Revolt of the ILX Brigade: New Post-Fahey Folk For PPL that post in the Takoma & Tompkin's Square Threads

xp yessss

https://www.facebook.com/kyl3stephenfosburgh/posts/700332033380156

maybe some people can see that? interesting discussion between about the decline of takoma from the big guns of the era. just replace the "3" in the FB username portion

yeah i saw that!

So...Old Familiar Chime fest had some bad news: Sir Richard Bishop had to cancel for a gig that was too lucrative to turn down in South America, bummer....

BUT....

they got Bill Orcutt to fly in from SF to fill in so that's pretty damn great!

and Steve Lowenthal of VDSQ and author of Dance of Death the new Fahey book is coming and will be doing 2 readings in the Twin Cities to coincide with the festival

Not a bad trade! Personally I have seen Bishop live a few times but never seen Orcutt, so I would be happy to get that chance. Such a good lineup overall too.

yeah i'm in the same boat, never seen orcutt and seen bishop 2 or 3 times...really amazing as a last minute replacement for sure

btw guys if you can possible see that facebook thread that global posted holy shit talk about some serious old school takoma bad blood and gossip......

I cannot :( oh well.

basically I assume that everybody hates each other

i can't see it either. i wouldn't be surprised at bad blood. would love to read a takoma records oral history book.

the former artists seem united in hatred towards the execs that took over from Fahey basically.....but lots of interesting nuggets

Improv experimentation with FCFGCG tuning!

https://soundcloud.com/factual-1/open

Found it by tuning each string randomly until it sounded good against the last one. I like how big it sounds. Kinda perfect for me to play around with after having just discovered Paris, Texas and its soundtrack.

i like it!!

Thanks!!

Nice Evan, sounds really good! Very pretty outro.

While on the home-team trip, Dying For Bad Music just posted another track Global's upcoming album, which two tracks in is sounding like a real keeper:

https://soundcloud.com/dyingforbadmusic/steve-palmer-cassini

Some nice set-the-sights-on-the-horizon drums/guitar action.

haha thanks man, definitely what i was going for, something widescreen with a lot of shifting textures. might be a little long in retrospect, but eh, whatever.

evan, this song is fantastic! totally love the improv feel of it and the atmosphere. excited to try this tuning out

Didn't feel that long to me Global, think the stretching-out aspect of it suits the sounds well. Gott let it ride sometimes.

awesome jam!!!
you have entered space metal territory :)

haha never woulda thought to associate metal with that, but i kinda like that. grandavis, i'm just in that stage where i'm second-guessing every little decision i made, so that could be part of it.

like this band has expansive krautrocky jams and they get lumped into the metal bin but they don't sound partic metal to me http://follakzoid.bandcamp.com/album/ii-2
your song def has some hawkwind in it though!

Thanks grandavis and global! It was literally an improv which is why it falls apart briefly after the midway point ha. If it were an actual "piece" I would have hit re-record a thousand times. Desperately trying to be a little more comfortable with mistakes and imperfection. Hoping it'll make recording less of a rare activity by inflicting psychological training tricks on myself.

Just jumping into global's track now!

Oh yeah, and I'm just so constantly bothered by my inability to find the right settings in garageband (with the m-box) to recreate the sound of my actual amp. I'd be MUCH more proud of it if it had that sound- individual notes don't muddy together as much. This last recording I did upon re-listening almost sounds like strumming in parts! Was not intended.

Also all of this pickiness can be attributed to a nice dosing of Dunning–Kruger effect I'm sure but even so it really truly does sound much much better out of my real amp.

global that jam is perfect. I love it.

yeah dude, that is really good.

and yours, too Evan! digging it.

y'all seriously this is my favorite thread on ilx at this present moment
it's full of encouragement, top notch jams, nice people, and no bs
bless you all

That's for sure! Been that way since the beginning.

And thanks tyler.

Apologies for all of the nervous confessional ranting every time I post a song- in reality I'm trying to calibrate your expectations with excuses so I can I'm maintain my own ego as a player. You've all been so nice I appreciate it.

<3 this thread. feel like this album of mine is very much 'of' this thread, like it wouldn't have existed without being able to lurk on here for, what, years now. yikes!

this follkazoid band is rad also

Hah I mean obviously I am not unbiased but I think I do not generally blow smoke up people's butts either. I can say in all honesty that I think Global's track, your new improv Evan, and UMS's last tune are all good listens. Would jam them if I didn't know you folks from here. Look forward to hearing some collabs with La Lechera beats too.

I got some new things for my bday so I can make a lot of new sounds -- I got brushes, a little hi hat tambourine, and a shaker that attaches to the drumstick so i can do accents and regular hits (strokes? whatever) at the same time. I'm still working hard.

drumming is hard work! i know i said i'd have your beat back to you with a song soon, but i keep futzing around with it. it'll happen though!

i could send you something better if you want! every time i send someone something, like a week later i could do it at least somewhat better. i guess that's normal, right?
right now i am dreaming of covering "wo bist du" because i think i've got the drum part down and i think it would sound cooooooooooool with some extended noodling and also popol vuh <3 <3 <3

Hah completely normal. Keep it up!

new Hayden Pedigo track (w/ Danny Paul Grody!) is awesome. really excited for the release:

https://soundcloud.com/debacle-records/hayden-pedigo-stray-feat-danny-paul-grody/s-YQgxk

wow that is gorgeous
such a beautiful recording

it's amazing because it's centered on one lick/progression, but it doesn't ever feel boring or staid at any point. it feels very fully realized

Haven't listened yet but that sounds like a Steve Gunn descriptor

i'm curious what DPG contributed. I recognize that kind of organ sound from his releases, I'm guessing that's it? Although the guitar sounds very much like him too.

How do I achieve something anywhere near that kind of fidelity with an mbox and garageband? What kind of settings at least put me in that direction? Anyone have tips?

Song sounds good, I think the run-time helps keep it from getting boring. Definitely interested to hear this album, it is the one that has a crazy amount of guest musicians, right?

Yeah it's a gorgeous track.

What's everyone's (who is relevant) recording set up?

mine is probably worse than yours - Blue Yeti USB mic & Audacity

How do I achieve something anywhere near that kind of fidelity with an mbox and garageband? What kind of settings at least put me in that direction? Anyone have tips?
― Evan, Tuesday, August 26, 2014 1:51 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you are using electric+amp right? if your mbox supports phantom power these microphones are decent and very affordable:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com//recording-microphone-packages/mxl-990-991-recording-microphone-package/273166000000000?src=3TEMORD

i'm no gearhead but i can get a very good sound with them with minimal post-eq/FX on electric and acoustic. used them for this video, which i think really sounds pretty awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF3VKeR7VVk

Great thanks! I've been thinking about picking up some good microphones.

Any experience with garageband as well? Part of my problem I think is just getting the levels correct and applying effects (tend to be pretty bass heavy when left alone)

i haven't used garageband a ton but it seems to be super easy but maybe not as "deep" as others
i have no problems with Audacity which is freeware