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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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Two FREE opportunities
A couple of short videos outlining FREE opportunities for generating phenomenal income doing things you already do: social networking, making friends, blogging, and shopping for things you need.
(I can't add a link to the first one, because my space doesn't want you to see it. So copy and paste it and remove the spaces between the letters.)
Socialize and get paid! http://t i n y u r l.com/38zmgb
Shop and get paid!
Have your own mall with over 1000 stores in it - completely free. Get paid rebates on everything you buy.
it also allows you to:
- have a free home-based business
- generate a lot of income
- give it to friends and family, and help them become financially free
- Make a difference in the world, because a percentage goes to help needy children
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Monday, April 23, 2007
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Catch some cool blues on Indigo Lounge
Category: Music
Listen to great blues on FatCat Radio, Sunday AM.
or rock out with the Big Show and Little Big Show.
FatCat Radio schedule
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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CD of the Month - RootsTime CD review
Current mood:  amused
Category: Music
This review of my CD is from RootsTime in Belgium.
Translating from Dutch is a bit tricky. My name not only translates to Stalemate, but also Frying Pan.
From Broomfield, Colorado, reached us a new CD of singersongwriter Stalemate Carr. An extraordinary interesting character who over a number years has written very memorable songs. Some bitter and critical of the social structure, some extraordinarily funny and cynical. With regard to style, Carr reminds much of spirit relatives such as Clapton and Knopfler. Already at the first listen we were seized by the powerful and sincere lyrics of this jewel.
Stalemate grew up in Louisiana, where he started his career as French Quarter street zanger. As a young knaap he listened mainly to Southern soul and R&B, to artists such as Irma Thomas, Professor Longhair, Slim Harpo, Rufus Thomas, Clarence Frogman Henry and Aaron Neville. Later he played guitar, bass and mandolin in many bands in New Orleans and in the buurt of Denver. Afterwards it was just as quiet around this man. Obviously is he simply not just a fast writer, or possibly you must consider this man more as a good wine, which must finally also quietly mature before he richly becomes full and of taste. "Put Yourself in My Place" is a good example of this, it is a CD which is intense and character-full with a firm aftertaste, which makes you want to taste more.
Without already too much dedicating concerning the contents of the songs, we can say that Stalemate is a man that really has something to say. Pat Carr, besides being a madman guitarist, has been blessed with a splendidly multi-purpose voice sound with which he can sing, besides low, also considerably high and alternately very beautifully subtle, but also raw can sound. Also by the arrangements and instrumentation, Pat's music is inspired by everything from the gospel blues of Blind Willie Johnson to New Orleans soul, by delta blues and hard Texas blues to bluegrass and country.
"Put Yourself in My Place" is Pat's first album. This album, a splendid varied album with melodious fine songs, has been mostly inspired by experiences in the relational area. Using timeless instruments such as acoustic and electric guitars, drums, keyboards (and a beautiful sax solo by Billy Warren in the bluesy "Evil Evil") all numbers on this CD one after the other are splendid tales in themselves. From the acoustic gospel blues in the opening titeltrack to the last gem, the instrumental "Soul Mate" we are treated to an hour or more of quiet soul/blues in "I'm Jealous" and "Setting Yourself Up To Be Lonely", the rockende "I Can't Go On" and beside still some other instrumentals are our favorites - blues songs: "Mean Streak", "Carolee", "Bad Habit" and already named "Evil Evil". Listening even over and over to this disc, it is extraordinarily worth it. For this reason this relative unknown Pat Carr the designated CD of the month has deserved very well.
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Thursday, November 23, 2006
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Home Recording
Category: Music
Anybody want to share some info on home recording techniques?
I've only been doing it on my computer for a little less than a year, now. Still learning. My DAW is Ableton Live, which I think is great. Tried a couple of others, but like Live better. I just got an ART StudioV3 preamp that I'm using to interface to my MAudio Delta 1010LT sound card.
The outboard eqpt. is my Guild and Taylor acoustics, Strats - mostly a '90 Strat Plus, a '68 Tele bass, Alesis QS8.1 keyboard, Alesis SR16 drum machine, EV PL80 mic. Sometimes I record guitar thru a Fender Hotrod Deluxe, but mostly go direct (especially now that I have a tube preamp).
I use the Alesis keyboard as my midi controller. I recorded some samples from the SR16 and the QS8.1. I plug them into the drum and synth modules in Live and use the keyboard to play drum, piano/organ, and sometimes bass lines.
I think my biggest weakness is drum tracks. I'm not a drummer, and I have a hard time getting realistic sounding drums. So, HOW do you do it? Should I spend a couple of hundred bucks on a collection of drum samples/loops? -- then spend lots of hours searching through them and learning how to use them?
If you'd like to share some info or advice, please leave me a comment.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
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My Friends on MySpace
Category: Friends
My friends fall into about 4 basic categories:
- people I know.
- people whose music has meant a lot to me, or whose songwriting, guitar playing, or vocal talents I admire.
- people in the above group who also don't mind using their music to share their faith in God.
- independent musicians who, like myself, would like to hear what others are doing and get a little more exposure. I think we should support each other as much as possible.
I don't intend to add people indiscriminately just to have a lot of friends, but I wouldn't mind having some friends who feel the same way I do.
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Saturday, November 11, 2006
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appleJam review of Put Yourself In My Place
Category: Music
Here's a Link to a review of my CD in Japan: appleJam Review
A couple of (loosely) translated excerpts:
"...the element of degree of good impression up large."
"With especially... straight blues #3, Mean Streak, the sound making of the British blues wind of the sixties is impressive."
"...as for the #1, Put Yourself In My Place and the #7, A New Way of Thinking, (the element) has appeared sufficiently also being able to call, you feel that it is the [shibui] person."
"shibui" means:
beautiful by being understated, or by being precisely what it was meant to be and not elaborated upon. Essentially, the aesthetic ideal of shibumi seeks out events, performances, people or objects that are beautiful in a direct and simple way, without being flashy.
Expert singers, actors, potters, and artists of all other sorts were often said to be shibui; their expertise caused them to do things beautifully without making them excessive or gaudy.
I'll take that as a compliment.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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Bob Dylan and the Blues
Category: Music
Bob Dylan - my 1 musical hero and influence.
Trying to decide if I like Love and Theft better than Modern Times. So far, I'm leaning towards Love and Theft.
They're similar -- both with some 30's/40's style music.
Speaking of which, how does he always get away with taking an old blues song and taking credit for writing it?
Of course, Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters both claimed credit for Rollin' and Tumblin' (which Johnson rewrote as "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day"). They both probably got it from some even older Delta blues player.
and Muddy Waters wrote Trouble No More, which Bob turned into Someday Baby.
it's the same thing he did with It Takes a Lot to Laugh... many years ago.
guess we won't include Nettie Moore, since he only used 2 lines of the chorus.
Don't get me wrong. I like the idea of taking something old and making it new - like The Levee's Gonna Break. But sometimes I have a slight problem with taking a song, changing some of the lyrics, and not giving credit to the original writer.
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