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I created this website
at first in hopes to get my music to more listeners,
and I had planned on making merchandise available CD's and such.
Now I hope to build a website that can be both entertaining and interactive.
I thought about what I didn't like about some websites, and it was that they charged for every service.
So I set out to make my site free,free music and downloads.
Then I thought about what I liked about some other sites
and that was that they provided interaction between the guest and allowed the guest to participate in the site.
I will be setting up a Sales page in the near future and will have handbuilt Violins for sale as well as
some hand finished instruments. A few supplies as well as possibly some custom built guitars.
With the forums and blog I hope to give a place for my visitors to be able to post some of their own music,
videos and tech questions as well as a place to keep a open line of communication between visitors to the site.
There is a Music Gear and Tech Forum.
So my guests can become an active part of the web page.
I have been writing and recording for many years and just recently got into the digital realm of recording audio and video.
I am a standalone musician I have no band members but myself,I play most all of the instruments you hear here.
With the exception of a few recently acquired loops,up until the last few recordings I used drum machines for drum kits,
on recent recordings I used loops for drum kits.
Also there was a little MIDI on a few of the recordings,and some looped background vocals.
On the recordings you'll find here,I played all the guitars,the bass,a few keyboards,all the vocals (except loops),and violin.
The recordings were made on a minimum budget and recorded in my living room for the most part.
Some of the older songs were recorded on a portable 8-track Tascam hard drive recorder,
and even older ones were recorded on a 4-track Tascam analog cassette recorder.
The latest songs
were recorded on a HP Pavillion a6120n computer with Cakewalk Sonar Producer Edition 8.5 software at 24bit/96hz and Sony Acid 7 (for loops).
My guitar is a modified Fender Stratocaster with a DiMarzio Area '61 in the bridge position.
A DiMarzio Area '67 in the mid position,and a DiMarzio Area '58 in the neck position.
This is the third incarnation of modifications.
The guitar has been wired to '60's specs with some modifications made to the spring assemblies.
Some of the earlier recordings were made with the stock pickups but they had been wired hot.
I use a Digi-Tech 2000 and RP500 Sound Processor for recording straight into the board and in the effects loop.
And I use a Marshall JVM 410H with aB-52 AT412A cabinet now for live performances
and studio applications
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I use a Behringer T-47 Tube Mic for recoding as of late
and recently I have acquired a Behringer Xenyx 2442 FX for
live performance
as well as a Sennheiser e835 dynamic vocal mic and a Audio -Technica Pro 61.
And a PreSonus Blue Tube Dual path pre-amp and a TC Electronics compressor.
I also have added a Fender T- Bucket 300CE Acoustic guitar to the lineup,
and a Kramer Striker FR424CM with Golden Age Humbuckers and a DiMarzio Virtual Solo.
I have recorded several hundred songs on my own label My Own Records,
though I'm not able to compete with major labels (with Million Dollar productions) this is the avenue I choose to record.
I also produce my own audio and video and Silver Box Productions and Chrome Film Entertainment are my labels for my material.
I'm also new to building web sites (this is my first venture) but I hope to have a intresting site.
And I will try to add new features as they warrant.
For more information check out the Bio section.
Yours Truly
Faron Collins
Silver Box Productions and Chrome Film Entertainment
My Own Records
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