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Topic: Mike Neer and I ... Live |
Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 6:03 am |
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Well sorta ...
Mike just sent me a few of my JB songs done up with his new guitar.
This is the first "run thru" ... one take ...
There is a computer "glich/skip" at about 3 minutes into it (my old computer) ... but I wanted to keep it "live" and not dub in a fix ... ha, ha 
Ke Kali Nei Au
He sure plays a wicked Tricone ... but man, what a rhythm guitar player !!
Thought y'all may like to hear Mike's "other side" ...
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Aiello's House of Gauss
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
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Joel Newman
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Smithsburg, Maryland, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 6:14 am
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| Bravo you guys! Rick, which steel did you use on it? Is it one of yours? A really clean bright tone, . . wow. Tanx for posting. |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 6:33 am
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Rick, you got that right. It's always a pleasure to see Mike at work and the same when he plays outside of The Moonlighters.
I recently saw Mike in an all blues concert with Delta Dreambox. What Rick said. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 7:04 am
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| The steel is my Sierra Laptop 8 .... |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 8:20 am
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| I'm glad you found inspiration there |
Boy, thats an understatement ...
About 10 yrs ago ... Jerry Byrd bought a 4 track cassette recorder and put out about 8 tapes ... to accompany his "Pro-Arrangements".
He played rhythm guitar and bass.
I bought them all ... and wrote him about a year later to ask about getting some more. He replied that he sold off the little recorder because of "lack of sales" ...
He also said the tape hiss and pitch alteration discouraged him.
Anyway ... Back-up ... for the stuff I enjoy playin' ... has been my greatest obstacle since the restaurant days
I just wanted to say thanks, Mike.
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Aiello's House of Gauss
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 8:25 am
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| Love ya, man. |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 8:34 am
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Cool cyber duet.
Mike, I'm curious to see the guitar too. What kind of flattop would an archtop man be playing? |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 8:40 am
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http://www.michaeldunnguitars.com/body_rhythmfutur.html
My guitar is the 5th of the five he built. Those photos do not represent the guitar fairly--it is gorgeous. For a small-bodied instrument, it is very full sounding and loud, even though it is strung with a set of strings that are .011-.046 (typical Gypsy light strings). I see more Dunns in my future. |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 8:48 am
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Good job guys. Beautiful tone.
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55" Fender Stringmaster T8, 54" Fender Champion, Carter D-10, two Oahu laps, two National laps, and two Resonators
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 9:17 am
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| Wow, nice guitar. I have a thing for slotted and snakehead 'stocks. |
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 9:56 am
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That was great, Rick! Awesome tone and wonderful playing. Great harmonics, too. JB would be proud, my friend!
 [This message was edited by Jeff Strouse on 21 April 2005 at 11:12 AM.] |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 10:22 am
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Cool guitar Mike.
I don't know how those "Django" style guitars(for lack of a better term) get such a loud and clean tone with such skinny strings.
You put light gauge strings on a typical flat-top and it sounds wimpy. But on the Macaferri-type they sing.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2005 10:44 am
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I've had the opportunity to play "The Mystery Pacific" model many times and it's a great sounding guitar. The "internal soundbox reflector" is very cool looking and when I look into it it always reminds me of those scenes in old movies where the hypnotist is saying "You are getting sleepy, very sleepy..."
http://www.michaeldunnguitars.com/body_mysterypacific.html |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2005 10:43 am
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Mike sent me a few more last nite ... stayed up way too late enjoyin' them.
Think I can get him to quit the Moonlighters and move to Berryville ...
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Aiello's House of Gauss
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
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Dave Giegerich
From:
Ellicott City, MD, R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Apr 2005 11:38 am
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| Sounds great Rick and Mike. How about you guys split the difference and both move to Baltimore? |
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 22 Apr 2005 12:00 pm
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Nice boys! Making music is what it's all about, ain't it?
Hey Rick, I'm putting together some backing tracks for myself when I have to play those gigs where they just want that 'ambient' Hawaiian background sound, and can't afford to pay my trio. It's just me playing upright bass and then I add ukulele over the top -- real nekkid (umm... the tracks, that is -- I play them fully clothed)!
I'm trying to get them to sound as old-timey and authentic as I can, given my technical (and technique-al) limitations. The problem with this very old-school approach over sequencing is, of course, you can't decide to play in a new key and/or at a different tempo, since it's on either CD or mini-disc, and it's set. But, I think it's a fair trade-off, since I believe the sound is more inspiring and, for lack of a better term, "organic" sounding.
If you're jonesin' for for some more backing tracks to jam with, I'll send a few once I get them ready. I have South Sea Lullibies, Palms and Lovely Hula Hands almost done, and am working on several more from the standard rep. My tracks are just a bit longer, since they're meant to have verses sung to them, but one certainly doesn't have to.
Aloha braddahs,
TJW
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Todd James Weger/RD/RTD
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, A6, B11); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Chandler RH-4 Koa semi-hollow lapsteel (open G); Regal resonator (open D or G)
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2005 2:39 pm
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Thanks Andy, Jeff & Jeff, Todd and Dave.
Comin' fom the Monster himself ... that's quite a compliment.
Todd ... I'd love to give your tracks a-go when you finish them.
JB's rhythm tracks, Bruce Clarke's play-a-long CD, Gerald Ross' rhythm tracks and BIAB ... are all very helpful to folks like me.
Alot of people say just go recruit some local "talent" ... but personally ... its been like pullin' teeth to get accomplished guitarists to lay down that ... what did Jeff call it ... that "Death March" steady, throbbing guitar.
Most guys that I know always try and turn my pretty songs into something they are not ...
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Aiello's House of Gauss
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
[This message was edited by Rick Aiello on 22 April 2005 at 03:54 PM.] |
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Mike Ruffin
From:
El Paso, Texas, USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2005 2:54 pm
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Hey ya'll
I really enjoyed that!
Mike
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2005 8:38 pm
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| Sounds great! I loved it, guys! |
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Andre Nizzari
From:
Bronx, NY
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 23 Apr 2005 1:45 am
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Gerald,
The MacAferri's are very thin bodied, and ring in a different range than most american style guitars.
Much less bottom, but they DO cut through pretty good.
Rick nice job, I like it. Well of course I like it! |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 23 Apr 2005 2:30 am
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Nice job boys! You really take the time to let a note bloom, Rick. Many of us are too impatient to give each note its due.
I've played John McGann's Rob Alyward maple gypsy jazz guitar and was surprised at how all-around it was .... not overly punchy but tons of projection and a pleasing round tone. The gypsy jazzers use incredibly thick Wegen picks (made in Holland) and that contributes a certain sound too.
John has photos here ...
http://www.johnmcgann.com/django.html
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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I should have taken a little time and reharmonized or at least worked out some voice leading--anything but what I played! 
