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Post by garyallen on Aug 9, 2009 15:11:37 GMT
Hi Andy..Great looking band...Is that the drummer on the new poster ? (just kidding)...I noticed no tremelo on the strat..Do you use one ? Gary
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Post by sheendigs on Aug 9, 2009 15:12:15 GMT
Hi Andy
Thanks for the nice picture..Everyone is smiling!!
If in fear of scratching try to find those shiny dacron suits..If I remember well, I think I saw the Shadows wearing a burgundy hue in a film somewhere! I use to have a grey suit that was a little bit shiny!
But that was a long time ago! ;D
SHeendigs
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Post by abstamaria on Sept 3, 2009 15:23:18 GMT
Haha. No, that's not the drummer on the poster, but we did kid him about it. The show last Tuesday went well - used the Zoom G7 unit that Charlie supplied (visible just below the front of the stage) with the Vox Heritage AC30.  We played the same repertoire, but substituted "Peace Pipe" with "Blue Star." This time, we opened with Tales of a Raggy Tramline," instead of "Theme For Young Lovers" (a personal favorite). Both good moves apparently. We had a full house who seemed to know the pieces! The gold tuners on our bassist's PBass catches the stage lights. Her sequins didn't seem to scractch the guitar (a major concern!) during the August show, but I haven't checked it yet this time.  |
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Post by abstamaria on Sept 4, 2009 4:16:41 GMT
Sheendigs,
I have pictures of myself in high school in the early 60s, wearing suits with very slim-cut pants and that shiny material - the brand of the fabric was Marzotto I recall. I'm not sure that was dacron. I think everyone wore that type material, based on other pictures from the era.
After our first piece ("Tales"), Anna (the bassist) establishes the period we are supposed to be in. She steps up to the mike and says "It is 1963. We have push-button telephones. We have portable record players, so we can play our 45 RPMs everywhere. We are SO modern!" On the screen we flash pictures of a Princess phone, a record player, etc. ...
It would be great if Roy (our rhythm guitarist) and I wore the shiny suits and tight pants of the era, but I am not brave enough (and would have looked silly I am sure)! We did reduce the lapel widths and wear narrowish ties as a concession.
The hemlines are too high, but that was unintentional (problems with the dressmaker), as they were just knee high then. We have to fix that! Oh, the problems of putting a show together.
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Post by abstamaria on Sept 4, 2009 4:21:27 GMT
Gary,
I'm sorry I didn't answer your question. Yes, I do use a tremolo bar (the '57 spec Strat came with a short one, which I am now used to). We just didn't install it for the photo shoot.
I actually have the tremolo adjusted to a high tension, so the pitch doesn't change unless I purposedly move the bar.
Andy
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Post by abstamaria on Sept 5, 2009 11:37:26 GMT
Here's our drummer Red Garcia (who was playing Shadows music in 1962) playing "See You in My Drums" in last Tuesday's (Sept 1) show.  Best regards to all, Andy Manila |
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Post by BarryH on Sept 5, 2009 14:03:23 GMT
Hi Andy,
Is the drummer allowed out of his cage after you finish the show?
Cheers
Barry
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Post by abstamaria on Sept 6, 2009 12:02:50 GMT
Sometimes we let him out. He's a wild man. But a good drummer.
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Post by sheendigs on Sept 6, 2009 12:34:32 GMT
Hi Andy Loved the last picture... What is the little orange box sitting on the stage?  Your echo unit? Is the cage used for positioning the microphones? Sheendigs |
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Post by abstamaria on Sept 7, 2009 0:59:34 GMT
No, the orange box is just a transformer for the AC30 (which I bought in the US and is 110v; we use 220v in Manila). You're right about the cage, Sheendigs; it's for the microphones for the drums. We used a Zoom G7 supplied by Charlie for this last show and kept it in front of the stage. The G7 is a bit bright sounding, as Charlie will point out. You can see it in this picture, which shows what it takes to do Atlantis! And that's without the violins and the cello! Big production.  |
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Post by abstamaria on Sept 7, 2009 1:05:19 GMT
The Zoom is to the left of the stage, in front of someone recruited to be our "tech assistant," who changes the patches between numbers. He was told not to touch any other buttons on the Zoom - too many things can go wrong! Note the picture of the 45-rpm record flashed on the screen to the right. The Gibson J200 goes through a direct box to the house mixer.
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Post by abstamaria on Sept 22, 2009 4:36:54 GMT
The Madeleine Cookie Company plays again this October 6! Our final show this year. I hope we do at least as well as in the August and Spetember shows. Wish us luck!  |
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Post by abstamaria on Sept 22, 2009 4:38:06 GMT
For those of you old enough to remember, there was a 50s movie called "Attack of the 50-foot Woman"!
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Post by sheendigs on Oct 22, 2009 21:58:31 GMT
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Post by Charlie Hall on Oct 22, 2009 23:47:50 GMT
Hi Andy,
For some reason I missed the last few messages of this thread.
The poster looks great, but how did the Oct 6th show go?
Regards,
Charlie
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Post by bill on Oct 23, 2009 9:23:45 GMT
Hi Charlie,
I see from the link that Sheendigs posted that the 6th October show was cancelled due to the disastrous storm.
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Post by Charlie Hall on Oct 23, 2009 10:27:46 GMT
Hi Bill,
Thanks for that, it is a shame if it had to be cancelled.
Regards,
Charlie
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Post by abstamaria on Oct 26, 2009 4:50:40 GMT
Yes, Charlie, unfortunately, we had to cancel. It was the right thing to do.
We had what insurance people call a "one-in-100-years" storm, a month's volume of rain dumped in 6 hours, and the effect was devastating. I wasn't affected directly and neither were those in the band, but almost everyone knows or is close to people who lost everything they had.
That was to be our last show this year. We are already planning another series next year.
The Facebook profile page Sheendigs mentioned has some notes on guitars and, now, echoes. While the explanations have to be general and not too detailed - some of the "fans" are really young - they seem to have generated some interest, and we get email asking technical or historical questions. Our way of keeping interest in the musical genre alive.
My best,
Andy
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