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01 Jan 2016, 8:45 pm

Every once in a while I think I'm, stuck at specific periods of time in my musical tastes. But, every once in a while I find something new that I like. This a band called "Caravan Palace" and do 'Electro Swing'. I like swing and I like a lot of electronic music.

Wow...what performers!!


Excellent music video...kinda creepy....maybe that's why I like it?


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08 Jan 2016, 1:59 pm

I really like these two-

they both were unique.



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08 Jan 2016, 3:42 pm

auntblabby wrote:
I really like these two-

they both were unique.

That was nice :) Thank you for sharing that with me. It did make me think of one thing. The music I listen to is very rarely the type I want to play when I fram around on my guitars and keyboards. This is close to the tempo, structure and 'tonality' I like when I get on my guitars.
Love a squawlerin' guitar when I'm listening sometimes, but for some reason, never liked to play it that way......


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08 Jan 2016, 4:19 pm

zkydz wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
I really like these two-

they both were unique.

That was nice :) Thank you for sharing that with me. It did make me think of one thing. The music I listen to is very rarely the type I want to play when I fram around on my guitars and keyboards. This is close to the tempo, structure and 'tonality' I like when I get on my guitars.
Love a squawlerin' guitar when I'm listening sometimes, but for some reason, never liked to play it that way......

you're my guitar hero :wtg: I am struggling to learn how to play a classical guitar [softer strings/lower tension which my fingers can tolerate]. I wonder if I'm a lot slower a learner than average, as it's been a week and I'm still having a hard time forming chords.



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08 Jan 2016, 4:33 pm

auntblabby wrote:
zkydz wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
I really like these two-

they both were unique.

That was nice :) Thank you for sharing that with me. It did make me think of one thing. The music I listen to is very rarely the type I want to play when I fram around on my guitars and keyboards. This is close to the tempo, structure and 'tonality' I like when I get on my guitars.
Love a squawlerin' guitar when I'm listening sometimes, but for some reason, never liked to play it that way......

you're my guitar hero :wtg: I am struggling to learn how to play a classical guitar [softer strings/lower tension which my fingers can tolerate]. I wonder if I'm a lot slower a learner than average, as it's been a week and I'm still having a hard time forming chords.

Huh.....you must be reading something into this I did not intend...I'm horrible! !!
I'm worse than the intro part played on six string in this song. And, well, Harry Chapin was just, well...Harry Chapin. Also, funny as all get out...First heard it on Dr. Demento.


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08 Jan 2016, 4:36 pm

you HAVE to be better than me. I feel I am all thumbs regarding the chords. it is SO HARD. anyways, harry chapin was one of those precious things god made then broke he the mold. :star:



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08 Jan 2016, 4:45 pm

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you HAVE to be better than me. I feel I am all thumbs regarding the chords. it is SO HARD. anyways, harry chapin was one of those precious things god made then broke he the mold. :star:

Yeah, truly poingant and yet also funny. The odd thing for me when I try to play (And like all of my special interests, it runs in cycles) chords are hard for me too. But I can pick, hammer and bend it ok. But, I have to have at least 6 months to get the calluses back (been two years and me fingers are soft now) and do at least that 30 minutes of structured practice every day during that time to just get back to 'bad'. It's that structured practice that drives me bonkers. I understand it's purpose (muscle memory and all) and relish that (and strain to do it), but I just wanna twang it a bit, ya know?

Edit: Hey, who's your favorite guitarist?


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08 Jan 2016, 4:49 pm

Ha! Just found this LOL


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08 Jan 2016, 4:56 pm

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Edit: Hey, who's your favorite guitarist?

so many to choose from but bola sete is at the top of my life, next to laurindo almeida. something about Brazilian classical guitar speaks to me. :dj: but I also recognize the unparalleled talent of the late great chet atkins, who uniquely could do 3 different counterpointy things with his strumming fingers, simultaneously. if it had pluckable strings, chet could play the dickens out of it. :wtg:



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08 Jan 2016, 5:09 pm

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zkydz wrote:
Edit: Hey, who's your favorite guitarist?

so many to choose from but bola sete is at the top of my life, next to laurindo almeida. something about Brazilian classical guitar speaks to me. :dj: but I also recognize the unparalleled talent of the late great chet atkins, who uniquely could do 3 different counterpointy things with his strumming fingers, simultaneously. if it had pluckable strings, chet could play the dickens out of it. :wtg:

You got that right. He was also a great influence on Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits.

Since I am more into listening to Rock and it's off shoots when it comes to guitars My favorites would be David Gilmore just for his sonic genius alone and then Brian Setzer (and that guy can sing too!! !)

The thing I like about Gilmore is that he seems to have that magic of knowing when to leave out notes. Can be sparse, can be frenetic, but he could really do it.

Sorry...stopped myself before going full tilt on that......


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08 Jan 2016, 5:11 pm

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You got that right. He was also a great influence on Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits.

he also was a very astute producer and arranger as well as an ace audio recording engineer in his own right.



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08 Jan 2016, 5:17 pm

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You got that right. He was also a great influence on Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits.

he also was a very astute producer and arranger as well as an ace audio recording engineer in his own right.

He and Les Paul were really, way spiffy guys. Both amazing musicians and advanced in ideas and execution.


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08 Jan 2016, 5:23 pm

yes, a lot of stuff traverses trails blazed by those two. btw, I saw a really cool guitar a while back, it was a hybrid acoustic bass/baritone uke, the guy who played it could accompany himself on bass with the E and A strings borrowed from an acoustic bass guitar. one of these days I'd like to have something like that.



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08 Jan 2016, 5:37 pm

^^^^That sounds wild.....


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08 Jan 2016, 5:39 pm

all the ones I've seen seem handmade custom jobs, I wonder how much a luthier would charge to adapt an existing guitar for such?



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08 Jan 2016, 5:47 pm

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all the ones I've seen seem handmade custom jobs, I wonder how much a luthier would charge to adapt an existing guitar for such?

Couldn't tell you. I can tell you that I have known a few craftsmen of various trades over the years. They have all, at one time or another, seen the genuine love of something and work with the customer. And, then there's the ones that just wanna have it with out the love or respect.


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