1,401 Reply by neophytte

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Zurf wrote:
neophytte wrote:

I forgot my wife and I recorded this a while (years) ago - "Santa Baby", until the child interrupts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayq38hihA5k

Enjoy!!

Cheers

That was fun. I'm sure your child was just fine after all.

Thank you - yes, I seem to recall the "emergency" was turning the TV channel ... tongue

BTW, that was when you oldest one was young, now I do duo's with him (occasionally)

Cheers

Richard

[edit] Oops, removed the non-Christmas song[/edit]

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1,402 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

Neo
Great performance.
Your wife has an outstanding voice!
I too liked the children in the background - it made the song feel quite "Christmasy"

Thanks - and Merry Xmas to you too!!

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1,403 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Neo you and your fantastic guitar and your wife cool vocals make you two a beautiful duo. The kids backing vocal adds to the  videos  warm family vibe,

Thanks!!!

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1,404 Reply by neophytte

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beamer wrote:
neophytte wrote:
beamer wrote:

- Neo depending on how old it is you may want to consider the tube upgrade also,  In the words of  one of the Roy Blankenship (famous amp customizer' in N. Hollywood,)  "Just cause its old  it does not mean is valuable or good, parts get old and NEED to be replaced"  this is a great vid, you may want to watch 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz3XDNmiIvo&t=512s

It's this one: http://hughes-and-kettner.com/products/ … r-18-head/

Not sure of the age, I got it second hand a couple of years ago now, but I haven't really been using it that much ...

watching that vid is still a great lesson in why things work smile

I'm watching it right now smile

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1,405 Reply by neophytte

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:thumbsup:

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1,406 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Neo your a very talented music man. I enjoy your videos and your warm family setting.

Thanks smile

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1,407 Reply by neophytte

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Classical Guitar wrote:

I know macs and and pc's that one has to be the oldest working mac I have seen in a long time.  If memory serves correctly this one had only large floppies.

The Mac in the first pic is a Mac Plus, this one came standard with a 3.5" drive, but I had a secondary (external) drive, plus a massive HD20, 20 Megabyte external hard disk ...

The Mac with the 8 track connected to it (and the fellow from South Park on the monitor) is a 6200, which has a 3.5" drive, and an internal 600Mb drive - it's had a variety of external HD's attached over the years as backups. The photo of this one was actually the last time it worked, the day after this, it wouldn't turn on, probably leaky capacitors in the PSU, as was common for those era Macs - I was donated a 7200 by a friend and managed to transfer the rest of the files over ...

I also bought a Mac Cube, because I've always liked them, and retro-fitted it with a G4 Stealth card, there is a modern day one being sold here: http://alexhixon.com/projects/jamport/index.html

https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12990980_10156759867315514_1068541540226895164_n.jpg?oh=db5dda0cebed94d5fb6f601b90f69678&oe=5AC5AF76

Cheers

Richard

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1,408 Reply by neophytte

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I'm still seeing a few spam topics, but not as many as I have seen i the past ... !!!

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1,409 Reply by neophytte

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Here is a very short blast on the guitar from me to all you chordies.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lmEyIJyp7E

Those drawings were pretty impressive; I'm still at the "stick figure" stage smile The song was pretty good, but I think one of the strings wasn't quite in tune ... so it must be true that it happens to the best of us ...

Cheers

Richard

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1,410 Reply by neophytte

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Zurf wrote:

Here you go. Christmas for Cowboys: https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/ch … oys-cfsotm

That was really good - I can't remember ever hearing that song, although my Mum was a big John Denver fan. When she passed away I got all her old records, so I may even have it in my collection and not know it. Really suited your voice!!!

Cheers

Richard

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1,411 Reply by neophytte

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I forgot my wife and I recorded this a while (years) ago - "Santa Baby", until the child interrupts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayq38hihA5k

Enjoy!!

Cheers

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1,412 Reply by neophytte

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Songs starting with J:

Jealous guy (John Lennon)
Jessies Girl (Rick Springfield)
Jailhouse Rock (Elvis)
Joy to the world (Hoyt Axton)
Just like a Woman (Bob Dylan)
Just what I needed (Cars)

Songs starting with D:

Daniel (Elton John)
Daydream Believer (Monkees)
Dedicated follower of fashion (Kinks)
Desperado (Eagles)
Dirty Work (Steely Dan)
Dock of the bay (Otis Redding)
Don't you want me, baby (Human League)
Down Under (Men at work)
Dream Lover (Bobby Darin)
Duck Song (Bryant Ogden)

Singer or band with the letter K:

Kinks - Lola, Dedicated follower of fashion, et al ...
Leo Kottke - Louise
Carole King - Will you still love me tomorrow ...
Paul Kelly - Before too long, How to make gravy, To her door ...

Singer or band with the letter R:

Rolling Stones - too many to mention ...
Romantics - What I like about you, possibly others
Cliff RIchard - Living Doll, Summer Holiday, Young Ones
Gene Raskins - Those were the days.
Kenny Rogers (both R and K!!) - Coward of the county, Lucille
Linda Ronstandt - You're no good.
Lionel Richie - Hello
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti, Lucille
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild side, Dirty Boulevard
R.E.M. - Everybody hurts, Orange Crush, Man on the moon ...
Xavier Rudd - Choices, Solace ...

