|
Post by Cams on Feb 7, 2022 11:16:44 GMT
Yeah, First Aid Kit. They're great for the old harmonies. Nice one Brian.
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Feb 7, 2022 10:20:29 GMT
What a fantastic thread. So many new songs for me to listen through! I'll add one to the mix:
I've heard it mentioned a few times that harmonies among siblings are extra special. I guess Waterson : Carthy is another good example of that. And the Avett Brothers.
The first time I heard live bluegrass music, I sat and watched a group of musicians arranging a song to perform at an open mic that night. It was a real masterclass in how bluegrass harmony lines work. I can do it reasonably well in some instances, but like everything, it takes practice to master. Of course there is an element of intuition, but it can still be learned to a reasonable level. It's that 'extra' level that can be so moving, when you get a surprise that makes you shiver with goosebumps. Like in this one:
And the first time I heard this - maybe on The Decectorists? Chills all the way through!
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Jan 14, 2022 12:55:05 GMT
Supporting the Fretboard Journal makes me feel good. Its business model is more grassroots than the conglomerate-owned mags that are on the ropes. It feels like belonging to a community in a lot of ways, although I know that this very forum began as a magazine-adjacent community. I never felt good buying the UK mag though, even though I was an advertiser. I just love what Jason Verlinde is doing and I hope that he can keep it going and make a decent living. I don't get the feeling that he's doing it for the money!
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Dec 29, 2021 21:56:42 GMT
Nice one Cams. I miss Little Brother’s lessons and forum, I learned a lot through him. I have two SCGC 00-12’s. My first one is similar specs to yours, Stika top and great mahogany back and sides. I bought it used ten years ago and I’ve played it a lot. 2 years ago I got it refretted and the top cleated and it plays and sounds even better. I miss LB too. I haven't spoken to him in a few years now. The last jam was 10 years ago. I found a bunch of his video lessons still on my hard drive so I was able to get Candy Man going again pretty quickly. It's been really fun!
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Dec 29, 2021 16:26:45 GMT
Please join me in wishing my SCGC Vintage Artist a very happy 15th birthday! She arrived at my flat in Luxembourg 15 years ago this very day. I just spent a rather delightful hour playing an old blues tune that I learned around that time from Little Brother and had since forgotten, Mississippi John Hurt's Candy Man. The guitar came to me through a friend of mine who is no longer with us, Kelvyn Evans, from South Wales. At the time he was a SCGC dealer in Hawaii. He kindly put a certificate into a prize draw at Little Brother's Acoustic Jam in Georgia, USA in 2005. The certificate entitled the winner to buy any SCGC guitar at cost, with no mark up at all on Kelvyn's part. It seemed like the perfect opportunity for me to figure out how a mahogany dread would fit into my world, because I'd never played a good one and I had just gone onto Kim Walker's list. I figured that I could easily sell it with little or no loss if it turned out that I wasn't a mahogany dread guy, and then I would know. It turns out that I am indeed a mahogany dread guy! Selling it has never even crossed my mind. I've since added another mahogany dread to my home, a Martin D-18GE sunburst, and of all the guitars at the last Halifax gathering, it's Martin 's Bourgeois that still haunts me! When I was coming up with the spec, I got to meet Richard Hoover in Frankfurt and talk over tonewoods with him. He promised me some special Sitka that they called 'grey ghost' and some really nicely-figured, old-growth mahogany by way of saying thank you for my being an admin on the SCGC Players Guitar Forum. SCGC Vintage Artist by Cams, on Flickr (Arrival day, 2006) Happy 15th Birthday! by Cams, on Flickr Figured mahogany - photo by Little Brother by Cams, on Flickr
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Dec 29, 2021 15:43:39 GMT
Punch Brothers are doing some wonderful things. I also enjoy the adjacent musicians around the old Nickel Creek band- Sarah Jarosz has already been mentioned, but there's Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage doing some amazing solo and collaborative playing. Aoife O'Donovan and Sara Watkins also do amazing work solo and together (with Sarah Jarosz as 'I'm with Her'). I like Bryan Sutton's solo work too. There's a definite Americana transatlantic vibe to all these artists.
