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that seems to be the only time where he uses the C3 vibrato plus Leslie on slow. Tho I do have a liveshow from 2003 where he uses it, yes he had the C3 vibrato on.

happy b-day McCoy

kingubu, he means "ridiculous" as in good. It's an American colloquialism, like how "sick" is used to describe something that's very good or someone with amazing skills.

RIP JOS, my all time favorite musician. Wherever you are I know you are playing your ass off up there. I have been listening to the man since I was 2 years old, wish I had a scanner to show everyone me playing I think "Midnight Special" on a Fisher Price record player when I was 3 or 4, yeah that didn't help much probably, but I played it on a proper player too. Think I'll spin my copies I burned of "At the Organ" from the Mosaic which is still packed somewhere.

Dorham had such a gorgeous tone and great ideas, really perfect on his "Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia" set and of course, the JM Bohemia sets. As a side note how long was Kenny Burrell with the Jazz Prophets, was that a steady gig or just a 1 off for that recording?

happy birthday DB, my goodness 88! I will listen to some stuff from The For All Time Box and maybe a bit of "Live at Carnegie Hall". The first Brubeck LP I ever heard as a kid was "Jazz Goes to College", it might have been close to an original pressing on thick, heavy vinyl. I never understood why Sony hasn't remastered that and put it out in a new edition w/ bonus tracks if possible.

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Pat uses the Roland GR300 for most of his guitar synth work. It a purely analog synth from 1979, its used on such tracks as "Are You Going With Me?" the live "Question and Answer", and "The Red One" among others. Pat told me one of the reasons he sticks with the GR300 is b/c no other guitar synth has the same tracking ability that responds to every "guitaristic gesture", and really IMO, it has such a cool, fat, sound

found the link on the Yahoo Metheny list. http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=12087 Pat 'One Man Band' Metheny Friday, Dec 5, 2008 2:04PM Jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny is gearing up to tour next fall, showcasing modern technology that will allow him to perform complex compositions onstage all by himself. Expanding on his trailblazing use of guitar synthesizers and modern computer technology, the 17-time Grammy-winning musician has created a new Orchestrion, an ensemble of mechanical instruments that will be controlled by his guitar and pen. He will show off all original compositions using the new instruments that combine conventional acoustic sound and robotic technology. Dates are being booked for the North American leg of "An Evening with Pat Metheny Tour," which will kick off in fall 2009. In early 2010 he will head to Europe and then it's on to the Far East and Pacific Rim. During the tour Metheny will share tunes from his new album, set for release in the fall of 2009. There is already debate on the Pat Yahoo mailing list as to how this will turn out, but I don't think this is that unusual. It's not that much different then when he used to use the Synclavier, and remember that the various indie film soundtracks he did were all him using the Synclav. Also remember that "Secret Story" was originally all Pat in the rough mixes of the album as Synclavier completed versions of those tunes existed back in 1988. "Still Life (Talking)" and "Letter From Home" have sections that were originally all Pat. Remember how the inside liner to "Letter From Home" says "all basic Synclavier parts played by Pat"? I don't imagine how Pat leading an electronic ensemble is all that dissimilar. Yeah purists will balk, but I don't think this is intended as a "straight ahead" project, as I had heard he was looking to compositionally expand on "The Way Up." How the PMG fits into all this remains to be seen as their quartet tour of Japan begins December 30th. Joe, this concept doesn't sound all that strange to you knowing Pat right?

J-pop, 90's Eurodance, Enigma, horrendous B martial arts films, ok, that isn't really a guilty pleasure

the Wii has a lot of NES games that can be downloaded. Not sure about PS3 (I want one for Street Fighter IV) but on PS2 and Xbox360 there are ways to emulate NES games, SNES games and Genesis games too.

nice man!

Kenny G. and almost any other smooth idiot like that, when Wynton pulls out his Louie bag, not annoying but I find Dewey Johnson's tone on "Ascension" amusing, the tone of anyone using bass direct, especially Ron Carter's thin rubbery mid 70's tone.

get well Freddie, love ya man.

RIP. I think she had played around here not that long ago. Many condolensces to her family.

the stuff Jaco plays on his debut, "Bright Size Life" and the "Birthday Concert" is simply astounding. More than anything, I love his compositions even more than his playing, and the big band charts on the "Birthday Concert" really showcase the amount of unique colors that type of ensemble could bring. "Three Views of a Secret" is one of my favorite tunes ever. IIRC the bouncer that murdered him only got 4 years in jail, a complete copout there. My guess is he reacted in self defense to a crazy man, and he had no idea who Jaco was.

thanks Jim! as I asked before but I think it got buried, the 5th drawbar produces that almost reedy tone right? cuz on "Groovin at Smalls Paradise" and such it adds a more biting attack definitely

Jim, is Jimmy using second harmonic percussion on his solo on "Endless Love" from "Off the Top"? theres a different attack, almost puffy, calliope like for lack of a better term, also on "Mainstem" from "Fourmost" the attack is slightly different than the 3rd harmonic percussion with the same kinda result on his "Endless Love" solo. on my Yamaha PSRE 403 theres an organ patch "16+ 2/3" which sounds exactly like the 2nd harmonic percussion, and when I combine it with the "rotary organ" patch, it sounds pretty much like what I described on the aforementioned JOS cuts. Actually listening to the "Endless Love" solo now, you can hear the 3rd harmonic percussion but it sounds like he has another drawbar pulled out besides the first 3, what is it?

All four Brooks albums are essential. oh yeah definitely. I already have the True Blue RVG so I just need the other 3 HolyGhost, can you post that pic in this thread? I'd love to see that.

thanks. I think I solved the problem as full fidelity returned. I think something was caught in the driver, thank you for the tip!

I have used my Grado's about a year, they've been great except for the grattle. I put them on this evening and found the left driver completely cut out after I tried a tip from the headfi forums to blow into the grill of the driver to reduce/eliminate grattle. What exactly happened? does it sound like something got disconnected inside the driver. I have a friend who is real into audio/repairing stuff and may have him take a look. These have been well cared for

excellent response from Carl Smith regarding the continuity so thank him for that . That's pretty much what I tried to say as well

Bob, welcome to the board. I think to answer your question, it isn't "canned applause" so much but the decision to edit the album as a continuous live performance, an approach I personally prefer rather than fading the applause after every track. I've read that what's done is they take the natural end of tune applause from one performances, and blend in the tail end of applause from the next track's venue so there is a smooth transition when the applause quiets. That would account for your questioning Sonny's announcement at the beginning of "Nice Lady" being from Victoria when the previous track was recorded in Japan.

Jim, the fifth drawbar is what produces that almost reedy clarinet type sound right? a la JOS on "Groovin at Smalls"? (the album, not the "Cool Blues" tune) It sounds like he was using percussion in conjunction with that fifth drawbar there.

it would be nice if BN or Concord did that with CDR's, press them on demand for certain albums. But at emusic we already have the tools for just that. I remember I joined emusic when I got my first burner and d/l and burned a massive amount of titles