Flamenco Zambra... Finster engineering

[DonF]

Excellent playing, Tim! It sounds like you really love what you do. That always makes for an enjoyable listening experience.

I could swear I hear a truck/bus rumbling by during the first ten seconds, and again around 1:40. That's the price you pay for such a full, robust acoustic sound, I suppose.

Nice job!

Don

 

[amra]

That is a great guitar recording. I love the guitar work. In spite of me being a metalhead, I love that style of guitar. Luckily where I live here in San Antonio, there is plenty of spanish guitar influence in the local music where I can get my fix.

I digress.
What I meant to say, is keep that stuff coming I enjoy listening to it and great job to both of you.

 

[XLR]

[It sounds like you really love what you do...

Thank you Don.

[I could swear I hear a truck/bus rumbling by during the first ten seconds, and again around 1:40.

Well, it’s probably me doing something… I pretty much can’t seem to avoid making noise of some kind when I record… moaning, rocking in the chair making it creak or groan, quasi-singing, taking deep breaths between phrases… man, that’s the worst one… We were working in an underground studio sealed with nuclear blast doors everywhere, so I know it’s not traffic noise on it… gotta be me.

[keep that stuff coming… great job to both of you.

Thanks Amra… will do. I agree that Finster was a magician with the gear on this.

Tim

 

[true-eurt]

I am sooooo upset that I have not been able to listen to most of the tunes in the clinic. My player won't play them for some reason. So I am still trying to fix the problem. It will play some and others, it says it does not accept the files, yet it should.

Sorry Tim, I was looking forward to giving this a listen!!!

 

[reshp1]

I am sooooo upset that I have not been able to listen to most of the tunes in the clinic. My player won't play them for some reason. So I am still trying to fix the problem. It will play some and others, it says it does not accept the files, yet it should.

Sorry Tim, I was looking forward to giving this a listen!!!

Have you tried "save target as" and play off your harddrive?

Tim,
Whew... I thought you were getting going pretty until you got to the "slap" part. Everything after that floored me. Nice playing man. Have you ever heard of Kaki King by the way?

 

[Passing Thru]

Great playing!!!

I just downloaded it, and listened the 2nd time to make sure I got it.

It started a little slow and I'm not familiar with your playing, so I thought I might be in for a long 3:33 as it's not a style I usually listen to a lot. But once you started really going it was great. On the 2nd listen the intro was fine as my mind new what to expect.

Sounds like you're right in the room. Good job with the recording guys.


Thanks for the listen.

 

[true-eurt]

Tim, thanks for changing the format, or whatever you did so that I could enjoy your tune!!!

That was amazing!!! I let in loop around on my player so many times, that I lost count of the plays!!! AWESOME. You do play a mean Acoustic!!

Finister did an excellent job for you!!!! Congrats FINISTER!!!

Wow, your skills are beyond.....I can think of no word at the moment, but the implications made will suffice!!!!

Congrats on another masterpiece!!!!

PS...I can not listen enough to the Rumble CD!!! Thank you!!!

 

[ecktronic]

Yeah Tim real nice playing with lovely dynamics and finger work.
The bit at 1:27 blows me away. It sounds brilliant. Indian kinda scale.

 

[David Katauskas]

Friggin' amazing! Great song...great playing...great timing...great tone...great recording.

 

[XLR]

reshp1 said:

Whew... the "slap" part. Nice playing man. Have you ever heard of Kaki King by the way?

That percussive part is funny in that, beyond keeping the various sounds balanced in volume, it's really easy to play. And yeah, Kaki King is great. Thanks for the listen reshp1.

Passing Thru said:

On the 2nd listen ...my mind new what to expect... Sounds like you're right in the room.

I know exactly what you mean about hearing a tune differently after the first time, especially when it's got an unpredictable structure. And sounding like you’re in the room was our real goal, so thanks PT.

True said:

thanks for changing the format, or whatever you did so that I could enjoy your tune!!!

This tune was one of the first I've posted at 192 kbps... I usually have used 128 so I figured your mp3 player just didn't like the different kbps rate. Thanks for listening True, and for the great comments.

ecktronic said:

The bit at 1:27 ...Indian kinda scale.

Thanks eck. I like Juan Martin's writing and especially that part... kind of an exotic offshoot of the phrygian scale that's used in much of the rest of the tune.

David, thanks for listening and the supportive comments.

Tim

 

[jgld]

wow sounds excellent tim. curious how you do the struming at the end? i mean with the right hand.

j

 

[v6v6v6]

Just gotta put my 2 cents in... This is wonderful stuff. I'm not a classical guitar aficionado or anything, but I'm a fan of Segovia and Parkening and I really appreciate this piece of yours. The arpeggios are amazingly clean... I'm jealous.

 

[apl]

Marvelous playing, wonderful recording.

Well done, Tim and finster!

 

[XLR]

Flamenco Monkey

This was from the after-hours jam following the studio session. Monkey seemed to really get into the flamenco spirit... but I suspect he was he just flirting with the dancers.

Tim

 

[true-eurt]

This was from the after-hours jam following the studio session. Monkey seemed to really get into the flamenco spirit... but I suspect he was he just flirting with the dancers.

Tim

That is awesome!!!! LoL!!!

 

[Incanus]

This was from the after-hours jam following the studio session. Monkey seemed to really get into the flamenco spirit... but I suspect he was he just flirting with the dancers.

Tim

Damn! That MonKEy really gets around, doesn't he? He is just absolutely incredible.

 

[XLR]

jgld said:

curious how you do the struming at the end? i mean with the right hand.

It's a cylce of groups of three: upstroke with thumb, downstroke with middle finger, downstroke with index finger. Thanks for the listen jgld.
v6v6v6 said:

I'm a fan of Segovia and Parkening and I really appreciate this piece

Thanks v6 - they're a couple of my favorites also.

APL, thanks for listening and the great comments.

Tim

 

[Tonio]

Nice Tim & Finster!!

mui bueno!!

Hey Tim are into rumba at all? Or are more of the Alegrias/Soleares styles?

T

 

[Llarion]

Ohhhhhh, now this is delightful. What a wonderful playing style! sort of a merry tension going on in the piece, the execution is exuberant and expressive!! It does indeed captue a live sound, but I'm wondering if some different mic placement would have rendered a little more body in the low mids and bottom. That said, it does have a certain old school authenticity in the sound, like back in the day when they'd just setup the band and play into a big mic, through all the great tube preamps. Warm and cozy...

I'd love to hear more of this, got any parked out there?

 

[XLR]

Tonio said:

Hey Tim are into rumba at all? Or are more of the Alegrias/Soleares styles?

Yeah, my flamenco playing has been mainly in the traditional vein but I like the sound of its combination with Afro/Cuban elements like the rumba and have done a bit of that. Hey Tonio... interested in doing a percussion/gtr collab sometime? Thanks for the listen.

Llarion said:

I'm wondering if some different mic placement would have rendered a little more body in the low mids and bottom.

I know exactly what you mean, and I like that type of sound also. The other tune we tracked in the session was a French impressionistic piece and for it we used a Royer ribbon and U87 in wide A-B config a foot or so away, aiming at that kind of sound. I used a different guitar for it and played completely differently – with a softer touch.

...a certain old school authenticity in the sound, like back in the day when they'd just setup the band and play into a big mic, through all the great tube preamps. Warm and cozy...

Hey, that description is pretty much what I was aiming at with the Zambra. Thanks, Llarion.

Tim