Stormcellar Band Website
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Got another letter from Roger, smuggled in the lining of a stuffed armadillo that was left on my doorstep.
Roger is keen on advancing our musical careers and it seems he can reach us from where-ever he is....
read on for a view of his congratulatory note!
A Big Talofa from Samoa, the Pacific's Most Rocking Place.
A big shout out to the Three Wise Men of Samoa (Chief, Chief and Prime Minister-of-tomorrow). I
got two hundred TALA (LOL) riding on the outcome of a future Rugby game (Go All Blacks). Also to Lena and the Girls for their warm hospitality.
I got back into town with the assistance of the Almighty, who sent a priest and a bunch of pilgrims along with me on the flight, to assuage my current fear of flying.
It seems he's keen on me playing with the boys at the HPH this Sunday.
The main purpose of this post however, was to put up a quick set of pics for my Sensei JC.
He reccomends sitting under a palm tree when you get stuck on a harp problem and just playing it through until you get it.
Thus, for your amusement pleasure, I present the pictorial evidence of Harps of the South Pacific!
From myspace, skip it if you've read it there :-)
Roger is at it again. I got an email from him this morning with a deal memo he's trying to get going. For some reason, it had been 'redacted', besides which, I have never heard of a touring company called Blackwater.
So, I called a mate who's good at this sort of thing and he filtered out the redacted bits so we could see the real deal. Ah Roger, will you never learn?
Hi All,
Paul here (Mr Wziard) , finally got around to starting this blog.
Re chord shapes. I am trying to find an easy way to put guitar neck chord charts up (apart from scanning from paper). If anyone knows one please send it here.
First a bit on tunings. I use 3 guitars live, tunings are bass to treble strings are >
E A E A C# E
D G D G B D E
D A D F# A D
Along with capos it gives me access to play in all keys, though I try to play in keys with out capos, sometimes the open-string nature of the chords used in the composition makes it a must for slackers like me.
Advantages >
you can ceate special chords with voicings not availble with standard tuning.
Some riffs easier to play and you can work up a ones of your own and new chords that will drive your your fellow musicians nuts. Micheal R.is always ribbing me at rehearsals
"Okay Mr.Open Tuning, what's that chord called ?"
"Errhh, I guess you caould call it a G suspended plus 7 over G# bass... or perhaps a G demolished ...or then again it might be Ab argumetive...or.."
Disadvantages >
you have to forget every chord shape you have ever learnt.
Also once you learn all the chords in major keys, you need to learn the MINOR chords in a major tuning.
Gets tricky when you have to play a minor solo in a major tunings...but thats another story. More later.
keep slidin' and cheers,
Paul R
