Wow, thanx ziggy. The voice is truly a "gift," and I am grateful that many enjoy it. I love to sing, and if it wasn't my "real" job ... there is NO way that I'd have enough hours in a day to do it!
I've been very lucky all these years to be able to share my gift with clients that pay my bills !(it's a beautiful thing !)
As for recording .... I'm mostly a "one take" live player .... even in the studio.
the songs on my website were all done in one pass, and the only one that has more than 10 fingers working is "She" - I used a commercial sequence for that and played piano and string lines over top. The drums were too specific to use a style on it.
Regarding reverb etc.....
"She" was done on my studio rig: Mackie 1604VLZpro mixer with TC Electronics M-ONExl reverb .... no other gimmics. recorded straight to the Tascam CD/RW700 CD recorder ... then Cakewalk's "Pyro" made the MP3 conversion at 128 for the web site.
"She's no lady" is ALL X1 - the vocals, the harmonies, the effects ....... recorded right into the Tascam.
"All my tomorrows" was the maiden voyage on my PA80 ..... no external anything either. I played manual bass and rhodes to a jazz brush style and sang through the internal effects. I didn't even have the vocal board installed at this time. It's even more versatile with the vocal/gtr board because it adds more effects and EQ.
After I did "Tomorrows" I decided to showcase a Louis Prima type shuffle beat and recorded "Just a gigolo"
This too, was done all internal with the factory effects, styles and sounds of the PA80. I wish I had the harmonizer installed for this one, but I use a separate one at work anyway. All 4 songs were recorded in real time direct to the Tascam CD burner and I'm thrilled with the results.
I have lots of pc software, but I learned recording engineering on reel-to-reel decks in the 70's so I'm more comfortable in a "hands on" environment, than a menu driven one. My MTR is a Roland VSR880 (rack mount 8 track with virtual "takes" for each track. I NEVER use the virtual tracks .... if it's not right - I do it over, but that's mostly for clients that rent studio space anyway. When I record myself .... I do as much live as possible to maintain the "feel" then I sweeten the tracks to add "punch and sizzle .... if it needs it. The studio is only about 5% of my income ... I'd love to spendmore time in it, but I play out too much to have the hours available. That's definatly what I'll do if I ever retire.
(retire? What's THAT?)
None of the offerings on my site were multitracked, and except for the sequence, it was all live play. "Tomorrows" of course, was totally live - no arranger at all.
Hope this was the long winded answer you wanted !