Posts by GarryONeal

I paid considerably less than $500 for my “The Loar” mandolin. Found a shop online that does a good setup as part of the purchase price. Great little mando. I agree that uke is easier to learn, but a mando can add a professional sheen to so many different kinds of music. Uke-wise I bought a $60 Kala soprano, and I improved the intonation by making a “zero fret” out of a bass string. (Cut a piece of bass string, probably a G, the width of your nut. Slide it under your strings and butt up against the nut. If your uke has intonation problems, as most cheaper models do, this should help. I learned it from a guy in a YouTube video who used a thick paperclip instead, if you don’t have a bass string lying around.)

Garry O

jhunger said
As far as a mandolin goes, I agree, but a playable mandolin IMO begins at $500 and goes waaaay up from there. Also the learning curve is going to be much higher for someone who is not used to strings, and immediately you get a more serious folky vibe whereas ukulele is a more informal, anyone can do it vibe.

I should have looked! Since you’ve already added it, I’m switching to Irish Whiskey. I 5-starred it and added the collection to the description.

Garry O

JasonGraham said

GarryONeal said
Hi Jason:

How about When Irish Eyes Are Smiling? http://audiojungle.net/item/when-irish-eyes-are-smiling/3909000?ref=GarryONeal

Thanks for doing this. On St. Patty’s Day, I will drink two extra green beers in your honor!

Garry O

Yup, already added that one, great song! But you can still drink in my honor, I’ll do the same!

I had an Envato artist (non-AJ) offer to buy one of my tracks. I named a price and never heard back. To this point the track has earned about a third what I was going to charge him, and eventually it’ll probably surpass that. I’m reluctant to pull a popular song. You never know how much it will eventually earn, and who knows…maybe a bigger fish will want to buy it later. Plus I would feel the need to replace the sold track with one very similar. And that’s “chewing your cud twice,” something I don’t like to do. As a musician OR as a cow.

Moo, Garry O

Hi Jason:

How about When Irish Eyes Are Smiling? http://audiojungle.net/item/when-irish-eyes-are-smiling/3909000?ref=GarryONeal

Thanks for doing this. On St. Patty’s Day, I will drink two extra green beers in your honor!

Garry O

I find that a doubling preset of some sort, with a little delay and modulation, really makes whistling sound pro.

Hard to beat Lexicon. The bundle is expensive, but you can buy individual ‘verbs, like plate for intance, for a reasonable price.

To me this has the making of a great reggae tune. Why not listen to a little reggae to get in the mood, and then remix your tune with a “rasta vibe.” You could speed it up a little, maybe use more closed hi-hat instead of open, add some echo to the guitar, and tighten everything up. A little bit of a loose groove is appropriate for reggae, but as has been pointed out, your song lacks a “pocket” as it stands now. I would make it longer too. Why not? More money for you.

BINGO! E-Flex is right. And this is good info if you’re not aware of it. I added some keywords, then I requested the song be moved, and it is now in the queue. So if you don’t attach audio files, then you need to make a keyword change in order to be accepted for an update review.

kristopherfisheraudio said
I think (but don’t quote me on this) that it just stays live as it was until a reviewer gets to it, and once they have made the changes it moves over, this way there is no downtime on the item.

I was told that you don’t need to attach audio files if you just want to have the reviewer add some new keywords or move a song to a different category. Yet when I try it and click submit, it just takes me to the song’s page and I get no indication that anything has happened. Am I missing something?