Hey Teddy

I too am always looking for new vocal sounds (especially ther garage variety), I use an old layfayette mic from the 60s on a lot of stuff (it is super low fi but not real warm, similar to some of the harp mics discussed here), I also add distortion , reverb and other effects when recording, which work real well.  A few options, run a mic through a little tube amp and you can tweak the gain, reverb etc, or try a cheap mic pr like the one ART sells (30 bucks) see it here>  ART Tube Pre .  I just bought one and will be experimenting with it this week, I will let you know what I come up with (if you care ;-) ).

Peace,

Chaz

Thanks, man! We're realeasing our first EP "Remember the Alamo!" by the end of January!

The Vonz said:

Hey Diogo, this is a side note, but I dig your sound, I checked out your tunage.

Nice work

Chaz

Diogo Augusto said:

Have you thought about using one of these: http://www.shure.com/americas/products/microphones/classic/520dx_gr... ? The two videos on my profile feature me singing through a Green Bullet. I really like how it sounds and maybe it's what you're looking for...

Hey Diogo, this is a side note, but I dig your sound, I checked out your tunage.

Nice work

Chaz

Diogo Augusto said:

Have you thought about using one of these: http://www.shure.com/americas/products/microphones/classic/520dx_gr... ? The two videos on my profile feature me singing through a Green Bullet. I really like how it sounds and maybe it's what you're looking for...

I duct taped mine to a mic stand clip so I can easily grab it and walk around the stage.

Teddy Jungle King said:

No one simply uses a mic preamp? I saw that Electro Harmonix did one, I thought there might be some better ones on the market. .
Also, you can't get the harp mic off the stand, right? Not the best option for a bit of live action ;)

No one simply uses a mic preamp? I saw that Electro Harmonix did one, I thought there might be some better ones on the market. .
Also, you can't get the harp mic off the stand, right? Not the best option for a bit of live action ;)

:) This mic responds very nicely if you increase the gain on the console. It also works very nicely if you connect it to a valve amp. In my case, I was aiming for the sound I got but that's not nearly as dirty as it can get. You'll probably have more replies here but you should searching Youtube or something to see what it can do. The problem is that the mic is meant to be a harp mic so I'm not sure you'll find out anything using it for the voice.

Give this one a listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZCq5ojHAFU . I also recorded it using this mic but it sounds a lot dirtier .

Teddy Jungle King said:

It's kinda nice! I'd like a bit more of gain though, it sure sounds rock'n'roll but not enough garage to my taste ;)

Diogo Augusto said:

Have you thought about using one of these: http://www.shure.com/americas/products/microphones/classic/520dx_gr... ? The two videos on my profile feature me singing through a Green Bullet. I really like how it sounds and maybe it's what you're looking for...

It's kinda nice! I'd like a bit more of gain though, it sure sounds rock'n'roll but not enough garage to my taste ;)

Diogo Augusto said:

Have you thought about using one of these: http://www.shure.com/americas/products/microphones/classic/520dx_gr... ? The two videos on my profile feature me singing through a Green Bullet. I really like how it sounds and maybe it's what you're looking for...

Have you thought about using one of these: http://www.shure.com/americas/products/microphones/classic/520dx_green_bullet_harmonica_microphone ? The two videos on my profile feature me singing through a Green Bullet. I really like how it sounds and maybe it's what you're looking for...

Hi!

I read the posts about vocal gear but didn't get the information I was looking for. The thing is, I'm trying to get a good vintage vocal sound for live shows (I guess that's pretty obvious), something warm and a bit distorted like the Sonics or Raw Power from the Stooges (not full lo-fi distortion or reverbed kinda stuff).

Currently, I'm using a digitech vx400 and the gain from the console, but it really doesn't have the warm sound I'm looking for (well, with a digital preamp that's pretty hard to get, even with tube simulation settings). So does any of you know a good tube preamp? It's actually not very easy to get some clear information on the web..

And to get things clear, my budget is quite limited, I don't think that I can afford any hard-to-find-vintage-gear-that-is-the-best-to-get-vintage-sound-of-course!
If it's not possible to find a good tube preamp currently produced, I guess I would go with the "plug your mike in an amp and mike the amp" solution, but then how do you do that exactly? Do I need to plug the mike in a DI box before sending the signal to the amp?

If you have any miracle solution like getting a specific mike, I'm also interested, of course :).
Thanks for you attention!

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The Real Kids Self Titled
Ramones Rocket to Russia
The Jam All Mod Cons

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Damn, it dropped to #21 this past week:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/update/singles

LP's

10. Idle Times- s/t (Hozac)
09. Reading Rainbow- Prism Eyes (Hozac)
08. Masshysteri- s/t (Ny Våg)
07. Fresh And Onlys- Play It Strange (In The Red)
06. Demon´s Claws- The Defrosting Of... (In The Red)
05. Goodnight Loving- The Goodnight Loving Supper Club (Dirtnap)
04. Nobunny- First Blood (Goner)
03. Moonhearts- s/t (Tic Tac Totally)
02. Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest (4AD)
01. Ty Segall- Melted (Goner)

singles/Eps

Jacuzzi Boys- Bricks and Coconuts (Mexican Summer) 7"

Davila 666- 12" EP (Robs House) 12"

Woven Bones- I've Gotta Get (Hardly Art) 7"

re-issues

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"From the land of shotgun weddings and child brides ..." comes the last Big Enchilada podcast of 2010 featuring hillbilly, honky tonk, rockabilly and crazed country sounds. Among the artists represented here are Hasil Adkins, Tav Falco, Hank III, Rev. Beat-Man, Angry Johnny & GTO, The Defibulators and, from the chic salons of Espanola, N.M., The Imperial Rooster! Plus there's an entire of segment of songs from the mysterious Twisted Tales from the Vinyl Wastelands series. You don't need champagne on New Year's Eve. Just drink a jug of this musical moonshine from Below Tobacco Road!

