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Location: Connersville, Indiana | That is some great playing and easy tutorial to follow, Kind of gives me ideas. Great Job G8r. I will surely have to tune down and practice. I use a tuning DADGAD, which comes up with some great sound also. I'm going back to watch the video again. |
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| Thanks, Kit. Means a lot to get a compliment from someone of your caliber. |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | G8r, I just hope someday we will meet and just play. I know I could learn a lot from you. If I was a caliber I would be a .22 where your more of a .357 :cool:
Keep up the great work. You know i'm going to watch that video again. Can't help it. |
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Location: Jet City | Lovely. well done Serge! |
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Location: USA | Great stuff...I added it to my favorites. |
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Location: Tennessee | Hey y'all ... sorry this place has been vacant for a bit. The spot I was using to store my songs went down. And it looks like it's going to stay down. I have about 90 tunes parked there, so I had a long set list still to go. But blast it ... gone daddy gone. I'll find another place to park, but I figured why waste any more time let's just get this party started again.
Today's tune is a fun one. It was recorded last night. Impromptu ... the way it just has to be sometimes. You see, it was my baby sister's birthday. She's a bass player and really has it going ... her band Loud Neighbor got voted best bar band in the LA beaches a couple of years back. So anyway, she went over to my twin sister's place, and got together with some friends for fun and frolic. It appears there was plenty of both in the house. I was in Newport Beach the end of week before last and while we were doing a bit of jamming, they told me about the all-mama band they were putting together. Last night was a gathering of the lineup. My twin sister has a Sunburst 1311 you see in this video, but it's another mama playin' it. I think they need to tighten up some, but damn if they don't have some real potential.
Wild Thing - The Martini Mamas
If that doesn't make you wanna get up and play your guitars, I don't know what will. I got some more tunes on the way ... it's getting near the end of summer and there's some tunes for the season that I need to play. So check back often, we're back on the air with an expanded library of great songs.
You make my heart sing. You make everything groovy. W-W-W-Wild thing. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Groooooovy |
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Location: south east Michigan | Drat... looks like I'll have to join Facebook. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Slipkid sez:
Drat... looks like I'll have to join Facebook. I refuse! :p |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | That was great Bobbo, Kind of want to get a bunch of girl together, some alcohol, some guitars and see what come up:) It looked like they had one hell of a time. Good choice! Arthur Facebook won't bite you try it out. |
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| Excellent! That looks like a blast! |
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Location: Tennessee | I'll tell you what's excellent ... this next song.
I'm locked and loaded with a new place to keep the songs so get ready for a playlist that will know your socks off.
Over the weekend, I got an email sent to a small group of folks asking for advice on how this song sounded from a production perspective, and suggestion on making it better. Well, clearly the playing was stellar, and a couple of the more savvy studio whizzes that hang out around here gave some instruction on how to open holes to let the instruments stand on their own while still being central to the mix. 24 hours later and there's a killer track sitting in my inbox. And now, from me to you:
Two Teardrops - Sergio Caballero
I'll let G8r explain what he played and how, but just sit back and listen to the tune. Let the images run free in your mind, and appreciate the delicate harmonies and fills that this piece is filled with. And yeah, I shed my own two teardrops ... one for not being able to play like this, and one for not being able to produce a track like this.
Check back again soon. The hits will just keep on coming. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Man... give that guy a recording contract! |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | UNBELIEVABLE GUITAR PLAYING, Gator what did you use to record this. That's the best guitar playing I have ever heard!!! No question, hands down. Fantastic pick of a song. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Beautiful Song! Incredible playing! Way to go Serge. The recording really does the tune justice.
Wow! |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | One of my favorite guitarist, on or off the OFC! |
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| Wow, talk about humbling. Thank you all so much.
