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Dave returns !!!!


Discussion of plugins and tools:

Songs from

• The Actor - Les Cotton and Pete Rand Music
• Won't Ever Run - David Cooper Music
• Home - Dave Criddle Music
• Home - Grandma Melonhead  Music
• I Got the Sun Shining Down on Me - Dave King  Music

Some Links

• Home Recording Weekly
• Sampletron - Mellotron Sampler
• Elektrostuio Free Arp Synth
• Free Arppe2600va Arp Synth
• Seymour Duncan Phat Cat replacement Pickup
• Rondo Isis Guitar

Please note that all the songs played so far were sent prior to the recent request. If you've sent something in then please be patient.

Labels: amateur, home recording, music

Click on the title above to play the show, right click to download.

We're back.  Tony was bullied into it by Zoetrope.  Dave will return next week.

Lots of chit/chat,, feel free to FF, and some great home recorded songs.

• Dave King - Whatcha Gonna Do  davekingmusic.com
• The Cracks - Be My Friend Tonight  Soundclick
• Bluster - Let it Go www.blusterband.com
• Andrew Richardson - Uhura  https://soundcloud.com/fabkebab

Labels: amateur, home recording, music

I'm all alone this week so it's time for an old-school songwriting and home recording show.   


There is a very little discussion this week, just music

Labels: amateur, home recording, music

Balance the budget by listening to this excellent songwriting and home recording podcast with your power broking hosts Tony Butterworth and Dave Criddle.


This weeks discussions and "stuff"

• Making home music videos
• We need inspiration
• Getting the Pro Sound
• Tape Saturation
• Does listening to commercial songs help or hinder ?

Labels: amateur, home recording, music

This week Tony Butterworth and Dave Criddle narcissistically play their own songs.  7 tunes out of last months 20 created for the RPM Challenge www.rpmchallenge.com. Even more confusingly this is one without them being in the same "studio" since they can no longer bare to be in each others presence.  Give it a list and you'll understand.


To find more.  
http://thetones.bandcamp.com/album/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-strummer

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=723841&content=music

The songs:

Labels: amateur, home recording, music

Dave & Tony return to discuss many interesting home songwriting and recording subjects.


This weeks topics include

• "Borrow" a chord progression from an existing song
• Recording with a click track drum then replacing with hand percussion
• Playing drums is really hard http://zoomforum.us/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16278
• Laptops or Desktops for recording
• Ron Sexsmith
• Walk The Moon http://walkthemoon.bandcamp.com/
• Why do pro recordings sound better
• Rychie Floyd's songwriting philosophy.
• Chordbot http://chordbot.com/
• Lots of Lyrics discussion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFww3fLhjl8

Labels: amateur, home recording, music

More mysterious and deep discussion of songwriting and home recording from your master - Dave Criddle - and slave - Tony Butterworth.


This weeks discussions

• A charity CD ??
• Home Made Soundbooth (from John Poulton)
• Covering your own songs in a different style
• Revisiting Tunes
• More structure helps Dave
• Having a strong theme helps Dave

Labels: amateur, home recording, music

Back for more home made songwriting and recording goodness it's your fantastic hosts Tony Butterworth and Dave Criddle.


This week we discuss

• Pro Sounding Home Recordings
• Our RPM Challenge Experiences
• Dave stole my song :)
• Dave at Church
• Dave Murdered His Amp
• Simplifying Your Equipment
• Why no Pop Songs in home recording
• Mario's Site at http://lets-go-digital.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvYxZAwc1F8&feature=player_embedded


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSNSg2ogpx0&feature=player_embedded

Labels: amateur, home recording, music, songwriter, songwriting

We're back for more of those hi quality distant vocal recordings from Tony Butterworth and Dave Criddle, your self appointed ringmasters of the home songwriting circus.

This week discussions include:

• Dave's Rondo Bass
• Rewiring a guitar
• Dave's attempts to record from a netbook
• Dave's Shure Beta 52 mic
• Reorganizing your plugins

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Yes we're back.  Tony Butterworth and Dave Criddle here to spin your tunes and harm your ears.  Apologies for my sound quality as I have forgotten how to use my PS-04.

This weeks discussions

• Plans for the show
• What we've been doing
• Stuff we've "aquired"
• RPM Challenge - SIGN UP NOW AT http://rpmchallenge.com/
• Writing Music First

This weeks songs

Brother Luke - Everything To Me

Spots - Tegen De Wind (recorded by Jerome Fygee)

David Cooper - Sweet Lady Luna

There will be an RPM Challenge thread at www.homemadehitshow.com/forum for you to post and listen to stuff.

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Here's a list of my top 10 albums released in 2010 (in the US).

I get so frustrated by so many people claiming there is no good music these days.  Truth is the system has become fractured and it's much more difficult to find music you might like, but please rest assured, it's definitely out there.


Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
The National - High Violet
Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More (2010 release in US)
Manic Street Preachers - Postcards From a Young Man
Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions (2010 release in US)
Sunshine Underground - Nobody's Coming to Save You
Jonsi - Go
Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels
Lightspeed Champion - Life is Sweet Nice To Meet You

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A slightly different show here.  This is a conversational and music show featuring Les Cotton, Ralph Tonge, Pete Rand and David Claridge.  They discuss writing and recording music. 

