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11 Random Songs on your MP3 player/computer

Tashah said:
One more time folks.... I luv my "kids" ;)

This is a bass guitar (my Babyblue) that I designed myself and completed 2003. It resembles a Gibson Les Paul guitar and Music Man Sabre bass hybrid. The maple body and rosewood neck were actually crafted by a man who makes violins. The internal micro-electronics were devised by two electrical engineering post-grads from the University of Illinois. I used Shaller machine tuning heads and a Hipshot bridge. The neck is absent fret markers per my specifications. The body is finished in 'flecked' azure-blue paint and sealed with a resistant gloss overcoat. It has twin 'double-pole' Humbucking pickups which give it an extremely wide tonal range... from the deep and tubby sound of old Motown to the contemporary slap & pop style. I use D'Addario strings and run this instrument through a Crown 400w pre-amp and a World Stage 800w amplifier. For this particular bass I prefer a Rocktron FX processor. To push the air for Babyblue, I usually use two SWR 2/18" speaker cabinets and one SWR 10/10" speaker cabinet. The sound is quite extraordinary!
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Ah, it's a beauty, Tashah. Both of your "kids" that I've seen make me wish I were musically inclined.
 
Originally posted by Stace:
Ah, it's a beauty, Tashah. Both of your "kids" that I've seen make me wish I were musically inclined.
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The only thing I can play is the radio.
 
Stace said:
Ah, it's a beauty, Tashah. Both of your "kids" that I've seen make me wish I were musically inclined.
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ThankQ Stace. I love creating and playing music and in a personal way... that is how I commune with my maker.

Billo Really said:
The only thing I can play is the radio.
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We all know what ya also play with Billy ;)
 
Stace said:
Ah, it's a beauty, Tashah. Both of your "kids" that I've seen make me wish I were musically inclined.
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No kidding. And if I were to play an instrument, it would be the bass. I just love the sound and feeling you get - in the base of your spine. It is usually the first thing that hits me when I discover new music that I like.

Anybody here into Charlie Mingus? Mad skills on the bass. I love him.
 
mixedmedia said:
No kidding. And if I were to play an instrument, it would be the bass. I just love the sound and feeling you get - in the base of your spine. It is usually the first thing that hits me when I discover new music that I like.
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I began lessons in classical piano when I was about five years old. My father taught me bass guitar when I was around ten. Of the instruments I play, bass guitar remains my favorite. Sometimes I will turn load a CD lazy-susan and then turn a speaker cabinet on its side and hop up on it. The bass sounds/harmonics/vibrations/power goes right up my ass and into my very heart. I'll be honest... there is no experience quite like it.

mixedmedia said:
Anybody here into Charlie Mingus? Mad skills on the bass. I love him.
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Charlie is one of the best. I also love Rick Fierabracci, the 60's Motown bassists, and recording session bassists such as Nathan East, Tom 'T-Bone' Wolk, and Romeo Williams. One of my neighbors in the United States is Jim Peterik and sometimes we kick it around. Anyone know who he is? :cool:
 
Billo_Really said:
You saw that?
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Well no.... but the petroleum jelly stain on yer trousers certainly pointed that way ;)
 
Tashah said:
I began lessons in classical piano when I was about five years old. My father taught me bass guitar when I was around ten. Of the instruments I play, bass guitar remains my favorite. Sometimes I will turn load a CD lazy-susan and then turn a speaker cabinet on its side and hop up on it. The bass sounds/harmonics/vibrations/power goes right up my ass and into my very heart. I'll be honest... there is no experience quite like it.
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Tashah, you are like the coolest chick I know of. That is awesome. I would try that but my speakers are about the size of a toaster, lol. It reminds me though, of when I was a kid, very young, probably 5-6, and I used to listen to my dad's albums and dance on top of his ginormous speaker cabinets. Haven't thought about that in a long time.

Charlie is one of the best. I also love Rick Fierabracci, the 60's Motown bassists, and recording session bassists such as Nathan East, Tom 'T-Bone' Wolk, and Romeo Williams. One of my neighbors in the United States is Jim Peterik and sometimes we kick it around. Anyone know who he is? :cool:
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I've never heard of him..... I don't think....his name is vaguely familiar. Rock musician?
 
