[Home Recording Alone]

I'm late to the party, but was browsing and came across your post.  I also record alone, and play all of my instruments live myself to include the vocals, and I just recently got the hang of digital recording, so I've been where you are.  Getting any part of a song in one take is really, really difficult.  Especially if you are still actively writing it.  What I do is lay down a clean scratch guitar track with a metronome.  This let's me figure out what parts I want, for how long, and where.  I don't care if all of the notes are perfect, or really even if the guitar is in tune all the way.  Just that it's in time and generally correct.  I leave about a 20 second gap in front so I have time to hit record and get my ass behind the drums before it's time to play.  I count off with muted strums to let myself know when it's time to play.  I find every problem with the song structure during this step.  If the scratch track is screwed, the drums won't fit, time to redo, etc.  If I have to do a big fix, I set limits and do an auto punch, if it's a small one, say I missed a cymbal somewhere, I'll copy and paste it in from somewhere else.  Then the rhythm guitar tracks, clean first, then distorted.  Auto-punch any boo-boos.  Bass guitar, then vocals.  Almost never have I gotten through any parts in a single take.  A great recording is definitely the sum of really good efforts and crafty editing in my limited experience.  *Edited to add that I use Studio One 4, with a Presonus interface box.  I use a Line 6 effects processor for guitars, and an Alesis electric drum set.

[Hey, I'm Dave]

Sorry it took me so long to reply, went out of town and all I have with me is my phone.  I took your advice and filled in my profile.  Didn't realize I left it so blank. To answer your question, yes, I'm in Hoke County, but not like you think.  I'm stationed at Fort Bragg.  The Band name is a reference to how long it took me to become good enough to play all the instruments well enough to record my own songs after I left my first band to join the Army.

[My first song 2020]

I really like the piano at the beginning and the middle.  This is a happy, soothing melody.  You can relax and tap your foot.

[Hey, I'm Dave]

Hey everyone, I'm Dave and I'm new here.  I've been playing music since I was 12 years old.  Started out on violin, then moved to bass guitar, then electric, then drums and singing.  I have no formal music education outside of the two years I played the violin in school.  Everything else is self-taught.  I play mainly hard rock and heavy metal, but I really enjoy the acoustic guitar a lot, and have a few songs written in that area as well.  I hope to become a more well rounded musician, as well as gathering some tips on how to make my recordings sound better, as all of the knowledge I have in that arena is also self taught.  I played in a heavy metal band as a teenager, but have been on my own since I joined the Army 15 years ago.  I hope to play in a band again when I retire.  I'm currently in Raeford, NC, in case anyone is close enough to jam sometime.  I look forward to meeting you all and learning what there is to learn.