you can log in through a twitter account, i think it's actually pretty easy? honestly the whole idea of periscope kinda makes me sick because i always imagine the worst, but i couldn't pass up a drum cam from portugal at no extra charge to me.
― La Lechuza (La Lechera), Friday, 11 December 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
How did it go?
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 13 December 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
Amazing! Great turnout, great sounds ... Think they actually made a pretty decent amount of money too. Both Joan & Nathan were super nice.
― tylerw, Sunday, 13 December 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link
cool must've been so cool so them in such a small setting
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 14 December 2015 15:05 (eight years ago) link
this was the scene:https://40.media.tumblr.com/64489ac3b3ae51c240e4bd21547ca214/tumblr_nzcsrweV0T1qzy30io1_1280.jpg
― tylerw, Monday, 14 December 2015 15:10 (eight years ago) link
Oh man, that looks great! Good job man, glad that it went well all around.
― grandavis, Monday, 14 December 2015 15:22 (eight years ago) link
yeah, even the kids behaved for the most part! that was the part that was stressing me out the most ... but even the ones who didn't want to sit still for it were mellow in the other room (until the music was over, then they went nuts).
― tylerw, Monday, 14 December 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
mmm snacks
― sleeve, Monday, 14 December 2015 15:28 (eight years ago) link
so many snacks
― tylerw, Monday, 14 December 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
Hah hah, we had snacks at our Grand Banks show, it was certainly appreciated (ours did not look as good as yours do though!). A couple of kids too, but not as many as you had. It is always more stressful to put on a show than attend one, but very gratifying when it ends up going well.
― grandavis, Monday, 14 December 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
here's a pic a friend sent of my dog attempting to get a belly rub from salsburg mid-showhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWJ-FHFUkAAaLNI.jpg
― tylerw, Monday, 14 December 2015 15:43 (eight years ago) link
IKEA Expedit shelves are def in the hall of fame
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 14 December 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
most influential shelves of all time
― tylerw, Monday, 14 December 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link
Hah hah, that is great! Man, my dog would be doing the same thing, or just sitting and staring at Nathan with a look that says "I am here, right here. Still here ...."
― grandavis, Monday, 14 December 2015 15:52 (eight years ago) link
yeah, hard to tell what's going through his head except "holy shit there are kids dropping food everywhere and how many of these people want to pet me?"
― tylerw, Monday, 14 December 2015 15:59 (eight years ago) link
"Voice of the Golden Retriever"
― grandavis, Monday, 14 December 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
what do people's end of year lists look like here?
steve gunn's new one was okay. as is joan shelley's.
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 22:56 (eight years ago) link
hmmm... i mostly listened to things not released this year. as far as this 'genre'... nathan bowles? i think that was last fall though. dbh has a new one that is good. that abba gargando on sahelsounds is a keeper. daniel bachman "River" is quite good even if the first track kind of overshadows everything else on it.
this was probably my favorite non-2015 discovery though:
https://___.youtube.com/watch?v=_jxvBSxuLFU (fill in the www)
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 00:51 (eight years ago) link
oops, should have posted this... that's a good one but this is probably a better intro, the first half of the first track on the album
https://xxx.youtube.com/watch?v=6o9TPEPssiM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitares_D%C3%A9rive
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 01:14 (eight years ago) link
holy moly guitares derive sounds amazing, what a find!
this is like the lost platonic ideal of airy, pulsing layered guitar lines; a previously unknown ancestor for the likes of electric counterpoint & sung tongs era animal collective
looks like it might be a little tricky to get hold of but it's too lush to pass on
― ogmor, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 02:09 (eight years ago) link
very nice, reminds me of some League Of Crafty Guitarists moments
― sleeve, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 02:30 (eight years ago) link
o wow this is a reissue of a Shandar label LP, no wonder I love it
― sleeve, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 02:32 (eight years ago) link
Definitely some League of Crafty Guitarists moods to this. A little more organic somehow, but yeah nice stuff.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:13 (eight years ago) link
The Salsburg/Elkington record is my #1 this year in this genre as far as 2015 releases go
― Evan, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:30 (eight years ago) link
Bachman, Elk / Salsburg and Tom Carter all got alot of play around here, but Joan Shelley is my #1 2015 pick
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:34 (eight years ago) link
Joan might become that but I still haven't been able to pick it up yet! I'm never caught up with the years releases by the time the year is ending.
― Evan, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:37 (eight years ago) link
salsburg/elkington has been steadily rising in my estimation with every play -- at first it seemed almost too clean/polished, but now it just feels deep
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I agree, at first it sounded like sterile computer-family-photo-slideshow music, but then it started to really get into my brain.
