MLT Club Member Daryl Jones
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I will have to scour the streams for this. I’m always looking for something to watch anyway...count on me to while away the hours in front of the tube haha.
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Very nice Sara!
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Great responses from everyone on this!
Percussion/drums are really where it all started, and still what holds music together today. Vocals carry the melody, but the drums hold it together, and lead the way in all of it. Guitar solos and rhythm guitar, keyboards, bass are great, but it still all boils down to the beat. Even a-cappella groups rely on the backing beat to keep the vocal harmonies in line, and without the constant measure and structure of time in the music, all else is lost. Nothing destroys a crowd’s interest in any song more than a missed beat…even the worst note or phrase in a number will pass if it falls on the correct beat. Destroy the tempo however, and the curtain will fall quickly.
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Jacki, Seagull guitars are made in Quebec, mostly hand crafted from Canadian grown and harvested woods. Hardware is all Godin, and the electronics are Godin spec supplied by Fishman. Simon & Patrick, Larivee, Art & Lutherie as we as the actual Godin Brand guitars themselves are all part of the same family. This is my 3rd Seagull in the last 20 years. Banjo intrigues me, but finger picking isn’t my Forte at all…I need to work harder at that. I find my technique (lack?) Just doesn’t bring out the necessary tonal voicing required to sound good. The Twins could certainly take me to school on that…
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New guitar is settled in and fits well with the family. Had a short session with a buddy yesterday afternoon and it sounded pretty good with the two of us jamming a bit. Something about fresh glue and wood aromas that stirs the juices some.
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Now that got my waterworks running! Such an amazing piece from one so young, and it just pulls at the heart strings. Thanks Jung, tears can be therapeutic at times.
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That is a very masterful performance. Not only brilliantly conducted, but the careful attention to the conductor’s subtle changes in nuance and timing by the players is uncanny. The extraordinary vision that these musicians must have to be able to still read the pages and yet both see and feel the timing and leadership of the conductor is a skill of exceptional heights. Not that they need to actually read the music (it’s deeply engrained in their brains, fingers and limbs) but they do follow both sheet and baton simultaneously.
It’s been a very long time since my days of concert band, but I do remember our bandleader feeling it when we were in sync with his emotionally charged control; or often more-so when we didn’t haha. Obviously I would never be so bold as to compare us in high-school with a Philharmonic of any level, but I do remember the chills I felt when we go it right.
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Jacki, never “fret” the small stuff (pun intended). It’s all in what works for you. There are very few professional or adept musicians in this world in comparison to the amount of wannabes. I count myself in the category of “professional wannabe”.
I play golf too, but don’t consider what I do on the course as actually golfing. It’s more an exercise in temperance to see if my martial arts training has taken me to a level of zen enlightenment. Given my Celtic heritage I have more studying to do in that regard…
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The only other brand I can think of in the Godin group is Norman. But I have never even seen one.
Your Minstrel was part of the Godin/Seagull line, made on the Seagull factory. I do believe they are no longer produced though.
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Yes, that would be a hurdle. After Heley’s comment in September at the last Edmonton show, I think the Eagles’ touring days are coming to a close now. Just a feeling I got from the way he said it.
Bonus though, lots of these guys head to Nashville and just drop around clubs and studios to sit in or do sessions on recordings. TBS has done that before, Knopfler has, and many more.
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Calligraphy is so incredibly cool! I can write my name in phonetic Kanji (Japanese) but that is about it. It(calligraphy) is a very difficult art/skill to learn. Masters/adepts can see flaws in the brush strokes that us mere mortals cannot even comprehend.
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That is incredible Michael! I couldn’t tell if Timothy Schmidt was one of the Poco sigs you got?
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That is the exact (although newer) model that I foolishly gave to my nephew 15 (?) years ago. Still kicking myself for letting it go. Satin semi-gloss finish on a cedar top and has great resonance and sustain for a mid entry level acoustic guitar. I’ve played Art & Lutherie, Larivee, and actual
Godins (all the same family) and I actually like the Seagulls best. Sort of like my PRS electrics, they “fit” me perfectly.
Any of the Taylor acoustics and Gibsons I’ve tried don’t feel the same unless I’m into the $2500-$3000 and higher (Cnd) range and I can’t justify that. And there are plenty of Godin products that reach too far into the more stratospheric price range for my tastes.
I have played some Strats, and they are nice, but they don’t feel comfortable like my two PRS machines do. And even the Mexican models are far pricier than I like. The American Strats are just far too much for a non-gigging noodler like myself. I love the sound of Les Pauls, but they are heavy and I don’t like the necks and the headstock angles on them.
I also love the sound of the ES335 and many of the Gretsch hollowbody style guitars, but again, just too big an heavy for my liking. I give Lisa all the credit in the world for wrangling that Gretsch she plays! Of course I can only surmise (never have and likely never will get to stand beside her) that being a lady she’s far smaller than I. And I’m not a huge guy but I’m no lightweight, small dude either. But they are just too much/big machine for me. But y’know, never say never…Don’t even get me started on full tube amplifiers, pedals, loopers, recording/mixing consoles…I’ll never stop “gassing” for another guitar, but I’m pretty well set up now for instruments. Well, then again, there is a new model PRS (SE DGT) that would really be the bee’s knees…🤔
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Thanks for that. I’ll try I on the ‘puter. Never happens on my phone
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Em, anybody know where that gibberish and weird characters comes from in my posts?