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Well no.... but the petroleum jelly stain on yer trousers certainly pointed that way
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That's it, I'm switching to all Temp-a-cheer!
 
mixedmedia said:
Tashah, you are like the coolest chick I know of. That is awesome. I would try that but my speakers are about the size of a toaster, lol. It reminds me though, of when I was a kid, very young, probably 5-6, and I used to listen to my dad's albums and dance on top of his ginormous speaker cabinets. Haven't thought about that in a long time.
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I remember when I was young, my dad had this Marantz quadrophonic sound system and he bought quadrophonic LP's and had these four huge speakers... one for every corner of the room. No wonder I'm a musicphile and a bit daft lol.

mixedmedia said:
I've never heard of him..... I don't think....his name is vaguely familiar. Rock musician?
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Singer, songwriter, and versatile musician. Was the driving power behind The Ides of March and Survivor bands. He also wrote many of the hit songs for .38 Special. He now owns a recording studio in Chicago (World Stage Music) and recently released a new solo CD which is excellent. In his house, the floor of one room is filled with dozens of guitars and the walls are covered with plaques for Gold records etc. Awesome! He also won a Grammy for 'Eye Of The Tiger'. The upstairs loft is actually a small recording studio and we have collaborated on remakes of about a dozen oldies we both enjoy. Isn't life grand?????????
 
Tashah said:
I remember when I was young, my dad had this Marantz quadrophonic sound system and he bought quadrophonic LP's and had these four huge speakers... one for every corner of the room. No wonder I'm a musicphile and a bit daft lol.


Singer, songwriter, and versatile musician. Was the driving power behind The Ides of March and Survivor bands. He also wrote many of the hit songs for .38 Special. He now owns a recording studio in Chicago (World Stage Music) and recently released a new solo CD which is excellent. In his house, the floor of one room is filled with dozens of guitars and the walls are covered with plaques for Gold records etc. Awesome! He also won a Grammy for 'Eye Of The Tiger'. The upstairs loft is actually a small recording studio and we have collaborated on remakes of about a dozen oldies we both enjoy. Isn't life grand?????????
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I definitely got my love of music from my dad. And so much of my taste is a direct result of the music he used to listen to. And he was into everything: rock, folk, bluegrass, jazz.....he turned me onto Tom Waits and Flatt & Scruggs, lol. I kind of just picked up the ball and ran with it.

And yes, life is grand.....sometimes more than others. ;)
 
robin said:
Pip Pyle.. ah yes. 'Island of Rhodes' from the 1st Gilgamesh album. Such a wonderfully novel track. Have you heard Soft Machine with Allan Holdsworth on 'Bundles' & their 'Softs' album with John Etheridge is rather good too.
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Holdsworth is great. I didn't have the Bundles album, but I had a roomate who did, and I just never got around to buying it. The choice between food and records was a difficult one at times in those days, and I tended to scour the used record shops, but did have the second, third and soft mchine 6. Also, a few Caravan albums, and other various Canterbury bands like National Health, Egg, etc.


Wish I had the chance to have seen them live.
 
Y'all are totally losing me here, so I'm gonna do another playlist.

Sandstorm - Darude
All My Fault - Fenix TX
I Wish You Were Here - Incubus
Lean Back - Fat Joe
Holiday - Green Day
Come Back Down - Lifehouse
Bed of Lies - Matchbox Twenty
Leave (Get Out) - JoJo
Be Somebody - 3 Doors Down
Bad Day - Fuel
Best For You - Bad Religion


And one more just 'cause I can......

There Goes My Life - Kenny Chesney
Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles
Your Body Is A Wonderland - John Mayer
How Do You Talk To An Angel - Edwin McCain
Wanksta - 50 Cent
Are You Happy Now? - Michelle Branch
Have A Little Faith In Me - Mandy Moore
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
First - Lindsay Lohan
Best I Ever Had - Vertical Horizon
Wonderwall - Oasis
 
Stace said:
How Do You Talk To An Angel - Edwin McCain
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I didn't know Edwin McCain covered that song....

Another 11:
Yo La Tengo-Andalucia
The Jayhawks-Will I Be Married?
Laura Love-Less Is More
Mary Gauthier-Lucky Stars
Tom Waits-Old Time Feelin'
Matchbox 20-If You're Gone
Nanci Griffith-Looking for the Time
Da Vinci's Notebook-Me Pants Fall Down
Korkore zab ande kalyi Ratyi-Romany Rota
kd Lang-Case of You
Patty Griffin-Forgiveness (PG is sooooo awesome)
 
shuamort said:
I didn't know Edwin McCain covered that song....

