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steve
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response 25 of 71:
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Dec 18 03:07 UTC 1992 |
Black Sabbath on a bassoon? I think I want to hear that. Really.
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power
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response 26 of 71:
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Dec 19 00:07 UTC 1992 |
Hey, it works :)... Are you into Black Sabbath?
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bk
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response 27 of 71:
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Dec 19 00:54 UTC 1992 |
I've heard it-it's pretty interesting.
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steve
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response 28 of 71:
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Dec 19 04:44 UTC 1992 |
I've always liked _Paranoid_. A lot.
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eric2
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response 29 of 71:
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Dec 21 05:28 UTC 1992 |
I've been recording a lot lately with a Fostex Porta 3. It's cheap, but
it does the job. For the most part, I've been using a Yamaha drum machine
and then playing bass and electric guitar (no vocals). I've been able to
get some pretty good sounding recordings on it. Usually, I'll record the
drum machine on the first track, the bass on the second track, and either
two guitars, or else a guitar and a piano on the third and fourth tracks.
Before I bought the 4-track, I would record on a standard stereo cassette
deck and play it back, while mixing in another track on a mixer I bought
at Radio Shack. I could usually get three tracks to sound okay with that,
although it would take me a couple of hours per song to get it right.
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power
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response 30 of 71:
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Dec 21 20:01 UTC 1992 |
Yeah, Paranoid's one of my favorites too....
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redwood
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response 31 of 71:
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Dec 22 16:13 UTC 1992 |
I record with a Walkman Professional WMD-6C.
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arabella
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response 32 of 71:
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Jan 15 08:21 UTC 1993 |
I have done some live recording on my Walkman Professional, and
it gives very nice results. I have used a Tascam Porta-one
4-track in the past, but since I mostly record live voice
and piano, I don't currently have much need of the 4-track.
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ldiot
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response 33 of 71:
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Feb 18 02:06 UTC 1993 |
I play bass, guitar and always write and sing my own music some is wierd some
are just stupid but some are eve
n wierder some music I listen to.
I into electric guitar with DISTORTION!
NO, ballads!
But I do have to rest for about four days afterwards.
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eric2
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response 34 of 71:
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Mar 2 02:12 UTC 1993 |
I love my Tascam 4-track. I've done so much recording on it. I've started
singing lately....it's real fun <g>.
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polygon
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response 35 of 71:
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Mar 30 14:16 UTC 1993 |
I sing when I'm driving by myself.
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arabella
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response 36 of 71:
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Apr 1 03:52 UTC 1993 |
I just bought a small-sized hammered dulcimer and have been
having fun plonking on it (and tuning it, yeesh that takes forever!).
The instrument builder calls it a "tweener" because it's smaller
than a classic hammered dulcimer, but larger than the really
tiny ones he also sells. Mine is equivalent to the the upper
portion of a regular hammered dulcimer, without the extra
bass notes. I've been in love with the hammered dulcimer for
about 20 years, so it's about time I had one to tinker with.
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cwb
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response 37 of 71:
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Apr 10 20:28 UTC 1993 |
Yum. Me too. I don't own one myself, but I've played around with
them, and tuned them. It's hell, but the result is worth the effort.
Some day when I have infinite time and money, I'll use some of both (that
which doesn't go to Grex of course) to acquire and learn the playing of
the hammer dulcimer.
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chelsea
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response 38 of 71:
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Apr 10 22:32 UTC 1993 |
I had a Martin guitar that was played an awful lot while I was
in high school and college, but then for some unknown reason, I
lost interest. I don't think it was really the guitar I stopped
enjoying but the folk music I'd play just didn't seem to work for
me as well. I'd kinda moved into classical and didn't take the
guitar along. So about five years ago I sold it for a hard drive.
But I missed playing an instrument, more and more. So about a month
ago I bought a cello and I am now in the thick of lessons, and scales,
and the adventure of learning something from scratch. What a blast.
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steve
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response 39 of 71:
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Apr 11 02:40 UTC 1993 |
Thats neat!
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cwb
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response 40 of 71:
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Apr 13 01:31 UTC 1993 |
Congrats! Enjoy. When you fell up to it, let me know and we can
play violin-cello duets.
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power
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response 41 of 71:
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Apr 17 17:49 UTC 1993 |
Ah, false users... The bassoon is the true instrument!!!!! :)
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cwb
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response 42 of 71:
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Apr 17 18:24 UTC 1993 |
Actually, the bassoon has always struck me as one of the neatest of
the woodwinds. It's more versatile than any other one with the possible
exception of the saxophone.
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arabella
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response 43 of 71:
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Apr 24 22:11 UTC 1993 |
I used to think I would love to play the cello. Until I
developed some pretty persistent tendonitis in my hands and
wrists, that is. I think the cello would take more pressure
from my hands than I could comfortably muster right now.
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chelsea
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response 44 of 71:
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Apr 25 00:09 UTC 1993 |
I found the action lighter on the cello than it was on my Martin guitar
which is the opposite of what I expected since a guitar is fretted.
As an aside - I was also surprised to find out that left-handed folks
are pretty much expected to bow with the right hand, as are right-handed
folks. Gad, I would think this would feel very unnatural, but then
again, maybe that's because I was imprinted with left-handed string
fingering on the guitar.
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cwb
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response 45 of 71:
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Apr 25 18:21 UTC 1993 |
Actually I know someone who played cello left-handed on occasion,
particularly in AASO rehearsals when she was bored. It caused something
of a stir since her bow arm kept colliding with her stand partner's bow arm.
I can't imagine playing violin left-handed, but then 20 years of
conditioning will do that to you. I guess there's no physical reason why
you couldn't play backwards. As far as I know, there's nothing in the
design of the instruments that would make it any harder. One thing
though, there are certain bowing techniques related to rapid
string-crossings that composers take advantage of. If you were bowing
backwards, these crossings would be inverted, and I think they'd be harder.
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sweeny
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response 46 of 71:
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Apr 28 14:20 UTC 1993 |
Hey, are there any aspiring songwriters out there? I've been playing
piano for 22 some odd years, singing for 12, and am about to take the
plunge into songwriting and active performing. I'd be interested in
working with a lyricist on projects in the 'folk' genre - as I have
very little talent with the words, just the music. Help?
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steve
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response 47 of 71:
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Apr 29 02:34 UTC 1993 |
I write satirical songs, or at least I used to. Lately all these
little phrases have been comming into my head, and I'm trying to make
a few songs out of them.
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remmers
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response 48 of 71:
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Apr 29 06:02 UTC 1993 |
Re #38: It is Mary's ambition to become a Yo Yo Mama.
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danr
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response 49 of 71:
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Apr 29 12:05 UTC 1993 |
:) :) ;)
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