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Ayce

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Thanks for the kind offer, AJ. will send PM soon.
I now have a Volt starter kit, and that seems to be wokring O.K. Bit of a pain refilling the cartos,(5) and keeping the batts (2) charged, but I'm geting the hang of it. I either drip or condom the juice, still experimenting. I'll continue this way for now. I plan on getting my supplies myself, or though my contact here. I think I'm good for a couple more weeks at least. :)
 

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A couple of photos from our gig on the 12th
 

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Interesting photos, Mac. I enjoyed seeing your band. I looks like you have it going on.

What would you call your genre ... Rap? Progressive rock? Combination?
I'm not sure it fits into a genre. If pressed I personally would call it metal. But some of it does sound more like hard rock. I think the guys listed it as hard rock/progressive metal on myspace. Although I am a well versed and practiced rapper. I have for the most part excluded that sound from my vocals in Fatal Karma. For this project I wanted to do something different. It has really clicked for me. I haven't worked on anything related to trip hop or hip hop in years.

As a rock/metal vocalist my greatest influences are probably:
Clutch (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (I have been told I sound kind of like him.)
Maynard James Keenan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (I wish I had a tenth of his vocal talent. He is by far my favorite singer.)
and Sascha Konietzko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (This guy was a big influence as well.)

I tend to gravitate towards music with dark, nihilistic or revolutionary themes. But I do listen to alot of other stuff too.
 

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I'm a lounge pianist, but also play piano accordion and harmonica.

A musician is a musician, Oliver. Welcome to the Musician's thread! My band did quite a few parties where the first set was dinner music while they ate their steak and lobster and then the next 3 sets were dance music. I was amazed at how many people are able to wolf down a huge meal with several mixed drinks and then twist and turn right away and not get woozy or sick.
 

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31 years ago.
I was waiting back stage at Madam Wongs West for us to go on.
The news spread like wildfire. Word to mouth.

I remember standing on stage before the first song of our set thinking that I wouldn't probably even be here if it weren't for John Lennon and the Beatles.
I read about it in the newspapers the next day.


Separate news:
"Esther Wong died from emphysema and lung cancer on August 14, 2005 in Los Angeles, California,"

Thanks, Esther.
She was like a Mommy Dearest Den Mother for the bands but still always left you feeling that you mattered....after she accepted your required blood offering.
She was tough but she was cool.

One time we played Madam Wong's West in China Town of Los Angeles and Linda Ronstadt's back-up band featuring Waddy Watchel on guitar had just hit town after a tour and showed up unannounced at Wong's wanting to try out their original material live.
Esther gave them all of the door money......
That was the price for exposure back then. I'm sure it's even worse now.
 
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I'm reaching back a little.
It's no secret I'm a Jack Casady fan. He's that old bass player dude in the video I just posted earlier.
Here he is in earlier days delivering bass distortion to die for. Pretty much everything you hear in this first number is multi-track Jack on bass with a little acoustic guitar and of course Grace Slick's vocals. Nothing else.
Mac might like these lyrics:

Sunrise
Surprise
Civilized Man
You were keeper to me
Now your animal is free
you're free to die
Oh oh oh
You're old and your hands are gray
Your old go home and stay
We've all heard you dirty stories
Two thousand years
Two thousand years
Two thousand years
Of your
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Glory

The rest of the lyrics can be found here for those who are interested. Sorta precursor to OWS vibe:
http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/p/paulkantner2997/hijack140957.html

 
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Kent, I was a big Doors fan back in the day. I'm also a big Blues/Rock fan. Enjoyed the videos!

Hi Dave! I've been 'scouring' youtube for some not so obvious christmas stuff (well some are obvious :) Posted some in the vets forum on pole dancing thread. Thought I'd drop a few off here.


Chuck Leavell - from "What's in that Bag?" album.... "This project started as a Christmas card in 1996 -- with the help of my friend David Clark and the encouragement of my wife Rose Lane. I recorded a few tracks of Christmas music and 1,000 CDs and 500 cassette tapes made. I sent them to friends and relatives just for fun. A copy found its way to Capricorn Records, and to my surprise Phil Walden asked me if I wanted to put it out for the public." (first song below from the album - second one not - just a father and son having fun)

Chuck Leavell, What's in That Bag?, Information and link page



 

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Chuck Leavell is a great guy and an excellent musician. I've not met him personally, but he records frequently at a local studio where I've recorded a couple of times (we did demos). Muscadine Studio in Macon is run by Paul Hornsby, a studio musician who worked at Muscle Shoals during the times when Duane Allman was also part of their studio group called The Swampers. The Swampers were mentioned by Skynyrd in the song Sweet Home Alabama.

Paul moved to Macon and worked for years as the chief engineer. His name is on every Marshall Tucker album and he has those gold records on the wall in his office. He mastered just about everyone who recorded at Capricorn during that era. In fact, he has the original console from Capricorn. Phil Walden gave that to him when they closed the studio and moved it to Nashville.

For my last birthday, my wife went by Muscadine and picked up the original reels of our band's recordings at Muscadine and had Paul put them on a CD, so I now have those archival reels from that era. It was a piece of our band's ancient history. She was there when we recorded them.

I've been meaning to stop by and see if Paul needs a studio musician from time to time. That was one of my retirement ambitions that I haven't fulfilled.
 
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Been playing piano (half-...) since I was about three, since there was always one around when I was a kid because my mother played.. Didn't REALLY start playing though till about '95 when I got my first guitar. I play by ear, and I discovered tabs when I got internet when I was 17.. These days, I play guitar, bass, keyboards/pianos, I sing, and I just started playing drums a couple years ago, off and on. I'm not very good at that yet. I also play FL Studio..:D I can synthesize almost anything I need there..(like drums lol) as well as multitrack recording all in one place with it. Most of what I play, I play by ear, these days I focus more on writing new songs than playing other people's music, so it's rare I look at tabs these days.

Got some music up at Rohypnol | Spring, TX | Other / Industrial Grunge Metal | Music, Lyrics, Songs, and Videos | ReverbNation
 
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Kent C

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Chuck Leavell is a great guy and an excellent musician. I've not met him personally, but he records frequently at a local studio where I've recorded a couple of times (we did demos). Muscadine Studio in Macon is run by Paul Hornsby, a studio musician who worked at Muscle Shoals during the times when Duane Allman was also part of their studio group called The Swampers. The Swampers were mentioned by Skynyrd in the song Sweet Home Alabama.

Paul moved to Macon and worked for years as the chief engineer. His name is on every Marshall Tucker album and he has those gold records on the wall in his office. He mastered just about everyone who recorded at Capricorn during that era. In fact, he has the original console from Capricorn. Phil Walden gave that to him when they closed the studio and moved it to Nashville.

For my last birthday, my wife went by Muscadine and picked up the original reels of our band's recordings at Muscadine and had Paul put them on a CD, so I now have those archival reels from that era. It was a piece of our band's ancient history. She was there when we recorded them.

I've been meaning to stop by and see if Paul needs a studio musician from time to time. That was one of my retirement ambitions that I haven't fulfilled.

We've had a few "Chuck L" discussions and each time you fill in some more good info! Thanks Dave. I surely wish he'd do a few instrumental albums. Just love his style. I was wondering tonight whether he did work on the 'Groundhog Day' movie for Bill Murray's playing - that last number sounds much like Leavell but perhaps Murray also plays.... I should know this - I think I've memorized the script :facepalm: :laugh: I'll look it up later....
 
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