"Wendy Witch Has Wonderful White Wavy Hair"
Never heard that before, Russell ... a fantastic way to remember the fundamentals!
3,326 2014-09-26 11:37:02
Re: A plus D plus E does not equal key of A? (28 replies, posted in Music theory)
3,327 2014-09-26 11:32:49
Re: I'm a real guitar player now, sort of... (14 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Amy, this example of care from your husband helps to explain why you're celebrating another anniversary. Very nice work, and so very unique and personal.
3,328 2014-09-26 11:30:54
Re: Interested in buying one of Dylan's guitars? (2 replies, posted in Acoustic)
There seem to be a number of guitar companies emerging from Asia, using this "solid top - laminate sides and back" construction method. I guess if it's putting decent instruments in people's hands at an affordable price, that's sort of okay. On principle, I dislike that this hurts domestic producers, and that they're capitalizing on a heritage that's ours and not theirs.
Just saying ...
3,329 2014-09-26 11:24:30
Re: Spam (63 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Of course the mention of "Chili Cook Off" brought this classic bit of foolery to mind:
3,330 2014-09-22 23:23:35
Re: Spam (63 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I frequent a sport fishing site that has a free membership & discussion forum like Chordie. In order to join and have full forum access, each member has to fill in a "registration" form, which includes a brief bio, contact info, and email address ... nothing too intrusive, and the personal info is only available to the mods. This keeps the spam to a very rare instance.
3,331 2014-09-20 21:45:04
Re: Prog Rock Wednesdays (580 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Rush - "The Garden" (Live in Dallas 2012)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N78WeyurL4s
An amazing and moving ballad, featuring Alex Lifeson's customized Les Paul, showcasing the acoustic tone simulated by the Piezo pickup under the bridge. Technicalities aside, this is beautiful music. Just as Ian Anderson is my greatest influence for acoustic guitar style, Lifeson would be in that same place for electric style.
3,332 2014-09-20 19:20:22
Re: Spam (63 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
What baffles me is that these folk think they could actually attract any business by annoying people. Buncha bozos!
3,333 2014-09-19 09:11:25
Re: NGD, Jeff Tweedy 00-DB, Martin of course (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Happy NGD, Pete! That's a real beauty you've got there ... you must be thrilled.
3,334 2014-09-19 09:07:10
Re: Your Dream Guitar? (48 replies, posted in Electric)
Jerome ...
That Peterson is stunning! I'm a real fan of natural woods, and that beauty has all of the right appointments to go with. The rosewood collars around the pickups are a classy touch, as well as the whole bridge assembly. Very nice!
3,335 2014-09-16 10:34:53
Re: Taken the Plunge (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Really love the comments from Joe Walsh ... I'm a real fan of his music and his persona.
Everyone has different needs met with music. I have no thought or desire to perform ever again, even at small gatherings. For me, music is an inexpensive and more enjoyable alternative to psychotherapy! (LOL) Unwinding with the guitar, learning a new tune, listening to and playing along with some favorites, etc., it's all a private form a relaxation that's very personal. For me, taking that to public performance at any level would remove the relaxation component, and put added stress into it. That would defeat my entire interest in music at this stage of life.
3,336 2014-09-14 18:52:28
Re: Prog Rock Wednesdays (580 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Arkady ...
You asked about some ELP (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) so here's a truly Canadian one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK92hdp6u18
This ELP version of Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" was shot in 1977 at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. It's obviously winter, as you can see the lads' breath, it's snowing lightly, and they're bundled up in their winter coats. Not sure why they did this ... kinda nuts.
3,337 2014-09-13 21:18:58
Re: Prog Rock Wednesdays (580 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
David Gilmour Unplugged - "High Hopes" (live at Royal Albert Hall, 2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDfKRDYE3w0
Of course we all know Mr. Gilmour as the guitarist for Pink Floyd, famous for his smooth tones, ample use of phaser & reverb, and his string-bending style on his Fender Strat. This unplugged version of "High Hopes" from PF's final album (Division Bell) features a wonderful lap steel solo at the end. Enjoy!
3,338 2014-09-13 20:57:43
Re: Prog Rock Wednesdays (580 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
I must admit that I was never a big Grateful Dead fan, but this is terrific stuff ... thanks for the contribution, Uncle Joe!
3,339 2014-09-13 12:26:46
Re: Coated Strings on an Electric? (9 replies, posted in Electric)
I tried a set of the EB Cobalts last year. The cobalt alloy is supposed to generate a tighter magnetic field with the pickups and a crisper tone. They were fine, but I couldn't really detect an audible difference; perhaps if I had better pickups I would. The ProBuckers in my Epiphone Les Paul are pretty good, but I'm thinking about replacing them with a set of Seymour-Duncan "P-Rails" ... a good after-Christmas project.
Beamer: the Elixirs will still squeak when wanted, but a fingernail works better than the fingertip. The opening section of "Run Like Hell" by Pink Floyd is fun to play with some fingernail action. And you're right ... it wouldn't be the same without the string noise.
3,340 2014-09-12 09:34:30
Re: Coated Strings on an Electric? (9 replies, posted in Electric)
Graham ...
Just wanted to thank-you for the recommendation for the Elixir strings on my electric. Put a set on earlier this week, and am really liking them. I'll watch for the peeling issue that Doug mentioned, but so far they sound terrific, and don't seem to squeak as much from sliding fingers.
Good call ... thanks again.
