Doing it this way I can lock into the loop and it comes out sounding like the guitar and drums fit. I couldn't find a drum loop for this tune. So, I recorded the main guitar to a click track and after that was done I used a program I have to create a loop - it doesn't do a very good job - this was the best I could do. The second problem was with the drum fills - I had to create those from another program - again not good. Once I had the new drum track that I created I tried to sync it with the tracks I had created with the click track - it never sounded right - I just couldn't get them to sync properly. The third problem I had was with the bass track - normally Warren does all the bass tracks - I did this one - that was the problem - I'm just not a very good bass player. Anyway, thanks for taking a listen - i certainly appreciate the input - good constructive criticism is always appreciated. Take care.

Sounded pretty cool to me, mark if there`s anything technically wrong with it, I wouldn`t know, cause I don`t have a clue how to play guitar, let alone a slide guitar LOL!!!! 

Hi Mark - now that is rot-gut Blues! As good as anything I have ever heard. If you can do that with a few on-line lessons and a two days practice, after a weeks practice I reckon Mississippi Willie Johnson will be throwing away his Harp and taking up origami!
 

This sounds like you had fun which is what most of it is all about.
 
Thanks for sharing your slide experience,

As you may or may not know, slide guitar pretty much sets my teeth on edge. However, out of respect for your talents, I took a listen. Remarkably my head did not explode . You would seem to be a natural. I thought it was smokin hot myself.

Mark, loved it... nothing beats a good old 1-4-5 prog for a nice blues jam.

Yes you are . . .  Loved it!
 
Kev

What's that Robbie?

My kind of music Mark! Love it!