To tell you the truth, the song itself was easy to learn. I laid down all the tracks in less than an hour. What really took a lot of time - probably 15 hours all told over several days - was trying to get the right mix. I was getting frustrated until I sought out the help of several highly knowledgeable people here. Without their honest critiques and enormously helpful suggestions, I'd probably still be banging my head against the computer screen.
Anyway, technical specs for those who care:
Two Teardrops by Steve Howe and Martin Taylor, from "Masterpiece Guitars" (2003)
Left channel: Collings CJ
Right channel: Takamine EF75
Lead: Adamas 2008 Collector
Bass: Adamas 1681D (longneck)
Recorded to a Boss BR-600, mastered with Reaper. Anyone wanting to know what VST effects chains I used is welcome to email or PM me.
It was a fun project, and highly fruitful, as I now have a better understanding of what it takes to master a multitrack recording. I'm glad you enjoyed it. |
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Location: closely held secret | Done well you have, young weedhopper. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Serge, that's absolutely stellar!!!
My headphones haven't heard anything that rich, but yet so clear. Fantastic playing and 'board' work! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Beautifully done. |
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Location: Tennessee | Yes indeed. Speaking of beautifully done, this next tune is award-winning. You're in for quite a treat.
Seeing that there is all this banter about 12 strings, what with MusicMishka getting the new Book12 and all that, I figured a song demonstrating why Ovation 12s are so great was in order. And who but the man of the hour to show us how it's done. I'm not sure which 12 he used on this track, but this one could be the best sounding Ovation he's ever had. :D Heck, it sounds awesome to me and I can't tell you the last time I heard a 12'r that sounds as good as this (not counting my own, of course. haha.)
But I digress. This song was the winner of the songwriter's contest held at the now-defunct, but forever infamous Frisky Mermaid during that hazy week of Amelia II back in March 2008. The theme of the contest was "Wind", and a slew of contestants from around the country (world?) wrote new songs for the contest and performed them before a very tough judging panel. They were all good and some spectacularly so, but clearly the judges were:
Waiting For The Wind - Michael Duane Ward (MusicMishka)
You can see the videos of the live performances over on the ning site ... both the contest performance and then the winners performance. Take your pick, they are both great. But I put up the version Mike recorded for the OFC Member's Night Out Vol. 3 - A Day At The Beach CD. I think you'll like it. And have something to compare the sound of that new Book 12 against.
Until the next time, fill your sails and take your music to the next level. Someone out there needs to hear a song and you could be the one they're waiting on. You just never know. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Bobbo, again, thanx for the great thread!
Mike, I've watched the vid several times and absolutely love the song. But this cut with the 'strings' just kicks it up a couple of notches! Super...  |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Serge: nicely played and beautifully recorded...Congrats!
Wow, Bob, thanks for the kind words and the nomination...it was a great time at AI for sure...
I used the 1986 Adamas 1688-5 finger-picked straight into the board for this song: the same guitar I used for the performance at the Frisky...
Originally, I had planned to play it on the Adamas '08C but at Beggin's house in S.C. on the way down Tim (TnT) suggested using the 1688...he was so right: it was the guitar to use... When I recorded it for the CD I decided to use a Hollow Sun patch from my Alesis Fusion to add a backing string track panned stereo along with the vocals and 12 string...I used the Sputnik tube mic I got from Stephen and Dave uploaded it...hope you all enjoy it... |
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Location: Texas | Bobbo,
Thanks once again for "DJ'ing" this thread. The talent exhibited here is simply amazing (albeit humbling for some of us…) ;)
G8r; "Two Teardrops" - I'm not familiar with the original recording, but your rendition is beautiful… Very well played, and the time spent on the mix apparently paid off, it sounds excellent!
MM; "Waiting For The Wind" - WOW… Composition, Lyrics, Vocals, Musicianship… all superb! Gorgeous sound on the 12-string. Oh, and did I mention; WOW! |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Another great one! Mike, I enjoy this song every time I hear as much as I did the first time at Amelia Island. What a beautiful song.
Thanks Bobbo! |
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