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Topic: New HSGA Tune - A Million Moons Over Hawaii - Gerald Ross |
Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2007 6:15 pm |
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Ok...
I heard this tune for the first time yesterday. I heard snippets of this tune from the mystery steeler in the Netherlands and the Felix Mendelsohn band. See this thread: http://www.hsga.org/forum/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1194041066
I filled in the blanks of the chord progression and melody line to the best of my ability with the little sonic information I had.
My wife is away on a business trip in Washington DC. I had the whole house to myself today. I had an extra hour thanks to the daylight savings time shift.
So here's my version of:
A Million Moons Over Hawaii
This recording is my 1947 Aiellicized Bakelite T-Logo Rick. 2006 Talsma Tenor uke, 1993 Heritage Johnny Smith Archtop, Band In A Box Bass. All instruments recorded direct - no mics.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
A UkeTone Recording Artist
CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Hawaiian Steel Guitar/Ukulele Website |
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Howard Tate
From:
Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Nov 2007 7:12 pm
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| That's beautiful, I love it. |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Nov 2007 5:44 am
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Now that is sweet!
A keeper for sure . .  |
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Chuck S. Lettes
From:
Denver, Colorado
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Posted 5 Nov 2007 6:46 am
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Hi Gerald,
Another nice instrumental! You really get a nice sound on all of your recordings. Like you, I love having free time to be creative and to have something to show for my efforts. See you in Dallas.
Chuck |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2007 8:13 am
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Really nice Gerald!
I want to know how you can do something like this in a hour? Every time I sit down to record something its an investment of countless hours and a zillion takes... |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2007 8:26 am
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It wasn't an hour. I just happen to have an extra hour during the day. The whole recording/mixing process for the song took about six hours.
I did discover a cool new recording technique during yesterday's session.
When recording the steel direct in the past I always had to record a "dry" signal - no reverb. This was due to the fact that a dry signal had no recording latency when using the ProTools software. If I tried to apply some ProTools reverb during the recording process the signal would have to be routed through my computer and back to my headphones causing massive amounts of latency (delay in hearing the notes I was playing). It was not a fun musical experience.
Yesterday I split the signal with a "Y" cable. I sent a "dry" signal to ProTools and the other half of the "Y" to my Roland Cube Street. I listened to the steel with reverb while recording via the Roland's headphone jack - but ProTools got the dry sound (which I added reverb to later).
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
A UkeTone Recording Artist
CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Hawaiian Steel Guitar/Ukulele Website |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2007 11:59 am
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| Excellent tune Gerald. I've used your recording idea before and it sure helps me when trying to record. I hated recording a dry signal. |
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