‘How To Guitar’ continues apace with a song from ‘Other People’s Angels’ in which TAB makes a rare appearance.
Voice Of The Rain – 70s Child
Noise
Sounds that I make
Voice Of The Rain – Here Comes A Friend
Another in the ‘How To Guitar’ series, ‘Building Then Burning’ which was a notable step up in quality in 1987. (I did chords).
This is the 1993 re-recording.
The first of my tunes heavily reliant on open strings and starting with a chord that continues to feature on my tracks after 36 years. Now to be found on the compilation of 1986 and 1987 songs by VTOR Einmal Ist Keinmal
The archetypal song featuring the above mentioned chord is The Gits (UK) Happy Song.
Man Of Arun – Still Life Karaoke
You asked, we ignored you and did this instead.
In the style of the Music Minus One records for playing along with your own instrument but in this case minus three – drums, bass and guitar. So just augment the backing track with anything you like.
Here’s the original.
Man Of Arun – Still Life
Listener compatibility guide: The number of guitar feedback tracks in this recording is into double figures.
I remodeled an old ditty from 2015.
The noise at the end is me dropping a guitar onto my big toe. Being professional I suffered for my art and waited for the sound to die out before emitting an expletive.
Man Of Arun – Nothing But A Dreamer (BIWT No.13)
The return on the Digi-Gurdy, this time using its internal sounds, and transposed to match the BEBEBE tuning of the Revelation JRT Marrakesh with its extra quarter tone frets. Also joining the fray a Yamaha SA503TVL and Sire Marcus Miller V7 bass for a Monthly Music Challenge entry on the theme of dreams.
As is usually the way the tune I’ve made up for the CosmicBos Monthly Music Podcast ‘Dreams’ challenge didn’t come out anything like I intended.
It was meant to be more disconcerting – in the loud bit I’m playing chords with microtonal intervals in places which sound out of tune to most people, particularly those with western ears – but in with everything it doesn’t really show. It may still be creating a bit of tension though.
The Gits – Champagnes Horsham 2nd February 1989
Another repost to bring this up to current fashions in video size, if not quality.
A Greenpeace Benefit Concert at the local nightclub on 2nd February 1989 as organised by Ben the bass player.
00:00 Happy Song
03:00 Spend & Learn
06:16 24th December
09:58 Push
13:17 Turn Away (Voice Of The Rain Cover)
16:24 JK Rant
19:34 Eventually
21:50 Lay Off (Wedding Present Cover)
24:50 Happy Song (Reprise)
Also that night: The Perfect Shade and former Ever guitarist Pete Whittick.
Man Of Arun – ’83 – (BIWT No.12)
Forty years of noise making largely to indifference must fit the Music Weeklies theme ‘Perseverance’ so I’ve finished off a track I started in 1983 for the current challenge.
The Gits (UK) – Collyer’s 11th October 1988
The rapid rise in screen resolutions in the last decade means a lot of my old videos no longer cut the mustard so I’m re-doing them to meet modern standards. That does though show up the limits of the source material.
00:00 Spend & Learn
03:16 24th December
06:48 Happy Song
09:59 Eventually
This was during the band’s cool period – unfortunately no one thought to tell me.
Also that night: Spiralhead, Loveless, This Idiot Glitter and The Happy Potato Band.
From The Makers Of…
A video introduction to some of my music adjacent endeavours. Less a best of than a representative selection.
00:00 Intro
00:23 The Gits (UK) Website Bandcamp
02:23 Jon E Parker & The Sessionaires Website Bandcamp
03:23 Voice Of The Rain] Website Bandcamp
05:23 Mr Slater’s Parrot Website Bandcamp
06:23 Man Of Arun Website Bandcamp
Man Of Arun – A Brace Of Releases
What better way could you spend a couple of hours than on the latest Man Of Arun releases? Well there’s too many to list here but should you fancy a break from them…