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Post by gyro on May 8, 2009 22:56:52 GMT
in the folk world. Apparently : (that's him on the left). Yep. This is how I spend my Friday nights. With ale as comfort, and all hairy and wearing sandals, obviously ....
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Post by hwinpp on May 9, 2009 2:09:11 GMT
Who's he?
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2009 2:11:20 GMT
Maybe it's gyro,he was a little vague...
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Post by lola on May 9, 2009 3:17:43 GMT
"Inscrutable" is more like it.
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Post by hwinpp on May 9, 2009 5:09:09 GMT
Yes, could be. I thought Gyro goes to the pub to hear him play. BTW, I always thought Eric Clapton was England's best guitar player.
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Post by BigIain on May 9, 2009 9:08:46 GMT
Sorry, but Slash is the greatest English guitar player. I am wondering if that is Gyro in the pic? I am sure Gyro has more hair than that, surely?
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2009 11:04:48 GMT
Yeah,but those aren't sandals. Maybe an old pic though, and his hair could have grown more.
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Post by auntieannie on May 9, 2009 16:16:00 GMT
how come this isn't in the music section? ;-)
He did say ... IN THE FOLK WORLD ... though...
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2009 16:18:00 GMT
Phone cameras do not seem to have been perfected yet.
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Post by lola on May 9, 2009 17:29:01 GMT
Wait. Did I mean "cryptic"?
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2009 20:59:01 GMT
either cryptic or inscrutable could work lola,but I think you may have been shooting for cryptic. Oblique would work too.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2009 21:09:26 GMT
I was referring all the way back to the original photo.
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Post by gyro on May 9, 2009 22:23:04 GMT
Considering it's a very basic camera on the phone, I don't think it's too bad an image.
His name is Pete Smith. You wouldn't have heard of him, but in terms of playing the guitar, he is bloody amazing.
Slash ? hahahahahaha ! Stoke produces better pottery than it does idiotic electric axe merchants .. !
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Post by BigIain on May 9, 2009 22:39:45 GMT
If he released a verion of "all around my hat" or "Whisky in the jar" tomorrow you would proclaim him as a genius, Gyro!!!
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Post by gyro on May 9, 2009 22:53:47 GMT
I wouldn't. Whiskey In The Gyro, maybe .......
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Post by bixaorellana on May 9, 2009 23:30:08 GMT
Not to help out the miserable little ingrate Gyro, but merely to save other readers trouble & demonstrate to him the right way to do things:
(sound is excessively bass-y)
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Post by bixaorellana on May 9, 2009 23:31:46 GMT
how come this isn't in the music section? ;-) He did say ... IN THE FOLK WORLD ... though... That's a legitimate question, Annie!
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Post by gyro on May 9, 2009 23:35:19 GMT
No, it's now a TOTALLY redundant question. Pedants.
And what is post 15 all about, in terms of the right way to do things .... ?
Fuck me, why don't you just edit the words and pictures as well to suit yourself ?
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Post by bixaorellana on May 9, 2009 23:38:55 GMT
His name is Pete Smith. [highlight=Yellow]You wouldn't have heard of him,[/highlight] but in terms of playing the guitar, he is bloody amazing Pedantry? Is that anything like being pointlessly arch ....... as in posting a photo of an artist whose name only you knew, then not giving any details?
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Post by gyro on May 9, 2009 23:44:06 GMT
Pointlessly arch, no ? But a little assumptive based on my knowledge? Yes, possibly.
But please, feel free to change these words or move them somewhere else. I wouldn't want to get in the way of YOUR idea of everything.
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Post by lola on May 10, 2009 13:38:56 GMT
Yes, casi, thanks. Oblique. Sometimes I prefer things that way.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2009 14:15:02 GMT
I like to keep guessing sometimes myself.
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Post by gyro on May 10, 2009 20:56:31 GMT
Thing is, some may laugh at the term 'folk' music, but by and large, it's ALWAYS a good thing to experience any sort of live music.
Took my daughter to a couple more bands on Saturday night, and she now slightly appreciates a bit of Bluesy type stuff. Which she never would have done before.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2009 21:13:23 GMT
I have always liked folk music, but just about ONLY if it is live. It loses too much by being recorded for some reason. There is a lot of folk ambience in a folk performance that can never be carried over to a recording.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 10, 2009 21:28:46 GMT
Good point about live music ~~ it somehow brings home more what music is about and lets the ears learn about sound outside the studio. Same thing with folk music -- it may be a revelation to kids to hear "plainer" versions of music.
As far as what's lost in recording folk music, I thought the brilliance of Pete Smith's playing came across really well in that 2nd video, although of course I've never seen him in person.
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Post by gyro on May 11, 2009 4:59:17 GMT
He also had an amaaaazing piece of technology for the speakers. Again, it's not very clear in the pic, but that thin black 'tower' between the two is a Bose speaker thing. In terms of stage playing, it blows away the traditional box speakers either side of them that other performers use. Not only is the sound much much clearer and is almost impossible to create feedback, but also it apparently manages to ensure the volume stays the same no matter how far away you are from it. Within reason. It also has the advantage of the performers being able to hear themselves as they play.
Originally, it was designed to be placed one per musician, but works well with two guitar players as in the pic. He's seen a band at a Wembley Arena have one each behind them, and that alone was enough to fill the place, sound-wise, without any further speaker system(s).
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Post by bixaorellana on May 12, 2009 14:36:09 GMT
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Post by lola on May 12, 2009 21:32:10 GMT
gyro, do you play folk guitar?
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Post by gyro on May 13, 2009 4:23:24 GMT
Yeah, the Sunday lunchtime set was good, especially as all the guitarists were HORRIFICALLY hungover ...
Lola, I play a little acoustic.
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Post by lola on May 13, 2009 20:10:23 GMT
Acoustic is what I like.
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