One of my most listened to artists of the year is Dodie, a young singer-songwriter in the UK. I took my daughter to see their concert in Glasgow a few months ago and it was astonishingly good.
At the number 2 slot in my #SpotifyUnwrapped this year was Will McNicol, whom I find to be one of the most tasteful fingerstyle players on the circuit right now. Last year it was Colter Wall, a modern, gravelly-voiced American bluesy picker. In a similar vein is Sturgill Simpson.
And lastly, because I love him so much, Nick Harper is worth a listen if you're not familiar. I've been a fan of his since the beginning, when he used to do guest slots with Roy Harper. I find him to be an incredible breath of fresh air in the music world and highly underlooked.
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Dec 28, 2021 18:38:37 GMT
What a fascinating thread to wander into. I'm glad I logged in today and caught it.
Not much to add, other than to say that guitars are great, aren't they? So much choice and such great times when we meet and play together. Can't wait till the next time!
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Nov 25, 2021 11:03:14 GMT
Just beautiful. Gives me ideas of asking my daughter if she'd be up for a duet of some sort? She plays French horn. I know that Soïg is friends with Tony McManus and that he's been a big influence on Tony's style. I've never heard Soïg doing tapping before, as he does in the next video that loaded after this one ( Le Mascaret). I love the drone and the percussion.
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Nov 1, 2021 11:42:20 GMT
Sounds like a great night. I heard his being interviewed on a podcast recently where he talked about his book. Fretboard Journal probably. I've never seen him, or actually listened to him very much, but what I have heard I've liked. My former bandmate was a massive fan though and used to play Beeswing at our gigs regularly. I'd love to have heard that!
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Oct 8, 2021 11:35:21 GMT
I can relate. I used to worry during fallow periods that the desire wouldn't return. I no longer worry. So far it always has, but you never know. I'll tell you what though, HB12 sure inspired me to pick it up more, as did being booked to play a gig in September that I almost passed on. Riverman , you'll make your choices about getting back out, but I'm on the other side of that decision now and I'm glad that I agreed to it. Although I acknowledge that a series of videos isn't quite the same thing!
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Oct 7, 2021 10:11:06 GMT
I got a random email this morning from Eric Skye with a link to his EPK - I had to Google that - it's Electronic Press Kit. I clicked through and watched the attached YouTube videos with Eric and Jamie Stillway. 😲 jamiestillwayericskye.com/epkSome of the most fluid duo playing I've ever seen. Check it out!
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Oct 3, 2021 16:44:04 GMT
It looks like the Halifax meeting was great fun, and that led me to thinking... would there be any interest in a meet-up for those in the bottom half of the country? Halifax IS in the bottom half of the country!
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Oct 2, 2021 8:49:46 GMT
Maybe having a teacher to hold you accountable would help, or working towards a performance? I've been using project management software to help me work towards my goals. My current goal is to complete Frederick Noad's Solo Guitar Playing Vol. 1, so I have projects for each chapter and block out practice time each day. I'm also recording video of my playing the exercises and posting it onto YouTube as an accountability feature. So far it's working!
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Oct 2, 2021 8:45:56 GMT
I have two of Howard's CDs and they're absolute corkers. You should check out Paul Asbell too if you don't know him. I bought his CDs round about the same time.
|
|
|
Post by Cams on Sept 28, 2021 11:28:20 GMT
I'm with Simon and Keith on this. Even the food wasn't really a biggie for me as the dining options in the vicinity are many and varied, except for breakfast on the Sunday and the 'pie situation' at the Ring o'Bells. I guess that's temporary too, at least I hope so!
The Crown has beds, a function room, parking and is affordable. The affordability could change though, given the amount of money that needs to be spent on the building to bring it up to spec. I was somewhat disheartened when I learned that Richard left early after a disturbed sleep caused by street noise. Closable windows could certainly be a plus! I didn't try to close mine, but I know some of you did and couldn't!
|
|