Dan Jones ,,,Good Stuff

dlayne · Post by **dlayne** » 26 Mar 2010 5:08 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz65_5QZ ... re=related

Chuck S. Lettes · Post by **Chuck S. Lettes** » 26 Mar 2010 6:01 am

Good stuff, indeed!
Chuck

Hook Moore · Post by **Hook Moore** » 26 Mar 2010 6:17 am

For sure !
Hook

Ken Levesque · Post by **Ken Levesque** » 26 Mar 2010 3:42 pm

That was Perfect.........no other words to say it guys!!!

Thanks for sharing,

Ken

Larry Jamieson · Post by **Larry Jamieson** » 26 Mar 2010 3:49 pm

Nice job, great combo. Every member is a good musician and the sound is tight, cool, mellow...
Larry J.

Anders Eriksson · Post by **Anders Eriksson** » 27 Mar 2010 2:28 am

My kind of music!

For a little more
http://www.myspace.com/standarddeviations

Thank you for sharing your music!

// Anders

dlayne · Post by **dlayne** » 27 Mar 2010 9:33 am

http://www.youtube.com/user/tekweenie

Daniel Jones - Pedal Steel Guitar
Mitch Jervis - Electric Guitar
Austin Hein - Bass
Larry Ziehl - Drums

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 27 Mar 2010 11:09 am

Yeah baby ! that's a what i like

dlayne · Post by **dlayne** » 27 Mar 2010 12:54 pm

Is it just me,or does that Mullen have one of the best tones (That I have heard in a long Time)

Daniel Jones · Post by **Daniel Jones** » 28 Mar 2010 9:44 am

Gosh guys, thanks for all the wonderful comments. Coming from you all, they really mean a lot.

On the group, these are indeed fine musicians and swell guys, and I feel most appreciative to play with them. I have always enjoyed standards and jazz as a listener, so I figured (and was urged on by Mitch, the guitar player) I should just take a leap and put together a group that plays this stuff. While not the most commercial, we really enjoy for ourselves the depth of this music; it makes us work, and when it comes together it's a treat to play.

We did the video ourselves (with the help of numerous friends--who were paid in pizza), using 4-5 borrowed video cameras and recording the audio on Mitch's computer (I forget exactly what software he uses). Then Mitch and his friend, Greg, synced the audio-video tracks and edited down perspectives from the multiple cameras (mucho thanks to Mitch and Greg for spending many hours on this). Overall, we thought the quality came out pretty good (though we realize we leave some things to be desired as performers).

On the tone, once again thanks for the nice comment. As we all know, the pursuit of good tone can become an obsession (and a frustration). And I've certainly done my share of obsessing, trying different equipment, etc. (ask my wife!), and probably will do so periodically in the future. As for equipment here (we all know that much if not most of tone is in the touch, which again we all wrestle with), I'm happy to share what I'm using that I think makes a difference: plastic finger picks (as opposed to metal), Lace BassBar pick-ups, a tube amp (this is an early 1990s Dual Showman), an Altec 417-8H speaker, and a Sennheiser E609 mic on the speaker. Happy to discuss any of these choices with people; e-mail me directly.

Thanks again, and as Mitch likes to say, "Forward, into the void!"

Daniel

Jim Lindsey (Louisiana) · Post by **Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)** » 28 Mar 2010 12:28 pm

Daniel, that's wonderful stuff. Man, I second what others have said. Touch, taste and tone is all there par excellence and (perhaps most importantly) the band, everyone, makes a musical statement with each note. There's true communication there musically (it's always a treat when you hear players make a musical statement as opposed to several moments of nondescript scales and arpeggios). This was true and tasteful music that I've placed under my YouTube favorites to come back and listen to over and over again.

Absolutely great job!

Larry Behm · Post by **Larry Behm** » 28 Mar 2010 2:18 pm

That is the best picture I have seen of the ring finger under style of playing. Several of us in the NW use this style and it works great.

Great playing by all.

Larry Behm

Dave Morrison · Post by **Dave Morrison** » 4 Apr 2010 3:41 am

Dan; where did you get the pickups.Love your stuff DaveMorrison

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 5 Apr 2010 5:35 pm

Wow. Where's he been hiding? Great stuff indeed. Love it. Gotta put some of these up on the www.SteelGuitarJazz.com website. Thanks for the tip!
Jim

Jan Jonsson · Post by **Jan Jonsson** » 7 Apr 2010 6:58 am

Wow! That is one of the best sounding jazz steel playing I've heard in a very long time.

Thanks for sharing!

-- Jan

J D Sauser · Post by **J D Sauser** » 4 May 2010 4:55 pm

I declare myself a "Dan Jones Fan"!

REAL Jazz!

Thanks! ... J-D.

Brett Lanier · Post by **Brett Lanier** » 10 May 2010 7:35 pm

He is great. I really enjoyed the Metheny medley. The first tune, "better days ahead" I did for a jury in school, haven't heard it in a while. Thanks!

Richard Damron · Post by **Richard Damron** » 20 Jun 2010 12:33 pm

Just had to revisit this once again. Don't forget Jim Cohen's site. More of the same wonderful stuff there.

Richard

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