Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Monday, May 12, 2008

Look-a-here ! Digital Karma.

Alternatives in the media reports...(football),
about an particular situation.

In the 110th minute of the 2006 World Cup final against Italy, Zidane was sent off for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest in an off the ball incident. The two players exchanged words before Zidane began to walk away from him. Materazzi then said something to Zidane, who turned around, made a run-up and head-butted Materazzi in the chest, sending him to the ground.
These are some points of view about this subject :

http://www.digital-karma.org/art/photography/funny

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Influence


Chinese Guitar...
http://www.philmultic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/liufang

Been interested of the crossovers East/West in music for a long time.
Of course I know about the African influence.
If ya don´t know about these things, and live in western Europe; ya probably like mostly Germanisch music?
I mentioned the East/West case, for example, on this blog october 2005.
http://drivemyguitar.blogspot.com/2005/10/east-west-case.html

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Inventor of Power Chord (s)?


(Putin and)

Professor Valdimir Kvint
- is he the inventor of what we in Sweden call Kvintgreppet ?
If you use A5 A5 G5 G5 A5 G5 A5, you can swing (and sing!)
What Shall we do with the Drunken sailor

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Road Map,....to the top of your world.


Sahara Hotnights are mentioned at Drive My Guitar earlier:
february 2006.
By the way. I did it my way. Nothing to pay. I never sit on the dock of the bay.
I never studied the books of Mel Bay.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Feel safe in the case





Coffin Case - these kind of pictures are forbidden at Drive my Guitar.
The Guitar is to nasty, and the case to reminding, frightening.
Some people say that they can see a girl here, .....for me invisible!
Thats because I have garlic and onion hangin on my computer.
Talk with your guitardoctor about this really hard case.
Would it really be suitable?
More:
www.omegamusic.nl/coffin.html
Beneath: Dick Dietrick, possible marketman for COFFIN CASE.
He gave the ordinary american an voice in TV, the most important face since Alfred E.Neuman.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

It must be in some Disneyland ?


Outside the big guitarstore.
But, those balls?
Hmm, Wall Street....it´s BALL STREET !



Friday, February 22, 2008

Why keeping in shape ?


Must guitarplayers do it too? Isn´t it enough lifting a hamburger?
Yes, once I laughed when I saw the pianoplayer´s struggles.
Not any more. They are principly right, as always.
Look at Yngwie, he´s ready for Beach Watch.
I´m sorry I don´t know this source, or any names, it´s only a photo-copy.
Good luck Jerry Lee, by the way.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Once again. TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE


The famous film "The Deer Hunter" included some good PR for the guitar. Not everybody knew about the recording of the theme. Mostly classical guitar freaks thought that it was purely sologuitar...

Guitar Player Magazine told the truth.

This is already many years ago, but I still say; The future for the accoustic/classical is at it´s best, in a duo....

It´s entertaining.

Sunday, January 06, 2008

RECYCLING THROUGH RE-MASTERING


project Almeida Club 1998
Just before christmas I happily had the possibility to remaster some takes digitally. First of all I got up the output level, and besides that the dynamics appeared better. I heard directly that details and intensions in my own playing is more "visible".

Project "Bonnajazz"
1 My Baby Left Me
2 Georgia Railroad
3 Bloodhound Blues
4 Over the Waterfall
5 Bricks in my pillow
6 Two hundred meters (more)
7 Blues ain´t dry
8 I serve a worthy lady
9 Going to jail
10 Nine pound hammer
11 To Glastonbury (-96?)
12 Brainstormville
13 Rollin in my sweet baby´s arms
14 Reckless blues
15 Sugar foot blues
16 Which side are you on?
17 502-blues (-92)
18 502-blues (-84)
19 Utan slut (-84)
20 NĂ¥got Afrikanskt? (-84)

Most recordings in this project were originally made around 2000-2001, except those with other years mentioned.
Routine of practical work at sessions: 35 % coffedrinking, and shit-talking, 20% rest, 1% hard exercise.
(Wages earned: Zero)
Staff:
Mikael Mallat
spanish nylon/or twelvestring accoustic guitars,
and arrangements, so far there were any
Lars Isebring
steelstring accoustic guitar
Stefan Isebring
maccaroni packet drums

Project
"ALMEIDA CLUB"
1 She´s a Woo-man
2 Autumn in Rio
3 Recado
4 La ultima noche
5 Aqua de beber
6 Samba dees days
7 Invitation
8 Desafinado
9 Manha do carneval
10 Brazil
11 Vem viver a meu lado
12 O´Cangaceiro
13 Quien sera
14 How insensitive

This is the Latinpot ...Originally recorded in june 1998, the last takes on the same day, which gave mig big headache. This is a low-budget miracle, the backgrounds (during the live recording session on usual cassette-tape!) work surprisingly well after digital re-mastering (dec. 2007).

Staff, (on picture, 1998);
Mikael Mallat
guitars, keyboard, rhythm programming,
arrangements
Anders Kovac
Fender bass
Mats Himmelvid
bongodrums

About these two particular projects, for me; it was worth it then, but even more today.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Friday, November 02, 2007

Peace Sign ...



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