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Post by creolian on Jul 21, 2019 17:32:41 GMT
In very simple terms.... the difference on the atmosphere of a room and the feelings evoked by a major scale or a minor scale, or a fast and a slow rhythm, or the difference between flattening a note for an evening raga and sharpening it for a morning raga. We have only scratched the surface in a very primitive, but beautiful way, about what music is capable of doing to our minds and bodies. Shine On Michael Interesting thoughts all. Im reminded of a Documentary narrated by Sir George Martin. I believe was titled " The Rhythm of Life" ? He drew a correlation from the rhythmic pattern of the human heart beat to what resonates with people musically and culturally in general... some profound food for thought. It truly is magical how all of this physical phenomena is explainable but yet no one knows how or why it effects us as it does.
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Post by creolian on Jul 21, 2019 12:04:55 GMT
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Post by creolian on Jul 20, 2019 16:44:03 GMT
Glad to see Muddy is not a gone pecan...
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Post by creolian on Jul 20, 2019 7:26:55 GMT
In the interest of keeping this slightly forum relevant... What we see in the experiment is the result of standing waves generated by a sine wave ( note ) This would be similar to the pattern of vibrations of a guitars surfaces if we could generate a single steady sine wave. this gif gives a better idea of what is happening resonance wise. In the utube experiment the sand accumulates where waves converge ( standing waves ) These predictable phenomena are what make math and music possible.
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Post by creolian on Jul 20, 2019 0:35:28 GMT
can't tell you what's going on here, but feel it is an insight into the "magical" qualities of music: mitchfit In simple terms, this is the waveform view from the core of a vibrating guitar string. ( bong science )
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Post by creolian on Jul 20, 2019 0:27:18 GMT
Hi Jeff et al, you buy a guitar to impress the girls and end up talking about fingernails with middle aged men! Lol! Best wishes to you all, John Irony is... the fingernails impress the women these days.
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Post by creolian on Jul 19, 2019 16:56:09 GMT
Hi all, A storm knocked out my electricity for a couple days last week and without much else other to do than play music or read, I ended up grinding my picking nails to the point where it was getting painful. I tried some glue on acrylic cheapies and am pleasantly surprised at how much I liked them. Other than a bit brighter tone, they are easier to control than fingerpicks for me. Although A good temporary solution, Im not a big fan of isocyanate superglue and dont see myself regularly using it... i came across these www.stringsbymail.com/manufacturers/rico-nails-232/ Im wondering if anyone has tried these, seems popular with nylon players... the acrylic nails I tried wore down in about six hours and Im hoping these might be a bit more durable... Tia Jeff link
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Post by creolian on Jul 18, 2019 2:13:03 GMT
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Post by creolian on Jul 15, 2019 23:26:32 GMT
Hi,
Only thing I can add (a travesty ?) to this is that you might want to try using a bit of delay... virtually all modern steel players do and its also common with chicken pickers. I use a boss dd-2 with a fat slapback and a lot of reverb both on steel and slab guitars.
Johnny Hiland has a couple of very good youtube demos doing steel bends on his tele type guitars...
Best,
Jeff
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Post by creolian on Jul 14, 2019 19:23:00 GMT
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Post by creolian on Jul 14, 2019 15:16:42 GMT
The last time I saw a finish like that, I was passed out on a bar in the quarter... creative corrosion! .lol
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Post by creolian on Jul 13, 2019 12:56:16 GMT
I read this morning that the Rolling Stones scheduled show here in NOLA on Sunday has been postponed until Monday due to the tropical storm/ Hurricane ... Charlie Watts was quoted as saying they are going to blow the roof off the joint... Ironic choice of words considering.
Dedicated to rolling stones everywhere, A little theme music for the day...
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Post by creolian on Jul 9, 2019 18:18:41 GMT
Heres one with Augie on reso and Lisa ( hobo annie) on the rub board... some interesting slide guitar.
I believe both Lisa Discoll and August Rodosta are no longer with us...
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Post by creolian on Jul 9, 2019 18:07:28 GMT
Here's Scott Kirby and Hobo Annie ( Lisa ) back in the day... same corner of toulouse and st peter that tuba skinny plays.
the only piano player I know who brings his own axe to the gig...
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Post by creolian on Jul 9, 2019 16:35:00 GMT
Tuba Fats >>Excellent! Shine On Michael Hi Michael, your tuba skinny post has me trippin down memory lane. It would have been the late 80s when I was transitioning into sound for picture and working the audio on the 10am broadcast of the high mass from St. Louis Cathedral on jax square, Sunday morning. Our setup for technical check was at 6:30am and we had a break during the 8am mass. I regularly would go get a bite to eat and sit on the square... this is when I met Tuba Fats, Hobo Annie, Augie and whoever else showed up to claim the corner for busking later in the day. One of the regulars was a piano player, Scott Kirby. He had rigged an upright piano to a dolly and regularly rolled it 15 blocks to jackson square from his home. He played with Fats regularly and is now an acclaimed rag time pianist. It was quite a treat to have him as a musical accompaniment to breakfast. I knew he had recorded a few albums but after a bit of searching, I have some new, new orleans street music to listen to... thx! Jeff
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