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Cobalt Blue

Uploaded December 21, 2010 5:31pm.

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Kinda rough. I’m uploading this mainly to share a guitar technique I’ve been working on. I’m wearing a slide on my picking hand and using it to alter pitches in single line phrases. There’s a lot more can be done with this technique that I’ve not yet explored. Didn’t like any of the available slides so made my own from a piece of bronze bushing material

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Movement To Contact said November 30, 2017 3:11pm

Came back to this one again...still amazing....

slkrell said January 14, 2014 7:08pm

Cool idea,

JR James said July 15, 2012 3:40pm

Cool approach....i like the singing quality to the lead....bending alot of notes....less is more.

Greg Connor said February 1, 2012 10:36pm

That is some very smooth playing Kirk.

Movement To Contact said January 12, 2012 2:38pm

Still one of my very favorites.

Buck Erpestad said October 22, 2011 3:03am

Great technique, love the feel of it.

Guest said September 2, 2011 2:39pm

good stuff!!

The Jacob Edgar Cooke Band said August 3, 2011 5:44pm

very cool playing, love the bends where you let the tone blossom and then fade

Guest said July 30, 2011 6:03am

Nice tune man. You always play well and creatively - but I have always loved the way you played the blues - you really have the heart and soul in it - something you can't be taught. Really enjoy your stuff. JunctionPA Tom

Movement To Contact said July 20, 2011 2:43pm

You deserve it :) good to hear from you Kirk!!

Movement To Contact said July 17, 2011 4:39pm

Congrats!! You have just won an M.T.C music Award!!! AWARD: Most Innovative Guitar Technique 2011

Movement To Contact said May 20, 2011 2:31pm

It's not a bad tuning. I have been stuck on 1/2 step down for a while now. You lose a bit of the tone, but it makes for a good dirty sound. My Jackson likes the tuning, but the strat copy and my les paul copy don't. I usually keep one of my acoustics and the strat in open G, the other acoustic in drop D, jackson in half step down high and low e to d, and my other electric in standard. Just run the whole spectrum of easy tunings lol.

Permanent Tourist said May 14, 2011 5:34am

Love your stuff, but when will there be something new?!?!? Grrr . . . . :)

crackitopen said March 18, 2011 3:31pm

great licks...moving

another cultural landslide said March 11, 2011 2:07pm

Soulful & sexy! Excellent! w;-)

Andrew Russe said February 27, 2011 6:58pm

Lovely sounds. I can't figure out how you're using the slide on the picking hand - or I can't here where it might be in use... but just as a piece of music and playing this is beautiful.

GONeil said February 21, 2011 8:09pm

Very Nice, the sounds sure create a nice story and feeling in ones mind. Thanx for sharing, "G"

Geir said February 1, 2011 2:02pm

wow !! that was an amazing listen !! cool technique that you sure master !!

Lalo Oceja said January 13, 2011 11:50pm

nice and smooth... amazing sound

Roderick McTainsh said January 10, 2011 11:23pm

coool

Guest said January 10, 2011 6:23pm

Very very cool!! Great playing!

yahondu said December 28, 2010 7:42pm

I like the sustained feel on this one - and the melodic integrity - just perfect blues!

OHHO said December 28, 2010 2:55pm

Sweet tone on that guitar! Nice.

Guest said December 26, 2010 1:33am

Really nice work!

thetworegs said December 24, 2010 10:00pm

This mix's well with red wine Merry Christmas

Guest said December 24, 2010 12:13pm

:) me like

Permanent Tourist said December 24, 2010 11:58am

This is very good. P.S. I'd really love to hear you do something with a heavier Sabbathy/AIC-type riff underneath.

Permanent Tourist said December 24, 2010 11:51am

I like when people sneak in 9th's and diminished whatchamacallims . . . fingers in strange places + cool solo = awesome song.

Farfetched Tangmo Band said December 23, 2010 9:49pm

Very emotional in its own way. Those added "bends" tell a story about being blind-sided and trying to maintain composure in a topsy-turvy world. Or...it could just be a demo of a new technique. ;)

vaisvil said December 23, 2010 5:47pm

I 2nd the request for a video. I'm assuming you are pushing the slide off the bridge toward the neck - correct? I've net ever heard of someone putting the slide on the picking hand before - but it sure sounds great!! Beautiful piece of work here Kirk!!

richardlaceves said December 23, 2010 5:06am

very nice,, don't know much about guitar technique on a personal level,,, but i really like this,,, thanks

Mike Denison (Lumberfork) said December 23, 2010 1:52am

Awesome. I hadn't read the description and couldn't figure out what was going on here. Very David Gimour in both tone and quality. Would love to see a glimpse of what you're doing.

Movement To Contact said December 22, 2010 8:37pm

So nice i had to listen again...man your guitar sounds sweet in this one

Wildgeas Music said December 22, 2010 1:21pm

That is really cool. Your gonna make millions. Let me know when they are ready for shipping.

igor said December 22, 2010 8:56am

Blues Guitar for Christmas as a metaphor for saying farewell to the outgoing something (sound cool, eh?). P.S. Nothing to do with my favorite Michael Brook album with the same title - Cobalt Blue. ~bronze bushing~

Gilbert Neilson said December 22, 2010 3:19am

Super song and technique!!!!!

kauaikta said December 22, 2010 2:23am

Very cool!

Guest said December 22, 2010 12:43am

Sounds awesome.

Djörk said December 21, 2010 11:37pm

so good! and that's why you're a pro :)

Guest said December 21, 2010 11:04pm

What a sound, this is Awesome Kirk!

Dave Berry said December 21, 2010 10:54pm

fantastic sound here. true tone, true expression

Movement To Contact said December 21, 2010 7:49pm

Very nice Kirk....i'm a little confused on the technique....are you placing the slide on your..say...ring finger and still picking or are you holding the slide? You don't have to give up your secret if you don't want to, just curious ;)

Guest said December 21, 2010 7:33pm

Not sure I understamd the difference or distinction that you are making between sliding and ...er forgive me ..sliding...but hey it's not rough ...it is smooth as silky and I suppose the similarity to a certain Charles' sound must be nodded at.Great work,much respect . Chris Jarvis. Merry Christmas.