Just Passing Some Time, And Loving It

@porwest (92588)

United States

July 10, 2022 5:50pm CST

I have a hobby. I like to play my guitar, program drums, and record music. Not all of it can be called "music," but I still enjoy the me time and the process of just having fun and being creative. I had some time today and decided to spend it doing just that. My thing. I did not come up with any lyrics and just decided to do something I do not often do, and that's just do an instrumental. It's all guitar. Other than the drums which I programmed into my EZ Drummer software. My Spark amp has become a "pride and joy" because I have access to any guitar sound I want and it works for me. $300 well spent and one of the cheapest of any "effects" equipment I have ever owned. In any event, I recorded this today, 7/10/22. I call it Sin Letra, which is just Spanish for "no lyrics." lol. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy sharing it. Even @TheHorse might appreciate this one. But who knows. My style and his differ quite a bit.

https://soundcloud.com/porwest/sin-letra-instrumental-jim-bauer

https://soundcloud.com/porwest/sin-letra-instrumental-jim-bauer

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@lovebuglena (44721)

• Staten Island, New York

12 Jul 22

Sounds good. Nothing wrong with just doing an instrumental. If you listen to your recording perhaps some lyrics will come to you. That’s the feeling I got as I was listening, that the music will inspire lyrics.

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@lovebuglena (44721)

• Staten Island, New York

12 Aug 22

@porwest what’s harder? Coming up with lyrics to a melody or coming up with a melody to lyrics?

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

10 Aug 22

I totally agree with you. A lot of the time there are no lyrics anyway to start with. Just mumbles and humming that turn into words eventually. I may still go back and revisit this one. Plenty to work with I think.

@porwest (92588)

• United States

12 Aug 22

@lovebuglena I would always generally say lyrics. At least for me. Melodies for me come first.

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@kaylachan (71762)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

11 Jul 22

Music is music as far as I concerned.

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@kaylachan (71762)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

13 Jul 22

@porwest Yep. I'll listen to almost anything as long as it doesn't hurt my ears.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

13 Jul 22

I tend to agree with this way of thinking.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

13 Jul 22

@kaylachan lol. Yeah, hurt ears is not pleasant by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, bagpipes have to be one of the most annoying instruments I can think of.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (41747)

• United States

10 Jul 22

I'll definitely listen when I get a chance. Is that your baked potato? It looks delish, but I'd put about ten times more sour cream. I like a little potato with my sour cream.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

11 Jul 22

Nah. Just a picture I stole from the Internet. Although I have made similar of course. But of course mine are quite a bit more loaded.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

11 Jul 22

@sharon6345 Oh. You know it!

@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Jul 22

@porwest It does look tasty. I would load mine up more too, but in the same basic way.

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 22

Nice mellow vibe--I like it!

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@TheHorse (220245)

• Walnut Creek, California

13 Jul 22

@porwest What else is there to do?

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

12 Jul 22

Thank you, sir. Just having fun as usual.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

13 Jul 22

@TheHorse This is true. It'd be nice if something I put together might warrant a phone call from some TV show or movie exec, or even some marketing company to be used—might be some good money in that. lol

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (16503)

• Raurkela, India

11 Jul 22

Lovely. You could have recorded a video and given the link. We would have enjoyed seeing you playing.

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (16503)

• Raurkela, India

12 Jul 22

@porwest Did you do the recording with your mobile? That's great.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

13 Jul 22

@aninditasen No. I use a computer with a DAW (digital audio workstation), combination of microphones, digital audio interface and so on and so forth.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

11 Jul 22

I have a few videos, but not many. But not of this one of course.

Of course, with the recording process, I used multiple guitar parts and programmed the drums in.

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@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

14 Aug 22

@porwest It sounds very rewarding and relaxing. I just listened to it and it sounds relaxing. Thank you for sharing it with me. I like the picture of the food in the picture. What is it?

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@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

15 Aug 22

@porwest Maybe you were hungry for a baked potato is why you chose it. You are very welcome and thank you for the picture. I was wondering if the houses had street addresses on them and a sign telling where the street is? I could not zoom in or move it. So, I could not tell. The food in the picture looks good. I like your music.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

18 Aug 22

@Hannihar You should be able to get to a street view if you type in the address and then zoom in on the house.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

15 Aug 22

Thank you. I am glad you liked it. I may go back and rework it a bit. It'd be a fun project to do and a fun one to share. The picture is just of a loaded baked potato. Not sure why I chose it. lol

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@marguicha (223776)

• Chile

11 Jul 22

I usually like lyrics but I´ll check it.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

12 Jul 22

This is a bit of a departure for me since normally I include lyrics. That being said this was a bit fun to do and I may do a couple more like this.

@RasmaSandra (80736)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

11 Jul 22

I love your style nicely done and enjoyed. I miss my piano I played it just for myself and music in both English and Latvian but left the piano behind in Latvia because it would be too expensive to bring back to the states and no place to put it, Someday I might get a keyboard since I have some playing music left,

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

25 Nov 23

Thank you. I appreciate it. It's always been a fun little hobby for me. I admit the well has been a bit dry lately and it starting to drive me a little crazy. I hope you are eventually able to get your keyboard.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (41747)

• United States

15 Jul 22

Just had a chance to listen...I love it! I'll try to see if I can put it on a playlist.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

15 Jul 22

Glad you liked it.

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@LindaOHio (181721)

• United States

11 Jul 22

I enjoyed it very much. Have a good week.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

13 Jul 22

Thanks. I may actually decide to do a few more just instrumentals. It was a lot of fun.

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@Kandae11 (55162)

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11 Jul 22

I am listening to music right now as l mylot. I like creativity so l shall definitely give it a listen later.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

12 Jul 22

Thanks.

@misunderstood_zombie (8142)

• United States

11 Jul 22

I think that is great. We once had Rock Band, but you have the real deal.

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

15 Jul 22

If I am a one man band, which I guess I am. lol

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Akaninyene Etuk

@akanetuk (2135)

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11 Jul 22

If you don't have time for self love no one will do that for you. so go out and have some fun admire yourself

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@porwest (92588)

• United States

12 Jul 22

Me time is a very important thing for me. It is one of the ways I recharge.