1. The Benevolent Dr. K (Kostakos): a tribute to my Dr. of nearly 20 years and one of my favorite people (Katherine is her 1st name).
2. Gettin' Ahead of Myself: A reference to my lifelong proclivity for jumping the gun. Always wanted to write to this title.
3. Egret Regret: I thought up the title and liked its sound, then wrote a dark instrumental commentary on man's slow elimination of wildlife and ecosystems. I hope at least some people regret it...
*Edit: Oops! The good doctor needs a dot on the 1st beat, 2nd ending of B---or else you may grow dotty trying to play it...
Are you implying that there's a continuum here? (In which case surf music really cannot have anything to do with the BeeGees except maybe their jammering :cool:)
Isn't bluegrass often looked...
Very clean 1996 MiniBrute with reverb, 15" speaker and the wonderful (?) sonic circuit. 100 watts, 29 lbs. Everything works as it should, no case damage. $300 plus US shipping. Just trying to...
I started playing around with recording in the 1980s with a 4 track cassette tape unit, the Aria R504. I don't remember how much it cost, but in todays dollars adjusted for inflation I'm sure it was...
Off the top of my head
- Lightweight amps - makes playing around town so much easier.
- Clip on polyphonic tuner
- Wireless dongles (AMAZING for education and pretty nice for just playing around...
This one may be odd, but from 2010 onward, I'd say "YouTube Backing Tracks"
I have my mixing board setup so I can play with YouTube backing tracks. I never get board, there are so many and...
I wouldn't say nobody, but it was less focused. Even now, without cheap goods from China and the rest of Asia, the western world would be a far less wealthy place. Better or worse, I don't know,...
Au contraire friend. Yours is a National Tricone. Mine is a Mule Tricone. Matt Eich builds his tricones like the original tricone designed by the John Dopyera. Same f holes and cover plate as a...
From a social perpective, the huge decline in the real prices of gear, making quality instruments and electronics available to the masses. I know this may spark off yet another debate about cheap...
Jazz has it worse than other improvisatory genres because there's a non-empty contingent of guitarists who play jazz without caring much for it—or even while actively disliking it.
For example,...
Polytone MiniBrute IV
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