Caught Between The Start And The End

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I couldn't sleep and all I could think of was the title. So I decided to expand, and write a song. Just a demo recorded live using the desktop mic, with some harmonies overdubbed.

Lyrics

I'm caught between the start and end of something
I can't believe this situations happening
As I can see the ends have started fraying
And I am
And I am again..
I'm caught between the start and the end


I don't really know how I got in
It seems there's this rut that I'm stuck in
You keep telling me to get out there
But I am
But I am again..
I'm caught between the start and the end

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This is another song I wrote before I moved to Sydney. I'm not sure if its complete, but I really like it.

I recorded it really late one evening using my computer desktop mic. It doesn't sound too bad, considering!

I know a lot of people who tend to overload themselves with work, emotions, homework, whatever! I do it too, and that's what its about.

In Loving Memory Of

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This is a song I wrote just before I moved to Sydney. Its only a demo recording, but I thought I would upload it anyway :)

It was recorded live in my lounge room using two SM57s. I only have one boom mic stand, so I had one mic on a stand at my mouth with a pop filter in front of it. The other microphone, funnily enough, was sitting in an empty tissue box, about a foot from the guitar, aimed at where the neck meets the body.

The song itself is about two people I've known in my life that have died suddenly. They were both unexpected deaths, and both very young. I didn't know them very well, but I did feel overwhelming sadness on both occasions.

Online CV

I have been a music enthusiast since a young age. At the age of 5, I remember listening to Under The Bridge by The Red Hot Chili Peppers almost every night with my elder brother, and falling in love with it. My brother was a major influence in the music I listened to, and he introduced me to my still favourite artist Radiohead around the time of The Bends.

When a close childhood friend started playing the guitar, he would come over often to record things he'd come up with on Cool Edit. It was then, that I knew I had a desire to work in music, and I decided to take up the guitar, at 17 years.

I studied both music business and technology at TAFE in Newcastle, NSW, Australia and learned a lot of things about how the music industry works.

My major goal is to become the House Engineer for a reputable studio and record and mix music, helping bands get their music out there.

I own the following recording equipment:

• 2x Shure SM57
• 1x Rode K2
• 1x Digidesign Mbox2
• 1x Presonus Firepod
• 1x Presonus CompPre

I own the following music equipment:

• Fender Stratocaster (Fat Strat)
  
• Cole Clarke Culprit II (Thinline Telecaster copy)
• Cort Acoustic
• Alvarez 4 string bass
• WASP 180watt valve head and 4 speaker staggered cab
• Peavy Rage 15watt

I own the following effects pedals:

• Marshall Shredmaster
• Boss DD-6 Delay
• Boss OD-2 Overdrive/Distortion
• No brand tuning pedal
  

I am familiar with the following musical practices:

• 16+ Channel mixing desks (Mackie, Onyx)
• PA systems
• Microphone placement
• Acoustics
• Digital Mixers (Such as Yamaha 02R)

I am experienced in the use of:

• Protools
  
• Cubase SX
• Ableton Live
• Reason
  
• Adobe Audition
• Cakewalk Sonar

And also a basic knowledge of:

• Digital Performer
• Logic Pro