Admin Rudolf Wagner
AdminForum Replies Created
-
The guitar gauge Stevie Ray Vaughn used was 13, which sounds insane to most guitarists as they are extremely hard to play but reward you with a very full tone. I couldn’t play them well, as I usually play 9s and Lisa plays 10s. But we are not overly picky.
We talked about our favourite types of strings and gauges in the Q&A video at minute 5:30: https://test2.monalisa-twins.com/gear-q-a/
Have a groovy day!
-
Thanks, we are already aware of it and reported it to the software developers of the WordPress theme we use. A certain combination of Plugins with the theme causes a few problems. Video playing twice is only one of them. I hope they can fix that soon.
-
That’s a great idea and something we could definitely do for a future contest 🙂 We’ll keep it in mind!
Thanks for sharing the pictures and of course for wearing your MLT hat to the event. That makes us so happy!
We hope you had a great time at the Megacon and send all the best to Orlando!
-
Thanks, Dan!!
Somewhere along the writing process we did sketch out the intro but it wasn’t until we had already recorded the basics, that we figured out the details about the intro and played around with different approaches, picking patterns, arpeggios etc.
We did want to emulate the feeling of rain so we’re glad that it worked 🙂 -
Hi Jeffrey,
Unfortunately we didn’t have (or take) much time to watch a lot of the Olympic games. We found out about the Austrian cyclist Anna Kiesenhofer winning gold in a spectacular fashion only in retrospect. Her story and win was incredible: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/26/sport/anna-kiesenhofer-olympic-gold-tokyo-2020-spt-intl/index.html
It seems that for Austria it is often the lone warriors that don’t depend on unions and institutionalised “support systems” that seem to go the furthest. Whether that’s in the sports or the arts 🙂
Congrats to the States for bringing home the most medals! You must be proud of your athletes ♥
-
Hi Tom,
Thank you so much for the question and the interest in a Duo Session DVD. We get a lot of requests to make DVDs for our live shows, duo sessions, music videos etc. but unfortunately the answer is always the same: Likely not.
Unfortunately, it is very complicated (and expensive) to get the rights for video productions (unlike for CDs) when using cover songs. It is also a dying medium which wouldn’t allow us to produce and sell a lot of them. So all in all it would be very hard for us to make any profit from releasing more DVDs on top of being very complicated to produce.
Which is part of the reason we’re posting so many videos to the Club instead.
We hope that makes sense ♥ -
Hi Walter,
I think it adds a lot in an acoustic setting. A little bit of amplified foot tapping can make quite the difference, I was surprised too! 😉
When you play with a drummer or percussionist it’s redundant but I’ve seen a stomp box being used quite effectively for a lot of solo artists and duos that only use guitars.
I bought it online here in the UK a few years ago. The Wazinator I’ve got is quite large so if you want to travel light it’s probably not the best choice of stompbox, and it takes some heavy equalisation to make it sound decent 🙂
Let me know your experience if you end up getting one!
-
Hi Jeffery!
Our signatures are on the wall of the backstage area and we also signed the ceiling of the front room during our first gig there! I found this photo of Lisa and our drummer Phillip lifting up Lisa to do it.
It’s a fun tradition, and the place is covered in hundreds if not thousands of them. If someone ever goes looking for them, good luck! 😉
-
Hi Diana!
We didn’t have much of a script for this video when going into this shoot 😉 The whole deadpan-face-Mona idea was more of a spontaneous idea and we certainly didn’t plan for me to choke on my own hair, haha, I was just a little too much into the popcorn.
I remember that we tried out quite a few combinations and “reactions” and basically chose what to go for during the editing phase later on. I’m glad you think the video is funny!
-
Hi Melvin,Yes, we have met him on a few occasions but so far only chatted briefly. We have some mutual friends and know his son and grandson quite well. He has always been really kind, and I am sure we’ll bump into him again at some point.
-
Hi Lynn,
“Crazy On You” definitely wouldn’t be out of range for us but it’s not really the type of singing style we prefer or that we think suits our voices best. We’ve never been super into high pitched rock voices in both female or male singers (though that is a cool track!) which might also be why it isn’t a singing style we dabble in much.
As far as our vocal ranges go, I wouldn’t know from the top of my head so I just did a little test on the piano and found that at the moment I can go from C3 to C6. According to the internet that apparently puts me somewhere between a tenor and a soprano. Since I definitely don’t sound my best at the extreme ends of that range, I guess I’m technically an “Alto” or “Mezzo”. I really don’t think it matters and some songs sound better sung in a lower chest voice, some more in a high falsetto and some work best somewhere in between 🙂
Thanks for the congratulations for the “Hotel California” milestone. Is still such a shame that it’s blocked for US viewers but we’re glad it’s being viewed in other parts of the world.
-
Hi John,
I hope you don’t mind me pointing you to this link where we’ve been asked this question before: https://test2.monalisa-twins.com/forums/topic/motown/
♥
-
Hi Bill, hi Maddie,
We just had that song playing a couple of days ago, it’s such a standout track!
Covering someone as unique as Janis Joplin is always a challenge and I’m not sure if we’ll ever give “Piece Of My Heart” a go … but it’s an interesting idea and I’ll let it bounce around my head for a few days!
All the best to both of you!
-
Hi Bill,
First of all a big hello to the Club! Thanks for joining us here and leaving your first question ♥
So, if we were to get stranded on a desert island we would have to pick an acoustic guitar. We’re not clever enough to invent electricity and build an amp from scratch 😉 We’ll take this even further and say that since getting some spare steel strings would be pretty much impossible on a desert island, choosing a nylon string guitar would probably be the smarter choice. After all, nylon strings used to be made out of animal intestines. … While ripping out the guts of some poor antelope so we can continue practising our major scales doesn’t sound like the best pastime, at least we have the OPTION, haha.
So we would probably choose our Cordoba Nylon String (Fusion Series 12).
If you simply wanted to know our all time favourite guitar, it would have to be my Gretsch Duo Jet (G6128T-DSV) and Mona would pick her favourite Martin Acoustic Custom.
Again, thanks for joining the Club and have a groovy day!!
-
Hi Bert and welcome to the MLT Club!
We thank you for supporting our work by being here and send lots of peace & love to Rotterdam …. Or anywhere, Liverpool or Rome … 😉
Stay groovy,
Mona & Lisa
