Voltan

may i ask what experience you have micing gongs? not trying to be argumentative, but your first two sentences tell me you are just guessing... i appreciate your wanting to help, but id rather not guess if im going to invest in decent gear... thank you.

upon occasion, the need for being mic'd is becoming an unfortunate necessity. rather than be at the mercy of a production crew that may or may not fully grasp the nature of the beast, what are my options in mics that are capable of capturing the nuance and air of these instruments in a live setting? one challenge is that recently ive been in improv situations with numerous musicians on everything from harmonica, didgeridoos, guitar, djembes and various percussionists... completely outside my comfort zone, yet proving to be insanely provocative and productive in breaking imaginary boundaries. i stumbled upon a recording mic that works wonderfully well, in solo situations... a zoom q8 with a stereo shotgun mic, it captures the highs of the surface work, timbre etc, and the stereo mic seems to pic up the resonance and surrounding air... im happy with what that system captures ( to my tired ears ) so i know its possible... so, akg c214's? ribbon mics? kinda sorta looking at this thing like mic'ing up the air around a string quartet. much appreciated...

most awesome! I sit for hours playing gongs and singing bowls. ive found a good base is key... I use a moon meditation seat system that's pretty comfortable sitting lotus even for extended sessions. but not supporting an instrument either. definitely considering a single tumba. #s 2 & 3 I'm figuring goes with the territory as well but then I'm not known for staying anywhere near inside the box for long. ​now, #4... everything is relative... ive been looking at one piece, no neck joint and they seem to run around 1800 to 2200 u.s.d. for what I'm assuming to be decent mid level instrument?

cool, so you know the basics... playing a kit takes some limb separation/ independence... kinda like rubbing your belly and patting your head at the same time... no real biggie, just takes some longer than others like anything else in life... a factor to consider is which joints are affected... getting behind a kit for a few days or even better, a few weeks is going to tell you a lot more than any of us... and keep playing that guitar ( as well as adding slide) too! just more tools in your workshop...

have you ever sat behind a set of drums?

no... but im up to three gongs and looking... lusting after a 52" chau, currently... if so, i am seriosly going to go to a two person load and set up... in truth, my new obsession with bronze resonant instruments has had me pretty well entranced for the past year... i think the only new instrument since has been a bali hand pan

i turned every one of them down except for one... and we are still together...

could the instrument be a dilruba?

You have the right attitude... Or so I'm told.. Im holding off on the sitar for a bit... Another gong is already in transit... Yay! Yes, I'm a gong addict.

I'd bet you could get a gourd replaced... I've seen them offered on evil bay and the like...

I looked at Teh ouds... Didn't ring true on that... There are several variations of sitar like instruments aren't there? Like a bass sitar and isn't there one with less drones and primaries?

I assure you my approach will be anything but strictly traditional but I make no apologies. I do hold to the concept of trying to understand the correct workings of a thing before one starts taking liberties with the alternative routes to be explored... Sometimes...

I've wanted to learn to play sitar for too long, it's time to stop wanting and start doing. There seems to be a push in my (musical) life that's in a different direction than planned,( yes, I know,). Of all the instruments around here, I'm gravitating to the gongs, singing bowls, and such. Two types of instruments I've wanted to learn are hand pans and sitar. I've played a couple hand pans, some are magical instruments. Sitar? I'm pretty much in The dark. I figured pretty much like checking fit and finish on any other instrument . My luthier has experience working with them so thats a leg up, thank you Gary Hudson! I saw some modern looking things with all machine tuners and while that appeals to the practical it left me totally cold... Some of the double toomba swan heads I've seen were exquisite workmanship and looked sturdy yet graceful? Ganesh?

Thank you!

Anyone here have a sitar? I've been looking but having no experience with them, what do I need to look for? Even the cheesy looking instruments are touted as " professional quality". How's to tell?

Oh... No rools? This could be a lot of fun... I'm definitely in...

Yeah, me too... So what be teh rools?

it's a thought... but so is relative anonymity... if we did start another one, realistically what kind of shipping/mailing charges are we looking at? and what, if any, were the rools of engagement?

i remember that... i never participated but it was a very cool concept...

