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Thu November 27 2008
One piece from my upcoming record - 'Acousti-Shred'. This was recorded the week before Thanksgiving '08 using a Washburn acoustic into a Boss BR-8. Li...
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One piece from my upcoming record - 'Acousti-Shred'. This was recorded the week before Thanksgiving '08 using a Washburn acoustic into a Boss BR-8. Like it says in the liner notes: "Just a Blues.
Just another Blues. BREATHE."
One piece from my upcoming record - 'Acousti-Shred'. This was recorded the week before Thanksgiving '08 using a Washburn acoustic into a Boss BR-8. Like it says in the liner notes: "Just a Blues.
Just another Blues. BREATHE."
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Thu August 14 2008
I recorded this stacked-improvisation on 9.1.08 at the HipWorks Mobile Tone-Magnet in Eden, NC using a Guild "Ashbory" fretless bass (with silicon rub...
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I recorded this stacked-improvisation on 9.1.08 at the HipWorks Mobile Tone-Magnet in Eden, NC using a Guild "Ashbory" fretless bass (with silicon rubber strings!) and a signal-processed acoustic
guitar through a Boss BR-8 recording platform. All tracks were 1st-pass improvisations. “Jaco” Pastorius' first album entitled Jaco Pastorius (1976), was a breakthrough album for the
electric ...
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I recorded this stacked-improvisation on 9.1.08 at the HipWorks Mobile Tone-Magnet in Eden, NC using a Guild "Ashbory" fretless bass (with silicon rubber strings!) and a signal-processed acoustic
guitar through a Boss BR-8 recording platform. All tracks were 1st-pass improvisations. “Jaco” Pastorius' first album entitled Jaco Pastorius (1976), was a breakthrough album for the
electric bass, and its influence may still be felt in Jazz, Rock, and Hip-Hop. Many believe this to be the finest bass album ever recorded. In 1976, he joined the fusion band Weather Report, and his
bass-playing became an integral part of its sound, in concert and on albums such as Heavy Weather and Night Passage. As well as pulsating basslines, he played mad solos in the higher register, with a
bright tone that contrasted to the tribalism of his ensemble playing. He used chords and harmonics which created a rich texture. He played both fretted and fretless bass guitars. His playing was
noted for its precision and propulsive drive. William "Bootsy" Collins Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins' driving bass guitar
and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk. Bootsy's Rubber Band, a separate touring unit of Clinton's P-Funk collective, recorded four albums together, the first three
of which are often considered to be among the quintessential P-Funk recordings. Bootsy collaborated with bluegrass legends Del McCoury, Doc Watson and Mac Wiseman to form the GrooveGrass Boyz, a
fusion of bluegrass and funk. Bootsy is widely considered a pioneer in many aspects of not only funk, but also in the progression and evolution of bass playing techniques. His bass playing is
driving, rhythmic and groovy, and has been very influential in the development of funk. His characteristic juicy sound, produced by envelope filters (for example the Mutron), is one of his
distinguishing traits as a bass player. Source: (adapted from) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaco_Pastorius http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootsy_Collins
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Wed July 09 2008
BROKEN EYE [Tools: guitars, bass / drumming and percussion: Mark McGee] Recorded on Chebeague Island near Portland, Maine in 1990 at Mark's Central La...
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BROKEN EYE [Tools: guitars, bass / drumming and percussion: Mark McGee] Recorded on Chebeague Island near Portland, Maine in 1990 at Mark's Central Landing Sound studio. This is a paean to veterans
and those serving our nation in violent places overseas. Whether you feel the war is right or wrong, they are volunteers. My son is enjoying 125 degree heat in Mosul, Iraq today. ‘Taps’,
tra...
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BROKEN EYE [Tools: guitars, bass / drumming and percussion: Mark McGee] Recorded on Chebeague Island near Portland, Maine in 1990 at Mark's Central Landing Sound studio. This is a paean to veterans
and those serving our nation in violent places overseas. Whether you feel the war is right or wrong, they are volunteers. My son is enjoying 125 degree heat in Mosul, Iraq today. ‘Taps’,
traditionally played on bugle at sundown, is my jumping-off place here. My wife and I pray daily that Michael will come home in one piece next February, after Barack Obama has filled the Oval Office.
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Wed July 09 2008
TITAN BERRY ROAD [Tools: guitars, bass, drum samples, stacked loops of our daughter Emmalee making ‘flute sounds’ with a foot-long Slurpie...
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TITAN BERRY ROAD [Tools: guitars, bass, drum samples, stacked loops of our daughter Emmalee making ‘flute sounds’ with a foot-long Slurpie straw] This composition deliberately and
synchronously taps into both Fred Frith’s and Bill Harkleroad’s guitar styles. The real Titan Berry Road is off RT. 135 southwest of Eden, NC. Think of the mythological Atlas holding a
giant raspb...
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TITAN BERRY ROAD [Tools: guitars, bass, drum samples, stacked loops of our daughter Emmalee making ‘flute sounds’ with a foot-long Slurpie straw] This composition deliberately and
synchronously taps into both Fred Frith’s and Bill Harkleroad’s guitar styles. The real Titan Berry Road is off RT. 135 southwest of Eden, NC. Think of the mythological Atlas holding a
giant raspberry on his shoulders… I did.
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Mon January 28 2008
BHH: voices and instruments, recorded at home during 1999 for the (unreleased) 'Faced' CD by "Blind Pineapple" Phillips The I Like Toast Blues I like ...
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BHH: voices and instruments, recorded at home during 1999 for the (unreleased) 'Faced' CD by "Blind Pineapple" Phillips The I Like Toast Blues I like toast...I like toast wheat toast...buttered toast
I like toast...the most TOAST! I like hash...I like hash grill-fried hash...toast and hash I pay cash 'cause I like hash JUICE! I like ham...home-smoked ham eggs and ham with toast and jam Sam I Am,
y...
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BHH: voices and instruments, recorded at home during 1999 for the (unreleased) 'Faced' CD by "Blind Pineapple" Phillips The I Like Toast Blues I like toast...I like toast wheat toast...buttered toast
I like toast...the most TOAST! I like hash...I like hash grill-fried hash...toast and hash I pay cash 'cause I like hash JUICE! I like ham...home-smoked ham eggs and ham with toast and jam Sam I Am,
you the man! HAM! I like toast...I like toast wheat toast...buttered toast I like toast...the most toast TO-TOAST!
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