Happy Thanksgiving!
I've been working a bit with my Kodak Zi8 video camera. My first two videos were unfortunately recorded with audio only on one side. So much for my technical wizardry. I've been fortunate to have some very good gear at my disposal. However, my solution to the one-sided audio problem looks more like something I might have tried back in junior high school. You do what you have to do:
That's an instrument cable into a 1/4" to 1/8" mono adapter and then a 1/8" mono to 1/8" stereo adapter. The Radio Shack near my house has a limited selection of cables and adapters, so I just found something that worked. I am still working with getting the right levels for recording with the Zi8. These are homemade videos made on an inexpensive camera. This will be sufficient for YouTube. We'll get professional quality when I go in to the studio.
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Forget the camera gear. On to more important stuff: I recorded my original song "Unconditional" since it seemed appropriate for Thanksgiving. I've many things for which I am grateful, but my amazing family tops the list. This song is a promise to my children that I will always love them.
This recording was made using my old 1970 Guild F212. This guitar is a joy to play, but I probably won't use it in the studio when we record this song next week. My Martin guitar really works better, but since this is just a little demo I thought it would be fun to use the Guild.
I am the fourth owner of this guitar. The second owner was a man named Howard Emerson who is a fabulous guitarist. It would be worth the effort to visit his website and listen to some of his recordings. Howard has since replaced this with an even older F212. It's fun to know a little bit of a guitar's history and I take some satisfaction in knowing a guitarist of Howard's caliber has spent some time with my guitar. But I'm even happier that it is now my guitar. This one is a keeper.
Thank you for listening. I hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend.
~ Chuck Cheesman
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