Friday Night Music: Andy McKee, ‘Drifting’
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An incredible solo acoustic guitar performance titled “Drifting,” from Andy McKee’s highly recommended album Art of Motion. (Here it is at the iTunes Store.)
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Sharmuta Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:11:55pm |
I really like how he used his guitar as a percussion instrument too.
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cenotaphium Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:16:47pm |
Hah! At last I already have music by the guy featured!
..all the music postings around here is going to leave a dent in my wallet. ;(
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Killgore Trout Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:18:20pm |
We have lovely fall weather here. My favorite season. I've been pulling weeds and getting my winter garden ready. Daikon radishes, chard, kale, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, soybeans, fava beans all planted and trellised.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:20:20pm |
Just checked stats for the first time today -- almost 80,000 page views already!
Sucks to be this irrelevant.
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Spare O'Lake Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:21:17pm |
re: #2 Sharmuta
I really like how he used his guitar as a percussion instrument too.
Like in that Robin Williams movie with the lost kid.
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SixDegrees Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:21:36pm |
re: #4 Killgore Trout
I've been getting ready for every plant outdoors to die, and stay that way for the next six months.
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Danny Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:22:51pm |
No wonder this tune sounded familiar...Charles posted it before a couple years ago.
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wrenchwench Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:23:19pm |
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Danny Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:23:42pm |
re: #4 Killgore Trout
Dogwoods are just starting to turn here. Still getting tomatoes.
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wrenchwench Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:23:53pm |
re: #8 Danny
No wonder this tune sounded familiar...Charles posted it before a couple years ago.
Plagiarism!
/
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SixDegrees Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:25:09pm |
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Danny Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:25:18pm |
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wrenchwench Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:27:07pm |
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:28:48pm |
From Harry's Place - probably the most disturbing video you will ever see
[Link: www.hurryupharry.org...]
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austin_blue Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:29:18pm |
re: #4 Killgore Trout
We have lovely fall weather here. My favorite season. I've been pulling weeds and getting my winter garden ready. Daikon radishes, chard, kale, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, soybeans, fava beans all planted and trellised.
Temperature at 5 am, 81 degrees. Temp at 11 am, 57. Nice front. And we got another 1.5" of rain.
Yay!
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Charles Johnson Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:29:59pm |
re: #17 Jimmah
From Harry's Place - probably the most disturbing video you will ever see
[Link: www.hurryupharry.org...]
Yikes! Big head racists stripping! Aaah! [run around screaming]
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Killgore Trout Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:31:40pm |
re: #9 wrenchwench
Interesting. They don't have any issues taking money from Freedomworks or the Heritage foundation. They take a lot of money from Ron Paul's pac (Campaign for Liberty). It's going to be interesting to see how far they can go on hijacking the Republican party.
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:34:51pm |
re: #19 Charles
Yikes! Big head racists stripping! Aaah! [run around screaming]
Seriously - I thought the Aphex Twin video for "Come to Daddy" was scary - until I saw this horrorfest.
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Reginald Perrin Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:34:53pm |
re: #9 wrenchwench
What blows me away about your link is that the American Liberty Alliance is run by Eric Odom, who is notorious for his stalker blogs and his employment of the intellectual midget, Rick Martinez.
Odom is directly responsible for trolls spamming several progressive blogs and there is circumstantial evidence that he is behind the campaign to discredit Charles and LGF.
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BenghaziHoops Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:36:04pm |
re: #15 Danny
Let's copy the old posts and repost them.
Templates are the way to go...Why reinvent the wheel.. I have my AGW, Creationist, Political templates on hand...
You should see 6b.( the flame one)
Dear {insert name here } You are such a { }.
I have always {} you and every thing you have every posted..
You are a big time { } Don't bring that{ } here again.
LOL
Templates lizards..
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Neutral President Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:37:52pm |
re: #5 Charles
Just checked stats for the first time today -- almost 80,000 page views already!
Sucks to be this irrelevant.
You and your 32,000 sock puppets working overtime...
/
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wrenchwench Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:38:19pm |
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Irish Rose Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:39:23pm |
Oh wow, beautiful!
I make break down and buy this one.
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Irish Rose Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:42:18pm |
Reggie, chat 10pm?
I have something that I'd like to discuss with you.
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BenghaziHoops Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:43:33pm |
re: #27 Irish Rose
Reggie, chat 10pm?
I have something that I'd like to discuss with you.
I'll drop in.. It's after the WNBA Championship game...
Regards
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Reginald Perrin Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:45:21pm |
re: #27 Irish Rose
I have something that I'd like to discuss with you.
Whatever it is, I am either going to deny it or plead insanity.
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Spare O'Lake Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:45:53pm |
Well, gotta run.
It's been a vewwy intewesting day.
Laters gators.
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:48:56pm |
re: #30 Spare O'Lake
Well, gotta run.
It's been a vewwy intewesting day.
Laters gators.
You're not leaving us again are you?
