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I'm glad to hear you are still with us and doing well Dave . Being above ground and playing in a sucky bar band sounds pretty good to me right about now ... all the best , Kenny

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I Have A witness. He saw the whole thing . This is what he has to say about it . Kenny

Look at BassDaddy . He thought it was Publishers Clearing House that knocked on his door . Kenny

This Pawn Shop score is my first Jaguar . This guitar is from The Squier Vintage Modified series . It's pretty much a vintage spec recreation of a Jaguar from Fender / Squier made in Asia. I'm OK w that ...dropping a grand plus for a Made in America Jag is out of the question right now .. According to Leo Fender The Jaguar was Fenders top of the line guitar back in the day . Compared to a Tele or a Strat The Jaguar has a lot of quirky things going on that are so much different than what most Tele or Strat players are used too ... Short Scale ( 24 ) Vintage neck Radius ( 9 .5 ) , Totally different Vibrato / Trem system and last but not least a pick up switching system w some very interesting controls and combo's that can be had . I'm grateful to have gotten this guitar ....I'm still bonding with her / it Thank You BassDaddy . it has been nice rapping w you , Kenny

Kenny PS , sorry about the neckline .....

Honey , Something has come up at work , they asked me to work a double shift . See you in the morning Kenny

What ! , I think I have seen that car in my neighborhood . Some guy on Craig's List is trying to sell it ... Kenny

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Cool video Craig ...I like it . in other news Kenny

Very nice tune . Sounds great. Has lots of interesting musical parts and groove pockets going on .Love that thing you do with your lady where you two double up on the vocal melody in different octaves . Kenny

Say John , I don't know about using Ginger Snaps as a song title for that new song you wrote ... What do you say we call it Giant Steps ? ..it certainly has a nice ring to it ...Oh snap ! that sounds like a great idea . Kenny

I have to tread very lightly when it comes to a local Pawn Shop in my town ....the last time I went in there I bought this guitar. that was only about 3 or 4 weeks ago ..... Kenny

Thank you for the kind words Craig . I remember what it was like when I first started playing the guitar . I had a Harmony Archtop w fixed neck with no truss rod . This plywood guitar featured a genuine two quarter string action height off the finger board , and the only strings I could get back then were the Black Diamond W.W.1 . barbed wire Anniversary Commemorative Gauge string sets the mom and pop store carried . . No lie , after playing that rig for a 2 solid pain filled years I had the most astounding revelation I have ever had in my whole guitar playing history . The day I was able to play and fret a cleanly played six stringed first fret F bar chord on the thing , was the day I knew I could play anything . That was the hardest thing I ever played on the guitar , +1000 on that .... I Love looking at guitars so much it's crazy . On pay day , after I get paid I ask the teller at the bank for a thick wad of singles . When I get home I like to put on some music , turn the lights down low and slip my guitars G string a few bucks as I nibble on her tuning pegs . all the best, Kenny

That is one beautiful looking guitar. How does she play and sound ? Kenny

I have to ask my doggy if we can swing a 7 thousand dollar Guitar. He's the one with all the money . I'm pretty sure he is gonna say no because he always leaves the room whenever I play the electric guitar ..( it's true ) No wonder I have serious issues , my best friend can't stand the way I play electric guitar . I ain't all bad , when I play the acoustic guitar he will stay to listen and give me the whole Puppy Eye look Kenny

Wow , nice guitars in here . Do I really need a 7 thousand dollar guitar if all I'm doing is playing elevator music ? Kenny

I think I like V 5 the best so far . It's runny pretty good over here for what I do . Kenny

Hi Bjorn , I get what you are saying . I don't keep Dramamine at home ,but I sure could have used some on a few occasions when I have felt some of that zooming stuff has gotten a little out of hand ... As far as me being annoying goes ...thank you for being kind ......I take it , you don't hang out in The Coffee House all that much ...lol have a good one , Kenny

Now I'm left here wondering was it me that annoyed you or was it the Ken Burns comment ??? Hey wait don't answer that .... all the best signed , Just another annoying Ken

Wow , This is Great . Thank you Cakewalk by BandLab Team . Kenny

Hi Wookiee, I enjoyed it because I know how sneaky and deceptive Classical Music is ...or can be .... A tough genre to write in only because the bar is set very high . Lets see if I have this right . You crank up your furry little paws and work them to the bone with a thousand and one little details in Notion . Then you transfer it all over to Cakewalk by Bandlab and when all is said and done your fans want to hear more because Just about a Minuet is 01.11 long ...LOL way to go my friend .. Yeah this is totally a nice musical path for you to explore . Deep , complex and well suited for a lot of the cool synths you have on tap in the wings . I did find it impressive that you used only what came w Notion as far as instrument tones go . I'm sure if you write in this style more often , I get the feeling you will definitely come up with something that is totally your own thing musically .. all the best, Kenny

Hey Freddy , Lone Wolf was nice . I enjoyed everything about it . At times the sounds of Rock ' n' Roll and Rockabilly you used in Lone Wolf reminded me of the band Jeff Beck used for the DVD Jeff Beck Rock 'n' Roll Party honoring Les Paul . A lot of similarities between Lone Wolf and the sounds and singing of Darrel Higham who was featured in the DVD I mentioned . cool stuff all the best, Kenny

Hi Bjorn , I thought your slide show w music was very interesting . Loved all the cool photo's . Your Grandparents have charisma and they seem to be naturally photogenic . Have you considered / tried a narrative approach like Ken Burns does w zooms ? Those picture look as if they are primed for a Ken Burns type of documentary treatment and slide show ... either way you slice the cake ....cool stuff, all the best, Kenny

Hi Bjorn , By the time I recorded my lead guitar on this tune I had been in top shape playing wise ...the rust from being sick was gone and I was looking to express myself and have a little fun . Everything I do on the guitar practice wise is with the one goal of being able to free me up to play my guitar and express myself as free as a bird floating above the clouds with out a care in the world ...( as we all know my real life is the complete opposite ) thanks for the kind words Hi Freddy , Thank you for the Very Kind and encouraging words you said . The general stuff I practice on my guitar are how to play over chord changes , scales , and melodic patterns . Plus I spend lots of time playing over loops of music I'm transcribing including some tunes / sections / loops of great players , and some maintenance loops of my own creation . All the things I have just mentioned are playing tools that I use for feeling comfortable as to be able to play over any musical situation I may find myself in . The transcribing helps w ear training and learning new melodic concepts of how other players play . The loops that I create are so I can play inside outside over the chord changes .. I feel it is important to have way more playing chops on tap than I may need . The reason for that is if I have to struggle to just get through the song structure then I'm just to busy fighting what I am trying to do in the first place ... A lot of people think I'm about licks ..I'm not , I'm more about trying to play what I would like to hear played on the guitar . When I have lots of extra chops on tap I can turn off my judgmental mind .Then I can play and listen to everything I'm playing at the same time in real time as it happens . Usually when in the zone the listening part is what helps me the most because I can have fun and improvise my lead playing in the moment and play what it is I would have liked to heard in the first place . I hope to put more playing out there in the near future .. thanks once again Hi Bob , Nice to see you here at the new forum . Yes I'm feeling better and I hope to do more music . Oh BTW , here is a picture of the guitar and amp I played on this tune ... Yes , That Super Champ is dynamite . I own a few nice amps but this amp has been w me since 1984 and it is my sound . The guitar I played on this song is an Epiphone Limited Edition Les Paul Special 1 w 2 humbuckers . I also have one w 2 P 90's that I love I have lots of more expensive and better made guitars that I could have played . the thing is this little Axe does have the Mojo I was looking to hear in this song . all the best , Kenny