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love is a wet spot on the mattress of my life! Tracy Lundgren

after our performance a bunch of little kids were in awe of the size of my bassoon. Appogg

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHOzm9OiRG8[/youtube]

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I do radio commercials for...products.

Afternoons & Coffee Spoons

Crash Test Dummies



iPod shuffle's on a roll...Mahler's 5th, Neil Young's Thrasher, and next up, Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree.

Way to pull out of a melancholic mood!

Woo-hoo!!

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The drug purportedly affected an area of the brain called "Shatner's Bassoon"

I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii297/h2g230/

With all the political talk recently, It's interesting that they tried to ban this idea!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4&NR=1&feature=fvwp[/youtube]

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love is a wet spot on the mattress of my life! Tracy Lundgren

after our performance a bunch of little kids were in awe of the size of my bassoon. Appogg

But of course, what would the world be like if people got free hugs all over. Without governmental involvement. Without taxation. Without control. Just think of all the problems this might lead to. People going around hugging, who knows what their inner agenda may be. Really...
Peace
Skei (the hugbans all over one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

I like you Ulf. Give me a hug.

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"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."--H.L. Mencken

www.campaignforliberty.com

Ok, just make sure it's all clear with the proper bureaus, fbi, cia, csi, fda, but mainly the taxman...
Peace
Skei (the hug rebel one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

This is amazing, John Stowell, what a player, so damn good...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbVqJFLXgl4[/youtube]

Be sure to enjoy!
Peace
Skei (the finder of superb guitarists one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

Lee Harvey Osmond's A Quiet Evil because he comes highly recommended by Cowboy Junkies. I'm liking it. I think I'll have to buy it.
yes

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(... don't piss us off)

But you can't, Lee Harvey Osmond killed JFK! Oh, wait...

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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
(Douglas Adams, "Last Chance to See")

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quGnEkYt_0g[/youtube]

Isn't he just awesome? I salute this free spirit in wild flight. Where to? Where to? Nobody knows, no clue at all, but damn it, it sounds great!
Peace
Skei (the free jazz one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

This is one that could have been written for Iain. It's a reaction, or something, with a band I dug wholeheartedly at the time, Killing joke. They were extremely good. I think they still do stuff, can't say for sure though.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXZSF13pM-I[/youtube]

Enjoy
Skei (the crying for democracy one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

Good find skei!

Steve (the, listening intently one)

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love is a wet spot on the mattress of my life! Tracy Lundgren

after our performance a bunch of little kids were in awe of the size of my bassoon. Appogg

How can you refuse a man with a mullet?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDOYN-6gdRE[/youtube]

Who's geese are cooked?

Brilliant.

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love is a wet spot on the mattress of my life! Tracy Lundgren

after our performance a bunch of little kids were in awe of the size of my bassoon. Appogg

These troubadors are on a roll, or should that be a rock?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CO2SfB1dnA[/youtube]

Sick, eh?

3 Doors Down - Let Me Be Myself.

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love is a wet spot on the mattress of my life! Tracy Lundgren

after our performance a bunch of little kids were in awe of the size of my bassoon. Appogg

Radiohead - Reckoner, performed by the Vitamin String Quartet

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Batman: Nobody wants war.

Robin: Gee, Batman. Belgravia's such a small country. We'd beat them in a few hours.

Batman: Yes, and then we'd have to support them for years.

Here is a great vid with Hector Bingert on sax, and Joel Svensson on les paul. This is the sound I get from my new baby, just plug in, and there we are. So great. One day I'll be as good as Joel too, not too far away...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjDJMFbTLJM[/youtube]

Peace
Skei (the completely in love with his guitar one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

Hayseed Dixie

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xxh492o2aM[/youtube]

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Shoes. - Doctor #3

A traditional Irish version of "Wish You Were Here". Odd.

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This has been another random act of nonsense.

I sincerely hope people won't think I'm a bore, but right now, or rather a few seconds ago, I listened to my own arrangement of 'A nightingale in Berkley square'. I've been working quite a bit on that one. Yesterday evening I posted a version with the perfect jazz guitar sound. Perfect. A sound I worked ever since first starting to learn jazz guitar to find. I found it yesterday. Posted a version with the guitar very loud. Just to scream about it. The strings were low. But this morning I redid the mix, with the strings as they should be. They deserve it, as I actually did rather some work on getting it to sound like a real string orchestra, well, as real as I am able to get it. And with that fabulous Wakenius sound from the axe.
I guess interest is at a low rate, but in case anybody wants to hear it, Nightingale at 4shared as well as at jazzmatrix. Links below...
Peace
Skei (the happiest one you never saw)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

