adj wrote: Just be ready for: "Great song but that lap steel sounds a bit off..."
bluedad/adj Sun Salutation
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- KVRAF
- 7270 posts since 4 Apr, 2005 from here and there
You won't get technical advice from me 
Just stopping by to join the party (I heard the buzz) and confirm that I enjoy the loose west-coast vibe of this excellent song. Great sounding guitar and expressive vocals.
Nicely done
Cheers
Just stopping by to join the party (I heard the buzz) and confirm that I enjoy the loose west-coast vibe of this excellent song. Great sounding guitar and expressive vocals.
Nicely done
Cheers
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- D.H. MOD
- 17862 posts since 21 Jun, 2008
I wondered about the tuning but forgot to ask. Is that DADDAD?bluedad wrote:guitar tuning something called 4+20
Very nice work on this. Just enjoyed it again. Thanks.
No longer a moderator.
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- something special
- Topic Starter
- 8627 posts since 16 Mar, 2002 from Birmingham, Alabama
yes that's the tuning.D.H. Miltz wrote:I wondered about the tuning but forgot to ask. Is that DADDAD?bluedad wrote:guitar tuning something called 4+20
Very nice work on this. Just enjoyed it again. Thanks.
thanks DH
and thanks for dropping by Laguna!
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- KVRAF
- 1890 posts since 23 Dec, 2003
i must admit the tuning hit me like a hammer at first but after like 4 bars it felt very natural and fits the song like a glove.
Cool psychedelic folk-has that "Tomorrow never knows"-mantra like quality.
Cool psychedelic folk-has that "Tomorrow never knows"-mantra like quality.
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- something special
- Topic Starter
- 8627 posts since 16 Mar, 2002 from Birmingham, Alabama
I just occurred to me why that tuning feels so natural to me.D.H. Miltz wrote: Is that DADDAD?
It's DAD - DAD can I have $20 to do whatever
Hey thanks for the listen, Dr Wu
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- KVRAF
- 2362 posts since 24 Jan, 2001 from In your head...
Only $20 dollars? It's usually $200 these days minimumbluedad wrote:I just occurred to me why that tuning feels so natural to me.D.H. Miltz wrote: Is that DADDAD?
It's DAD - DAD can I have $20 to do whatever
Hey thanks for those good words peeps!
Always a pleasure to work with the Dad!
Cheers,
Alex
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- KVRAF
- 12141 posts since 13 Mar, 2009 from UK
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- KVRian
- 1002 posts since 20 Mar, 2005 from Newcastle, UK
Just joining in the 'reprise' party here.
Great song, overall ... it's right up my street, and I certainly get the Crosby vibe in it.
At the time I did vote this into my top ten.
I would have placed it higher but for one thing. (Sorry, I'm not used to being critical .. it goes against the grain ... but I have learned so much from other crits) There is a quality about this piece which is something that I am often accused of.
... Sloppy timing 
I usually recognise this, in my own work, when I multi-track everything myself. When I collab I think that I probably make more of an effort as it involves other contributors. To me this sounds less like a collab (in that sense).
Forgive my frankness.
It's still a superb piece of work.
Thanks for sharing.
James
Great song, overall ... it's right up my street, and I certainly get the Crosby vibe in it.
At the time I did vote this into my top ten.
I would have placed it higher but for one thing. (Sorry, I'm not used to being critical .. it goes against the grain ... but I have learned so much from other crits) There is a quality about this piece which is something that I am often accused of.
... Sloppy timing I usually recognise this, in my own work, when I multi-track everything myself. When I collab I think that I probably make more of an effort as it involves other contributors. To me this sounds less like a collab (in that sense).
Forgive my frankness.
It's still a superb piece of work.
Thanks for sharing.
James
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- something special
- Topic Starter
- 8627 posts since 16 Mar, 2002 from Birmingham, Alabama
well, I didn't expect a bump, but thanks alex!
Thanks for the comment, seismic1, much appreciated.
and thanks for the criticism, offthewall..it's taken in the spirit
given..also not the first time I've done some sloppy playing..I play
guitar and keys, neither of them well.
Thanks for the comment, seismic1, much appreciated.
and thanks for the criticism, offthewall..it's taken in the spirit
given..also not the first time I've done some sloppy playing..I play
guitar and keys, neither of them well.
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- KVRian
- 1302 posts since 9 Oct, 2003 from California
Because of the bumps and such it came to my attention just now....and for that I am, really glad. Very tasty piece of work in my assessment and the loose timing is not an issue for me - in fact it adds to the feel and fabric of the piece.
