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Hi Josh! That are two gorgeous songs. We’re suckers for jazzy, crooner-ish tunes. We haven’t covered very many of that sort so we might give one of them a go sometime 🙂
Our list or potential cover songs is getting longer by the day but we do appreciate the suggestions and will keep them in mind.
Best,
Lisa
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Hi Brian, yes this only happens in the first verse and we quickly move from the D# to the D.
Nothing (Am) ever last for (D#) Ever (D) my oh my (G)
The harmonies are slightly different there too and the part doesn’t repeat again anywhere in the song.
Hope that helps ❤️
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@Paul, We learnt English in high school (year 5 to 10) as part of the standard curriculum but our student exchange to Australia and the trips to the States really helped too. So did watching movies, YouTube etc. in English a lot 🙂
The article about language and dreams David posted was spot on!
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Hi Tomás,
You’re right, what I wrote there is a little confusing as it sounds a bit like I’d put 9’s onto a guitar IF I was feeling lazy. And of course IF I was really feeling lazy I obviously wouldn’t want to change strings at all 😛
I think what I meant there was that I have a guitar sitting in my room, that I do a lot of noodling on that already has 9’s on, which makes it easier to play. So it might not sound the best (I maybe wouldn’t record with it) but it’s the most comfortable to play.I remember doing the switch to 10’s for live shows and everything felt that bit more difficult but the tone was worth it to me. Everything just had a little bit more oomph.
But you’re right, 90% is about how and what you play anyway. I think the “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” was still played on a lighter gage and yes, I think I must have been around 16. I think my tone has improved/changed a lot since then but mainly due to the way I play.Some people are VERY particular about their string gage and type and pickups and picks and the way they file their fingernails and how many times they wash their hands and what moisturizer they use and and and. For me the guitar just has to feel nice, sound good and if the strings start resembling old fence wires, I guess I’ll change them 😉
I hope you’ll manage to make friends with your 10’s and if not, I don’t think there is anything wrong with using a lighter gage if that allows you to play better. I’m 100% with you on the flatwounds on bass!! (Dad thinks that roundwounds on a Höfner 500/1 are a sin and might be also illegal in some countries ;-))
Thank you for the question!
I hope you’re doing great and all is well and groovy 🙂
Lisa
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Hey cool! This is a huge aspect of our video/photo interests and workflow that we don’t really get to talk about much. Thanks for the question! Simple answer – there is no simple answer 😛
We use everything from expensive prime lenses and the standard kit lens for both video and photo. With the recent videos we have moved more towards zoom lenses again, for the sake of an easier workflow, not focusing too much on achieving the shallowest depth of field possible. Because there was a time where you could say we might have overdone that a little bit (like with “Morning Has Broken”) where we ended up with a depth of field of about two eyelashes ?
We shoot with a Sony a7 iii and also use a lot of Sony lenses, especially while filming. Their autofocus has actually become decent these days 😉 The ones we shoot with most often are the 28-70mm (f/3.5-5.6) perfectly fine kit lens, a 16-35mm (f/4) great for smooth wide angle gimbal shots, and a 85mm (f/1.8) prime lens for close-ups and a shallow depth of field. If I had to pick just one lens for photography I’d go with a 50mm 🙂
Dad always takes care of the video side of things, is always up to date with the latest gimbal, drone and camera developments. He’s always working on his rig and figuring out which lenses, microphones, etc. are most suited for his latest contraptions. He could probably start his own YouTube channel just about cameras and how to get the most out of your equipment 🙂
And we definitely agree with you on manual over autofocus. The new Sony cameras have become more reliable but whenever we can we also avoid autofocus!
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Hi Andreas! Willkommen im Club!
I hope you don’t mind me answering in English so everyone here can understand 🙂
Thanks for the introduction and the kind words! We hope you’ll enjoy your last days in the Club.
We’re glad that you stumbled across our videos on YouTube and hope you already found all the bonus ones here in the Club. We’ll post another one tomorrow 🙂If you’ve got any questions, let us know!
Alles Liebe nach Deutschland,
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Well, the last song that made me cry was “Wish You Were Here” (Pink Floyd). After reading up on its origins I wept like a little kid. So that would be a song that moved me recently.
A peculiar, quirky song that recently made me chuckle was “The Intro and the Outro” by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Odd and delightful!
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Looking at numbers and our online statistics is still really surreal sometimes. Our whole journey has been a very gradual build-up where with every year and every new project, video or CD more and more people from all across the globe started tuning in. It was (and still is) so exciting to see!
Thanks to the internet and the way people listen to music these days, location really isn’t a factor. It was of course always something we hoped would happen, but our 13 year old selves would be more than gobsmacked if they knew people from every corner of the world would one day watch their videos. 🙂
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Hi Bob, nice to meet you!
Welcome to the Club and thanks for that great introduction – we love getting to know a bit about the people who listen to our creations 🙂We hope you’ve enjoyed your time here so far. If you need help with anything, please let us know.
Stay groovy!!
Lisa
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At the moment I mainly dream in German but if, in my dream, I’m having a conversation with someone who I know would speak English in real life, I would also speak English in the dream. The “narrating voice” is mainly German but I have noticed that it also depends on what language I use most during the day.
While we were on tour for example, and speaking mainly English for a few weeks, my narrating dream voice would switch to English more often than not. Funny how the subconscious keeps babbling on in whatever language we were using during the day 🙂
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Hi Sergey, Greetings to the Ukraine! Thanks for the nice introduction and the kind words. We’re lucky you came across our music on YouTube, … thanks for clicking on the video 🙂
We hope you’ll like it in the Club. Everyone here is really helpful, so if you need anything, you can post your question in the Forum or send us an email.
See you around!
Lisa
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Yeeeah, the more Wisconsinites the merrier. Welcome to the Club and thanks for the intro!
First tier, second tier, doesn’t matter, you’re in – and we hope you’re enjoying what the Club has to offer 🙂If you’ve got any questions, let us know!
See you around,Lisa
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Hi Keith,
thanks for joining us here and for supporting us and our family. What you wrote made us smile big time! We’re glad you are seeing these values in what we do and create and that the music and our story resonates with you so much ♥
We promise to release lots more original music (as well as covers) this year and thank you for coming along for the ride.
See you around!
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Hi Ian!
We didn’t really look alike enough to successfully pull off any twin pranks, but we did look alike enough for teachers to mix us up a lot. That’s why, when you are a twin in high school, you start answering to both your own and your twin’s name 🙂
I once somehow passed a bad “general conduct grade” on to Mona, despite her definitely having been in better standing with the teacher that graded her than me.
It was our geography teacher who really didn’t like me (the feeling was mutual) yet she must have mixed us up when filling out the report cards.
I tried to point out that I was the one she was hating but it was too late by then …At least I got a clean record now 😉
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WELCOME Jeff! Lisa here, thanks for introducing yourself 🙂 As it’s already been mentioned here, we have done 2 Kinks covers in the past.
Tired Of Waiting (an MLT Club exclusive): https://test4.monalisa-twins.com/tired-of-waiting-duo-session/
And “You Really Got Me” which we released on our “Play Beatles & more VOL 3” album: https://test4.monalisa-twins.com/mlt-club-jukebox/
Speaking of the Kinks, Ray’s girlfriend got in touch recently saying that she’s going to play him our covers and that she’ll try to get him up to Liverpool with her soon. We thought that was pretty cool 🙂