reminded me of the torture of the press sheds at the brickyards where I worked as a younger man ......thank got that's over and one with and only a faint memory....the brickyards that is and not the music
"High Life" is a musical genre that originated in Ghana in the 1900s and spread to Sierra Leone, Nigeria and other West African countries by 1920. My friends from that part of the world consider this be the "go-to" rhythm for just about anything…
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…
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!!
This rough track uses my Blue Just Tuning system (go to www.johnsmusic7.com for details and a photo of the guitar). This is the same tuning Chris Vaisvil used in his Excluded By Peers piece. I hope to add some lead to the track soon.
This blues piece uses my Blue Just tuning system (1/1, 15/14, 9/8, 6/5, 5/4, 4/3, 7/5, 3/2, 8/5, 5/3, 9/5, 15/8, 2/1). For more on my tuning go to www.johnsmusic7.com
A 3 track improvisation on 7 congas roughly tuned by ear to a chromatic scale.
LYRICS:
I walked a mile with Pleasure;
She chatted all the way;
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And ne…
Voice & Text(je ne parle): Ivan1984
guitar(looking for a voice): Davy Hamburgers
making sense out of dis'ordre
making sense out of dat'ordre
feeling like a ghost tied
to a railway track
the screaming never stops
i am driven through
with…
Jqscutt had this guitar riff that he sent me and we worked out a song with bass, rhythm, lead and drums over the internet. I posted it for a collab for some key additions. This was added by TiS friends K-Lyd and Coruz. Later, they found Liam…
A slightly destructive children's song... But I suspect that many of you have tried some of the things mentioned.
I have a great idea up in my head
Let's try it out this afternoon
We'll tie the dog up to the sled
Pretend we're launching…
finding meaning in nothing new.
Mon Apr 7, 2008, 1:21 AM
Mood: Lazy
Listening to: "next other" 74:25 min song I wrote
Reading: spacetime bororo of brazil by S. M. Fabian
Watching: tracy like trails into the nite
Playing: Apophysis
Eating: brain…
There are times, moments, sounds, shadow falls that take us to and bring us back to magical times in our lives,,,Something in this piece by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini,, can pull me in so many different ways,,, it's always been a favorite…
Comments on vaisvil's stuff
I couldn't spot one, let alone 3.
Very nice guitar looping as well.
Damn! We could have used this for the halloween MEGA Track!
interesting sound
i love this tune
Very interesting!
Sweet! How did i miss this?
Woah, pretty dark sounds! Haunted mineshaft!
lovely photo......
reminded me of the torture of the press sheds at the brickyards where I worked as a younger man ......thank got that's over and one with and only a faint memory....the brickyards that is and not the music
Agree with regs...awesome guitar layers.
That a really cool sound chris!
My word, that has Indian flavours and a tad bizarre!
Ha, as soon as I saw it, I knew that photo!
Yes, that is a lovely picture... great light.
What's that then? Ethyl Chloride? Guitar sounds good, tad loud though, I have my volume on 40% The icy tinkling's nice!
It's very dramatic Chris! I couldn't get the "More" to come up but the photo is lovely, gentle, quiet, floaty ....
The build is excellent..... layers..... forming... frozen.....excellent
Wow, as big and bold as the night sky..! Stunning feelings here.
Extraordinary trippage!! Tess S
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wild story!
excellent! I like the way the congas answer each other.
this is beautiful - I love the slide. Gosh I sound so amateurish compared to you guys (and Kirk, and Bethan, and Tess, and ..... I'm just wow'd .
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!!
wow - this harkens back to the Beatniks with a motown funk vibe - that is so cool! - I love your voice Reg!!
would either of you have a rpoblem if I added to this?
excellent! The interplay between guitar and percussion is very good.
I notice "voip" - is this what caused SKYPE to crash? excellent!! brutal!
very funky! love the funky keys. what a story!
cool riff!
nice work - I didn't know you were posting pieces here until I saw your link on the JI list.
I *love* this - its excellent!!!
nice introspective piece!
excellent !
indeed very funky!
nice!
this is lovely! What a way to start my day - thank you!!!
if this is a result of that new program I think it is working!!!! :-)
ooooo this is good - a new direction too! I'm really liking this!
such lovely control of your two hands. I wish I could play like you.