Members Stackabones Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 Virtual Open Mic (VOM) will be this Sunday from midnight to midnight. I'll start a new thread and you can link your submission there. For more information and to view past VOMs, click on the link in my sig. Or ask here! All HCers are welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Martin Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 Was playing around with a nylon-stringer while in Rome and wrote a new song on it, made a wee-hrs. recording there in the palazzo. Due to grappa it's not a one-take, but I did finally manage to get through it on the Zoom H2 after about 9 false starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted August 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 The grappa will get ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kujozilla Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 The grappa will get ya. The grappa will grabya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted August 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 Even better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike_E_McGee Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 I tried doing some slide on camera this weekend and just couldn't get it together. I don't know what I'll come up with, but I got a new camera, made it last time, and imma get something up there for this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted August 8, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 Slide on camera, huh? Have you tried playing slide on guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Martin Posted August 10, 2011 Members Share Posted August 10, 2011 The grappa will grabya? Wanted to say I was persona non grappa...not accurate, but it sounded good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted August 10, 2011 Members Share Posted August 10, 2011 Got an Ian Anderson classic I've been working on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted August 10, 2011 Members Share Posted August 10, 2011 Got an Ian Anderson classic I've been working on. Hey Rob! Good to see you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted August 10, 2011 Members Share Posted August 10, 2011 Hey Rob! Good to see you Thanks, Howard. You know, we never did get together for that song. What was the name of if? I remember you sent it to me but now I can't find it. Was it "A Message to Pretty? Or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted August 10, 2011 Members Share Posted August 10, 2011 Thanks, Howard.You know, we never did get together for that song. What was the name of if? I remember you sent it to me but now I can't find it. Was it "A Message to Pretty? Or something like that. It was indeed "A Message to Pretty". In the end I did it without you LOL. Maybe something else, sometime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Martin Posted August 10, 2011 Members Share Posted August 10, 2011 Got an Ian Anderson classic I've been working on. Ach! I love Ian Anderson. JT played near Rome in July, at an ancient amphitheater in Ostia, but I couldn't go. So which classic are you doing...? My vote: "Locomotive Breath"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surrealistic Posted August 11, 2011 Members Share Posted August 11, 2011 I seem to have missed the last 3 or 4 of these due to work commitments but I'm going to try to make this one. I'm looking forward to hearing some great stuff as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted August 11, 2011 Members Share Posted August 11, 2011 Ach! I love Ian Anderson. JT played near Rome in July, at an ancient amphitheater in Ostia, but I couldn't go. So which classic are you doing...? My vote: "Locomotive Breath"! That was actually the first JT song I learned, and one of the first songs I ever learned. My brother used to play it so I learned it from him. He used to play Wind Up as well. 2 of my mom's favorite songs. Some time ago I decided to learn a couple of songs from Aqualung. Actually three, but the third one is proving to be a little harder than I expected. I had put them on the back burner for a while when I got into writing my first original a couple of months ago but I recently picked them back up and have been practicing them over and over almost every day. Anderson's songs can be real easy if you want to just strum them. However, adding his type of picking can be quite a challenge, especially if you want to sing at the same time. The timings aren't always what you would expect them to be. So, which one will I be doing? Well, I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave you wondering about this fairy tale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted August 11, 2011 Members Share Posted August 11, 2011 It was indeed "A Message to Pretty". In the end I did it without you LOL. Maybe something else, sometime? Yeah, well, sorry I left you hanging like that. I'm sure life got in the way back then. I hadn't even played much up until 2-3 months ago when I got my room back. It's our home office and my wife and I decided to move out of it for a while to accommodate 2 of her late brother's kids after her sister-in-law remarried and moved to Georgia. They've since decided to move back with their mother. My wife actually prefers her new spot for her desk and "allowed" me to take the office back for myself, so now it's my office/music room: I'd still be interested in doing something together, so if you think of anything, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted August 11, 2011 Members Share Posted August 11, 2011 . . . . . I'd still be interested in doing something together, so if you think of anything, let me know. We all have busy times so no worries. But sure, it would be great to collaborate. I'll be in touch but not sure when - not having much time to play and record at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Martin Posted August 11, 2011 Members Share Posted August 11, 2011 So, which one will I be doing? Well, I'm afraid I'm going to have to leave you wondering about this fairy tale. Well I look fwd to it eagerly, whatever you do. If it's something from the era up to and including Thick as a Brick, then it's a song grooved deeply into my ear-bones through many thousands of listenings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FussenKuh Posted August 12, 2011 Members Share Posted August 12, 2011 Work continues to encroach on the majority of my free time, but, I found enough to create an original this month. My Internet connection is going to be spotty this weekend, but, I have my Absentee Post uploaded and ready to go. As always, I'll be looking forward to some quality tunes to stream over the coming week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kwakatak Posted August 13, 2011 Members Share Posted August 13, 2011 Got an Ian Anderson classic I've been working on. I just saw it pop up on my subscriptions on Youtube. Good work! Not as bouncy as Andersen but frankly I think the guy was on something so I'd take mellow on any day. You certainly did better on this than I could have. How DO you do all that fancy strumming and flatpicking and get all the words to the lyrics out? Damned if I know how! BTW, it looks like I'm passing on this week's VOM unless I get a quiet moment sometime this weekend. I've been wanting to do a mellower version of Counting Crow's "Rain King" but can't pull it off with the kids competing and each pestering me nonstop for 110% of my attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Martin Posted August 13, 2011 Members Share Posted August 13, 2011 I just saw it pop up on my subscriptions on Youtube. Good work! Not as bouncy as Andersen but frankly I think the guy was on something so I'd take mellow on any day. You certainly did better on this than I could have. How DO you do all that fancy strumming and flatpicking and get all the words to the lyrics out? Damned if I know how! So Kwak took a peek--I haven't, but I'm guessing it's "Mother Goose" now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Martin Posted August 13, 2011 Members Share Posted August 13, 2011 BTW, it looks like I'm passing on this week's VOM unless I get a quiet moment sometime this weekend. I've been wanting to do a mellower version of Counting Crow's "Rain King" but can't pull it off with the kids competing and each pestering me nonstop for 110% of my attention. Just do a true VOM1T Kwak! Lock yourself in the closet for 5 minutes and post whatever eventuates! Or do like Frets has done in some of his vids--let kids run amok while you play. It's actually very endearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted August 14, 2011 Members Share Posted August 14, 2011 How DO you do all that fancy strumming and flatpicking and get all the words to the lyrics out? Damned if I know how! That's what took me so long to get it to a point where I could be satisfied with a recording. It's like a golf swing. There's so much to think about that if you try to think about everything, you'll just mess it all up. As I practiced this song, I would think about the lyrics and then mess up one of the picking parts. Or I would concentrate on the picking and flub the words. This take was literally the cleanest version I'd played, counting practice and recording. Thanks for the kind words, Kwak. I appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted August 14, 2011 Members Share Posted August 14, 2011 So Kwak took a peek--I haven't, but I'm guessing it's "Mother Goose" now... Good guess, Michael, but no. You're close though. I don't think this one is as intricate as the song I submitted for the VOM. At least I'm not playing it that way. However, the little lead diddy that he plays before the last verse and at the very end is kicking my ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike_E_McGee Posted August 14, 2011 Members Share Posted August 14, 2011 well, I'm all kinds of excited and it's midnight where I am... I'll post when I wake up and the thread is up. I'm all about the vom1t this time. Plenty of biff notes out of me this month, but that's how I play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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