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tradewind Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:51:12pm |
They're at it again... Pals whipping up their people into a froth spreading rumors that the Israelis are going to burst into the old city and deface the Muslim holy sites. Sending their kids in front of them, throwing bottles and rocks, Israelis have to bring out the cops.
Same old same old.
Give 'em a state.
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tradewind Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:52:46pm |
re: #22 Reginald Perrin
There's a campaign?
Wow, that is flattering. Means someone somewhere is feeling seriously threatened.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:53:31pm |
Love candyrat! They have a young lady who also plays guitar as percussion with the melody.
re: #19 Charles
Okay now what do I watch to get THAT out of my head. From guitar bliss to techno nausea. I'm spinning and I've had nothing to drink.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Oct 9, 2009 4:54:34pm |
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Cathypop Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:00:46pm |
re: #18 austin_blue
Temperature at 5 am, 81 degrees. Temp at 11 am, 57. Nice front. And we got another 1.5" of rain.
Yay!
Beat you. We got 3 inches in Lago Vista.
HAH!
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Reginald Perrin Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:01:28pm |
re: #33 tradewind
Charles brought it on himself when he decided to sell his soul to George Soros and join the Transnational Totalitarian Progressive Movement.
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Liberal Classic Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:01:37pm |
Someone said something about drifting?
[Link: videos.streetfire.net...]
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Sharmuta Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:01:51pm |
re: #33 tradewind
There's a campaign?
Wow, that is flattering. Means someone somewhere is feeling seriously threatened.
Yeah, there's a campaign. How do you think you rack up 5 million hits? Oh- and Jonn Lilyea is a real pansy.
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tradewind Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:10:25pm |
re: #39 Sharmuta
I had never heard of him, (fand there's another one of those fugly/amateur websites).
... I hadn't really known about any of this until the past few weeks when I was stuck here with teh sick one and spent more time on line. It appears I've missed a lot of drama. Looking at the cache, think it's pretty hopeless to try and actually catch up. Who/what started it, anyway? The 2.0 thing?
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gregb Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:10:58pm |
Hey, I've actually seen this one before. Just as amazing as the first time.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:13:47pm |
I just hit the tag acoustic guitar. I think I'm all set for a fine Friday evening in with my Bose noise canceling earphones and an '06 Old Vine Zinfandel...
Hey if Olbermann was in the room would Bose spare me the rant?
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austin_blue Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:15:42pm |
re: #36 Cathypop
Beat you. We got 3 inches in Lago Vista.
HAH!
Outstanding! I just wish we were getting more up the Colorado/Llano/Pedernales basins. Lake Travis is still lookin' kinda puny. But every little bit helps. She who must be obeyed has an outdoor gig tonight (It's a certain icon's birthday), and her axes don't stay in tune unless they have been at ambient temperature for a couple of hours.
We'll see...
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Guanxi88 Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:19:57pm |
re: #43 austin_blue
Outstanding! I just wish we were getting more up the Colorado/Llano/Pedernales basins. Lake Travis is still lookin' kinda puny. But every little bit helps. She who must be obeyed has an outdoor gig tonight (It's a certain icon's birthday), and her axes don't stay in tune unless they have been at ambient temperature for a couple of hours.
We'll see...
Outdoor, tonight? She'd better bring a jacket for herself and a warmer for the beer.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:22:43pm |
re: #43 austin_blue
Outstanding! I just wish we were getting more up the Colorado/Llano/Pedernales basins. Lake Travis is still lookin' kinda puny. But every little bit helps. She who must be obeyed has an outdoor gig tonight (It's a certain icon's birthday), and her axes don't stay in tune unless they have been at ambient temperature for a couple of hours.
We'll see...
Loving this rain, loving it, loving it. Bring it on for few more months, and we might get off these restrictions and we can stop calling it Town (Excuse me, Ladybird) Puddle.
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austin_blue Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:22:46pm |
re: #44 Guanxi88
Outdoor, tonight? She'd better bring a jacket for herself and a warmer for the beer.
I know, I know. Same thing happened last year at this gig. She'll spend half her time tuning and the other half playing out of tune. Drives her nuts.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:23:46pm |
re: #46 austin_blue
I know, I know. Same thing happened last year at this gig. She'll spend half her time tuning and the other half playing out of tune. Drives her nuts.
Best wishes to her, and a tip of the Shiner can.
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austin_blue Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:24:29pm |
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Guanxi88 Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:24:42pm |
re: #47 Guanxi88
Best wishes to her, and a tip of the Shiner can.
Oops! Make that Pearl can. The shiner's long-gone, and is in a bottle.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:27:29pm |
Boy! Kinda quiet in here. Wonder if anybody'd notice if I:
"Opposition to the theory of AGW is a counter-revolutionary, bourgeois racist attempt to delay the perfection of attainment of the Darwininan Kingdom of Obama, headquartered in his hometown of Nairobi."