― Evan, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:49 (eight years ago) link
yeah just tons of little mindbending bits packed into each tune. might have already mentioned it here, but this record is a great similarly styled duo guitar recordhttp://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rcrandell2
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:52 (eight years ago) link
Seeing them live recently also helped!
― Evan, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
Oh wow, thanks for the recommendation. Just by a few samples alone that has skyrocketed to the top of my want list.
― Evan, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
yeah i really like it a lot ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link
I can't figure out whether Joan Shelley looks similar to Joan Baez or if it's just a similar genre + identical first name thing?
― Evan, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
agreed on the elkington/salsburg album, it sort of suffers at first because sometimes i feel like in these internet days and times records that don't have any strong hook or "narrative" tend to suffer, like what is it? two dudes that are good at guitar playing some tasteful guitar, but like the differences are in the melodies, the arrangements, the playing itself. those two are a bit like glenn jones to me like they seems to have mastered guitar to the point where they don't strain to show off but everything they do can seem completely effortless, completely within themselves, everything they want to do they can do without stressing about it
i always wish i could achieve that kind of mastery, who knows maybe i'm just projecting anyway
this is cool
https://www.mixcloud.com/dyingforbadmusic/dfbm-78-morning-raga-pt-vi/
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
digging this SRB mini-set
http://the-attic.net/video/1610/sir-richard-bishop-_-in-the-attic.html
― sleeve, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
haha also damn you sleeve this is a rabbit hole i have very specifically been trying to avoid going down for like 20 years
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― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:09 (eight years ago) link
we'll all be "Crafties" soon enough
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
lol UMS, just get the "League Of Crafty Guitarists Live" LP and be done with it, that's all you need imo
I have some funny stories abt a friend of mine who did that program, I'll try to write them up
― sleeve, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:18 (eight years ago) link
Slippery slope UMS, slippery slope .... go with Sleeve here.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
Yes Sleeve, please do!
― grandavis, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
don't you have to literally like lock your guitar in a closet for 6 months to get some distance from all your sub-Frippian poor playing mechanics? then you can start down the path of enlightenment
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:29 (eight years ago) link
ok ok...
this was way back when I was in my 20's, but Fripp was already doing the LCOG stuff and there is like a camp in West Virgina where people can go for like a 2-week program. my old high school friend went to one, he was already a pretty good guitar player.
first of all, everything had to be tuned in that Fripp tuning, I think it's equal temperament? there were a bunch of kinda mindfuck zen exercises that they were subjected to. one day, Fripp came in and said to the class "oh hey I booked you guys for a gig at a local bar tonight, you better work up a set." so they practiced all day long and kinda got something together. the class all goes over to the bar and sets up for their gig. it turns out that the entire audience, more or less, was composed of guitar school alumni who proceeded to loudly heckle and harass the class throughout their entire performance. I remember my friend saying "and Fripp himself threw a piece of ice at me! it hit my guitar!" basically it was a lesson in how to keep your composure onstage under pressure.
he drove all my friends crazy when he came back from the camp because he insisted on playing in the Fripp tuning at any casual jam session...
I know there was at least one other funny story but I can't remember it right now...
― sleeve, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
hahah omg that is so much better than i could have hoped for, please write your friend for more!!!!!
now i'm going to pretend like i'm not opening up a window to google "equal temperament tuning"
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:45 (eight years ago) link
lol that is great. the first lesson of the League is ... public humiliation at the hands of King Fripp!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link
I think Fripp's tuning drops the low E to C or something and then tunes every subsequent string to the 5th (so the B string is not a fourth). Some shit like that.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
Oh well, couldn't resist googling, and holy shit the Wikipedia page calls it the "New standard tuning". C2-G2-D3-A3-E4-G4
― grandavis, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link
Did Fripp write that page himself, or is this part of the duties of joining the League?
― grandavis, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
I think Vice interviewed some past members that were able to escape.
― Evan, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:55 (eight years ago) link
http://www.guyguitars.com/eng/handbook/Tuning/tuning.html
fucking NATURE really fucked up, should have thought about how that was gonna affect this guitar tuning when you created the universe God!
This is not the fault of the guitar. It is not designed to play perfect intervals (except for octaves and unisons) in any position, or any key. It is designed to play the equal-tempered scale, and it is perfectly possible to adjust and intonate almost any well-made guitar so that it plays this scale pretty accurately. The problem with equal temperament, though, is that it is artificial, a mathematical construct, and it conflicts with the physical properties of real-world strings.
Real-world strings produce harmonics which are pure fractions of the speaking length of the string. The ancient Greeks and Chinese knew about the pure intervals, and constructed their musical scales around them. But Nature throws a spanner in the works by making the natural tone row irregular, so instruments tuned in this way cannot modulate to different key signatures without adding more intervals to the octave.
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
I think Robert Fripp throwing ice at me might be a top 10 life accomplishment tbh