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I thought I would check in with everyone. How are you doing?
Here, the weather among other things has me down.
It has been grey since September (feels like). I grew up with grey. I know grey. I’m OK with grey. But two and a half months with less than a full day of sunshine has been a bit much. To be fair the overcast has been relieved once in a while by drizzle and/or light fog. So I shouldn’t complain. 😉
Been taking refuge in music. Yesterday while working on repertoire, I started to play with feedback. It got pretty expressive and I was able to control it to a higher degree than I imagined possible.
I used flange, tremolo (both speed and intensity), reverb, tone, and volume to adjust pitch and add dynamics. The volume was lower than you might think: I was using my hollow bodied Arrow G5 mandolin as the source and my Ampeg JetII reissue for amplification. Having said that, 20 minutes of fun triggered my tinnitus for the rest of the day. 😉
So how are you all doing?
Daniel
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<p style=”text-align: left;”>Morro Bay for Darie’s Birthday started off windy and cold. It warmed up nicely today when we returned home.</p>
I’ve got two bands going.Heading up to Svea’s tomorrow for a few days.
Brian Corney, formerly of SCGC, may take a look at my Dread. As I age, my left hand is telling me I need a thinner neck. Brian will let me know what he thinks.
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We got some snow yesterday and a few flurries today. None of it stuck.
The pleasure of snowfall lasts only as long as the snow falls. Unless it’s cold enough to collect and stay on the ground. then the snow brightens up everything. That has not happened yet. We might get lucky this year. Who knows?
Practiced yeterday with Fred, my bass player. We discussed our new project which will get off the ground as soon as Barbara’s wrist heals from a fall. Barbara plays violin. We’re getting her to stretch from classical to folk, country, and Jazz.
For Solstice, we’re having a celebration. We’ll be having a little bonfire to burn off the bad and welcome in the new year. We’ll be eating, drinking, and having a good time.
If you’re in the neighborhood on Dec 21, give me a shout. We’ll pick you up at the train station. 🙂
Daniel
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Train times kinda depend on your flight to Paris CDG. After you land get a train into Paris (La Gare du Nord), then catch a train to Laon.
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Trains from Gare du Nord to Laon:
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Had sun today and it’s getting below freezing at night. Which is way better than grey and damp.On the ‘band’ front, Barbara is mending some damaged ligaments in her left wrist which will take a while. But Fred and I are meeting on Thursday afternoons.
I’m playing my SCGC on Nights in White Satin (Heyward), Windrush (orig.), Under a Stormy Sky (Lanois), Shenandoah (trad), and Ashokan Farewell (Unger). I’m thinking of matching Shenandoah with Edgar Meyer’s “Short Trip Home.” They have similar cadence and are both in D major.
This will be fun stuff to gig, and even more fun to record –if we can get there. 🙂
So… who’s coming for solstice? 🙂
Daniel
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