Originally Posted by Potts Same here! Great setlist BTW! thank you, we keep trying to add a few more tunes each week... keeps things interesting. Originally Posted by Potts This thread is awesome! Just by looking I can easily find 20 tunes that I never thought of doing... yes! i've seen a few that i really need to add!

we made up a song "menu"... a laminated song list of about 200 of our tunes that folks can just write the numbers down for requests... it helps figure out which way the current crowd is leaning for musical tastes... sometimes...

i know i'm forgetting a bunch but here's a few... jim croce... 1 dont mess around with jim 2 i have to say i love you in a song 3 i've got a name 4 lover's cross 5 new yorks not my home 6 one less set of footsteps 7 operator 8 photographs and memories 9 time in a bottle jimmy buffet 10 a pirate looks at forty 11 bama breeze 12 banana republics 13 barometer soup 14 boat drinks 15 breathe in breathe out 16 changes in latitudes 17 come monday 18 five o'clock somewhere 19 margaritaville 20 last mango in paris 21 pascagoula run 22 pencil thin moustache 23 son of a son of a sailor 24 the wino and i know 25 tin cup chalice 26 volcano james taylor 27 carolina in my mind 28 fire and rain 29 how sweet it is 30 sweet baby james 31 youve got a friend 32 mexico 33 shower the people 34 country road simon and garfunkle 35 59th street blues 36 the boxer 37 bridge over troubled water 38 homeward bound 39 i am a rock 40 mrs robinson 41 scarborough fair 42 sounds of silence 43 kathys song the eagles 44 best of my love 45 desperado 46 lyin eyes 47 peaceful easy feeling 48 take it easy 49 tequila sunrise 50 hotel california the beatles 51 a day in the life 52 all you need is love 53 a little help from my friends 54 and i love her 55 back in the ussr 56 blackbird 57 day tripper 58 here comes the sun 59 i'm looking through you 60 in my life 61 it's only love 62 i've just seen a face 63 hey jude 64 michelle 65 norwegian wood 66 nowhere man 67 ob-la-di ob-la-da 68 oh darlin' 69 revolution 70 rocky raccoon 71 sgt peppers lonely hearts club band 72 something 73 things we said today 74 ticket to ride 75 we can work it out 76 when i'm sixty-four 77 yesterday 78 you've got to hide your love away roy orbison 79 in dreams 80 only the lonely 81 pretty woman 82 running scared 83 sweet dream baby 84 you got it 85 aint no sunshine (bill withers) 86 american pie (don mcclean) 87 amie (pure prarie league) 88 jazzman (pure prairie league) 89 annies song (john denver) 90 another day (paul mccartney) 91 aqualung (jethro tull) 92 locomotive breath ( jethro tull) 93 baby blue (badfinger) 94 baby i'm a want you (bread) 95 badge (cream) 96 bad moon risin' (CCR) 97 band on the run (paul mccartney) 98 behind blue eyes (the who) 99 black water (doobie bros) 100 blowin' in the wind (bob dylan) 101 brown eyed girl ( van morrison) 102 california girls (beach boys) 103 cat's in the cradle ( harry chapin) 104 cherry cherry (neil diamond) 105 city of new orleans ( arlo guthrie) 106 cracklin rose (neil diamond) 107 crazy (willie nelson) 108 cross my heart ( george strait) 109 danny's song ( loggins and messina) 110 day after day (badfinger) 111 dock of the bay (otis redding) 112 down on the corner (CCR) 113 dream a little dream (mamas and the papas) 114 dreamer (ozzy osbourne) 115 dust in the wind (kansas) 116 fifty ways to leave your lover (paul simon) 117 free ride (edgar winter) 118 garden party (ricky nelson) 119 get together (youngbloods) 120 drift away (dobie gray) 121 goin' up the country (canned heat) 122 guitar man (bread) 123 happy together (turtles) 124 have you ever seen the rain (CCR) 125 heard it through the grapevine (marvin gaye) 126 heart of gold (neil young) 127 hold you in my arms (ray lamontange) 128 hooked on a feelin' (b j thomas) 129 honky cat (elton john) 130 horse with no name (america) 131 i am i said (neil diamond) 132 i can see clearly now (johnny nash) 133 if (bread) 134 i fought the law (bobby fuller band) 135 if you could read my mind (gordon lightfoot) 136 imagine (john lennon) 137 