Thunderbird Club

[ectoflanger]

He does prove how deep humans can go creatively. In terms of guitarists on a similar level, Pat Metheny comes to mind.

Loved "Off Ramp" which somehow reminds me of Bob James' "Sign of the Times".

 

[ectoflanger]

Reminds me of this Swedish band "The Amazing" ... "let's give a warm welcome to, The Amazing _____ "



anyone know what city this is?

I love dreamy, introspective stuff, as long as it's not overly melancholy-

Here's one I like- like the one you shared, I believe it falls into the relatively new genre known as 'Dream Pop'-

 

[dagrev]

That’s turning out nice Donnie! I gotta admit I was a bit concerned when you were doing it outside without a makeshift spray booth of some sort. What do I know.

Thanks Marshall. It caused some expected extra work in sanding due to it being really windy when I put the clear on. No runs, but it was drying quicker than ideal, thus less than ideal finish after spraying. But I put a little extra on knowing I was going to need a fair amount of sanding. I was even holding up a big piece of cardboard to break some of the wind. I knew I was pushing it, but it may well have been my last day this year to spray. Initially I was going to spray in the garage, but the fumes were getting into the lower level somehow where my Mother lives. The clear is deadly (literally), and no way was I taking a chance on fumes getting in the house.

 

[dagrev]

Why is most "easy listening" music so hard for me to listen to?

You are not alone.

 

[dagrev]

Sicko

It was pretty difficult to not see the fancy leather britches. Leather is for boots not pants!

 

[ectoflanger]

Recent discussions call to mind Eberhard Weber, electiric upright bassist whom I first discovered through his work on Kate Bush's Mother Stands for Comfort.

 

[Stealth57]

It was pretty difficult to not see the fancy leather britches. Leather is for boots not pants!

They’re a little different in Argentina. Ask Chuck.

 

[ectoflanger]

I never 'got' her appeal. Then again, I'm sure my preferences would be in the minority.

It was the bass lines that grabbed me on a couple of songs- also the high standards in the arrangements and production.

 

[JIO]

Ultra bizarre guitar. He has at least a million times more talent than I ever will, but I would note that judging from the one video clip attached of him playing this beast he probably played at least 90% of his notes on the multitude of open string options he had on that guitar. With the exception of the standard 6 string neck his left hand was on he was basically playing a harp in all open strings.

So although mighty impressive and beautiful sounding I wouldn’t put him in the same category as MM who’s changing tunings on the fly across single and multiple strings. Heck, on his low string alone MM had three tunings on the peg head and an additional two tunings for each of those three on the bridge, that’s six different tunings on just one string to try and keep track of while playing a song and changing them on the fly as needed (which on that song was a lot) not to mention all the tuning options on the other three strings. That’s just so many permutations of note options across the fretting options it’s mind boggling. Oh, and BTW, just in case you didn’t think that challenge was enough, let’s do it on an unlined three octave fretless bass. MM would have had a much easier job if he just had an open fixed string for each different note in the song like PM had.

Without the need to compare, I think they are both exceptional musicians .

 

[JIO]

I never 'got' her appeal. Then again, I'm sure my preferences would be in the minority.

She became labeled as the queen of "Adult Contemporary"- I have nothing against her talent/style her but in general that genre doesn't do much for me.

 

[JIO]

It was the bass lines that grabbed me on a couple of songs- also the high standards in the arrangements and production.

I would have loved to be in her live backing band. Learn the song, deliver the groove - get the paycheck.

 

[dagrev]

Jeff is an excellent gardener and cabana boy.

We have no pool, just a creek.

 

[ectoflanger]

Fun on a Friday Night-

Sure is nice when the trussrod works- almost forgot what it was like-

 

[JIO]

I love dreamy, introspective stuff, as long as it's not overly melancholy-

Here's one I like- like the one you shared, I believe it falls into the relatively new genre known as 'Dream Pop'-

"Dream Pop" has been around a while. The Cocteau Twins (mid '80s to mid '90s) got lumped into that contrived genre.

 

[ectoflanger]

This I have to keep my date and myself company while adjust the string heights some of which are way off-

 

[ectoflanger]

"Dream Pop" has been around a while. The Cocteau Twins (mid '80s to mid '90s) got lumped into that contrived genre.

Someone say Cocteau- love this tribute to Jean Cocteau by Bebop Deluxe-

 

[ectoflanger]

Think you might like this- Bowie was allowing call in requests at this show when I got this one- pretty cool and one of. my favorite songs- great perfromance too- he sure was quick on his toes-

 

[JIO]

Recent discussions call to mind Eberhard Weber, electiric upright bassist whom I first discovered through his work on Kate Bush's Mother Stands for Comfort.
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The '80s saw a lot of interesting bass work - I consider the '80s as the decade of bass up front.

 

[ectoflanger]

No wonder the string height kept changing! (unwitting resting of arm on top, depressing the string).

I actually cheered myself up upon that realization, regarding my comic stupidity and feeling more justified about leaving setup work to my luthier. And the Bowie helped.

 

[JIO]

Think you might like this- Bowie was allowing call in requests at this show when I got this one- pretty cool and one of. my favorite songs- great perfromance too- he sure was quick on his toes-

This is my favorite Bowie period (yes, more than Ziggy etc) because I loved his band/musicians then including Gayle Ann Dorsey on bass and Earl Slick on guitar. No pomp, no theatrics - just solid ensemble playing all around. I bet he loved it too as it was stripped down to musicianship.