Speakin of wakin up ...Thanks for the wakeup call on "Careless Love"... That is some powerful stuff thru there vocal wise..and that rock and roll passage just really tears it .. tore me up anyway.....
On Aug 24, 9:45 am, Robin Gravina <[email protected]> wrote: > woah. that woke me up. I was having a nice after lunch nap in the kitchen at > work... > > Musically been obsessively working on Mississippi Waltz variations, > finishing another song about heartbreak and loss and listening to 'Memories > of John' and Grinderman > > Which reminds me: I love listening to the Monroe recordings when the solos > leap out and grab you by the neck through their sheer excitement, clarity... > and volume. Just listen to Monroe hit it on 'Careless Love', for example. > > I've noticed recently on some recordings (and Memories of John is one - for > example 'she's gone and Bob's gone with her') that the solos are volumewise > pretty much on a par with the rest of the instruments on several tunes, and > I wish they were louder, particularly mandolin and fiddle. Maybe it's my > ears, my headphones, or is it the aim of getting a more balanced sound? > > Whaddddyya think? > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Steve Cantrell <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Been learnin' tunes and hanging around the house, mostly. Been too damn hot > > to do much. > > > I also picked up an iPad this week and have been playing around with that > > thing almost non-stop. Wanted to make it to Monroe Camp this year but have > > been on-call every weekend for two months and don't see it stopping. I like > > the money, but sheesh.... > > > I am heading to Laurel Bloomery, TN for the OT picking there this weekend. > > A couple of nights in a tent, likely a bottle of Johnny Walker. All is well. > > This will be the first festival my wife has attended with me as a picker, so > > looking forward to that as well. > > > I have been experimenting with stainless steel strings. Got some D'Addario > > and absolutely loved them. Sounded great from the get-go and only took them > > off when the threat of tetanus was looming. Tried to order some from Elderly > > but they hosed up the order. They made it right but wound up sending Bush > > Monels as a replacement. They're pretty jangly when new and it takes some > > time to wear them in, but they sound great when they hit their stride. I > > have four sets, so I guess that's plenty of time to get used to them. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Jonathan Trawick <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Sent:* Tue, August 24, 2010 9:00:15 AM > > *Subject:* Re: HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!!!!! > > > heard you had a sweet session with an arkansawyer recently. what was y'all > > workin on? > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 7:56 AM, mistertaterbug > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Boy now, I'm telling you, this is the most TALKATIVE bunch of folks > >> I've run into in a while! What're ya'll doin? > >> Taterbug > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Taterbugmando" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Taterbugmando" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Taterbugmando" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
