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darod
Big Wall climber
South Side Billburg
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daaaamn dirt!!?? I watched all 8 videos, inspiring stuff man!
and i'm def trying the "old-fashion" shoe lacing...
darod.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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I stand by 5.12........
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Did the sound work on on all of em? I updated my xp and idiot windows meda player codec screwed up my quick time player.
I cna mayube dig out a few more later, if I feel up to it. BUT, maybe in a few weeks I'll have commercial stuff, as in complete CDs, which yo uare all expected to pay dearly for, LOL.
Except Blanchard Doolin and Gilbert get free copies. it's only fair.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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The sound was up on all 8 of them Dirt. Nice work.
Signed,
20 yr hacker......
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Dick_Lugar
Trad climber
Indiana (the other Mideast)
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Yep, sounded stellar on my end Curt. Enjoyed them all...thanks for the videos. Not sure if you used the same guitar for all the videos, but the quality of sound on them is amazing.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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the guitars are different. two are on the gilbert, and I think the rest are the blanchard.
DID you guys know that Mark Blanchard is QUITE the guitar builder in his own right? I love hise work, and love playing on the one he made for me.
Wish he had time to make me another, but it ain;t going to happen.
anyway if yo uwat one of the best steel strings around, check out Blancard, the d not dissapoint.. blows most stuff so far away you will never find it
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Dirt, Beautiful! totally loved your music.... It's good to know you are not in pain,i only wish your health news was better....I 'm going to miss you....Best wishes..xo, nita.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Nice playing!
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Good stuff, dirt
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Bart Fay
Social climber
Redlands, CA
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Good luck with what's left, Senor Dirt.
Kinda cool to have this extended group of rubberneckers who care about you and your story.
I'll certainly think of you every time I need to use a squeezey mustard bottle for my 'oscopies.
Neither of use should be happy about that.
Regardless of my doctor's prognostications, I'm hoping not to eventually contract your malady.
Still, it makes me think that I better get started becoming 'World Class' in something.
Whatvever comes, I hope I can handle it with your blend of humor/style/honesty.
-Bart
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Jennie
Trad climber
Idaho Falls
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 2, 2009 - 09:56pm PT
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You're really a master, Curt... Beautiful!
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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thanks you all. Now i gues I have to dig out some more GRRRR. YOu're not letting me be much of a curmudgeon here are you?
Got 4 real mail letters from ST people today, thanks to all who wrote. made me cry it did.
every time i think of NIta in those old pics I wish I had met her way back, and um, well you know, chased after her like a puppy dog, LOL.
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Hey dirt,
Just listened in to your recording. That is some beautiful playing. I enjoyed it,
Thanks,
Zander
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Here's a little something for you;....Yesterdays FA.................Dirtineye 5.9* Queen Mountain, Joshua Tree. I raise my glass and tip my hat to you. It's a fine route with way cool climbing on very good rock in a fantastic wilderness setting. Cheers. Todd Gordon and the Gordobots.
(FA T. Gordon, T. Tech, Blitzo, Resa Ashbachar, Flouride, Peter March 1, 2009.)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there dirtineye/curt...
just dropped by this "place of yours" to see how you're doing today...
say, i SAW the music link...
oh, this is very lovely music... this is real music... to just sit down and hold a guitar and-----------play it...
my computer is still downloading, so it IS coming in, in bits of peices... yet, as lovely as can be, STILL...
:)
*still in your corner... as with all the supertopo folks... :)
*dont forget, even on hard days or dreary days, or mad grumpy days:
look in the mirror and smile... and, be your best friend...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there todd... thanks for sharing that nice climbing pic, too...
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona, Spain
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Good stuff. Unfortunately the speakers of this computer don't let me appreciate the sound of the guitars. I'm curious about the Blanchard. Are your songs completely worked out, or do you improvise a bit?
The shoe tying video is saved by your mellow accent. Reminded me of spending the summer with my grandparents down in Alabama. "Ah believe ah have a flah in mah ah."
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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good grief Todd, did you really name a route after ME?
what can I say, I'm stunned. Wish I could return the favor. I guess if a miracle happens I'l have to hit the BSF oor LK with SAteg and we'll find domething worthy.
HEll YOU should come to the BSF, damn man, more new 200+ foot sandtone haard as nails than you could even just walk past in your lifetime, let alone climb it all.