The songs and links are

Les Cotton - Photograph
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8406215

Ralph Tonge - Give Your All This Xmas
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8407022

Pete Rand with David Claridge - So Long Ago
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=7454106

David Claridge - The Garden
http://www.myspace.com/davidclaridge

all recorded last December, with some bottles of wine and Skype ;)

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A spur of the moment one man home songwriting and recording podcast from your host Captain Tony Butterworth.

This week I briefly touch on

• Why there has been no shows and what the future holds
• Why I'm not doing much recording
• More instruments makes us sound amateurish
• Crap singers using their voices = Mark Knopfler
• Jack White says we need deadlines & limitations to be creative
• Memorable lyrics
• Writing songs with a casio/yamaha keyboard

Remember to post your memorable lyrics at www.homemadehitshow.com/forum

This weeks tunes

• Robert Hall - Ghostly Traces
• Robert Weber - Every Day
• The Tones - Clock Strikes 12
• The Tones - The Station
• David McConnell - You Knew It Then

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Welcome to one last summer show for David Criddle and Tony Butterworth your fraudulent home songwriting guru's.

This weeks discussions include

• Giving away your best ideas
• U2's songwriting approach
• Doctor Horrible and Buffy Musical Episodes
• Breaking a slump (write an easy, silly song)

Tony has been listening to: The Whigs, Drive By Truckers, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zero's, The Submarines and Green Day.

Dave has been listening to U2

This weeks songs

• Sahara - Lochinvar (www.lochinvar.net)
• I've Given Up - Dave Chick
• My Addiction - Marvin Kanarek
• Which - The Rotary Dial

Marvin's video.

Labels: amateur, home recording, music

Welcome to your source of home recording and songwriting entertainment.  Host by the songwriting fraud's Tony Butterworth and Dave Criddle.

This weeks discussions include

• Sing your lyrics when writing them
• Rewriting songs
• Inspiration and playing existing music

Tony has been listening to Lissie, Scissor Sisters, Roots and Wolf Parade.
Dave has been watching Phoenix live on MTV.

http://seanfellowes.com for Sean's downloadable CD

10 Hallmarks of Amateur Recordings
http://www.hometracked.com/2006/12/22/10-hallmarks-of-amateur-recordings

This weeks tunes

• Frank Canonica - Water For Tears
• The Continentals - Working Man's Blues
• Laurier Tiernan - Ransacked
• Sean Fellowes - World Peace

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 Tony Butterworth and Dave "Jazzmaster" Criddle return for more home songwriting and recording goodness.  We need your songs so get them sent in to homemadehitshow@gmail.com.

This weeks topics include

• Using strings in home recordings
• Repeating verses
• Using harmonies that are lower
• Justin Currie reverses cliche's
• The Knack on Rock And Roll Geek Show and Netflix http://www.americanheartbreak.com/rnrgeekwp/2010/05/09/classic-albums-revisited-get-the-knack-with-berton-averre/
• Tony has been listening to Gaslight Anthem, Hanson, Codeine Velvet Club
• Dave has been listening to Punch Brothers, Nada Surf and Teenage Fan Club

Songs

• Losers Street - The Legendary Ten Seconds
• Make a Birthday Wish - Those Dreaded Gnats
• I'm Still Taller Than You - Mike Anderson
• Dan Brown in Town - The Pocket Gods

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Back again after my intensive training for the World Cup.

This week we discuss:

• Rock Band: Green Day
• Rock Band 3
• Jack White's songwriting tip
• Lack of motivation
• Inspiration and obscure lyrics
• Dave has been listening to Nada Surf, Hot Hot Heat, LCD Soundsystem
• Tony has been listening to Hot Chip, Green Day and Teenage Fanclub

Some great tunes for you:

• Barricades Rise - Gave Up The World 
• Here Today – The Cracks (with Steve Nylander)
• Frank Canonica – I’m Not Myself with intro
• Mat Wilson (Widerenie) -  Debtors are Us

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Home songwriting and recording talking heads Dave Criddle and Tony Butterworth return for more waffle.

This weeks topics include

• Filling the gaps in your head
• The contest winner (you have to listen to know if you won)
• The demise of LaLa (I hate Apple)
• Dave's Buzzcocks tune
• Tony remixes John Poulton's Gravity
• Keith calls in
• Tony has not been listening to much (thanks Apple) but was underwhelmed by Band of Horses)
• Dave has been listening to New Pornographers and Kraftwerk

This weeks song:

• The Splinters - The Game Of Lying
• Lucas - Hanging At The Forum
• The Pocket Gods - Come On England
• Jay Regain - Motherearth

Band Of Horses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGmoOSyFe8I


New Pornographers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxMCaU83QKs

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Back for more heavy breathing and incessant home recording and songwriting babbling, it's Tony "Vader" Butterworth and Dave "Skywalker" Criddle.

Remember to send an email to homemadehitshow@gmail.com with Contest in the subject if you want to win a Korg Nanopad (winners announced next time).

This weeks subject matter include

• Check the mastering thread on the forums
• No show next week
• www.homerecordingweekly.blogspot.com, make sure and visit to enter the songwriting contest
• Dave's a street performer
• Dave's bands plays Baby Doll
• Polly on speed
• Tony has been listening to The National
• Dave has been listening to Super Furry Animals

This weeks songs

• Randall Hill - More Than Friends
• John Poulton - Gravity
• Leisure - Baby Doll
• James Bryson and Steve Nylander - The One Who Owns My Heart

The National
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IprgVNlFIqM


Super Furry Animals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BANdftxuqlM

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