Another 11:
Yo La Tengo-Andalucia
The Jayhawks-Will I Be Married?
Laura Love-Less Is More
Mary Gauthier-Lucky Stars
Tom Waits-Old Time Feelin'
Matchbox 20-If You're Gone
Nanci Griffith-Looking for the Time
Da Vinci's Notebook-Me Pants Fall Down
Korkore zab ande kalyi Ratyi-Romany Rota
kd Lang-Case of You
Patty Griffin-Forgiveness (PG is sooooo awesome)
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DaVinci's Notebook!...Love 'em..."Title of the Song" is my favorite...:2wave:
 
cnredd said:
DaVinci's Notebook!...Love 'em..."Title of the Song" is my favorite...:2wave:
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Something tells me you'd love Camille West too. Here are links to free mp3 of hers called "Nobody Beats My Bob" or "Toe to Toe with my HMO"
Stace said:
LOL, I didn't even know it was a cover
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Yeah, it was the theme song to an old Fox show called "The Heights". IIRC, the show was about a band of struggling musicians.
 
shuamort said:
Yeah, it was the theme song to an old Fox show called "The Heights". IIRC, the show was about a band of struggling musicians.
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You know, you piqued my curiosity here, and it turns out that I can't find anything saying Edwin McCain did the song.....I downloaded it :shock: and apparently, it was credited incorrectly....:doh I should have known better, I have other songs that are definitely Edwin McCain, and now that I think about it, they really don't sound alike at all. :3oops:
 
shuamort said:
Something tells me you'd love Camille West too. Here are links to free mp3 of hers called "Nobody Beats My Bob" or "Toe to Toe with my HMO"
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I am a Camille West fan as well...If you don't know it, go get "Viagra In The Water"...

I'm all about the "Doctor Demento" stuff...Allen Sherman, Four Postmen, Barnes & Barnes...

And the classic tunes...Biddy McGraw, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, the Ballad of Irving, Stinky Breath...I could go on forever...:cool:

When I'm at work, I listen to this a lot...

http://www.live365.com/stations/davidtanny
 
cnredd said:
I am a Camille West fan as well...If you don't know it, go get "Viagra In The Water"...

I'm all about the "Doctor Demento" stuff...Allen Sherman, Four Postmen, Barnes & Barnes...

And the classic tunes...Biddy McGraw, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, the Ballad of Irving, Stinky Breath...I could go on forever...:cool:

When I'm at work, I listen to this a lot...

http://www.live365.com/stations/davidtanny
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I've got her album "Diva's Day Off" and her work with the Four Bitchin' Babes. Are you familiar with Cheryl Wheeler who's done some really funny stuff (when she's not doing her lamentations)?
 
Stace said:
Y'all are totally losing me here

Just some old guy stuff there, Stace.

Not quite ready for dinosaurhood, though.

These days, it is more often Fiery Furnaces, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, Fiona Apple, Magnetic Fields, Postal Service, New Pornographers, Death Cab For Cutie, The Shins, The Decemberists, Ted Leo and The Pharmecists, Wilco, Spoon, The Doves, The Unicorns, and other 21st century stuff.
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Gardener said:
Stace said:
Y'all are totally losing me here

Just some old guy stuff there, Stace.

Not quite ready for dinosaurhood, though.

These days, it is more often Fiery Furnaces, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, Fiona Apple, Magnetic Fields, Postal Service, New Pornographers, Death Cab For Cutie, The Shins, The Decemberists, Ted Leo and The Pharmecists, Wilco, Spoon, The Doves, The Unicorns, and other 21st century stuff.
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I love The Shins!
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mixedmedia said:
Gardener said:
I love The Shins!
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They're great, aren't they? About time for a new album, no?


Have you ever heard the New Pornographers? Ignore the name if it worries you because they only chose it in reference to some doofus who called rock music "the new pornography", but if you like Shins, I think you might like them -- intelligent power pop with great hooks.
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Gardener said:
mixedmedia said:
They're great, aren't they? About time for a new album, no?


Have you ever heard the New Pornographers? Ignore the name if it worries you because they only chose it in reference to some doofus who called rock music "the new pornography", but if you like Shins, I think you might like them -- intelligent power pop with great hooks.
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Yes! They have only the two right? At least I have the only two I have seen in the stores around here - Chutes Too Narrow and Oh, Inverted World. They remind me of another of my favorite bands, Violent Femmes, but with, ehem,much more musical ability and better songs, lol. I can't get enough of them.

I've heard of the New Pornographers, but don't think I've heard them....yet. I'll have to check them out, thanks!

I'm also a HUGE Radiohead fan. They seem to be a love them or hate them sort of band. But their music has a very profound, visceral impact on me. Eh, it's all subjective anyway....musical tastes.
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shuamort said:
I've got her album "Diva's Day Off" and her work with the Four Bitchin' Babes. Are you familiar with Cheryl Wheeler who's done some really funny stuff (when she's not doing her lamentations)?
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I knew that she was with the Four Bitchin' Babes but I've never heard their stuff...

Don't know Cheryl Wheeler...

But since you're on this kind of kick, I'll guess you know Carla Ulbrich, Deidre Flint, Grethcen Wilson and/or Kacey Jones...

Worm Quartet?...Throwing Toasters?...The Great Luke Ski?
 
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