THe main guy there, Jeff Noffsinger, he just rediscovered a 2 mile long 235 foot wall he had forgottoen about, LOL, that's how much rock is there. U know for out west 2 or three pitches is not tha big a deal, but I can't stress enough how high quality that sandstone is. I'm SO SPOILED, LOL, never had to climb on crap rock except for that one trip to Jtree.
I guess I should say I wish I had been with you guys in better days, and seen the real Jtree. apparently if you know much about hte place and where to go it's pretty good after all, LOL. GOD I hate saying that about quartz monsonite, UGH. I really hate to be reasonable.
THere is also a pile of stuff that got partially aided that coudl go free with a little determination, steg has been knocking a few of those out as well, but Jeff just likes getting them up and moving on, cause ther is SO MUCH to do.
YOu gotta see the box car roof, it's actually a rectangluar 'cutout" way way bigger than a box car, with so fat two routes one at each corner, arno and jeff did the left, jeff n me and patrick did the right (BOx Car Willies), but there's this one up the middle just sitting there...
Hey neebster, glad you like the music, and thanks for the card, got it today.
Mcneel, that's a good question. actually some of those videos are the FIRST time any of that was ever played, I use my MIGHTY POS from KOdak to keep records of tunes as they pop into my head so I won;t forget em, and man does it ever work,. LOL I'd probalby havbe about 20 tunes that I coudl remember if I didn;t have those creppy little videos, but since I do just turn it on wehnever I get something I like, I have way over 60 complete and about 200 some of which need second parts or polish, so anyone who is trying to make music, don;t fall for that stupid idea that the good wil lstick with you or it was not mean t to be, LOL, the wya it really works is, you cna forget sometehign WONDERFUL ahd it's gone forever. HEll I have has so many tunes that I stuck down ONE TIME ONLY, then totally forgot about for months or even years, and then I am gong though the archive and hit one and think, " HOW could it be that I am not playing this one all the time???" and then I reamp it up and the thing is NOT lost, LOL it's in there, and some are again so good I have no idea how I ever passed em over in the first place.
But hts short anser is, hell yeah, I improvise a lot. adn I reafind some of that improvisation sometimes and sometimes I leave em free form and just let em be however thay want to be.
I am not totally in control of what comes out, but when I'm on it alwasy comes out good, or I can rescue it on the fly LOL, well usually I can.
I like complete fixred pieces too though, but I ALWAYS reserve the option to vary. you really have to do that.
THe more classical stuff I usually leave em alone cauwe I CANT improve a lot of my work, when it's done it's done, and I refuse to add poiontless meaningless variations just to ahave variations.
When I think it's as good as it can be, I may do very slignt little variation but preserving the themes and keeping it MUSICAL is way more important that adding a bunch of superfluous mindless notes which actually detracts from the work if you ask me, and I'm aleasy right about these things. Really. HAH if I don;t have it right the damend thing just keeps churning til it is right.
One of my great frinds, an accomplished harp plaayer ((scottish national champ in USA twice, third in teh ALL Ireland's as a furiner ( THose Irisk HATE it when a furiner wins out over natives in thier comp, LOL) well, anyway, tracy and I talk a lot, and one time I told her ( and I dont; tell many people this excpet now you all will know just how nuts I truly am) but I used to feel like the ghost of Turlouch O'Caroaln sat on my shoulder while I arranged his tunes and wrote my own, and she ageed taht he probably did, LOL.
I mean, I REALLY used to beleive taht, and hell sometimes I still do. and I'm a damned card carrying atheist for pete's sake, LOL.
But on the other hand I respect people like Neebee and Jennie for thier beleifs casue I think they are sincers and try to take the good from the idea ofgod and religion, as oppsoed to what most people do, but that's another stsory, and I do appreciate all the prayer, and hell I sure wish it would work!
I'd LOVE to have to eat my words and beleive, but I'd still be mad at god cause I think he's f*#ked up an awful lot, but again, that's another story.
ANeway, does that answer your questioin? Myself, I'd put it in the too much information category, LOL, but really, there's some good advice about music for anyone who might care about such things, and a good perspective if you like to try to understand composing, which is very different from playing or performing other people's work.
Even playing your own compositions is very different from playing someone else's with a whole different set of problems you have to learn to handle, and it can be a real pain sometimes.
Oh well, enough for now, hope that explained things a little.
HAHA if anyone want's to beg to differ or or offer some other thoughts about the subject, I'd love to hear it. Music I mean, not religion and god, LOL.
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Dick_Lugar
Trad climber
Indiana (the other Mideast)
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Curt, this is a "CURMUDGEON FREE ZONE!"...didn't you get the memo???
