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Waz up this weekend?
« on: February 24, 2018, 02:50:26 pm »
....I'm on standby for the guy on call so I won't be going far from home. Trip to the grocery store. Going by the UPS place to drop off a cable modem. Xfinity upgraded the cable modem/Internet hub and I just got it installed and setup....Internet is definitely faster now and so that's cool. The upgrade was free but I have to ship the old one back to them...Also free. guess they'll clean the old one up and ship off to a third world country..lol...

playing a bit of acoustic today...just knocking about...

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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2018, 07:43:09 pm »

I recorded videos of "Good Day Sunshine" and "Day Tripper".  Still trying to get "Over the Rainbow".  I'm building up what I think of as a sort of YouTube demo portfolio.  I figure one of these days, these demos will open the door to some sort of gig.

I'm going Sunday to a Freethought Community get together at a food court. We will eat food and casually  discuss politics, religion (or the lack thereof)  and culture.  I learned about Robert Sopolsky at the last one of these. 

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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2018, 06:43:46 am »
Friday, movie night with homemade pizza, it's the classic friday nite at casa Bieke, the whole fam, we watched Detroit
Saturday, brunch, checked out some art galleries and went to classic concert, Stravinsky's Firebird and Prokoview piano concert no.3, good concert, great venue, plus there was a ppiano exhibit, all sorts of classical grand pianos from the past (and for once, it was allowed to touch and play these beuatiful instruments exceptgreat balls of fire)
then went to a light festival in Brussels
today, Brussels again, going to check out an installation with 22 automated electric  guitars, about to leave


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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2018, 07:09:12 am »

22 automated guitars ?  Funny. They look like they have movie film reels attached. 

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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2018, 01:06:18 pm »
Are the reels setup to rotate? Kind of like those old brass disc machines? Where they pluck a certain string(s)?
Wish I could see this...

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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2018, 01:16:49 pm »
Spent the morning watching an Umphrey's McGee concert while fixing breakfast. Got turned on to these guys a year or two ago. They've become my favorite Jam band ...Ever I think....Don't think the Dead or Phish ever had the level of musicianship these guys have.
This is just a 22 minute clip of them...I watched a couple of complete concerts over the course of the morning.

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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2018, 02:48:40 pm »

22 automated guitars ?  Funny. They look like they have movie film reels attached.

I counted 12  guitars, not 22, the movie reels are wheels with guitar picks fixed inside and LED actuators

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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2018, 02:52:37 pm »
Are the reels setup to rotate? Kind of like those old brass disc machines? Where they pluck a certain string(s)?
Wish I could see this...


so the weheels had guitar pick attached inside and were triggered by timers and LED actuators, people walking by the guitars will set off the actuator and then after a short while, the wheel would turn and guitar would be strummed, guitars were tuned in open chords and had capos, some amps were set clean, others were distorted, some had vibrato or chorus, some had reverb.


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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2018, 03:24:51 pm »
Are the reels setup to rotate? Kind of like those old brass disc machines? Where they pluck a certain string(s)?
Wish I could see this...


so the weheels had guitar pick attached inside and were triggered by timers and LED actuators, people walking by the guitars will set off the actuator and then after a short while, the wheel would turn and guitar would be strummed, guitars were tuned in open chords and had capos, some amps were set clean, others were distorted, some had vibrato or chorus, some had reverb.

Cool idea for a display...Imaginative at the least....

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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2018, 09:19:41 am »
oh man!   always late for the party...

i played the futujara at first friday in tallahassee last night.  terratonz hand pans, out of atlanta, was there and a couple of times we had a crowd of over a hundred gathered around.  the guy brought a dozen or more pans, (hangs) and is giving a two hour lecture on history, tuning, making...   its at 1:00, im getting ready to go now.

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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2018, 11:29:05 am »
I'm on call this weekend....So it's a full plate...Of tedium. Can't really commit to anything because when the phone rings I gotta go.

I'm testy....

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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2018, 05:50:05 pm »
I spent the afternoon digging out from the latest snow storm.  >:(


Practicing a few scales on the saxomophone right now. Well, I'm on a break at the moment.  :)

This evening I shall hopefully finish putting my studio back together.  :P

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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2018, 07:00:32 pm »

I played Friday night at my 1st & 3rd Friday ALF gig.  I tried out "Stardust" and "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" on them.  They still need a lot of work, but I like both of them.

Today I took 2 separate walks for a total (yes I time them) of 1 hr 55 mins. I was listening to Prarie Home Companion. Chris Thile is the host these days.  He's a brilliant musician with a brilliant band.  He played and sang (with the band) some song he's going to play at the Oscars on Sunday night.  On PHC they play a varied selection of styles and genres. Near the end they did a percussive song with about 5 people hand clapping, the drummer played a complimentary part and there was some vocal interplay.   Amazing music. First rate players. Great  arrangements.

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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2018, 09:21:20 pm »
I spent the afternoon digging out from the latest snow storm.  >:(


Practicing a few scales on the saxomophone right now. Well, I'm on a break at the moment.  :)

This evening I shall hopefully finish putting my studio back together.  :P


First...GOOD TO SEE YOU!  ;D

Second...Caught your latest YouTube offering  Last week? Week before? Ya sound good as ever!

Are you still playing the Uke?

Guess everybody up Norte is having problems with the white stuff this season. My Niece, who lives in Massachusetts awoke to a basement full of water this morning....Lotta rain and her sump pump failed......
 

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Re: Waz up this weekend?
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2018, 10:02:34 pm »
I spent the afternoon digging out from the latest snow storm.  >:(


Practicing a few scales on the saxomophone right now. Well, I'm on a break at the moment.  :)

This evening I shall hopefully finish putting my studio back together.  :P


First...GOOD TO SEE YOU!  ;D

Second...Caught your latest YouTube offering  Last week? Week before? Ya sound good as ever!

Are you still playing the Uke?

Guess everybody up Norte is having problems with the white stuff this season. My Niece, who lives in Massachusetts awoke to a basement full of water this morning....Lotta rain and her sump pump failed......

Good to see you too, AJ. :)

Thanks for the kind words.

Unfortunately, I haven't been playing the uke lately. I seem to have picked up a case of tendonitis in my left forearm, and playing the uke really aggravates it.  :(

I have decided to try and concentrate on improving my limited piano skills instead. So far, the piano doesn't seem to irritate the forearm (knock on wood). I've been getting together with an old band mate once a week, where we play and sing Everly Brothers and Beatles songs badly. I play the piano and my buddy plays an acoustic. We drink beer, smoke a little magic flower and generally spend a pleasant 3 or 4 hours.

Water in the basement! I shudder to think.  :o

All of my gear is in the basement.  :(