I’ve received a few emails from people who are curious about my recent decline in posts, correspondence etc. I am still without internet at the Winnebago. The deal is this; I am located at a campground that is a small privately owned place. The internet signal that I use is the wireless signal from the office and their wireless router is down. They have told me that it is temporary but, they have been out of town for a few days. In the meantime, I have been popping down the street to a friend’s office once a day to check emails and sometimes doing a blog post. Sometimes my time is limited and I don’t have all of my normal resources etc. I don’t normally plan these posts, I just rant or ramble as the mood strikes so; putting it on a schedule is foreign. But, I’m still here, still kicking.
I was sorting through some stuff this morning and found a batch of old demos. In doing so, I ran across a couple of curiosities that I thought I would put up here.
I will get to that but first, I feel that I must hip you to…..
The Demo Philosophy and All-Purpose Disclaimer
When I demo something it is always for the sole purpose of demonstrating a musical idea to somebody. I am, in no way, trying to execute a recording for any type of release or product. All demo music ideas are in an embryonic stage and subject to change and/or development. Therefore, I do not spend time on editing or clever mixing pursuits. I could spend hours cleaning and polishing then, end up changing the thing drastically and all of that would be time wasted. So, in short, these demos are recorded poorly and mistakes are left in.
The first thing is a little solo slide acoustic piece. I recorded this late one night and, if memory is correct, I wrote it the day before. I had just purchased a new brass slide that turned my finger green so, I called this song “Greenfinger”. It’s a fingerpicked solo thing in D tuning. The guitar that I had close by was a cheapo Alvarez and it wasn’t well suited for holding the tuning. I remember I had to do it in one take because, I tried doing a punch-in on an earlier version and it didn’t work well with me playing and recording at the same time. So, there are a couple of flubs and lots of string clacking but, I listened to it this morning and didn’t mind all of that. Click here for “Greenfinger”.
This second one is a sort of a Robin Trower type riff. It’s not a complete piece of music. I originally intended to write words and all of that but, it’s one of those things that I would never be able to do a credible vocal on. So, I’m putting it up here in case anybody wants to take a crack at writing a lyric and the best deal would be to find someone who could sing on this sort of thing too (doesn’t have to be the same person). The demo is me on guitar, bass and tapping away on a cheap drum machine. Here is a link for the “RT type thing”.
Nothing serious here, feel free to listen and/or download. If you want to take a shot at writing on the second one, feel free to slice and dice.
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J wrote,
Thanks for sharing your demos! Hope your community router starts again soon! My cable provider is still blocking your site, so I’m borrowing a community wireless signal myself to keep tabs on the cultural elite here.
Greenfinger; –that was a James Bond movie, no?
Link | October 5th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Pribek wrote,
Greenfinger should be a rural James Bond movie.
It does my heart good to be banned in Alabama.
Link | October 5th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Ovidiu - GuitarFlame.com wrote,
I missed paying one bill for the internet connection on Thursday and they cut my internet line. I didn’t know why so I called the support service: bill not paid, hmm, I’ll take care of it first thing tomorrow morning. And so I did, Friday morning the bill was paid using the internet banking service. I phoned back and told them to put my service back online. No problem, it will restore automatically, the lady said. Friday evening, no internet. I called again, well, the money didn’t enter our account. But I can send you the proof I paid!! Won’t help, we need the money. And what should I do? Wait for the money to come. But it’s Friday evening. Well…
At this hour I still don’t have an internet connection at home, or at least this morning I didn’t have, I hope it’s OK by now.
So, making one long story short, I know how you’re feeling…Man, am I addicted or what?
Link | October 6th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Sans Direction wrote,
Greenfinger is very 6- and 12-String Guitar era Leo Kottke, I think. Like it could sit in his set right before Vaseline Machine Gun.
Link | October 6th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Yes, I see you have hit apogee.
Link | October 6th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Jayne d'Arcy wrote,
I love Greenfingers. I really enjoy the raw sound of it. So much like those times you’d be sitting on the couch and just messing about with your guitar.
Link | October 6th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Pribek wrote,
Ovidiu, it’s one of those things that you don’t realize how much you rely on.
Sans, you are very kind to come up with a Leo comparison. He is the master of that stuff. I went to see him a few months before that song came about. He’s fearless.
PD-Jayne:Thanks guys-you warm my heart.
Link | October 6th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Click Here My Demo lyrics for RT Type Thing
Now I just need the right voice… hmmmmm.
Link | October 8th, 2008 at 12:03 pm