Well, we've got one more of these Steamboat show/rehearsals; on the 28th of this month, to be exact. The band is blossoming, and is sounding fantastic. We've actually sort of figured out the background vocal thing, and everybody's getting much more comfortable.
Our first out of town experience was a good
one, and bodes well for us, in terms of being compatible and inspiring for one another. Everybody's been sort of fine-tuning their gear--I bought this pretty amazing new Vox guitar amp which is helping me keep my electric guitar under control on stage. Will assembled this wild system where he can
sub out his bass through this phrase sampler
and make all these interesting sound loops while we're playing, sending it out to a different amp and generally adding to the sound collage thing. JJ started playing this fantastic little Ringo kit, Bukka's shopping for toys, and
yadadada.
I'm also struggling with the live acoustic guitar sounds. Charlie Sexton was kind enough to loan me a beautiful pair of Gibson acoustics; a J-45 and a BluesKing, both outfitted with Fishman pickups, but the live acoustic guitar thing is a tough one. Dean Parks and Greg Leisz both recommend that I get one of these Pendulum mic/pre parametric DI things, and some good compressor, as well as adding a lavalier mic to the soundholes and mixing between the bridge pickup and the mic, and that's probably what I'll end up doing, though it's gonna cost a bloody fortune. But I can't stand that ploink ploink sound of a piezo mic.
James Taylor, Leo Kottke, Richard Thompson,
Jerry Douglas, and a raft of others also use this system, so it's probably worth the money ultimately, as all those guys have a stunning
live acoustic sound. I think Paul Simon, too.
I just realised how boring the above must be to the non-musicians among you, so how about a joke:
A priest, a rabbi and a mullah walk into a bar.
The bartender says, "what, is this a joke?"
Not so funny, maybe, but at least its short.
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Well, we've got one more of these Steamboat show/rehearsals; on the 28th of this month, to be exact. The band is blossoming, and is sounding fantastic. We've actually sort of figured out the background vocal thing, and everybody's getting much more comfortable.
Our first out of town experience was a good
one, and bodes well for us, in terms of being compatible and inspiring for one another. Everybody's been sort of fine-tuning their gear--I bought this pretty amazing new Vox guitar amp which is helping me keep my electric guitar under control on stage. Will assembled this wild system where he can
sub out his bass through this phrase sampler
and make all these interesting sound loops while we're playing, sending it out to a different amp and generally adding to the sound collage thing. JJ started playing this fantastic little Ringo kit, Bukka's shopping for toys, and
yadadada.
I'm also struggling with the live acoustic guitar sounds. Charlie Sexton was kind enough to loan me a beautiful pair of Gibson acoustics; a J-45 and a BluesKing, both outfitted with Fishman pickups, but the live acoustic guitar thing is a tough one. Dean Parks and Greg Leisz both recommend that I get one of these Pendulum mic/pre parametric DI things, and some good compressor, as well as adding a lavalier mic to the soundholes and mixing between the bridge pickup and the mic, and that's probably what I'll end up doing, though it's gonna cost a bloody fortune. But I can't stand that ploink ploink sound of a piezo mic.
James Taylor, Leo Kottke, Richard Thompson,
Jerry Douglas, and a raft of others also use this system, so it's probably worth the money ultimately, as all those guys have a stunning
live acoustic sound. I think Paul Simon, too.
I just realised how boring the above must be to the non-musicians among you, so how about a joke:
A priest, a rabbi and a mullah walk into a bar.
The bartender says, "what, is this a joke?"
Not so funny, maybe, but at least its short.
db
Our first out of town experience was a good
one, and bodes well for us, in terms of being compatible and inspiring for one another. Everybody's been sort of fine-tuning their gear--I bought this pretty amazing new Vox guitar amp which is helping me keep my electric guitar under control on stage. Will assembled this wild system where he can
sub out his bass through this phrase sampler
and make all these interesting sound loops while we're playing, sending it out to a different amp and generally adding to the sound collage thing. JJ started playing this fantastic little Ringo kit, Bukka's shopping for toys, and
yadadada.
I'm also struggling with the live acoustic guitar sounds. Charlie Sexton was kind enough to loan me a beautiful pair of Gibson acoustics; a J-45 and a BluesKing, both outfitted with Fishman pickups, but the live acoustic guitar thing is a tough one. Dean Parks and Greg Leisz both recommend that I get one of these Pendulum mic/pre parametric DI things, and some good compressor, as well as adding a lavalier mic to the soundholes and mixing between the bridge pickup and the mic, and that's probably what I'll end up doing, though it's gonna cost a bloody fortune. But I can't stand that ploink ploink sound of a piezo mic.
James Taylor, Leo Kottke, Richard Thompson,
Jerry Douglas, and a raft of others also use this system, so it's probably worth the money ultimately, as all those guys have a stunning
live acoustic sound. I think Paul Simon, too.
I just realised how boring the above must be to the non-musicians among you, so how about a joke:
A priest, a rabbi and a mullah walk into a bar.
The bartender says, "what, is this a joke?"
Not so funny, maybe, but at least its short.
db
