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Very kind of you Richard!
I’m glad it arrived safely. 🙂
It’s my best work so far. Thinking about a follow-up already, but working on getting the word out about this one.
We’ve had some airplay in Belgium, Netherlands, Wales, N. Ireland, Ireland, England, and Scotland.
We’ve had a couple of reviews now too, both good. One in a British mag called Fatea which was very well written, and one in a French mag called Paris-Move. I’ll post those to my web site soon.
Hugs,
Daniel
Groove is important.
Playing in time allows you to set up a groove and then play WITH the time.
There are a lot of excellent records pre-1982 or 83 (before click tracks became important to easy overdubbing) that push time around a bit. Anything by the group Chicago with Danny Seraphine on drums will have an excellent groove, but not an excellent grasp of time. (Danny tried but could not get himself to play to click track and was asked to leave the group.)In my experience, setting up and maintaining a groove allows the audience into the song more easily. If you’re speeding up and slowing down too much, they’ll lose the beat and you’ll lose them. (Been there, done that, still working on NOT doing it!)
Daniel
My favorite metronome is from Soundbrenner. They make haptic (vibrating) metronomes that you can manipulate either by hand or using their free app.
Pretty cool little tool.Daniel
I saw the John Jorgenson Gypsy Jazz quintet a bunch of years ago at the Iron Door in Groveland. Magical. Changed my musical life.
Zorro, tackle something (musically) scary. That will cure you of falling into a recurring pattern.
Daniel
I’m with Rich.
I’ll adjust intonation on an electric but not on an acoustic.
Happy to swap out parts easily removed, but my soldering is usually pretty messy.
If I would need to glue it, un-glue it, shim it, shave it, cut it, file it, or clamp it then it’s going to a pro.
Daniel
zorro,
try this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQd1IOyhKS4 :Santiano by Hugh Aufray
Lyrics are available online and the tune is borrowed from a folk song called Santy Anna.
🙂
Daniel
A little update…
The local choir has started up again and the conservatory of music will re-open in a couple weeks. Did my first choir practice since early March last Friday night.
We met in abbrevated form (2 men from each group) in a 900 year old church in the village of Mons-en-Lannois. Holy Reverb Batman! Voices, mine included, bouncing off the ancient stone, mortar and bricks were goose-pimply wonderful.
The choir master has decided he wants to do O Shenandoah and has transcripted the version on my CD, Almost Home. I’m singing the solo parts and playing octave mandolin with the choir behind me. Honored, humbled, grateful. And I’m gonna hafta record the damn thing! 🙂
Definitely bucket list material.
Daniel
I use a Roland CM30 in those situations. I mount one on a mic stand.
It can handle multiple inputs and is discrete.🙂
Daniel
Hi Tad,
Thanks very much!
I’ll be posting packages to the US this week. Will include yours. When you get it, just drop $15.00 on my paypal account at paypal.me/danielnestlerode
Can you send me your address please? Email to daniel@nestlerode.eu
Thanks!
Daniel
Matt,
That is the first instrumental tune I ever learned to play. I learned it in D on guitar –my SCGC as a matter of fact– and then taught myself to play it on the mandolin.
I’ve lately been trying it in different keys; G, A, and C mostly. Playing it on a 5 string mando allows you to play the melody in two octaves, much like the range of a guitar generally allows multiple octaves. So I’ve been going for it.
Hope you are enjoying it!
Daniel