i'm not in love (10 cc) 138 i shot the sheriff (eric clapton) 139 jumpin jack flash (rolling stones) 140 kentucky woman (neil diamond) 141 kodachrome (paul simon) 142 la bamba (ritchie valens) 143 layala (eric clapton) 144 lay lady lay ( bob dylan) 145 let it be me ( ray lamontange) 146 light my fire ( jose feliciano) 147 listen to the music ( doobie bros) 148 lonely people (america) 149 maggie may (rod stewart) 150 marry me (train) 151 melissa (allman bros) 152 midnight rider (allman bros) 153 moon shadow (cat stevens) 154 most beautiful girl (charlie rich) 155 mr. bojangles (nitty gritty dirt band) 156 my girl (temptations) 157 my hometown (bruce springsteen) 158 my sweet lord (george harrision) 159 never my love ( association) 160 nights in white satin (moody blues) 161 out in the country (three dog night) 162 no matter what (badfinger) 163 play me (neil diamond) 164 poor side of town (johnny rivers) 165 proud mary (CCR) 166 raindrops keep fallin' on my head ( b.j. thomas) 167 rocket man (elton john) 168 rocky mountain high (john denver) 169 ruby tuesday (rolling stones) 170 roundabout (yes) 171 sister golden hair (america) 172 she's always a woman (billy joel) 173 solitary man (neil diamond) 174 southern cross (crosby stills and nash) 175 stairway to freebird (led zep/skynyrd) 176 stop hey whats that sound (B springfield) 177 story in your eyes ( moody blues) 178 summer breeze (seals and crofts) 179 summer rain (johnny rivers) 180 sundown (g. lightfoot) 181 sunshine go away today (jonathan edwards) 182 sunshine of your love (cream) 183 sweet caroline (neil diamond) 184 taxi (harry chapin) 185 tears in heaven (eric clapton) 186 your song (elton john) 187 to love somebody (bee gees) 188 tuesday afternoon (moody blues) 189 ventura highway (america) 190 unchained melody (righteous bros) 191 way you look tonight (elton john ) 192 watching the river run (loggins and messina) 193 the weight (the band) 194 what a wonderful world (louis armstrong) 195 whats goin' on (marvin gaye) 196 white room (cream) 197 wild world (cat stevens) 198 lookin' out my back door (CCR) 199 wonderful tonight (eric clapton) 200 wont back down (tom petty) 201 words (bee gees) 202 wreck of the edmund fitzgerald (g lightfoot) 203 you are the sunshine of my life (stevie wonder) 204 you keep me hangin' on (vanilla fudge) 205 come together (beatles) 206 all along the watchtower (bob dylan) 207 carmelita (warren zevon) 208 rt 66 (commander cody) 209 boom boom out go the lights 210 willin' ( little feat) 211 island (jimmy buffet) 212 little miss magic (jimmy buffet) 213 hey good lookin' (hank williams) 214 jambalaya (hank williams) 215 let me go home whiskey (bob wills and the texas playboys) 216 already gone (eagles) 217 truck drivin man ( dave dudley) 218 helpless ( crosby stills nash and young) 219 shooting star (bad company) 229 moondance (van morrison) 230 please dont bury me (john prine) 231 angel from montgomery (john prine) 232 dear abby (john prine) 233 keep on rockin' in the free world (neil young) 234 cortez the killer (neil young ) 235 down by the river (neil young) 236 brown sugar (rolling stones) 237 wild horses (gram parsons) 238 love hurts (gram parsons) 239 while my guitar gently weeps (george harrison) 240 ramblin' fever ( merle haggard) 241 whippin' post (greg allman) 242 ridin' the storm out (reo speedwagon) 243 sweet jane (lou reed) 244 desperadoes waiting for a train (guy clark) 245 ballad of the last gunfighter (guy clark) 246 the dark (guy clark) 247 seven bridges road (steve young) 248 two more bottles of wine (emmy lou harris) 249 dead flowers (gram parsons/townes van zandt) 250 steam roller blues (james taylor) 251 4 & 20 (crosby stills nash and young) 252 long train runnin' (doobie bros) 253 daniel (elton john) 254 redneck mothers (ray wiley hubbard) 255 london homesick blues (jerry jeff walker) 256 walk away ( james gang) 257 mr tambourine man (the byrds) 258 if you want to get to heaven (ozark mountain daredevils) 259 panama red (new riders of the purple sage) 260 standin' on a rock (ozark mountain daredevils)