Since Norm found himself in an acoustically great room, full of unfinished cabinets I couldn't help but add some acoustic guitar, crank it up and hope you like it Norm!
Am so behind on my listens!! This is a complete treat - from the opening beats [banging on your guitar??] to the sublime guitar [played proper], just lovely.
would fav it twice if possible. I am a sucker for acoustic guitar percs. The guitar has some unmistakable Hawaii flav. too..I might have to break out endless summer now...
13 minutes! Fail! I recommend you augment your self a bit (with a glass or three of red wine or whatever floats your boat) and dim the lights, lay on the floor with your eyes closed where you can feel the bass rumble and get ready to be my passenger…
Out on the lawn there arose such a clatter!
Sometimes, as they say, Christmas do come early. I found Johnny Stone's "Christmas Rock In Oz" under the tree and couldn't wait until Yuletide to unwrap it. What a rockin' gift! I know a bit about…
I extended my very short Halloween piece - doubled it in length - not too hard considering it still is only a minute long.
This is using the Garritan Personal Orchestra sample set.
2 organs, piano, flute, bassoon.
In Argentina they say "in Argentina everything may change - except the tango", but I couldn't resist adding some percussion to this beautiful nuevo tango by Vincent Voois, composed in the style of Astor Pantaleon Piazzolla.
Check out Vincent…
I've gone more acoustic for this piece with bass and guitars courtesy of Jaz Arwand and the lovely, airy sound of Jess Spencer's voice. The song is about empathy or lack thereof.
I couldn't talk for a while afterwards and I felt like a moron after listening to my vocals, but it had to be done :) So no laffin'!
Our attempt to be on the roof of Abbey Road Studios if only for a moment!
The Lineup:
Guitars: gtalfsen
Piano…
drip by drip..
I did the guitar and bass tracks first, then procured my 10 year olds cello for the main bass line :) I also tried my luck playing cello with a bow on this track- which was a new experience.
The trumpet and violin bits are played…
So Jim of "Movement to Contact" asked me a couple of weeks ago to send him something...
I had no idea how ridiculously good the final result would come out.
KL: Vocals, lyrics, left side rhythm guitar and picking
MTC: Lead guitar, bass…
Had these backing tracks laying around on my drive for a while and didn't know what to do with them, so grabbed my Ebow and a fretless electric that I built for myself a couple years ago and had a go. My fretless playing is really in its infancy…
It's not unusual to chase your girl around with a dull axe, is it? Just kidding - This was 60 tracks and almost a year to finish. I had some help:
Guitars: Tony W
Fadeout Solo: Gnasty
Acoustic/Rhythm Guitars: Me
Phone Message: Tony W &…
I swore that I would NEVER upload this. Was having a bad day trying to loop "nice" acoustic guitar sounds and got frustrated so grabbed my Taylor and plugged it into a cheesy Effects box and straight into the looper. Started twiddling knobs and…
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I love it. Do you guys know about Joe Craven? I think Norm would find him very interesting.
Nice guitar work there.
I like it. Makes me feel like a swamp monster is about to grab me.
When you can bang, pick, and set yourself on fire, then you've got a killer act. ;) I enjoyed this. Made me feel all gritty and stuff.
Am so behind on my listens!! This is a complete treat - from the opening beats [banging on your guitar??] to the sublime guitar [played proper], just lovely.
Great work! Tight playing......
i'm packing and getting out of the way of this nice raw jam
could listen to this all night if i had the time niceee!
would fav it twice if possible. I am a sucker for acoustic guitar percs. The guitar has some unmistakable Hawaii flav. too..I might have to break out endless summer now...
Thanks Reg, it is great to play with Norm and looking forward to all kinds of collaborations in 2011!
great collection of tracks on the album this in particular is Fantastic!!! love it all the guitar and that percussion WOW!!!
Ooooooh yeah!!!
i love this one...do you play the drums,too?
Thanks my friends!
This rocks!!
Pretty cool man, i like how you were able to mix the guitarcussion down so it's not to loud!
Super! Nice rithm Rick!
Very cool Rick! I've often thought of doing percussion tracks like this, but have never gotten around to it as yet
Yeah, like it. Has the atmosphere of being impromptu and natural.
Not as clever or as good as you Norm! But fun :)
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Always love to hear a new one from you. Great song!
Beautiful
Excellent guitar playing and effect, love it!
nice one Brendon, I hope he liked it, I did.
Already faved and only at 6:25! from feedback guitar to now piano, beautiful colors on this piece!
Rock it boyz, great addition to Johnny's jam!
Bach meets Dracula! Awesome.
Wonderful piece of music, nice job Norm!
wonderful music!
Catchy tune and cool vocals!
you guys seriously nailed the vocal ending of this one!
If I close my eyes to this one, its December 1973 in Del Mar California listening to Pink Floyd, really cool RW!
Oooooh what a perfect collaboration of soulful singing and playing!
Love hearing another take on Norm's cabinets. They are filled with cool notes!
Awesome!!
Great pic of Duke and Miki Dora (Da Cat) http://www.surfwriter.net/images/md-duke-02e.jpg
Thanks Norm! I'll be out for the rest of the afternoon in a "board" meeting.
Actually I slipped in some Peter and the Wolf, because yes that can happen!! Thanks!
Based on the few comments I read, the reason this is so good is because it touches something way down deep inside the listener. Loved it!
always great to hear another one from the percussion master to add to my list to jam to! Nice one Norm