response 26 of 40:

Apr 30 22:52 UTC 1998

(woa...a bass duo?  That's be wacky...)

response 28 of 40:

May 7 08:18 UTC 1998

hi all....
Nice to see lumen and funnie herer again...
I was herer checking in ......

will be back..... see ya....

response 30 of 40:

May 7 19:06 UTC 1998

Browse through item #67 to get some ideas.  Generally associated with folk/
traditional music of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany (France).  Of course
you don't have to be Celtic to play or enjoy the music!  :-)

response 32 of 40:

May 15 17:36 UTC 1998

Here's something you might find interesting. I'm not sure if I've discussed
it in here before, but oh well. I play recorder (I own a soprano, alto, and
tenor), and jam on a semi-regular basis with two different groups of people.
One group is acoustic: two guitarists, another recorder player, and a tabla
player. The second group is electric: guitar, bass, drums (well, ok, the drums
aren't electric, but they're really loud, and that's the difference between
the 2 groups I was trying to convey). I love playing with each group very
much, but in different ways. Now with the electric group, it was fine at
first, but as the weeks went on, these guys got louder and louder, to the
point where I couldn't hear myself, so what I did was take a small clip-on
microphone you might have seen attached to the bell of a saxophone, and I
removed the clip. I then put the head of the mike right up against the hole
on the top of the recorder, where the air passes (and the sound), and tied
it on. I then just simply plugged into an amp the same way a guitar or bass
would. It sounds great!! And its so much better than what we tried originally,
which was me leaning over and trying to play into a stationary microphone.
The sound wasn't that bad, but that's only if I held my recorder in just the
right way, and didn't move at all. Now I have great sound and unlimited
movement. About a week after I got the clip on mike, one of my friends in the
acoustic group, between songs, looked at me, shook his head, and said, "You
know what Dave?.....I just realized you've gone electric." More head shaking.
Hey! They laughed at Dylan when *he* went electric. Who's laughing now, hmmmm?

response 34 of 40:

May 18 14:26 UTC 1998

True, and it would solve the only remaining inconvenience I have, which is
that I have three recorders, and one amplification system. I enjoy playing
all three equally, and sometimes play all three in sucession, but if I'm in
the middle of a jam, and have to take the time to untie the mic from one, and
retie it to another recorder....well, you get the point. The thing is, that
recorders, especially sopranos, are so small, that any kind of electronics
required to accomplish what I'm looking for is probably out of my price range.

response 36 of 40:

May 19 14:40 UTC 1998

I'm not sure what kind of modification you mean. Do you mean (in #33) the
equivalent of a portable mic, but just wireless (not unlike a lot of
guitarists have today), or are you thinking of something electronic I could
put in the recorder that would amplify the sound itself, eliminating the need
for an amp?

response 38 of 40:

May 24 06:50 UTC 1998

I'm sorry, Jon...the last bit of your response (#37) was chopped off. All I
got was " I was assuming you were talking about..".

response 40 of 40:

Mar 8 23:31 UTC 1999

I just started classical guitar lessons last week, and my next lesson is 
tomorrow.  I'm so excited.

One technique I learned-- just a small one-- that I liked was a 
three-finger Spanish strum-- I have no idea what it's called.  While 
strumming, you just roll from the index, to the middle, and to the ring 
finger.  If you do it right, you'll probably recognize the effect.