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| GumboStu |
 Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:49 pm |
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*Irish Stew*
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Location: Joe's Cornfield
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Every february for the last 5 years i've taken part in the RPM Challenge. Write and record an album in those 28 days.
You can listen to it here:
http://alonetone.com/gumbo/playlists/the-cats-moustache-rpm
something to make you laugh (Chicken!), or to cry (One Thing), or to dance around in your bones (almost everything else!).
As i've said before about these things, it's made in a community of all sorts of musicians, all sorts of genres, but youse guys are the ones who care about the music i care about so i'd appreciate any kind of feedback.
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| The whistle knows my name |
| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:19 pm |
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Thousandaire
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Well done, GumboStu. Well done.
"Take Yourself to Bed" is sublime. |
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| Jumpin' Bean |
| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:40 pm |
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One Thing has indeed made me cry. The tears are still trickling down my cheeks. I'm going to have to go back and listen to the rest when I'm not feeling so emotional... I like what I have heard though.
I love the album title and the artwork. |
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| GumboStu |
| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:48 pm |
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*Irish Stew*
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Thanks for listening, whistle. Glad you found something you liked. 
Bean - thank you so much for saying ... now go and listen to Chicken! right away!  |
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| Jumpin' Bean |
| Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:25 pm |
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Thousandaire
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| Thanks Stu... Chicken has lightened my spirits some. I don't know if the smile is from the clucking or the memories of your beautiful yard that the song invoked. Though, the only livestock I remember is a goat, no chickens. |
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| missyjay6 |
| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:08 am |
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Oh, way cool!
Of course I had to listen to Willie McTell first  Love it!
I've not had a chance to listen to the rest, but will try and do so tonight. |
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| GumboStu |
| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:05 pm |
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*Irish Stew*
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haha - i should have guessed, missyjay 
thanks for checking it out.
jumpinbean - you're right - we didn't get chickens until last summer and i had to stop to think but it was the summer before that you came callin' - boy does time zoom past sometimes  |
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| caveman |
| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:36 pm |
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Raisin' a Ruckus
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| hell yeah stu! some pretty cool tunes man. thanks for sharing. |
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| GumboStu |
| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:55 pm |
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*Irish Stew*
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you have great taste, caveman
thanks for listening |
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| therodge |
| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:58 am |
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| very very good, man! Loved Willie McTell. Reminds me of Rory Gallagher's Pistol Slapper Blues who I think he might of covered from Blind Boy Fuller? Really liked One Thing too. Your singing had a Flaming Lips vibe to it. Very good sounding album. Mastered well. You record it at home? |
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| GumboStu |
| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:40 am |
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*Irish Stew*
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recording speak warning
thanks for the feedback rodge. Willie McTell came tumbling out early in the month and was just one take and sounds a bit loose to me - i can play it better but not sing at the same time sort of thing, so it's good to get that the loose playing doesn't bother you, because playing and singing at the same time gives a much more swinging result. I always meant to practice it and re-record it before the end of the month but you can spend a long time getting it right!
Good to hear that it sounds mastered as well, because it isn't. I hope that means i got it so that the songs kind of sound the same volume and nothing jumps out. I just mixed it and made sure the levels were not peaking. I used a Blue Yeti Condenser mic which arrived a few days into february (so i had to get used to it while i worked) so there's a good clear sound to begin with and a bit more input level to play with than i was used to with a dynamic mic. I am very impressed with that Yeti for €100 - it's my first condenser mic tho - so a step up from what i'm used to.
So yes recorded from my own sofa. |
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