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by VikingBlues
Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:51 am
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Too Blue
Replies: 7
Views: 7092

Too Blue

Trying for Less - revisited. One of ElMano's backing tracks produced this. I have a feeling I could do it more justice but I enjoyed getting back to trying this concept so much I thought I'd post the result. :banana: I'll probably have another go at this one. I'm flirting with the danger of getting ...
by VikingBlues
Sun Aug 08, 2010 11:14 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Trying For Less
Replies: 10
Views: 11645

Re: Trying For Less

Whoeoeoeoe hahahaha Before i become grey i was Blond.... And now the link to all the tracks :chicken: http://www.box.net/shared/a3xjbocgol ElMano. Thank you very very much for taking the time and trouble to do this. I've been out all afternoon (watching "Inception" at the pictures) so I'm...
by VikingBlues
Sun Aug 08, 2010 6:31 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Trying For Less
Replies: 10
Views: 11645

Re: Trying For Less

Whoeoeoeoe hahahaha Before i become grey i was Blond.... And now the link to all the tracks :chicken: http://www.box.net/shared/a3xjbocgol ElMano. Thank you very very much for taking the time and trouble to do this. I've been out all afternoon (watching "Inception" at the pictures) so I'm...
by VikingBlues
Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:14 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Mind Blowing RJ Info
Replies: 13
Views: 11828

Re: Mind Blowing RJ Info

Well, I've listened to the whole album of the slowed down pieces. It does sound very convincing to my ears, but I'm no expert. I'll just say I'm likely to listen to this version of the songs for pleasure. My commercial standard CD I have as a historic document, but I don't greatly enjoy listening to...
by VikingBlues
Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:07 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Top 50 Guitar Albums of all time !!??
Replies: 5
Views: 6088

Re: More Lists

10 - John Lee Hooker 9 - Muddy Waters 8 - Buddy Guy 7 - Peter Green 6 - Rory Gallagher 5 - Robert Johnson .( I wonder if this was before the news that his records may have been speeded up ??) 4 - Eric Clapton 3 - BB King 2- Jimi Hendrix 1 - Stevie Ray Vaughan ...Well theres a surprise !! That's a p...
by VikingBlues
Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:38 am
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Jazzy Bossa Nova Blues Thing Collab...
Replies: 20
Views: 22369

Re: Jazzy Bossa Nova Blues Thing Collab...

24 hours and 20 minutes later - well nearly in the within 24 hours promise. Here we go ... 2 - 3 - 4 (or whatever it would be for a Bossa count in!). :banana: Next section done. That's the piece about a quarter done. Anyone want to jump in? The water's lovely and there's a tasty bit of guitar / pian...
by VikingBlues
Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:36 pm
Forum: Guestbook, Site News, Admin Notes, Forum Rules
Topic: Hi
Replies: 8
Views: 9193

Re: Hi

:welcome: to 12-bar Shaun. I'll need to have a look at your re-build page. I thought I'd got building out of my system but I'm having yet another go just now. Look forward to hearing some of your work if you can get the recording process to recreate your sound in the way you want (not always easy!)....
by VikingBlues
Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:54 am
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Waltzin' Viking
Replies: 10
Views: 9570

Re: Waltzin' Viking

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Great job VB.... (as usual). That's a little different for you, just shows how versatile you are at playing. If that was "made up as you go along" you must have some imagination!! Later Thanks Golfxzq - nice to see a post from you on the forum - I believe you've been...
by VikingBlues
Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:39 am
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Trying For Less
Replies: 10
Views: 11645

Re: Trying For Less

I like the less is more approach. A suggestion maybe is to hunt down some 16 or 24 bar jamtracks for changes that come on later ...Take a look on bluesblast.com and see what he has. Oops! Nearly missed this post bluesinbflat - there's been a real flurry of posts on the forum in the last 24 hours. T...
by VikingBlues
Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:18 am
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Jazzy Bossa Nova Blues Thing Collab...
Replies: 20
Views: 22369

Re: Jazzy Bossa Nova Blues Thing Collab...

