[Daryl Jones]

My guitar family grew over the weekend. I’m now the very happy owner of a Seagull S12 Concert Hall e-acoustic 12 string. Easily the nicest acoustic guitar I’ve ever owned. I had a Seagul S6 years ago and it too was awesome, ended up giving that to my nephew as a Christmas gift (mistake?) But hey, it’s family right?

Anyway, I’ve been playing it for a few days now and read getting the feel for it. I was a bit nervous about the string pressure and how it might be difficult to play, but even the mist stubborn barre chords are easy to play on it. So, my music cave is full now, unless I go searching for a new amp or something else…GAS is very real.

[Daryl Jones]

G’day mate and welcome! I’m a new-comer here myself and kicking myself for not joining sooner. Plenty to discover and enjoy.

[Daryl Jones]

Cool lantern Jacki! I haven’t carved one in years, use the reusable adornments now. We never know what the weather will bring in these parts, so we depend on weatherproof things..

[Daryl Jones]

Great photo Jung!

We only get a handful of young visitors on Halloween as we live in a very rural location. But we love seeing the little ones and their bright eyes and happy smiles. We decorate and dress up too so it’s fun for everybody.

Have a Groovy Halloween!

[Daryl Jones]

I will check that out, thanks for the tip

[Daryl Jones]

Thanks for the reply Rudi. I don’t know, it just seemed missing when I tried to reply to an answer from the O/P in a discussion. That big orange button is hard to miss, it was probably my own ineptitude with a new format on a new site.

[Daryl Jones]

Well, in spite of you clarifying my lack of knowledge of his musical talent, there’s still a heckuvaot more in this world I don’t know than what there is…

[Daryl Jones]

Nothing so far

[Daryl Jones]

Nothing on my Galaxy or my confuser (PC based) when I log on. Of course now that I’ve said it…

[Daryl Jones]

Well Jung, I can only say that very few could relate to, much less understand the intellect of Albert Einstein. He was on a vastly different plain than the average bear. Fortunately for the world he wasn’t a musician or we would likely have been overrun by techno babble soulless junk in 1940. No offense intended to the academics and brainiacs of the world. Of which I certainly am not one of. Certainly without the purveyors of binary logic and synthetic sound processing wizardry I certainly would not be making the sounds I do through my digital amplifiers. Having admitted to my own lack of 6 string ingenuity, I can only say that a yearn for a good old tube amp to plug my Hotcake pedal into, crank the gain up and do some good old analog recording overlaying some multiple looped tracks with only my Alesis drum machine to pace me…😉

Then when I play my creation back I will have a good reason to ask: “Why Lord?”

[Daryl Jones]

So many things I’ve noticed since I started following the girls that it’s very hard to pick out specific tweaks or changes. I see variances in riffs as well as vocal tracks, timing on backing, leads, changes in harmonies…all a work in progress with ever improving re-recordings. That’s Music Making 101 in a nutshell. 20 years ago I would have never noticed the differences, but playing opens your eyes and ears to subtleties a person most likely would never catch. At least I wouldn’t have.

[Daryl Jones]

I have so much to scroll through I may never catch up. But Neve’s story reminds me of the “Fly Away Home” movie. So touching and many parallels between the two stories. The girls have many gifts beyond music. Impossible not to respect and adore everything they do. Not to discount Papa Rudi at all!

[Daryl Jones]

Gee, that rings a bell somehow…minus the mice

[Daryl Jones]

Jung, it’s a Gourlay upright, Canadian made, solid maple soundboard, real ivory keys (not really appropriate this day and age) although they are very worn from heavy use, and the finish is very tired. But its an heirloom and its destined to remain in the family unretouched and natural. Has amazing tone and the action on the keys is heavy by today’s standards but still lively. Sadly I don’t play it much anymore, but I went through many years of Conservatory exams and levels playing it. I stopped playing when I was 20 as the exams got tedious and conflicted with my lifestyle and other activities back then. Mostly I tired of the long-hair classical scene, was too stodgy for me anymore. Hockey, parties and garage rock and stage jazz (I played trombone jazz/pop too) bands were higher priority. Our band leader was a professional jazz sax player, Carnegie Hall fame, Glen Miller style. Incredible musician and a fantastic teacher. He took us to heights we never could have gotten to. Still miss him, he died of cancer a few years after I graduated.

[Daryl Jones]

Interesting comment Diana, even most of my friends didn’t know it existed. Maybe the Diving Board album just isn’t that well known outside of serious Elton John fan circles.

The first time I sang it was at a senior’s home. We had a live country band as well as a DJ/karaoke setup and the DJ didn’t know if they even had it in their files. I fully expected that none of the residents would have heard it before, but I took a chance and did it anyway. My elementary school music teacher was a current resident and even she was amazed by it. She obviously knew Elton’s music, but sure didn’t know that song. I mostly stuck with Frank Sinatra genre/style and country music more recognizable to them, but it got rave reviews from the crowd.