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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 15 Jan 2006 4:31 pm    
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I'm having fun diddling with Apple's GarageBand software. Here's a sketch ... an ambient, modal mix of the traditional tune, Shady Grove. Benoit dobro (sounding like an oud), steel body National Reso-Rocket standard guitar (amp'd up) over software bass & percussion.
http://home.comcast.net/~aevolk/Shady_Grove_Mix.mp3
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Jason Dumont

 

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Bristol, Connecticut, USA
Post  Posted 15 Jan 2006 5:03 pm    
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Andy that's way cool! Nice job. That Benoit sounds awesome. I dig that mid-eastern vibe to it.
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Gerald Ross


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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 15 Jan 2006 6:59 pm    
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Makes total sense Andy. I swear, those old-timey modal tunes are hypnotic (to say the least). Your tune brings back memories of my younger days at outdoor "roots" music festivals at 4AM jamming on tunes like "Shady Grove" just concentrating on the drone tone. Very spirtual and other-worldly.

The scary and facinating part during those jams is when the rhythm starts "folding over" on itself. Scary

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[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 15 January 2006 at 07:19 PM.]

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Bill Leff


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Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Post  Posted 15 Jan 2006 7:06 pm    
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Cool Andy!
We need more wierd **** around here

Are you using the GB loops for the percussion and playing the the bass "beats" on a keyboard thru midi?

[This message was edited by Bill Leff on 15 January 2006 at 07:10 PM.]

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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 15 Jan 2006 7:26 pm    
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Thanks, guys. The pick bass, percussion & shaker are GB loops. The guitars are played live ... both tuned to DADGAD. The steel bodied Reso-Rocket standard guitar has an amp simulation FX. That guitar sustains for about a week and a half in this tuning.

[This message was edited by Andy Volk on 15 January 2006 at 07:29 PM.]

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Rick Alexander


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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 15 Jan 2006 9:51 pm    
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Great stuff Andy!
Unique and nicely executed.
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Andy Sandoval


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Bakersfield, California, USA
Post  Posted 15 Jan 2006 10:36 pm    
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I like it. It's got a real "untamed" sound to it.
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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 16 Jan 2006 6:29 am    
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BTW - the Dobro melody is played with a flatpick. I find that sometimes a flatpick leads to different articulation of single note lines than I can get with fingerpicks.
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Charlie McDonald


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Post  Posted 16 Jan 2006 6:34 am    
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The kind of music I like!
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Jay Fagerlie


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Lotus, California, USA
Post  Posted 16 Jan 2006 7:03 am    
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Great stuff Andy.
It has all the things I love in it....exotic rhythm, oud-ish dobro, and gain for days!!!
More, more!

Jay

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