Thought I would make a seperate thread for this... Viking Blues allowed as to how he might be up for a collab on this BT. It is kind of jazzy but Dm blues scales work. Probably a nice venue for some minor modal stuff too (for those of you who get modes :whistle: ) Anyone else interested? http://12b...
by VikingBlues
Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:10 am
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Fingerstyle noodlin'
Replies: 14
Views: 12782

Re: Fingerstyle noodlin'

Was fooling around with some presets on my Line6 widget and belched this out... :roll: You dud well to find as good a sounding preset! :thumbsup: Ah, how I remember hours of fun with a UX1 trying to get the right sound. :wall: I HAVE to quit smoking (this time for real :motz: :wall: :angry: ) so y'...
by VikingBlues
Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:30 am
Forum: Backing Tracks
Topic: Gypsy Jazz Waltzes BTs
Replies: 0
Views: 6006

Gypsy Jazz Waltzes BTs

In case any one else is mad enough! :nuts:

Montagne de Saint Genevieve is the "Waltzin' Viking one. Link to a little collection of these BTs:-
http://www.jamtracks.ru/en/mpjam_jazz_gypsy.html
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:05 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Waltzin' Viking
Replies: 10
Views: 9570

Re: Waltzin' Viking

Fantastic job, VB! :dance: I remembered an old Django recording -bingo -, did some research and played a bit to find the scale. The song is from Django Reinhardt (Montagne Sainte-Genviève), chords are for example at http://www.grilles-manouches.net/Html/montagne_ste_genevieve.html or http://www.hot...
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 04, 2010 5:56 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Waltzin' Viking
Replies: 10
Views: 9570

Re: Waltzin' Viking

Blindboy, weelie, Pena - thank you. :D I should maybe point out I downloaded six Jazz Gypsy Waltz BTs from the Jamtracks ru site - BUT - I could only make any sort of sense of two of them and only this particular one gelled enough to have a proper go at it. So I'm definitely lacking some inside know...
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:23 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Outside the comfort zone
Replies: 4
Views: 7304

Re: Outside the comfort zone

I like how you came in with the Wes Montgomery octave chording. I just dig how you're 'conversing' with the pianist; You have the jazz vibe Blindboy, keep at it. Thanks, bluesinbflat. I like the Wes octave thing too, I just need to get better at it and find more places it is appropriate. I'm glad y...
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:50 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Waltzin' Viking
Replies: 10
Views: 9570

Re: Waltzin' Viking

You said you don't know what you're doing? Sure sounded like you really do. You kept the feel going and that you've succeeded. Good job VB! Thanks bluesinbflat but I really haven't an idea about whats happening in the mid section - just playing little intervals that I could judge in advance in my h...
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:46 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: El Mano On A Hot Friday Afternoon
Replies: 21
Views: 22772

Re: El Mano On A Hot Friday Afternoon

Nice harp playing MidnightSpecial :clap: - it's turned into a really good joint effort and sounds very Hot Friday afternoon.

Well judged ElMano leaving the right sort of spaces for the harp. :thumbsup:
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:19 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Top 50 Guitar Albums of all time !!??
Replies: 5
Views: 6088

Re: Top 50 Guitar Albums of all time !!??

34. The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)??????.......Have I missed something here ???? It's John McLaughlin, one of the most skilled (but for me most boring) guitarists out there. His technical skills are unbelievable, but for me there's no soul. Anyway, those lists are fun to ...
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:07 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Very Unsettled
Replies: 4
Views: 4773

Re: Very Unsettled

Thanks 12bar and Strummer. Just keeping my head down now. I'm at a site in the group where there's no family members and don't have direct reporting on a regular basis to any of them, so it's a wait and see when there is a contact - could be today, could be in a fortnight, a month. In a way that mak...
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:38 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Very Unsettled
Replies: 4
Views: 4773

Very Unsettled

Very unsettled at work just now - the owner of the group we're part of passed away on Monday after a severe heart attack. He was very much the driving force behind the strategy of the business. It feels a bit like you're on a ship and suddenly realise you can't hear the engine running. It is a famil...