[Rudolf Wagner]

I am not sure if I understand the problem so please tell me if I am right.

Is it that now there is the small round profile picture with the profile owner’s name beside it instead of just the “my account” link in the uppermost menu on the right side? It is exactly the same function as before it just looks different.

I must admit that we did that on purpose because we thought that might look nicer than just the “my account” link. It’s one of two options of the WordPress theme we use and of course a bad idea if it confuses people.

I changed the owners name against the “My Account” link for now (similar to what Jung Roe suggested above).

The name and account might be too long for some mobile phones. Please have a look and tell me if that makes more sense to you.

Please also tell me if the problem is a totally different one maybe within the menu structure of the “My Account” page? On the screenshot above I see that you watch the Shop > Account Details page which always was the most boring tab because there never was much to see here. All of the important information regarding subscriptions and memberships and payment methods you can find within the other tabs like “Membership Subscription“, “Orders” or “Payment Methods”

Any idea how to make navigation easier is really welcome even if it would be hard to realize at the moment.

[Rudolf Wagner]

Yes, is there still a problem now or does it all work?

[Rudolf Wagner]

That looks like you are not logged in (in comparison to being logged in but not being able to access the Club). What happens if you click the login link in the upper right corner?

[Rudolf Wagner]

Let me have a look.

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hi Daniel,
No worries, we cancelled the subscription for you. Your subscription period ends February 13th 2020, so you’ll still be able to login to the MLT Club until then, but you can be sure no further payments will be taken from your account. We all thank you for your support and send best regards,
Team MLT

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hey everyone,
We just updated the instructions above to match the current screen displays. It seems the “My Account” wording got replaced by “username” in some recent software update. Other than that all should work as normal.

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hi David,
Thanks for the suggestion. We’ve incorporated that in our re-structuring of the Club. You will now find an extra player for the Duo Sessions, and we also included the songs in the Surprise Jukebox.

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hi Daniel,

It’s located on the top right corner of the website (even above the MLT logo) in grey letters (not underlined).
If you’re logged in it will say   Logout | “Your User Name”
If you’re logged out it will say   Login

Hope that helps!

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hey guys,
Since this thread has now over 150 posts we closed this topic for clarity and accessibility. Please feel free to open new threads for new topics.
Thank you!

[Rudolf Wagner]

We were truly lucky to catch that on video as it hasn’t snowed here since. We weren’t planning on filming that day at all, but we were out for a run and later sitting at breakfast with friends when we looked out the window and decided to rush home to capture the crazy snowfall on camera.

And you’re right, that’s our cousin when he was still a baby. He was such an adorable, beautiful child ♥ And now he’s turning into a handsome young man who’s taller than us. Crazy how fast that seemed to happen 🙂

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hi Michael!

We have thought about doing more Simon & Garfunkel material many, many times. The list of potential cover songs for us just by them alone is about a mile long and we can almost guarantee that we’ll do more of them as time goes on.

“Scarborough Fair” would be a hauntingly beautiful one to try for sure and we appreciate the suggestion! It has just moved up a few notches in our mental song list 😉

That Central Park Concert is incredible from start to finish, thanks for sharing it here again.

All the best from rainy Liverpool!

Mona

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hi Jacki,

Papa Rudi built the studio in Austria from scratch in his mid 20’s. I just asked him to catch me up on the specifics of the insulation, so he helped me out with this reply 🙂

The recording studio consists of several rooms, each soundproofed with heavy concrete walls, multiple layers of heavy, thick angled glass windows and soundproof doors.

It was a room-in-room concept with glass wool as damping material behind a second wall made of dual layers of plasterboard, so that the plasterboard was the inside wall of the room and the concrete walls the outside.

The rooms were also lined with sound-absorbing acoustic foam on one side, movable panels on the ceiling with one reflecting and one absorbing side to change the room acoustics, and built-in recording booths separated by several layers of the angled glass so you could see each other without hearing each other. The outside windows were soundproofed too, so even with a heavy metal band recording, the neighbours wouldn’t hear a thing.

In our studio here in England we have downgraded the soundproofing considerably. We rely on heavy curtains, wool carpets and the goodwill of our neighbours. So far it has worked out perfectly … except for some hiccups in the very beginning when we didn’t have air conditioning yet and had to keep the windows open for a few rehearsal sessions 😉

Since our studio here is not public anymore it’s not like the studio is constantly noisy. We aren’t recording heavy drum parts several times a week or have to do a day and a night shift like dad sometimes did in Austria when he was still recording and producing a lot of clients.

The Austrian studio was a luxury in the way that we could record at 3am if we wanted to, but with a little bit of planning ahead that’s easy to avoid 😉

I hope that answers everything!

Grooviest greetings to Canada!

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hi Brian!

Yup, that’s Lisa being the angel sister that she is and hugging me 🙂 I awww’ed for a good five minutes, when I first found that clip!

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hi Lance,

Thanks for joining the Club and for saying “hi”! We hope you’ll make yourself at home here 🙂

Ann and Nancy Wilson are great musicians and vocalists, so thanks for the comparison! Especially Ann has done quite a lot of 60’s covers herself in solo projects so maybe you’re right! 😉

We appreciate the kind words and send groovy greetings to Virginia!

Mona & Lisa

[Rudolf Wagner]

Hi Dale!

Thanks a lot, I’m happy you decided to explore some of the drum parts in our music!

As you mentioned, all of us very much share the “serving the song” mentality when it comes to drums. I’m not a fan of flashy drumming, especially in recorded music, but I love innovative approaches to patterns and fills.

I feel that with drums, more than any other instrument, it’s sometimes difficult to stray away from the “expected” without throwing off the listener, but those who get this balance right go down in history.

Keith Moon, Ginger Baker, Steve Gadd, … and of course Ringo! They all used the drums as a songwriting and song sculpting tool, not simply a timekeeping and beat device 🙂

I try to take the same approach before recording any drum or percussion parts, and we have our own way of getting there.

Many times Lisa, Dad and I would sit together with a guitar or two before tackling the drum recording and we’d go through the song while I “sang” the drum parts loosely. That gives us way more freedom to try patterns and rhythms and leaves creative doors open that might shut down if I tried to already play along to the song straight away.

By “singing” them I’m not necessarily restricted by my own skill level or practised beats. Once we agree on something I’m off to practise and record it 🙂

Obviously, with some covers for which we decide to take much more direct inspiration from the original this step isn’t necessary. But especially with our original music, we first sing everything in our heads before trying to replicate it on the drums.

Hope that answers your question!

Enjoy your week,
Mona