Recent content by Mr. Palchepo

I think the key phrase in the initial question is ‘see who can keep up’. The key is listening. Hyper competitive people who over play are not musicians, they’re musical athletes. I was in a group and we called it ‘spontaneous composition’. It was unbelievably fulfilling. You gotta be with the...

Has anyone suggested that you play it, become really famous and have your picture taken with a thousand times and then try to sell it for two grand? Seems obvious to me.

I don’t play covers, but as the principle songwriter in the groups I’ve been in, I understand your frustration, I think. For me it’s always, ‘you can play whatever you want as long as you understand the groove.’ And you’d be surprised how many players don’t. Most musicians don’t give a rat’s...

It’s your job as a band to play as well as possible and the sound guy’s to capture it. Many sound guy’s are dicks. Many sound guy’s are cool. A group I was in played the same bar two different times with two different sound men. One guy loved the fact that we set up differently than most bands...

How about, ‘hey dude, you mind being quiet for a second while we figure this out?’ And then, ‘sorry to cut you off we’re just having a tough time hearing each other.’ Then if he ever does it again you could fake like your really mad and make some jokes about all that racket. Or when you take a...

Man. This quirky gear has so much personality. You just needed a bunch of German mics and vintage compressors to capture the subtle awesomeness on tape.

I think it would be funny if you ripped off the old lady and shortly thereafter, got kicked out of you band right before they signed a deal and the rest of them got to spend their lives playing music and you had to be a salesman the rest of your life.

Maybe you need to just jam or vamp on some parts so you can open it up and air it out a little. You might suggest that. It always surprises me how often I come up with something cool, complicate the hell out of it, then come back to the original ‘part’ with a better understanding of the vibe and...

I think we can all agree that we should all use the equipment that best suits our needs. Hm.

You became old when you started giving a s**t what a bunch of old dudes thought about anything.

Man. I’m trying to do this in some recording I’m doing and it gets tricky with the interplay with piano and rhythm guitar. When I get it figured out I think it’ll be cool, but it may be too clever for live use. You (I) just gotta ask your(my)self, ‘am I serving the song or my ego?’ As I’m typing...

Just saw who posted the video. Ha!

The music is killer! Don’t forget the Soviets and tubes for the amp and probably bad ass East German mics for the recording. Thanks for turning me (us) on to this!

Do you have a cool aunt or uncle or older person that can take you shopping? Like all day from shop to shop? This is your first axe. It’s a big deal. Take your time. The one you think about all night after trying a bunch is the one.

I’m a big fan of one bold political statement a la Woody Guthrie. Preferably leftist and touch confrontational. Definitely not cute or funny. So much more bold than a T-shirt.