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I’ll have a look.
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Thank you so much Conan, and WELCOME TO THE CLUB!
We’re glad you like that song in particular. It’s one of those pieces that had its very own, special aura right from the beginning when we started composing and writing it. We took our time tinkering with the chord progressions and mood to musically “translate” the message which is very dear to us. It’s been very different to anything else we’ve done before, and we, too, think that our Dad should play the piano more often 😉
We like that you like it!
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Oh, we were just having a laugh … but I still think I caught Mona’s facial features pretty accurately 😛
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We are sad to hear that your Sweet Lorraine has passed away. To know that our music provided some comfort means an awful lot, thank you for letting us know. And who would have thought that, out of all our songs, “Sweet Lorraine” would be the one 🙂 This seems like one of these moments of synchronicity, of the universe sending a cheeky wink or warm comforting hug.
Michaela, Rudi, Mona and me are sending lots of love and our deepest condolences to you and your family and all of Lorraine’s friends. We hope that she passed away in peace.
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Lisa answered Daniels question but did not publish the answer. That’s why the 404 error appeared.
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Hi Howard,
I’m glad you enjoyed the video and found the typo. It got all corrected.
Many thanks,
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Finally, after month of trial and error I think we found a great hosting solution that is not only much faster but at the same time more economical and future proof. We are now hosted on a dedicated server (It’s all ours now – no noisy neighbors anymore).
I never thought that we can afford that but I was wrong. It is all in all actually cheaper than before and will stay so even with ever growing traffic to the website. Other hosting solutions often become exponentially more expensive when traffic increases. We had to learn that the hard way. That’s why we were searching for a
What does that mean for your browsing experience on the MLT site? Pages should load way faster, far less login problems, nicer shopping experience and smoother audio and video plays. As the whole Internet and also WordPress and it’s plugins are constantly evolving and updating hiccups will appear from time to time but I hope we will keep them at a minimum. What really helped a lot is that you were telling us when something seemed not quite right so we could fix it.
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Yes we had that problem fixed just to find out that it continues on IOS devices (iPhone and iPad). We fixed that too and now it should work everywhere.
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#Howard #Conan
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Hello Howard
I tried to see what you mean but could not replicate it. I can see Daniels question and Lisa’s answer below here https://test2.monalisa-twins.com/forums/topic/effects/
What do you mean by the reply opens to a 404 because I don’t see how you could open a reply. Do you see Lisa’s reply?Sorry Howard, please forget what I just wrote. Lisa told me that she just forgot to publish her answer to that post after she wrote it. That’s why the 404 error appeared.
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Hi Rick!
I wrote a bit more about it in my Ludwig kit in my reply to Howard here but you submitted your question before I posted my answer and I have plenty to expand on so let’s go …
The Ludwig is an Accent CS Custom Elite, with 3 toms (10”, 12”, 14” although I sometimes store away the middle one), a 20” Base Drum and a 14” snare. I’ve got a really great, heavy 14” Zyldian hi hat and a handful of cymbals, my favourite being a Zildjian K Hybrid Crash which has got to be on 90% of all our recordings!
The kit is nothing “fancy” but it’s exactly what we need for most recordings. I love the “Blue Ice” finish too and just think it’s an all round great kit with very decent hardware.
Lisa plays the drums too! We used to take lessons together and she’s actually pretty good, she just hasn’t practised for a long time but if she did she could definitely hold her own! Maybe we should do a drum battle one day 😉
We’re excited to see the little surprise in fall! If it’s anything like the last we’ll LOVE it.
All the best to you!
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Hi Daniel, In general we don’t use a lot of pedals as there aren’t many that suit the style we’re normally going for . We love our guitars (like the Gretsch or Ricky) for their own pretty distinctive voices and for most of the songs we play, we like to plug them straight into the amp (Vox AC30). On gigs I’ll put a little Vox “ToneLab” Pedal in between and use it for Volume Control, some compression, maybe a bit of chorus but that’s normally it. In the studio I might use a Wah pedal occasionally (like for the White Room cover).
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Hi Howard!
As much as we could look at them all day, we keep our more “special” guitars locked away in their cases, far away from dust, the accidental coffee spill or humidity. We have our “working” guitars that are constantly out and about and that we record most things with (like Lisa’s Gretsch, my Epiphone and Ricky for example).
When we are playing around with different sounds in the studio we often get some of the other babies out to see what works best.
As for drums sets, there is our main Ludwig kit (a Ludwig Accent CS Custom Elite) which is not a very fancy kit but it looks and sounds great and has some sturdy hardware which is all we need, as well as an electric Roland TD-12 Kit.
We use the Ludwig for nearly all recordings, so it’s always set and miked up in the studio. I have a small selection of good cymbals and a great heavy hi-hat, so we’ve got pretty much all bases covered.
I’ve still got my cheap budget kit back in Austria that I started playing on but at this point it could fall apart just by looking at it too intensely.
I hope you’re well and send all the best,
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Hi Rick!
First of all – thanks a lot 😀
As far as I know, Steve Harley had never used a blues harp in any of his many versions of this beautiful song he’s done over the years, but after hearing our cover he decided to incorporate it into the live versions we played together.
On tour, the song was always my favourite part of the whole set. Toward the very end of the tune the whole band would drop down and get really quiet. We’d form a little circle at the front of the stage and each band member would play a little solo – Lisa on the uke and I on the blues harp. It was so intimate and magical and will always be one of my favorite moments on the whole tour with Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel.
So the short answer to your question is, we came up with the arrangement of our cover version and then Steve incorporated it into our joint performances.
Dad, Michaela, Lisa and I send back our very best greetings.
Mona
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Hi Jung!
I just watched the trailer for Coco and now I really wanna cuddle up on the couch and pull it up on Netflix. I love the concept, combining music and family into a movie – I’m sure it’s adorable!
I’ve never made it past the opening scene on UP, which already had me in tears :’D. Those film studios surely know how to tug on your heartstrings! But if I find the time I’ll watch it prepared, with a box of tissues.
I’ve not paid much attention to animated movies for the last 10 years or so, but one that will be part of my (and Lisa’s) childhood forever is “Finding Nemo”. We knew that movie inside out and used to be able to quote most of the scenes from it – we might still be able to if you challenged us! 😉 It came out at the perfect time (we just turned 9) and how could you not love those little squishy fishies and their turtle friends!
In terms of cartoons we remember watching the Looney Toons as smaller children, as well as all the classic 90’s cartoons, a mix of Japanese anime and some more peculiar European shows like “Heidi, Girl of the alps” or “Vicky the Viking”. It was a real mix but we never watched any particular one on a regular basis as far as I can remember.
On some of them I look back and can’t imagine how we managed to sit through whole episodes and enjoy them. The Pokémon cartoons for example – they’re so slow tempo, it’s nearly unwatchable now! But then again, 7 year-old-me put tomato sauce on potato mash to make it turn pink … so I know preferences change 😉
Mona
