Electric Violin, here me roar!!!!

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AlChuck said:
I always loved that violin solo Ponty did in "50-50." It's a gem. But no, actually we're working on another song...

Is it from overnite sensation?

Carl
 
Unfortunately, most violinist's dont have a clue as how to do the rock stuff.

LOL. Did you ever hear that guy that played with Yoko and John on the Rolling Stone's Rock and Roll Circus TV program? His name is Ivry Gitlis. It is absolutely dreadful, especially set as it is -- sonically adjacent to Yoko shrieking. Can you imagine two Yokos going off simultaneously? It's like that.

Then there are the great ones, few and far between though they be. Jerry Goodman, of course. Jean-Luc Picar -- I mean, Ponty, certainment. But have you ever heard Don "Sugarcane" Harris ? He played with Harvey Mandel, Frank Zappa, Johnny Otis, John Mayall... he died in 1999. He is the best blues violinist I have ever heard (granted, it's pretty select company). He has a fabulous feel. Listen to him tear up the Little Richard song "Directly From My Heart to You" on the Mothers of Invention classic Weasels Ripped My Flesh (he sings the song too if I recall correctly). He also plays great stuff on John Mayall's 1970 double album Back to the Roots, wherein Mayall recorded some new compositions with a bunch of his former sidemen. (That album is a must for any Clapton and Mick Taylor fan, as they were both at the peak of their powers when this was recorded. Taylor plays a jaw-droppingly beautiful solo on the slow blues "Marriage Madness.") Harris plays some fantastic solos, notably on "Prisons on the Road" (which also features an excellent Clapton solo).
 
Is it from overnite sensation?

Nope.

DavidK, wanna tell him or should we keep him guessing?

This could go on for months considering the vast magnitude of Zappa's oeuvre. :)
 
AlChuck said:
Nope.

DavidK, wanna tell him or should we keep him guessing?

This could go on for months considering the vast magnitude of Zappa's oeuvre. :)

It has to be something Ponty played on, so it shouldn't be that hard to guess.

Something from Weasles?

Directly from My Heart to You, perhaps?

Carl
 
It has to be something Ponty played on...

You're making a faulty assumption there. I don't think that was ever said, though I guess it's a reasonable thing to do based on context...

Little house???
As in "Little House I Used to Live In"? Nope, scratch that one off the list too.
 
the attacks almost sound like hammer-ons on the distortion patches...

The auto-wah sounds awesome on this!

Cool stuff
 
AlChuck said:
You're making a faulty assumption there. I don't think that was ever said, though I guess it's a reasonable thing to do based on context...


Oh, well if it could be anything from the entire Zappalog, then it would take all week to guess it.

Why not drop a hint (nothing as big as which album, year or anything) a little "narrow it down to 10 albums" kind of hint.

Carl
 
I would, but I first want to make sure that DavidK doesn't have some big-ape reason that he wants to keep it a secret...
 
I've been dying to hear this and everytime I try to download or listen, my computer shuts down :confused:

Anyway, I finally got it. You are making that violen talk, man. Very nice job!

I dig the sounds you got out of it! Experimental and cool!

:D
 
that is so cool!

David,

I thought that was so cool!

do you have any tunes recorded with different types of music?

if so please send me a few different link - i would love to hear somemore!

Dave Fender
 
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Bump so DvidK can answer my request to tell Krakit what Zappa soong we were working on... (see Page 2 of thread).
 
Sorry Alan, busy these days.

The tune is Don King, at the Congo. In honor of you, my friend, I will lay done some tracks tonight.

I still dont have the sound I want out of the J-Station, but I am getting pretty damn Close, WooHoo!
 
DavidK said:
Sorry Alan, busy these days.

The tune is Don King, at the Congo. In honor of you, my friend, I will lay done some tracks tonight.

I still dont have the sound I want out of the J-Station, but I am getting pretty damn Close, WooHoo!

Don King, at the Congo? Never heard of that one. Is that one from the 80's or 90's?

Carl
 
OK, I can't stand the suspense anymore. Our clues were insufficient. ;)

Clue #1 was:

... I first want to make sure that DavidK doesn't have some big-ape reason that he wants to keep it a secret...

Clue #2 was:

The tune is Don King, at the Congo.

Clue #3 was:

Has he been steering clear of Godzilla these days?

The answer is... an instrumental, from Uncle Meat: "King Kong."
 
AlChuck said:
OK, I can't stand the suspense anymore. Our clues were insufficient. ;)

Clue #1 was:



Clue #2 was:



Clue #3 was:



The answer is... an instrumental, from Uncle Meat: "King Kong."

Clues, I didn't know you were even trying to give clues.

I was under the impression that David was trying to say what the title was.

Oh well, guess I'm not Quincy.


Carl:D
 
That souonds great, David!

Is that fretted? I've never played a fretted violin - is it tougher? I think the Bach would lend itself well to frets...bring on the Chaconne!

Have you ever goofed around with the izotope 'trash' plug-ins? I couldn't believe the cool things they did with a straight/clean fiddle track...sounds a bit like your J-Station post. Granted, that doesn't work too well live, but still...I felt like I was channeling Jimi to a small degree.

How is TSO going? I missed that gig last season. Are they touring again this year?

I ask many questions, eh?

Thanks for sharing - I'm eager to hear that bad boy in a composition.

Cheers!
 
Yo gascap, havent seen you around in a while. Email me if you get a chance.

The fiddle is not fretted. I might buy a six string fretted in the future, but they are expensive.

My computer is old, so I cant do much with plugins. I am diggin the J-Station, but I am finding that the presets do not work very well, so I am trying to make some that are violin-friendly.

Trans-Siberian is going good, I am doing a lot of shows this year. I am also contracting the strings, which is a pain in the ass but a lot more money. Everybody who I want has a conflict, but I dont have the budget to hire subs, so it is an all or nothing gig, one must do all the shows, and I have 16 this year, and some travel.

I will have some real tunes soon. I am doing some stuff with some of the knuckleheads here, so I will get some tunes up soon, Dave
 
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