3,341 2014-09-09 09:23:22
Re: Imagine the Pressure (2 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Great post!
I completely agree that Heart gives some amazing tributes to Zeppelin, and they truly are worthy tributes. The fact that Jason Bonham would be a part of many of their shows is in itself an endorsement and belief in what they do. This Heart version of "The Battle of Evermore" is also dynamite:
3,342 2014-09-08 19:26:14
Re: Capo (17 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Chordie has a wonderful function to transpose keys, which you can also learn to do automatically when you play, or use a capo. As Russell said, my main reason for using the capo is to have different chord shapes available. A capo is only a one-way ticket though, as it can only key things up and not down ... a problem for us folks with a deeper voice. Maybe someone should invent a capo for the vocal chords!
For example, "Life's a Long Song" (Jethro Tull) is played in G. But it sounds and plays much better with the capo on the 5th fret, using the same chord shape as you would for D, instead being played at the 7th fret.
3,343 2014-09-08 19:15:34
Re: Gene Simmons on the state of Rock music (8 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Good one, Jerome ... that about sizes things up.
3,344 2014-09-07 11:08:10
Re: Gene Simmons on the state of Rock music (8 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Great read, highlighting the immense chasm between pure music (whatever style) and the music industry. I love this line from the article:
"Some brilliance, somewhere, was going to be expressed, and now it won't, because it's that much harder to earn a living playing and writing songs. No one will pay you to do it."
Music will not and cannot die. The ability for a person to earn a living with pure music it's what's failing. Unfortunately, the majority of the masses don't play musical instruments, so the lyrics, showmanship, and imagery are more important to them, i.e., pop music. In this modern era, I doubt that musicians who didn't devote themselves to "stoking the star-maker machinery" (Joni Mitchell) would have become successful.
Welcome to the machine! (Pink Floyd, 1975)
3,345 2014-09-06 23:07:25
Re: Prog Rock Wednesdays (580 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Wishbone Ash "The King Will Come" (2000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkvcM0JadEY
The Wishbone went through various personnel changes over the years, but maintained their "duel lead guitar" scheme of things. The one constant throughout has been guitarist Andy Powell. Much of their material reaches into the blues or rock & roll genres, but they also used some clever composition and arrangements which could only be termed as "progressive". A couple of their best albums from the 70's are "Argus" (1972) and "New England" (1976). More recent albums such as "Bonafide" (2002) and "Clan Destiny" (2006) are also very good, but more in the basic rock & roll category.
With more than 25 albums to their credit, and career spanning almost 45 years, Wishbone Ash have been an iconic, if somewhat under-exposed part of prog rock history.
3,346 2014-09-05 00:28:54
Re: Meet Dreadnoughtus (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
A Canadian comedian named Charlie Farqhuarson (Don Herron) once described these large herbivores like this:
"This here big feller had the body of a hippie-optimist, a neck like a g'why-why-raff, and coulda picked the tea leaves from the toppa the tree like it sez in yer Red Rose advertisements. Y' woulda hafta stand on toppa yer stool fer t' milk 'em."
But seriously, I'm not sure where the name "dreadnought" came from for that certain acoustic guitar's body shape.
3,347 2014-09-02 10:08:21
Re: Wish I had been there... (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Sounds fantastic, guys!
Whose sitting around the circle ... by their Chordie names?
3,348 2014-09-02 10:03:44
Re: Acoustic Guitar Strap (28 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
After dropping two acoustics in the past year, and having to catch them on top of my feet to prevent damage, I decided to put straps on all of them even though I sit 90% of the time. For the price of a $30 strap, that's a cheap way to prevent what could happen.
3,349 2014-09-01 11:37:59
Re: Prog Rock Wednesdays (580 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
This was supposed to be a weekly thing, but I just couldn't wait! (LOL)
Genesis is another of those iconic Prog Rock bands whose influences went well beyond their band to many others. The primary 5 members of Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, and Phil Collins all went on to do other things as the years went by. But the Genesis repertoire remained intact as music that truly defined the genre. In the last couple of years, guitarist Steve Hackett assembled a stage-full of top notch musicians, and launched the "Genesis Revisited" tour. Here's one of the most iconic songs in all of Prog Rock history ... SUPPER'S READY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSG1m1qCy2c
Opinions abound about the performances of the various players, in comparison to the originals. But IMHO this group have done an extraordinary job of capturing the essence of the work, even if they don't sound like a recorded lip-synch. You'll notice that the bassist plays his guitars left-handed, but that they are strung for a right-handed person! I can't imagine having to learn everything upside down! And I also think vocalist Nad Sylvan has done a first-rate job of capturing Peter Gabriel's intensity and inflection, even if he's not identical.
Hope you enjoy this ... I certainly have!
3,350 2014-09-01 11:05:43
Re: Do this seem fishy to you? (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I believe that sometimes the police will use Craig's List, Kijiji, etc. to ferret out people who fence stolen instruments, but I'm not devious enough to figure out how they do it. When I was in the market for a bass guitar last Fall, someone put an Ibanez BTB670 on Kijiji, and was selling it fairly cheap. We met at the Mall parking lot near here (which seemed odd to me) and the very clean-cut, official-looking guy who had it told me he'd changed his mind about selling it. He said it was his "baby" and apologized for wasting my time. My 32-year-old son told me it was likely and RCMP Officer, and that they often did this sort of thing.
You never know, eh?