Just to get the ball rolling ...

Cheers

Richard

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1,413 Reply by neophytte

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A late entry (?) Jambalaya:

https://youtu.be/lQ3Oiwn5l1c

I crushed my thumb in a microphone stand, damn it hurts, so playing my wife's Uke with a pick ... I must admit I didn't know this song until we did it at our jam session last week, which is why I didn't try it before, but it's pretty easy to do (2 chords!!)

Enjoy!!

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1,414 Reply by neophytte

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beamer wrote:

- Neo depending on how old it is you may want to consider the tube upgrade also,  In the words of  one of the Roy Blankenship (famous amp customizer' in N. Hollywood,)  "Just cause its old  it does not mean is valuable or good, parts get old and NEED to be replaced"  this is a great vid, you may want to watch 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz3XDNmiIvo&t=512s

It's this one: http://hughes-and-kettner.com/products/ … r-18-head/

Not sure of the age, I got it second hand a couple of years ago now, but I haven't really been using it that much ...

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1,415 Reply by neophytte

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Strummerboy Bill wrote:

and i'd also appreciate knowing where you got that red/black 6-string or is it available only in Perth

Oops, sorry, missed this one, the guitar is a Denver, Model EF240BR:

http://neophytte.mine.nu/photo/2011-10-04-Denver/

I wasn't sure if they still existed, but it appears they do:

http://denver-guitars.com/steel_string/

Mine is old, got it in the early 90's, and it was the best sounding guitar at the local music shop ...

Cheers

Richard

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1,416 Topic by neophytte

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The slowed down, lounge music type version of 'fiction love':

http://neophytte1.mine.nu:81/audio/mp3/ … 202%29.mp3

Enjoy

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1,417 Topic by neophytte

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This was recorded by the band I was in (we were going to enter it into a contest, but the band
broke up around that time, so was released under the duo):

http://neophytte1.mine.nu:81/audio/mp3/ … 201%29.mp3

Enjoy ...

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1,418 Reply by neophytte

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Strummerboy Bill wrote:

Dumb question, but "in one of my duo's.......": what does that mean (keeping in mind I'm a "Yank")? Were you two musicians at the time? I loved the tune, by the way and I'm glad it's a part of an album. Can one hear it in it's entiriety  on you tube, or might you be selling it on Amazon or elsewhere? Well done, and i'd also appreciate knowing where you got that red/black 6-string or is it available only in Perth.

No such thing as a dumb question!! Yes, it was the two of us who remained after the band split up; we worked on this tune and a few others that the band was going to release, although we never performed in public under this band name (however we did a couple of gigs with acoustic guitars):

https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/1655924_10153852857070514_53946175_n.jpg?oh=8a8bf2624b1b14de23769f8feab5b393&oe=5A899CC7

Here is the artwork from the album:

http://neophytte1.mine.nu:81/audio/images/albums/AOP-cover_sm.jpg
http://neophytte1.mine.nu:81/audio/images/albums/cd-slick3.jpg

Here are the songs:

1. U R
2. fiction love (part 1)
3. Honesty (as if!)
4. You Done It
5. Liar
6. Take You Away
7. Matthew
8. fiction love (part 2)
9. Honesty (radio mix)
10. Liar (radio mix)
11. eskimo joe
12. Philosophy as an Art
13. Insane (live)

Enjoy!!

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1,419 Reply by neophytte

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Found some more pics of the studio, this was an early version, probably when I first started recording (maybe 1995?):

http://neophytte1.mine.nu:81/photo/2017-03-01-Randon_Music_Pics/images/Randon_Music_Pics-048.jpg

Slightly later, at my own place, still mixing to tape!!:

http://neophytte1.mine.nu:81/photo/2017-03-01-Randon_Music_Pics/images/Randon_Music_Pics-008.jpg

This was a couple of years ago, getting the analogue tape mixes into Logic on the Mac:

http://neophytte1.mine.nu:81/photo/2017-03-01-Randon_Music_Pics/images/Randon_Music_Pics-050.jpg

Cheers

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1,420 Reply by neophytte

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Strummerboy Bill wrote:
neophytte wrote:

Depending on your guitar, look up Tronical tuners ...

https://www.tronicaltune.com/tuners?front=1

Cheers

I went to the site, neo and it looks cool, but is the site supposed to let you hear the tunings  as they change?

I don't think so  - TBH I usually browse with my speakers off, as the pop-up videos on random site really annoy me ... especially when a few open at once ...

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1,421 Reply by neophytte

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Sounds like you've done a lot of research into it, I still run stock tubes in my HK18 ...

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1,422 Reply by neophytte

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I'd recommend the one you feel most comfortable with ... both financially, and in your hands, as there is nothing worse than having a guitar you don't want to play ...

Makes and models don't really come into play when it feels "right" (although I do like the Ibanez range!!) ...

Cheers

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1,423 Reply by neophytte

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neophytte wrote:
TIGLJK wrote:

Is that Perth   Western Australia ?

Correct!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth

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Peatle Jville wrote:

Neo up where you are in Western OZ will be real hot ?

39 C tomorrow ... summer has arrived ... !!

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TIGLJK wrote:

Is that Perth   Western Australia ?

Correct!!

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