Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[alaskaleftybass]

So called stage trucks are pretty popular. At the low end, you have performing at the back of my uncle’s El Camino (sorry no picks of that one).

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Wish we had the first one, but the second one was more of the kind we used. Imagine college graduation celebration in Montana in some cow field and hundreds of drunk kids drinking something called jubu juice or something like that. Punch with lots of citrus fruit and Everclear. That makes for a HELLA hangover the next day!

EDIT: I think the first black truckbed cost more than some of the clubs in Idaho we played in!

 

[alaskaleftybass]

[dream]These days, all that is done with a smurf'fn* (sorry, La Contessa ), and a couple a simple apps.[/dream]


So, you guys played a lot of Meatloaf to everyone who was dancing the Mashed Potato?
Better that than a dump truck!

 

[Jeff Scott]

Wish we had the first one, but the second one was more of the kind we used. Imagine college graduation celebration in Montana in some cow field and hundreds of drunk kids drinking something called jubu juice or something like that. Punch with lots of citrus fruit and Everclear. That makes for a HELLA hangover the next day!

Just like Woodstock, sounds like.

Rare Blend did one "truck gig" at an art festival in '06. We performed late morning, IIRC, before the drummer's normal waking hour. Here he is with shades on so the crowd couldn't tell he was actually sleeping (note the catatonic state he is in).

 

[Jeff Scott]

All this talk about making cars and panel beating brought this to mind:



Lots of very unearthly sounds, too!

 

[GwenOnBass]

Is that a SM58 he's um singing and such into?

It is Airto who inspired me to buy a berimbau. And I would have, had I the money that day.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Looks like a Brasilian knock-off. Note that the body looks about .23mm too short to be an authentic Shure.

Anybody have the sheet music for this?

 

[GwenOnBass]

Those Brazilians always get my attention!

 

[Jeff Scott]

A nose whistle!!!

Are those an old pair of Flora's shoes?

 

[Jeff Scott]

Awe, it looks like Airto had to duck tape one of his old cowbells back together.

 

[Charlie Tango]

Looks like a Brasilian knock-off. Note that the body looks about .23mm too short to be an authentic Shure.

Anybody have the sheet music for this?

Sounds just like when I dropped the silverware basket while unloading the dishwasher, but I couldn't write fast enough to get it all.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Is that a SM58 he's um singing and such into?

It is Airto who inspired me to buy a berimbau. And I would have, had I the money that day.

SM57 on the drums. A really nice live vocal mic, Neumann KMS-105.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I saw some SM58s on various percussion, too, besides the vocals.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Important question: what headset mic was Tree Lock using?

 

[GwenOnBass]

Bresson. Henri Cartier-Bresson.
licensed to photograph

 

[beans-on-toast]

I believe that one is also called, “Caught looking into the woman’s shower”.

 

[steve_rolfeca]

Geoff Emmerick used to tell a story about a Neve recording console installed at George Martin’s Montserrat studio. Rupert Neve describes it here, page 60. Geoff insisted that something was off on certain channels. They hooded up some test equipment and found that there was 3db peak at 54kHz. He could perceive it even though he couldn’t hear it.

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People make a fuss about dogs, but the human brain gives some of us pretty surprising hearing abilities, too.

Ruptured eardrums interrupted my dad's music career for a while, because of pain and distortion on loud sounds. He was never able to return to the violin or viola because of bone conduction up through his jaw. But after a couple of years, he was able to get back into guitar. He continued gigging and teaching full time right up until he retired.

In preparation for some restorative surgery when he was in his 50's, he took a hearing test. It showed that aside from significant overall hearing loss, he had nothing above about 6Khz, and that was his good ear.

I first became aware of just how bad his hearing loss was while hiking in a provincial park. We came into a clearing where the cicadas were almost deafening. I mentioned it to him, and he just scowled- it was well above his audible range, and he was completely unaware of it.

Here's the crazy thing- I had perfect hearing out to about 18KHz at the time, yet he could pick out minor errors in orchestral LP's that were inaudible to me. He would mention a duff note in the cellos, and I would have to drop the needle in that spot about a dozen times before I could identify it.

After about the third time, I stopped betting him money that he had imagined it...

 

[GonePlaid]

People make a fuss about dogs, but the human brain gives some of us pretty surprising hearing abilities, too.

Ruptured eardrums interrupted my dad's music career for a while, because of pain and distortion on loud sounds. He was never able to return to the violin or viola because of bone conduction up through his jaw. But after a couple of years, he was able to get back into guitar. He continued gigging and teaching full time right up until he retired.

In preparation for some restorative surgery when he was in his 50's, he took a hearing test. It showed that aside from significant overall hearing loss, he had nothing above about 6Khz, and that was his good ear.

I first became aware of just how bad his hearing loss was while hiking in a provincial park. We came into a clearing where the cicadas were almost deafening. I mentioned it to him, and he just scowled- it was well above his audible range, and he was completely unaware of it.

Here's the crazy thing- I had perfect hearing out to about 18KHz at the time, yet he could pick out minor errors in orchestral LP's that were inaudible to me. He would mention a duff note in the cellos, and I would have to drop the needle in that spot about a dozen times before I could identify it.

After about the third time, I stopped betting him money that he had imagined it...

How much didja lose?

 

[steve_rolfeca]

How much didja lose?

Not much. I might not be smart, but I sure am cheap...

 

[GonePlaid]

Not much. I might not be smart, but I sure am cheap...

 

[beans-on-toast]

People make a fuss about dogs, but the human brain gives some of us pretty surprising hearing abilities, too.

Ruptured eardrums interrupted my dad's music career for a while, because of pain and distortion on loud sounds. He was never able to return to the violin or viola because of bone conduction up through his jaw. But after a couple of years, he was able to get back into guitar. He continued gigging and teaching full time right up until he retired.

In preparation for some restorative surgery when he was in his 50's, he took a hearing test. It showed that aside from significant overall hearing loss, he had nothing above about 6Khz, and that was his good ear.

I first became aware of just how bad his hearing loss was while hiking in a provincial park. We came into a clearing where the cicadas were almost deafening. I mentioned it to him, and he just scowled- it was well above his audible range, and he was completely unaware of it.

Here's the crazy thing- I had perfect hearing out to about 18KHz at the time, yet he could pick out minor errors in orchestral LP's that were inaudible to me. He would mention a duff note in the cellos, and I would have to drop the needle in that spot about a dozen times before I could identify it.

After about the third time, I stopped betting him money that he had imagined it...

It's amazing how little we understand about out senses. Our brains take information from sensors that we call ears and allow us to hear sounds. But it goes well beyond that. Sounds beyond our audible range are still interpreted by the brain and trigger memories and even feelings. Listening to music can make you feel happy or sad. We might not know why but emotions are emparted.

Nature is way smarter that we'll ever be. I don't know if we'll ever understand how the brain works.