The Home Made Hit Show

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.

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 The forum to discuss the show can be found here Home Made Hit Show Forum email your songs to [email protected]

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 You Are - David Cooper (and Ralph) Samba - Stranger Than Fiction- Randall Hill and Lee Faith Axis of Awesome - Four Chords Without You - Daren Sirbough Wait - James McDaniel - Extrapedestrian You can download the Extrapedestrian album here http://www.archive.org/details/Extrapedestrian-ExitStageWest The Axis of Awesome video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw3eYsnl31c

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 ? Songs: Andrew Spicer - Artificial Love Grandma Melonhead - Maisy Steven "Kern" Ramsdell - Kicking It Forever  http://www.homerecordingweekly.blogspot.com/ Visit www.humblefly.net  for a copy of Andrew's album.  and here's the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-o2j5bHWZ4&feature=player_embedded

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: Dave - Rich Tony - Dressed In Black Dave - Punk Tony - I'm Afraid Dave - Let's Go Tony - Never Let Me Go Dave - NuWave

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 This weeks songs Ian Holtaway - Colour White Mike Anderson - I'm Still Taller Than You Rychie Floyd - Everybody Wants To Drink Your Water Andrew Richardson - Mary Cries (words by Alan Gentle) Edward Wainwright - If You Don't Want Me There are a bunch of videos below related to the show this week Walk The Moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW7f54tVRmQ Ron Sexsmith - See It To Believe It http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFww3fLhjl8 Justin Currie - No So Sentimental Now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDEYxkaTZo0 Justin Currie - I Guess I Didn't Love You makes Chris Difford from Squeeze Cry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9xS1WkJdKk&feature=related A search for the BBC Songwriters Circle stuff on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Songwriter+Circle+BBC&aq=f Fran Healy Buttercups (not Daffodils as I said on the show) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSRpATc0lz0

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 This weeks tunes. Back To The Beginning - Ronnie Marler Peoria - Frank Canonica Windwalkers - Richie Floyd Wave - The Experiments