BLUES CRAZY!

If it isn't clear from previous posts here, I have gone a little blues crazy. I learned the 12-bar blues in E, A, D and G. I am begining to feel like I can play it in a convincing bluesy way. I have my drum machine pounding out a nice blues rhythm (about 80 BPM) and it actually sounds like something.

I also picked up the harmonica again. When I was in the military I used to play harp with a fiend who was quite good, and picked up some blues riffs. I finally gave up because he was much better than me and I became frustrated with trying to get the single notes perfect.

So now I am back to learning the harp, and I have found a pretty cool site with lessons, and blues riffs etc.

Harmonicalessons.com

My new (used) Tube Compressor which will help make our jam recordings reasonable to listen to without all the distortion (hopefully).

Like groovy man! My new Bongos.

A couple new aquisitions

I traded up to a Martin guitar, I was begining to feel like I was outgrowing my starter Fender acoustic guitar, and I fell in love with the Martin which is pretty affordable and sounds awesome. Martin mad a bunch of compromises to get the price in my range, such as a laminated neck (which I beleive will never warp) and although it has a solid top the sides and back are made of synthetic stuff. It sounds amazing, and I love playing it.

My new Martin Guitar

I also added a New Fender acoustasonic Junior DSP amp and got rid of my old little Fender Champion, it sounded a little small to me and I play more acoustic than electric anyway. The Acoustasonic has two channels for guitar and a mic which I really love, plus it has DSP with guitar effects and a seperate dsp for the mic channel. Way cool.

My new Fender Acoustasonic Junior amp

Mal's Online Blog Diary

Mal's Online Blog Diary
A guy from Oz viewed my blog, commented and added my blog to his. What an interesting world.

Lindsey Kuhn - Killer Posters!

Lindsey Kuhn
I want to buy lots of these. Great art for bands I love (or have loved).