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Actual quote from Shania.com: Shania describes how their relationship developed... "Mutt's a huge country music fan," she says, smiling, "I may be the princess in his life, but Tammy Wynette is the Queen! The steek guitar is his favorite instrument. He was a fan of mine through my fir...

I had a 3 year duo/trio gig on Cape Cod in Chatham at the Wayside Inn. We'd arrive Friday afternoon and play Friday and Saturday nights. Friendly people, great food and an open bar for us (because they knew we didn't abuse it). We sometimes opened for people like Loudon Wainright, Leon Redbone, Jona...

I've written an article on amplifying violins. IMO a Baggs pickup on a decent student acoustic violin will give a much better sound than the Fender. Be sure to user an acoustic preamp. --Joel http://shoko.calarts.edu/~chung/gear/vioamp1.html <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[Th...

Joey's link to the self-tuning guitar was interesting. You could probably adapt that system to raise or lower individual strings on a guitar (using foot pedals while playing)<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Joel Glassman on 03 January 2003 at 01:31 P...

>anyone ever notice that there seems to be quite a few country musicians who have either been severely injured or killed in car wrecks? Sure-its not suprising to me. Musicians who are touring drive long distances, sometimes late at night, maybe after drinking, probably are sleepy, and drive through ...

The first software you describe doesn't exist. It's not possible to isolate a single instrument from a recording of several instruments, and define the notes being played. You can only do a general analysis of the entire sound, or use EQ to change the balance. There is software which will create tab...

The bridge on his violin is made by Barbera: http://www.barberatransducers.com/violin.htm
I use a Barbera on a home-made solid body violin. It has a dark rich sound. --Joel

I would highly recommend a "touch sensitive"
keyboard. A much less mechanical sound. --Joel

Ron, this is probably the result of a virus.
Someone's address book has been "invaded".
It doesn't necessarily mean the virus is infecting your PCs, though it might be.
--Joel

Emmylou Harris singing Lucinda Williams' "Sweet Old World" on the 'Wrecking Ball' CD (The song is about Williams' brother's suicide.) click here <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by b0b on 15 December 2002 at 08:19 PM.]</p></FONT>

"cassette"
Sounds like a small French patio chair...

I think of country as music which evolved out of Western swing and “Hillbilly folk music” :^) It lasted for about 25 years into the late 1960s. Great country music written since then is looking back to this era for its form and content. The music evolved into the Countrypolitan-urbancowboy-southernp...

I'm sure a Celeron would be fine for your needs. Tony's idea about buying "behind the technology curve" is a good one. I use a refurbished IBM brand PC. It was 'state of the art' in 1998. A $150 upgrade on the chip and it becomes 'state of the art' for the year 2000. It cost less than $400...

Jimmy Tarlton plays some blues on this recording: "Steel Guitar Classics" (Old-Timey LP 113, ca.1973). It may have been re-released on CD. --Joel

Mike-- I've played a lot of Bluegrass, (because Western Swing, Country and Swing Jazz are so hard to find around here.) Like any roots music there are people who insist on only playing the "classic" traditional sound. I used to rebel against this, and play my swing licks, but in the past f...

Jimbo-
You forgot the part about being naked
onstage.

I put the words "Flute Forum" in a search engine and came-up with this: http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewforum.php?forum=2&954

Hah! I guessed Leon Redbone...:^)

The flip side of this:
If a contemporary singer becomes
a star (without the looks of a model)
most likely they have a really great voice,
soul, interpretive abilities, or songwriting skills. I don't want to name any names...:^) --Joel

A bee story and some other embarassing moments: Stung by bee on finger while playing solo. Threw bee across room, baffling audience. Band plays sophisticated song intro, in two different keys at once, for bride & groom’s first dance. Singer cusses out demanding drunken barfly over the PA. Angry ...

Chip--let me clarify something. You can't save an audio file as midi. Midi files are basically an "instruction set" of codes to define music, generated by a keyboard, pickup or computer. When Cakewalk saves an audio file, it is saving it as a "wave" file. It can play wave and mid...

A good resource for Band in a Box info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Band-in-a-Box/?yguid=2186557

Its on ‘Amazing Steel Guitar’ The Buddy Emmons Collection (Razor and Tie)

Have to say "...Bob Wills did, but its not
on his Cowpie" is a very amusing sentence.
(Yes, I know what Cowpie is...)

Mike wrote: ************************************ I tried one last time to reach this guy by sending him a tape. He, like the guy at the radio station, refused to even listen. He returned the tape with a note saying that he "knew" without hearing it the tape was no good because the steel ca...