MLT Club Member Daryl Jones
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I was going to ask someone about Papa Rudi’s birthday, I didn’t see it on the calendar (might have just missed it) but now I know!
Happy Birthday sir!!! Huge respect and admiration for all the work you do for the girls, and of course us!
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I will have to scour the streams for this. I’m always looking for something to watch anyway...count on me to while away the hours in front of the tube haha.
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Very nice Sara!
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Great responses from everyone on this!
Percussion/drums are really where it all started, and still what holds music together today. Vocals carry the melody, but the drums hold it together, and lead the way in all of it. Guitar solos and rhythm guitar, keyboards, bass are great, but it still all boils down to the beat. Even a-cappella groups rely on the backing beat to keep the vocal harmonies in line, and without the constant measure and structure of time in the music, all else is lost. Nothing destroys a crowd’s interest in any song more than a missed beat…even the worst note or phrase in a number will pass if it falls on the correct beat. Destroy the tempo however, and the curtain will fall quickly.
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Glad you are returning to the “pressed” fold Jung!
Equilibrium sounds frightening! -
You have more LP’s left than I do, I got rid of all my cassettes.
Samantha can be pretty edgy, but she can howl for sure. I get a kick out of hearing her play the cigarbox guitar and the way she works Southern Blues magic out of it. She has a lot of influence from Joe Bonamassa and when she gets really bluesy, I can hear a bit of SRV come out of that SG even though Stevie was a Strat guy.
I don’t own a single Fender or Gibson; I’m a pretty solid PRS fan. Almost bought a Tele a couple years back but I don’t like the necks on them and they are weightier than I like; but they sound great through an EVH 5150 or a Fender Reverb amp. I find Les Paul’s and SG’s are too heavy, all Gibson’s actually. PRS (electrics) are light, the necks are fast and comfortable in my hands and they play like butter. -
I have a Yamaha YPD6 direct drive that I’ve had for 45 years or so. Sole remaining component of my old Yamaha system that I started building in the 70’s. I had an NS 610-II amp and a DSP system that ran 8 boxes (2 front, 2 rear, 2 surround, center and sub). Mains were Mission 727s and the others were B&W, all in a mobile home when we were first married. Yeah, the walls moved! I run NAD components now with Monitor Audio GS20 towers, kind of old school now but still sounds killer! Certainly fills the living room with all the music vibes I ever need.
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I started buying CD’s as soon as records got scarce, early 80’s. But thankfully I never got rid of the turntable or my LP’s
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LPs are a disease haha. But it could be worse: GUITARS! Ask me how I know Bwahahahaha
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Yeah, she’s awesome! We get to hear/see her live this summer at the Edmonton Blues Fest International. She’s on just before Colin James for the final day. Colin is another favorite of mine for a long time now. Jimmy Vaughn and Powder Blues Band are also appearing but I can’t spend all 3 days there.
I have a huge box of LPs stored in my den, but some of them I don’t dare play anymore. They are the survivors (?) of my younger, much wilder days in the late 60’s and the 70’s. Some I wish I had taken better care of, but living in the “Animal House” (long before the movie) for a few years with 3 other 18-20 year olds when I was single took their toll on the playability of some of my treasures. Two that give me pains are Iron Butterfly “Live” and Steppenwolf’s “Monster”. Such a crime really. -
You have me on board with that idea Jacki. I know it’s not a holiday in the States or here in Canada, but there are huge St Patrick’s Day parades and festivities in many American locations. I for one celebrate it every year in honor of me Grand Da Murphy and family from County Down. I wear the garb and hang the O’Murchadha Coat of Arms on display even though hardly anyone will see it anymore since I’m no longer in the office. I also don’t drink, but I will certainly salute any and all that care to with a hearty “Slainte!”.
I actually don’t mind the idea of Family Day, but I fear not many families choose to do family based activities, just as the Sunday dinner has likely (sadly?) gone the way of the dinosaur. I wish more families had that mentality these days, just my personal belief on the degradation of the modern world.
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Now that got my waterworks running! Such an amazing piece from one so young, and it just pulls at the heart strings. Thanks Jung, tears can be therapeutic at times.
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That is a very masterful performance. Not only brilliantly conducted, but the careful attention to the conductor’s subtle changes in nuance and timing by the players is uncanny. The extraordinary vision that these musicians must have to be able to still read the pages and yet both see and feel the timing and leadership of the conductor is a skill of exceptional heights. Not that they need to actually read the music (it’s deeply engrained in their brains, fingers and limbs) but they do follow both sheet and baton simultaneously.
It’s been a very long time since my days of concert band, but I do remember our bandleader feeling it when we were in sync with his emotionally charged control; or often more-so when we didn’t haha. Obviously I would never be so bold as to compare us in high-school with a Philharmonic of any level, but I do remember the chills I felt when we go it right.
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Jacki, never “fret” the small stuff (pun intended). It’s all in what works for you. There are very few professional or adept musicians in this world in comparison to the amount of wannabes. I count myself in the category of “professional wannabe”.
I play golf too, but don’t consider what I do on the course as actually golfing. It’s more an exercise in temperance to see if my martial arts training has taken me to a level of zen enlightenment. Given my Celtic heritage I have more studying to do in that regard…
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The only other brand I can think of in the Godin group is Norman. But I have never even seen one.
Your Minstrel was part of the Godin/Seagull line, made on the Seagull factory. I do believe they are no longer produced though.