Ah, the eternal quest for tone. Usky my friend, let me give you my take on that...
First off here's a video of Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour both playing Gibson 335s. Note how different each guitar sounds.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfchN7G-oQk&feature=related[/youtube]
I would be willing to wager that if they swapped guitars they would still sound the same because I firmly believe that most of the tone comes from the fingers.
There's a famous story where Brian Setzer who plays a Gretsch 6120 was invited on stage at a Stevie Ray Vaughan gig. Stevie handed him number 1, his battered old Fender Strat, the one responsible for Stevie's classic tone. So Brian straps it on expecting to sound just like Stevie but as he begins to play realises that he sounds exactly like... Brian Setzer. This is a revelation to him! From this point he now knows he has his own sound irrespective of what guitar he's playing.
I go to many guitar forums and guitarist are alway asking how whoever gets that guitar sound and these people continually chase their own tails because even if you use for example all the same gear as Dave Gilmour down to the same plectrum and guitar lead the only way you will ever sound like Dave Gilmour is by being DAVE GILMOUR!!!
It took me quite some time to come to this conclusion. a long time ago when Santana was going through different guitars, from the Gibson SG to the Les Paul and the Yamaha SG2000 and lately the PRS he has constantly sounded like Santana, his sound is instantly recognisable. I could list many other guitars who sound never changes despite what they play but I think you get the idea.
Anyway, in your quest for the perfect tone young Ulfskei I would recommend that you practice, practice, practice and eventually that elusive tone will come to you. Meanwhile keep up the good work!

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Her mouth opened, her eyes patients, the variety of age and constitution as a pullets egg, with some gobbits of fat, and the heavy sand.

(... don't piss us off)

Right on, Scratch, right on...
Yeah, there is definitely something in the players approach that gives much of the sound, you're right there. Nevertheless, I have found a way to get the sound on recordings, as I say, I've had that, which I call the 'Wakenius' sound, from the amp since I got the les paul, but now I have the same sound when recording too. Yeah, it's not exactly the sound Wakenius has, but it's the bits I DIG about his sound, the bits that got me wanting to play jazz guitar. I always practice, almost all my hours, except when posting stuff, drinking coffee, sleeping. You know how I've been struggling with this sound issue, but now it is no longer an issue. I have the perfect sound. There is not one microscopical crumb of that sound I want to change. It is the epitome of jazz guitar sounds. Other people want other sounds, I know, but this sound is my nerves, my feelings and my desire for a cup of java black. I have heard the same sound in a couple of guitarists, but since I love the style wakenius plays, I always link that sound to him. But there's a guitar teacher at the jazz forum, goes by the name Jake Hanlon, he is superb, plays a completely different style than Wakenius, but has a rather similar sound. Not completely, but rather. It suits him too, and I feel it works fine for my direction too, even if I have yet to define a 'style' of my own, suppose that may take a number of years, and becoming a better player. It's going in a certain direction though, I feel it, some things I do make my heart pump a bit wilder, so I guess those are a tiny beginning of my 'style'.
But the sound is found.
It is perfect.
It is magic.
It is jazz.

Peace
Skei (the enormously satisfied one, for once)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

Right now I'm enjoying a couple of tunes from Jake Hanlon's soon to be released album. I just took a few minutes of rest at http://www.jakehanlon.com to listen to some very good jazz. 'West bows key' is a favorite. Here's a good player, that's for sure, and a great band he has too.
(and a splendid guitar sound)....

Peace
Skei (the still as satisfied one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

The Presidents of the United States of America - Froggy
Man, I love this song. Always wondered who, if anyone, it might be about or inspired by. Its my favorite arena animal rock song!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6c7Fd7D6T8[/youtube]

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"Madness is the first sign of dandruff." - Dr. John "Winston O'Boogie" Lennon

"I'm a pacifist. I don't believe in imaginary violence." - Paul Rudd in Role Models

Q: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Fish.