Todd, what a great tribute to make to someone, and it happens to be a great name for a climb: "Dirtineye". I'm putting it on my hit list, and seeing how it is a 5.9, I just may be able to make it up it!
Frank
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Oh about hte blanchard, what do you want to know?
It's wonderful, and few make instruments that are a fine as the ones Mark makes, no kidding.
He's way undervalued, you should get one. They are not cheap, but htey are as good as anything and I am talking people are charging 15-25k for guitars that are in Blanchard's league, well, 10k is pretty much his high end for a flat top, and that's expensive too, but still it's possible to get one for less, and he realy can't build anything bad, I just don;t think it's possible. Check out his site.
Yeha I'm shamelessly promoting the guy, but it's because he's that good. I have to say you want something with magic in it, Blanchard has that. It's an unreal sound. NOTHING I ever heard can touch my Blanchard. If I ever think one can, LOL I just change strings ( they can go two months on tha blanchard and be fine, which is also very odd, but I won't complain LOL) and then the Blanchared is way out front again. THree months is too old LOL, but I slip up once in a while, cause it still sounds so good, just it's better with slightly newer strings, of course.
http://www.blanchardguitars.com/
And here's a pic of mine, it has a deeper cutaway and 26 frets. Trns out the extra frett thing is good for 22 or 24, but I was figureing that out at the time. My doolin has 29, but again, I fell thelimit for a guitar that will stillsound fantastic at every point is 22 or 24. and my music needs at least 22, and I demand that makers make 22 freet necks that are EASILY PLAYABLE right up to number 22 or 24, and they need to get wit hthe program and realize that this is where the guitar is going and I'm right goddamnit, and stop with all thei 12 and 14 fret neck nonsense LOL!
http://www.blanchardguitars.com/guitarpages/options/options.html
WHich brings me to DOolin, check him out too, I love my doolin. I speced the gutar for him, he redesigned his already radical guitar for me, and managed ot geve me a PERFECT recording guitar with the neck joining at hte 20th fret, and wnat a dream that thing is.
Because it is designed specifially for recording, it is way different from teh blanchard in every way, but still it has a sound that is a dream.
It's a wonderful thing to have a bunch of world calss guitars to play on.
Here's my thought n way costly instruments and amateru/beginner, casual players: WHy the fvck not, if yo ucan afford it.
GUitars work like this: YOU will not play better on a better guitar if you siuck, but you have the potential to do things yo ucannot do on a factory isnstrument, and a great instrument can encouragel to to work harder and play more and THEN yes you are better, and shoudl you reach a high enough level of proficiency, that incredible instrument will give back so much more, that indeed yo uawiLL play better, but beware, a great instrumen it much more treacherous than a poor one, and will shoe your every flay ina big way, which crappy guitars tend to cover up because they are not capable of nuance or subtlely, and also not as capable of shoeing off yoru higreat honking mistakes, LOL!
WHen I went from a pretty nice student gread calssical fto my gilbert, I bsically had to learn to play all over atain, because I agilbert is so alive in forgives NOTHING, so you have to be it's master, and rise to techi=nical perfection, and yo ufind yout that you were makind msitakes in techniwue that the crappy gutiar doens;t even express, so you don't even know how bad you really are, LOL!
But when you accept the challenge of a great instrument, and meet it on it's level ( for the Gilbert, that's WORLD CLASS or sound like shyte, really, not much in between) you can really get music out of this thihgs, and you can make it behave in ways htat really enhance the pieces, and none of this will ever be possible on a shoddy or low end or even some pretty expensive factory stuff, thay just can;'t do it.
Of course your hand made guitar, made by a true master who really underatnds and can creat a very sensitive instrument is in a totally different ballpark, hell it's another universe from ANY factory guitar.
ONe more thought on guitars:
dark guitars cover up a multitude of sins, both by the maken and by the player. A 'Live guitar is hte opposite-- it covers up NOTHING exposes your every flaw, and will betray you instantly if you are not the master. I'm talking every finger placed and picked up perfectly, or you get evil disgusting sounds that you really don't want ( and cant even hear on a dark guitar).
NOw many people love the dark sound, it is hte classic sound for a spanish classical to have , and htey can be very sweet withoout you doing much ( lively bright guitars you ahve to work to make em sound sweet). Indeed a lot of music especcially romantic spanish music sounds best on these dark guitars, so it's not that they are really bad, it's just that people like me prefer the lively ones.
Ack I'm writing a book.
Gotta go.
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