See playlist HERE

I have no life, so here is a list that is all over the place:

Margo Guryan- I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You

Slade- Merry Christmas Everybody

Wizzard- I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

Ike and Tina Turner- Merry Christmas Baby

Debbie and the Darnells- Santa Teach Me to Dance

The Delvetts- I Want a Boy for Christmas

Black Widow- Sleighride

The Flaming Lips- Christmas at the Zoo

Bob Dylan- Must Be Santa

Christine Hunter- Santa Bring Me Ringo

The Gogos (sixties not eighties)- I'm Gonna Spend Christmas with a Dalek

Lightning Hopkins- Happy New Year's

Otis and Carla- New Year's Resolution

James Brown- Soulful Christmas

Jimi Hendrix- Three Little Bears

Honey & the Bees- Christmas

The Poets- Merry Christmas Baby

The Raveonettes- The Christmas Song (they put out a whole Christmas album)

And I second the Headcoatees, the Sonics, the Ramones, and the Kinks.

Great to see this discussion, which I started 2 years ago, revived. It's a Christmas miracle!

Eddie, I'm going to have to check out out your blog -- as well as those other links folks have posted here.

Spike, I love The Shitbirds' song. I used it in my latest podcast.

And speaking of shameless self promotion. If you haven't already, check out my latest Xmas podcast

Play it here:

Merry Christmas everyone!

i like The Shitbirds - Christmas is Coming and the Cannibals - Christmas Rock n Roll,

they're not a garage band but The Wildhearts did a version of White Christmas way back that ended up sounding pretty Garage punk. 

This week I made my podcast a Christmas special and played loads of good Christmas songs, the above included and a few of the others people have mentioned like Black Lips and Detroit Junior, I hope you'll check it out :) *shameless plug*

http://sdirection.tumblr.com/post/2415409211/well-hang-my-tinsel-and-pull-my-cracker-its

The Reigning Sound xmas track "If Christmas Can't Bring You Home" is a good sad one.

Ronnie Spector is always good 'round this time of year, too.

And the Ramones "Merry Christmas I Don't Want to Fight"!

And, of course, hot off the presses: lo-fi garage rumble from (my own band)

Dear Hearts "The Only Thing I Get for Christmas is Blue" (here!)

I've been collecting punk, garage, glam-rock, oi, and new-wave christmas records for quite some time. This year my collection surpassed 300 records, and my research has given me a total of over 500 that exist (so far!) Needless to say I'm a xmas record fanatic. I post them up on my site for all to hear. I'm just getting started but there will be lots more coming every month. Please check it out and if you like it, post links to it and tell others all about it. 

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As far as my favorites for 2010, check out

King Salami & The Cumberland 3 - Xmas a go go 7"

Shannon & The Clams - Ruin Christmas 7"

really great records!

Los Straitjackets have picked up on the Ventures Christmas album idea (start off with a classic surf song and go into the melody of a Christmas carol) and have a full length and an EP in that sytle.  Many "normal" people can tolerate these.

I'm not as adventurous as many Captain Beefheart fans but Safe As Milk and the early A & M recordings really impressed me. "Electricity", though, is probably as far as I can go with his stuff.  Still sad that he passed away.

Art student rock...that's a good one.  I'm gonna use that to describe someone like No-Bunny.  Fun for some but I don't see what's so great about it.

Axel said:

Until today I had never heard of scion, nor would I have thought that it's a car brand. So I learned at least something from that documentary. Fred and Tody Cole are great as always, and thanks to the Spits there is  a 2nd good band included. Furthermore I got the impression that jay retard was a total idiot, just like the guy from the smith westeners and that what some people call garage I'd call art-student rock. But it could be worse: UK Garage Music

If you're talking about that Bomp Record, Sin-derella!, that wasn't the Sonics.  That was Greg Shaw asking Gerry Roslie if he could sing some demos and somehow he agreed.  The band was called the Invaders but in typical Shaw like fashion, he thought he could cash in on the Sonics name.  Roslie didn't even know that he was taking his picture with the band on the recordings or at least didn't know that the picture was going to be on the back of a record.

Hideout Admin said:

Yeah, didn't they attempt this at some point in the '70s or early '80s, too? I remember hearing something like that back around 15 years ago and thinking it was pretty bad (compared to their early stuff).

BTW, Bonzo, the Sonics have played some festivals in the past couple years, both in the US and Europe. But I think they're done...

electrocute your cock said:

Sounds a lot like hard rock to me. Not bad or anything, just not The Sonics at all.

I'd go with what you picked as nobody's gonna know if you wrote it or not.