This is my latest tune. I think it is a lesser piece. Parts of it sound right, but there’s something wrong with it I can’t put my finger on (other than it is a bit undercooked). Not sure if it will make the cut. Who knows?
The great thing about the Internet is that it brings people together and it can also be a means of producing new art, new work, new music via virtual collaboration. The enigmatically titled “Piggyback Orchestra” contacted me recently with a remix they had done of my track Seville. I liked it and I present it here for your delectation. So here is “SVL”:
Oh well it looks like a new “album” might be coming. The muse has paid a visit and when the music comes, we’ve got to do our best to serve the muse and get it all down on the hard drive. I’ve gone back to one of my old recording tricks of relying on the technology dictate the music. In this case, the Boss SL-20 pedal is acting as a sketchpad, allowing me to quickly generate rhythmic guitar loops on which to build songs. It’s a bloody great piece of kit for stimulating the musical muscle, but I have to be careful not to repeat myself…not to repeat myself…not to repeat myself…
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And so the looped guitar that was “Nicely Sliced” has evolved into a fine crazy chicken of a song. It’s a bit too King Crimson for my liking, but what can you do about it. When the muse drags you in that direction, you must follow!
Enjoy…
Yes, who can believe that a whole year has passed since you were given to me. What games we’ve played and what fun we’ve had. I am so lucky to be your Daddy and maybe one day you’ll find this message and know just how much I love you, my precious little girl.
Now let’s stop with this mawkish sentimentality and have some fun. The BabyTV Channel is probably the greatest invention since sliced bread. They have a webpage where you can upload your baby’s picture and they animate it and produce a birthday celebration animation. Whoo-hoo! Little Verity is a star. (Hopefully this link will work for you)
Click here for the good stuff.
Not had much time to do much at StudioLock at the moment. Moping around, I picked up the guitar, fired up a drum loop and twiddled with my knob – then I decided to play some guitar! (Who said cheap innuendo is dead, eh?) But after some knob-twiddling, the Boss SL-20 Slicer pedal I’m using spat out this most excellent loop – which is basically my guitar sliced about and manipulated by the pedal. I immediately recorded the loop and drum combo and believe that this could be the foundation of a snazzy improv somewhere down the line.
“Hi, great info about xtsa maintenance! thanks. I note you comment on problem with the nut, I have it in my xtsa and I wonder how you apply the HB graphite in such narrow grooves? I am very interested!
again thanks, btw.. cool videos with your Godin!!
Jess”
Thanks for the positive words, Jess. It always gives me a thrill to think that someone out there in virtual cyberland might be enjoying my stuff. It’s a warm glow that cannot be bought by money. With regards to applying graphite to the nut of the Godin (or any guitar that’s giving you tuning problems) – the trick is to use a soft pencil. 2HB is a good start. You then sharpen the pencil and rub the graphic into the groove of the nut as if you were scribbling. You can wipe the excess graphite away with your finger. Alternatively, you can buy liquid graphite solutions (I think there’s one on the market I’ve tried that’s enigmatically called “Nut Sauce”) that does the same job but is more expensive than a pencil.
I hope that this information is useful to you! (Or any other guitarist who might have wandered by)
You see, I must be cool, still hanging with the hip cats, my finger on the digital pulse of pop culture. How do I know? Well Peter Gabriel is covering a Vampire Weekend song with Hot Chip.
Thank gawd for that!
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