hi zurf, just had to say that here in the UK when you say "tie my own flies" it's taken as doing up your own zipper! i realized then that you were referring to fishing flies, (another bad habit i dont have)

phill

this thread is from 2008, when you look back....!

never mentioned but one of the best live albums ever and DVD is YES AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES.

that's what i was trying to say, so thanks for that. the guy is obviously a very skilled musician and well practiced on this instrument.
i had noticed he never stops fingering the guitar frettboard, he thumps down to get the note, not easy on a loudly amplified electric guitar, but he's doing it on a mic'ed acoustic...kudos

when i listen to the guitar greats, clapton, howe, blackmore etc, and i think to myself, "yeah, i can do that" then i try and i wonder "how the hell did they do that?" i realize that my plateau is way lower than theirs. so i content myself with the knowledge that they'll never have the luxury of playing one of my songs

hi beamer,

i didn't say i didn't like elvis, he's just not on my favourite list. i like some of his songs and i do quite a few in my set. i respect other peoples choices and elvis, along with the beatles, dire straits, buddy holly etc get included.

my wife, every time she sees an elvis film or something always says "good man gone waste" ah well

you jammy g....er, person you! isn't it just amazing how you have to move to Portugal to meet the famous?

i once met the drummer who left the Equals just before they released "baby come back" he was not a happy bunny.

having watched the vid, it occurred to me that no matter how much programming you did, you'd never get a drum machine to give a solo like that.

LONG LIVE THE LIVE DRUMMER

i've been thinking about one of those tabs. since the first ones came out with (i think) the 10 inch screen, they've now brought out a 7 inch screen which i think seems more portable, and a much more wallet friendly price about £150 here in the UK for a kindle fire.
i wholeheartedly agree with you about amazon. i ran out of printer inks two weeks back, on other sites the best price was around £40 + for black and colour cartridges, amazon was only £18 for the two and delivered in a couple of days.

by the creek i guess you mean that small body of water that separates us?

as for being stubborn; how else do you get things right?

from the moment i heard "carly" i felt i could do something with it, which is how i like to work. when i said i'd like to start again from scratch, i didnt believe you could stitch all the tracks together, but you did and a fantastic job you did too.

i think it's obvious from the vocals that the key is too high for me. but the strange thing is that if i performed it on stage i could reach the notes easily. when i'm recording at home i think i limit my self as i dont like people walking outside my window (my studio is down stairs at the front of the house) hearing me screaming my chestnuts off with no music, (headphones) one day i'll build myself a sound-proof studio.

hey russ, you've done a fab job considering the crap bits of vid i sent you.

i must say that working with russ is one of the easiest jobs i've ever done, his chord progressions are 2nd to none. it's only when we get to the next stage, recording, that he gets to be a bit a pain!!! that's flat, do this again, shoot a vid...ha ha. but at the end of it, it's well worth it, though i wish my face wasn't on the screen so long!

ps. i shall be putting the words up shortly.

i'm on number 2 roger, there wont be a number 3, if push came to shove, i think i'd rather be lonely, especially as ann is wonderful and no one else could fill her slippers

phill

thanks you guys for putting forward your thoughts, it's a nice discussion and says a lot about everyone's preferences and style.

i bought some new PA speakers a few weeks ago and i'm really annoyed with the sound i'm getting from them, as i play (or played) guitar as well as vocal and backing tracks through them. i eventually got the vocals sounding OK-ish and the backing tracks sounding OK too. but the guitar sounded awful. so i started taking my peavy amp with me again, and i love the sound i'm getting!

till last night. i knew it was a small venue so i left the peavy at home. boy do i regret that decision! i kept twiddling knobs all night trying to get an acceptable sound, and failed. the amp comes regardless in future, as i get a great sound at any volume.

PS i only play electric at gigs. i used to play my acoustic before i started recording my own backing, so solo's weren't a concern, just a nice rhythm.