Miles. What brilliance. What cool. What I don't know what. This one just creeps up ones spine.
Mmmm.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoPL7BExSQU[/youtube]

Peace
Skei (the going for cool one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

This is not your ordinary vid post. No. 'What music right now' s the heading for this collection of posts, so I figured it might as well be (no, not spring) something else in the music compartment. Which it is.
Thing is I've been spending the whole day, since I got up, 'round noon, working in the sequencer in garageband. Oh, what a lovely gadget it is. Perhaps this post should be in the gadget department? No, it's about the music. Or the stay on topic thread? Nah.
I work a lot on trying to come to terms with Miles Davis' way of composing. Not easily done, let me reassure you of that. Playing mostly one or two tones above the key centre. Being able to make a beautiful melody for a line of chords neighbour to disaster. Well, so I did a tiny and quite simple solo for the piano in 'Boplicity'. And another one for the bass in the same tune. Mostly when I see jazz concerts, all the band members take turns soloing, so I thought I'd make my take on Boplicity as true as I could. Not saying it's 'good', but the result at least 'resembles' a real band. The bass, that's easy, reminds of guitar - just it's a lot slower (we're talking upright bass) if the bassist isn't NHOP. Most bass players are not, just like most guitar players are not Ulf Wakenius. But the piano was tricky, so I did a very simple 'Leonard Cohen' like solo for the piano. Haven't been sequencing a lot, so it needs polishing, the length of some notes must be increased, and I didn't even begin adjusting velocity. That will probably be in another year or so. But the Boplicity at my jazz sites is new this evening. Timing is almost impeccable, the feel is surprisingly like a real band, with a pianist on opium, but a very inspired one.
Oh, and band in a box is perfect, as it lets you compose at a click. Type the chords, the breaks or whatever, select style, and you have a midi for sequencing in either biab or garageband. I prefer garageband though, as it sounds like real instruments.
If anybody wants to hear it, go ahead, as before, sound is best at jazzmatrix, download can only be made at 4shared.
Do enjoy.
Peace
Skei (the learning to live without a band one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

Right now it's 'Forward motion' with david Eastlee. Superbly boppy feel. This is a true jazzer. True. Enjoy. Oh, one of my friends take guitar lessons from him. That'd be great. Too bad there's an ocean in the way.
Bop.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUn6DX43b74[/youtube]
Peace
Skei (the bop til you drop one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

It's quite interesting. Many influences from rock, reggae, and other things.

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Zombies make bad gifts.

If you, like me, dig 'little wing', the beautiful Jimi tune, you'll be sure to enjoy this one;
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJGDAlUXM-w&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Peace
Skei 8the looking at the 4 inch snow we got during night one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

In memoriam.
So very very fine.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmjTQqJXtgs&feature=related[/youtube]

Peace
Skei (the witness one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

Also, here are the words & music for this masterpiece.
Peace
Skei (the in the valley one)

*Capo at 5th fret

Chords:

F/c x33211 (or x33210)
Am/e 032210
Fsus2 133011
C/e xx2010
C/d xx0010


C F/c
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
C Am/e
Hoist the mainsail - here I come
F Fsus2 C/e /d /C
Ain't no room on board for the insincere
C/d /e
You're my witness
F G C
I'm your mutineer

I was born to rock the boat
Some may sink but we will float
Grab your coat - let's get out of here
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer

G/d Am/e
Long ago we laughed at shadows
F C Am
Lightning flashed and thunder followed us
F Csus4 C
It could never find us here
C/d /e
You're my witness
F G C
I'm your mutineer

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

Stan Freberg & Daws Butler - Christmas Dragnet
Most folks call 'em green onions. But they're really scallions!

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"Madness is the first sign of dandruff." - Dr. John "Winston O'Boogie" Lennon

"I'm a pacifist. I don't believe in imaginary violence." - Paul Rudd in Role Models

Q: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Fish.

I don't believe in Cleveland or Cincinnati and I haven't made my mind up about Toledo.

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D.
The Thirteenth Triskaidekaphobe
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Listening to a Xmas gift...

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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
(Douglas Adams, "Last Chance to See")

YaY! Someone got the refrence! *makes Droopy face* That makes me so happy!

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"Madness is the first sign of dandruff." - Dr. John "Winston O'Boogie" Lennon

"I'm a pacifist. I don't believe in imaginary violence." - Paul Rudd in Role Models

Q: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Fish.

This:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VuiucCzXuE[/youtube]

How great.
Peace
Skei (the impressed by mastery one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

Elin larsson group at nyhetsmorgon. Well, this vid is from another gig, but I just saw her on morning TV. Superbly amazing hornblower this lady!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETHQB3AHKNo[/youtube]
Peace
Skei (the early morning jazz one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTTgyNBdCRc[/youtube]
Why not?
Peace
Skei (the so what one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

Yo,
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZvzdzwPVZU[/youtube]
Ho
Peace
Skei (the MaccaGinsberg one)

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Ophelia was a preference, not humanly accessible, not as such.

love it!

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D.
The Thirteenth Triskaidekaphobe
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