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albusteve Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:27:39pm |
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Guanxi88 Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:28:06pm |
re: #50 Sharmuta
Huh. Some people are posting flounces on their blogs.
If a sock flounces and nobody gives a damn, does it make a sound?
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austin_blue Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:28:34pm |
re: #45 Guanxi88
Loving this rain, loving it, loving it. Bring it on for few more months, and we might get off these restrictions and we can stop calling it Town (Excuse me, Ladybird) Puddle.
No shit. My grass suddenly remembered it was grass (Buffalo stays dormant but alive). And I am assuming that mosquito eggs can survive for two years without water. The last three weeks have been so bad I can't sit on my porch and glare at strangers while drinking a beer and dueling that bastard Will Shortz, who is kicking my ass right now. The bottom half filled nicely, but the top...feh.
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jaunte Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:29:10pm |
re: #50 Sharmuta
Huh. Some people are posting flounces on their blogs.
Cries in the wilderness.
[Link: tcritic.com...]
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:29:21pm |
Much in the manner of Michael Hedges.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:29:29pm |
re: #54 austin_blue
No shit. My grass suddenly remembered it was grass (Buffalo stays dormant but alive). And I am assuming that mosquito eggs can survive for two years without water. The last three weeks have been so bad I can't sit on my porch and glare at strangers while drinking a beer and dueling that bastard Will Shortz, who is kicking my ass right now. The bottom half filled nicely, but the top...feh.
Future Governor Friedman recommends a cheroot to keep the skeeters and ex-wives away.
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austin_blue Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:30:41pm |
re: #52 albusteve
you dig Gruene Hall?
Classic Texas dance hall isn't it? Wish it was closer. Driving through San Marcos late Saturday night is amateur hour for kamikaze drunks.
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albusteve Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:32:14pm |
re: #59 austin_blue
Classic Texas dance hall isn't it? Wish it was closer. Driving through San Marcos late Saturday night is amateur hour for kamikaze drunks.
top shelf...I love that rickety old place...seen a few shows over there, courtesy of my Dallas/Austin honcos...huge fun
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austin_blue Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:32:30pm |
re: #57 Guanxi88
Future Governor Friedman recommends a cheroot to keep the skeeters and ex-wives away.
The Kinkster! (When braced by then Prez GW about smoking a Cuban, he explained "Don't think of it as supporting their economy, think of it as burning their fields.")
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tradewind Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:34:55pm |
re: #53 Guanxi88
The multi-tasking ability of teh socks and the people who repel them is simply amazing.
I can't manage to read every thread on one blog, much less manage multiple identities on several, and the thought of having to track these people is even more mind boggling.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:38:05pm |
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:45:40pm |
Tom Greisgraber on Chapman Stick with Bert Lams from The California Guitar Trio.
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simoom Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:46:22pm |
Eerie electric guitar/electric guitar bow(?) cover of the theme from the movie Sleepwalkers:
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:51:58pm |
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cenotaphium Fri, Oct 9, 2009 5:58:31pm |
re: #65 simoom
That was really cool. I believe it's an E-bow he's using. Basically, it's an electromagnet that excites the guitar strings making a bow-like sound.
I was looking at Fernandes guitars at one point, who advertise having a built in sustainer in some of their models and a kit for installing in other guitars.
There's a demo of the kit here (warning: it's long-winded, but if you're interested it's cool):
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Oct 9, 2009 6:44:47pm |
re: #67 cenotaphium
That was really cool. I believe it's an E-bow he's using. Basically, it's an electromagnet that excites the guitar strings making a bow-like sound.
I was looking at Fernandes guitars at one point, who advertise having a built in sustainer in some of their models and a kit for installing in other guitars.
There's a demo of the kit here (warning: it's long-winded, but if you're interested it's cool):
An E-bow? Like on that Big Country song?
[Video]
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Hoss Fri, Oct 9, 2009 10:23:43pm |
re: #5 Charles
Charles,
It would have been more appropriate for me to send you a note via e-mail, but I will let me first post on your site live here. I wanted to sincerely thank you for having the artistic and technical skills to make LGF be what it is today. I am a trumpet aficionado, but I completely appreciate guitar talent. You introduced me to Any McKee well after I was a Al Di Meola fan, and I would just like to say thank you. I have purchased a number of Andy McKee's CDs and enjoy them while I bike all around San Diego. "Ebon Coast" and "Friend I Never Met" are simply a joy to listen to.
Cheers!
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doovdevan Sat, Oct 10, 2009 4:01:53pm |
late, late post to this thread... but oh well :)
I watched this vid again and again - and it looks eminently playable by the a mid-level guitar player who wants to try his or her hand at this type of alt playing. I found that Andy McKee has tabs to a lot of his music on his site - only $2/pop - a deal. The tabs are richly detailed. For those who care, this tune is in DADGAD tuning.
- Stuck in a hotel room in Paris with no guitar other than those useless iPhone apps! Poor me!
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