Well done.
Dan
Well done.
Dan
Those that can, do. Those that can't, argue about it on k-v-r
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- KVRAF
- 2362 posts since 24 Jan, 2001 from In your head...
Thanks James & Dan!
It's great to receive critique that's meant to be helpful and constructive, no doubt -- especially from an experienced collaborator like you James. I reckon we need more of that here and a bit less back-slapping because ultimately we're all striving to make our tracks as good as we can.
I used to love it in the contests when others would say something like: "In my monitors it sounds like you could do with a narrower bass and more stereo field in the mids" or "It sounds like the tempo is out of sync at around 2:19" or something helpful like that -- a technical critique -- rather than ultimately useless and completely irrelevant comments like: "It's not my cup of tea" and so forth (just another way of saying "I don't like it" and just as needlessly disparaging).
The more I listen to this tune, the more I realize what I could have done better. For instance, I think I could have used a less-enforced beat for the D&B and perhaps float them a bit around Gary's solo -- maybe make it less 'mechanical' sounding.
Ultimately though, it was our first 50/50 collab and I think we're getting lots better. Number two is coming up and I can promise you it's a killer track.
This is the American 'Thumbs Up' -- not the UK one.
AND I want to add that several years ago I chose one of Gary's tracks to do in the contest where we had to do a cover of another KVR artist's song, and I had to abandon it after failing to do it anywhere near the justice it deserves -- probably one of the best original songs ever heard in KVR -- Blue Dad's Bleeding World with lyrics by ET. Sometimes you just know when you need to hang it up -- and that was one of those times for me (some perfect things should simply be left alone).
Cheers,
Alex
It's great to receive critique that's meant to be helpful and constructive, no doubt -- especially from an experienced collaborator like you James. I reckon we need more of that here and a bit less back-slapping because ultimately we're all striving to make our tracks as good as we can.
I used to love it in the contests when others would say something like: "In my monitors it sounds like you could do with a narrower bass and more stereo field in the mids" or "It sounds like the tempo is out of sync at around 2:19" or something helpful like that -- a technical critique -- rather than ultimately useless and completely irrelevant comments like: "It's not my cup of tea" and so forth (just another way of saying "I don't like it" and just as needlessly disparaging).
The more I listen to this tune, the more I realize what I could have done better. For instance, I think I could have used a less-enforced beat for the D&B and perhaps float them a bit around Gary's solo -- maybe make it less 'mechanical' sounding.
Ultimately though, it was our first 50/50 collab and I think we're getting lots better. Number two is coming up and I can promise you it's a killer track.
This is the American 'Thumbs Up' -- not the UK one. AND I want to add that several years ago I chose one of Gary's tracks to do in the contest where we had to do a cover of another KVR artist's song, and I had to abandon it after failing to do it anywhere near the justice it deserves -- probably one of the best original songs ever heard in KVR -- Blue Dad's Bleeding World with lyrics by ET. Sometimes you just know when you need to hang it up -- and that was one of those times for me (some perfect things should simply be left alone).
Cheers,
Alex
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- something special
- Topic Starter
- 8627 posts since 16 Mar, 2002 from Birmingham, Alabama
You're right, Alex, about technical comments. Years ago it used to be like that. I'd post stuff and would be cut to ribbons in short order, lol! Sadly, I don't know enough to give technical advice (or sometimes understand it when given!).
After 30 something years, I'm looking forward to hearing the final of our new tune!
and thanks for all your encouragement. I would have loved hearing your version of 'Bleeding World'
After 30 something years, I'm looking forward to hearing the final of our new tune!
and thanks for all your encouragement. I would have loved hearing your version of 'Bleeding World'
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- KVRAF
- 2362 posts since 24 Jan, 2001 from In your head...
30 years already???bluedad wrote: After 30 something years, I'm looking forward to hearing the final of our new tune!
I'm sorry -- I had no idea it's taken me that long. I promise I'll slap a quickie on it -- maybe be done in 2010 I swear it!
It was a least a week's effort and, at the end of it, I was just "Man, it's nothing more than a crap cover of a great song" and I trashed it right then and there.bluedad wrote: I would have loved hearing your version of 'Bleeding World'.
It's kinda like trying to copy a famous oil painting -- sometimes, in the end, it's always just gonna be a cheap imitation no matter what you do.