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Thanks both for advices. I am going to check some stuff this afternoon. Seb

Hey all! We (Upper Lines) are thinking about playing our tracks live. I'm the guitarist and i need some effects to be able to play all guitar parts. If you take a look at our songs, you'll see that there are often 2 or 3 guitars in the same time, but not on all of the song. It's just superpositions of guitars on some parts. Moreover we have also many little sounds at the background, who creates some ambiances. So we intend to play our tracks with the most fidelity, like what we done for recordings. So i need to : - be able to switch between my electric and my electroacoustic without plugging each guitar during performing (and i just want to use one amp) - be able to loop guitar parts ( which looper? Boss RC-3, Boss RC-30...?) - be able to send midi signal to Apple Mainstage, to play synths sounds programmed. (it would be great if i could do that with a midi pedal). So i ask you to give me advices about the gear i could use, or others technics. I wish someone uses suff like that to give me his opinion. I'll take everything you'll tell. Thanks for helping. Seb.

Same problem on myspace. Myspace has lost many non-musician suscribers, because for "normal people" it is boring. They prefer Facebook and Facebook nom allow to share music. So myspace is just a place full of musicians who do not have the time to listen and comment on other songs. But an artist must have a myspace. That's so. pskains : I agree with you that it is difficult to get true feedback, and most people do not bother to check your songs if you don't play "fashion rock or r'n'b". But I'll continue to share our tracks. We have really genuine comments and advices about the mix, the song itself... Songstuff is very good for that (coongratulations!!!). I wish i have more time to listen more tunes here, but for now i'm too busy. Be sure i'll do. Good luck! Seb

I suggest SM58 for voice and SM57 for instruments such as guitars, amps, drums or anything else. Very tough mics with very good performances. 20 years after they still do their job... Microphones qualities are related to sound processing (equalizers for example), of your mix skills, of the room where you record... I mean sometimes it's difficult to deal with the sound of a high-quality mic, you have to check what's your environement and what is your aim. I played 3 years with a singer who had a SM58, and it was really great. Today i'm going to buy a SM57 to record my acoustic guitar, and my amp. Somewhere on the net you could find people who take a sound with different mics, to make your mind... Seb

Well, i'm a newbie in music promotion but that's what i do: - post news on my facebook page. - give news to soundcloud and myspace's followers (myspace doesn't really work since a few times). - send a mail to all of my friends - give site's url to every one that could be interested with my music - Keep in touch people in this forum. I repeat that this forum is very helpful because people take care about listening carefully ang give "true" comments. Then I made a site to gather all of that, with my own url : www.upperlines.com . Visitors can read news, a bio of the group, listen every tracks, see visuals and all of relative links. I put an RSS and a newsletter, so that "fans" can get news when i change something or when a new content is added. I'm beggining the promotion of the site, so we'll see if it works good... Anyway i try to create new "add" graphics and to share it everyway i can. Think it's very important to have a visual identity so that followers can easily remind you. I intend to create traffic on my website by adding regularly new pictures, graphics, or video if we have the time. The aim of our project is not only musical but also "graphic". We'd like to create something where music mixes graphic visuals and/or videos. And when we finished the album we let people download it. Finally I am mostly promoting the site on the internet because I don't think we'll can play the songs live yet, because we are only two, and should find others to do so. Waiting for reading others methods! Seb /// Upper Lines

I know a place where you can find many valuation of guitars... It's a french website... Check this : click! There's no valuation for this modèle but there are 2 sellers. Two different price! Be careful the price are in euro! '70 one : seller say that he always keep it in good conditions. '71 one : seller is a pro, guitar sold with the case... Try to balance... Wish you to find the good one!

I didn't learn shredding, but i thing that you have to learn and memorize very well scales. You have to do it again and again, till your fingers bleed! The harder is to memorize the way to switch between different scales... And the only way to go faster is to to begin very slow and do it everyday. One day you'll be a "killer"!

Hey! You can read our bio here. I think it's a really difficult job to gather the aim, the way you do, and all the ideas in a small text. That's why i wonder if it wouldn't be easier to ask someone (a friend or someone who know you very well) to write your bio. Think that the bio could be better this way... Maybe i'll try, i know some who are able to write something good... Seb

Hello, This our myspace page : www.myspace.com/upperlines