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Kenny

1 hour ago, craigb said:

 

Funny you should mention that one Kenny!  I just watched this video less than a month ago.  Very cool song and an improv player's nightmare!  ?

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

13 hours ago, craigb said:

If I had Kenny's talent, I could play a cardboard box attached to a baseball bat with strings...

 

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 ,

13 hours ago, craigb said:

 

Sometimes I feel just as good staring at mine as playing it.

+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

8 minutes ago, synkrotron said:

I mean, look at this thing, definitely a work of art and so worth the money, even if I only use it for elevator music:-

That is one beautiful looking guitar.

How does she play and sound  ?

Kenny

3 minutes ago, synkrotron said:

If you can afford it, yes.

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

On 4/5/2019 at 10:01 PM, bjornpdx said:

Kenny
I just meant that the Ken Burns effect (panning and zooming on a still image) can be really distracting to the viewer if overdone. A little bit goes a long way I've learned.  You, my friend, are never annoying.

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

10 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

 

Kenny
I actually do a lot of Ken Burns style editing on videos. There's a fine line there between effective and being way annoying. ?

 

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

On 4/2/2019 at 11:43 AM, bjornpdx said:

Kenny
I'm super impressed that you improvised this and all of it in one take.  Hope that making music lifts you out of any health related funks that may crop up. Take care.

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

On 4/2/2019 at 11:58 AM, freddy j said:

I hope that you are feeling better and that recovery is speedy.  From the sound of your playing you have already recovered.  It hard to believe that you did this in one take.  I too like your tone but I really like the phrasing in your playing.  I know that music is great therapy  -- so please grace us with more posts like this one and be well

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

4 hours ago, Bob Oister said:

Hey, Kenny,

It's really great to hear you're feeling better and cranking out some super tasty guitar playing again!?

Is that your new Tele?  The crystal clear clean tone of that Fender Super Champ is pure dynamite!  You can really feel the depth of the expression in your playing in every note.

Killer stuff, Kenny, keep 'em coming, buddy!?

Have a great weekend!
Bob

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

On 4/2/2019 at 8:07 AM, Johnbee58 said:

Hey Kenny, your playing sounds great!  Sorry to hear about your health issues and I hope they're not too debilitating.   Your song would sound great with a vocal line IMHO, but it's your tune to do with as you wish.  It works great as is.  Take care and keep healing!

?John B.

Hi John B.

Yes I am working through my health challenges . Sure hope for now that I have gotten through the hardest part .

It's not really my tune , somebody at another forum I am a member of posted it as a good one to play over . About 10 of us laid down our version of a lead guitar track ..all in good fun ....not competitively ....what you hear here is mine . I do agree with you on the vocal line or singing ..

thanks for giving this one a listen

On 4/2/2019 at 8:10 AM, Lynn said:

It's good to hear you playing again, Kenny.  You make that Fender amp shine with your smooth playing style.  Keep recording and recovering because we need veterans like you to showcase CW.  

Hi Lynn,

I lost about a year due to bad health and a broken arm ,It sure does feel good to be playing the guitar again .   ...whoopppee....

That Super Champ of mine is one amp I love ....I'm glad I was able to figure out a way to use it in an apt living setting ....

As a Cakewalk Veteran my advice to people is to listen to what I say and then do the complete opposite . 

If you can follow that simple rule everything will turn out right for you ...LOL

thank you for the song listen . I appreciate that you did .

all the best ,

Kenny

I would put  MainStage 3 on that Mac

https://www.apple.com/mainstage/

Kenny

Yes this was good . I enjoyed your Guitar  playing and Tone .

all the best,

Kenny

5 hours ago, craigb said:

"My eyes are up here Bill."

    ~ That girl probably

 

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Was that Einstein that said that ? or Peter ? 

                      Kenny

         Love what you have done with this room . Can I stay and keep your Guitars company ?

Kenny

23 hours ago, craigb said:

"South of 5 grand?"  That cheap?  ?

Yeah that's a  lot of money for guys like us huh ?

I had a friend in Cali named Vic , I knew him since High School from back east  , any way Vic did well for himself .

He had a number of vintage guitars and a few  handmade  Benedetto's that cost him well over 20 grand   apiece . 

I used to go to his house and play his guitars all the time ...Pre War Martins , 50's and 60's Strats , Tele, 335's and a cheap a$$ed Gibson L 5 that was only 7 grand

Sure a 20 or 30 thousand dollar guitar   sounds like a lot when your playing an Epi like I was at the time . I suppose it is all relative ..

I used to get a kick out of him driving us over to hear music  in the Mercedes  convertible w the top down  . Funny thing he hired me to play a few shows with him as a blues act .w a female singer ..he sure loved playing blues on  his Paul Reed Smith that cost him only 6500 bucks ...lol

We were sort of like the Ying and Yang brothers he would play guitars that cost more than my car and i would play guitars that cost a bout as much as a diner date for 2 .

for the record most of my guitar playing these days has been on a guitar that only cost me 119 dollars ...

I have to keep my good guitars in a case because Duke is a leaner ...

anyway here is what  my 119  dollar guitar  sounds like

Kenny

15 hours ago, craigb said:

Aww...  He's surrounded by plenty of love he'll do just fine!  Those pups sure didn't think he was "different" (except maybe nicer to them). ?

I was hugging and kissing on Duke last night after seeing this and he was like "daddy who the eff is Nubby ? " "why do  you keep calling me Nubby   " LOL ...

I'm a real softy when it come to stories like this . I  Loved watching  that  frisky  little  Nubby pooch and his extended family of humans and dogs .

Kenny

On 4/1/2019 at 5:32 AM, daryl1968 said:

Hi Kenny

Sorry to hear that you've been sick mate but it's great to hear you back playing. 

Lovely tone and licks as ever mate. 

All the best to you and yours. 

Hi Daryl ,

Since being sick sucks  music is a big part of getting well for me . , at least now I know what I have to do to get well .

Thank you for listening and your  uplifting  favorable comment.

23 hours ago, emeraldsoul said:

Dude your tasty licks and bends are top shelf. Hopefully better health is on the way.

cheers,

-Tom

Hello Tom ,

For me playing what I did there was just an after thought on hey lets play something and hear how it comes out .

I'm glad you enjoyed my guitar playing . It means a lot .

21 hours ago, Wookiee said:

Good to hear you can get back to the guitar again Kenny, nice playing and tone, nicely captured too.

Hey Wookiee ,

Say , Thanks for the comment you left over at S C .

Yes it has taken the better part of a year for me to get back into playing . While I'm still here , I'm gonna do my best to enjoy my forum friends , pooch and music .

Also , Thank you  for the kind words of encouragement in this thread and the various PM 's we had  while I was getting bombarded w physical changes. 

You are a genuine class act my friend .

14 hours ago, amiller said:

I’m not a big country fan but I really enjoyed this...thanks for posting.

This is gonna sound crazy ,  I have never bought a country record in my life except for a Danny Gatton record once in the early 80's ..

Yet, out of every genre of music I have ever played , Country Music paid me the best and put food on my table when all the other musical genres and  projects I was involved with over the years didn't.

Whacky Huh ?

While I was playing the guitar to the B T  , I was pretending that I was playing my guitar to people that wanted to hear my playing ...

I'm glad you enjoyed this ,

14 hours ago, edd987 said:

Nice playing! Lead sounds really good and fits the song well.  

Thank you edd987 , 

I am very happy  you enjoyed my guitar playing and tones I used  .

all the best,

Kenny