That was superb. Lovely guitar organ (bass etc). Great overall sound
Impeccable tracks. You are a great talent. Not only with your musical skills but in arrangement and production.
Dean, To think that you can play both these instruments with such virtuosity is mind boggling. Fantastic arrangement. What a great listen. I think you are a MONSTER!
Tom
Dean you are truly in a class of your own! I tip my hat to such great musicianship and such professionalism. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to you play and it boggles my mind how good you can play your instruments. Great job!
Sonny
What words can a mortal human being come up with to respond properly to these response? Thank you just doesn't seem to do it and I wouldn't put on a big song-and-dance of false modesty. So, I'll stall for time by explaining how the guitar/organ thing came about.
My original instrument was guitar. I had a few lessons as a kid, which were a waste. A decade went by and I picked up the instrument again but I had really fallen head over heels for the Hammond B3, which I consider the greatest invention since the wheel.
Not knowing which way was up, I thought I had a chance at a music career as long as it wasn't in my birthplace, NYC. Every single gig was sown up by a group of
real MONSTERS more than twice my age and
way more than twice as powerful.
So I got out of town and also got a hold of a beat up Hammond CV, a church version of the B3. It had solid sides, adding to its already immense weight. I didn't plan on playing like Jimmy Smith, but neither could I find anyone who could play it as good as Mickey Mouse. Time went by and I determined that I would never hear the guitar/organ sound unless I learned the instrument myself.
Keyboard became my main instrument and I put the guitar away for 20 years. When I picked it up again, I found that I was playing a style that no one was played any more. After I joined the Forum I began putting in insane hours of practice on three instruments - I had also fallen in love with the fretless bass. My chops started to respond, but I struggled with the new technology, the DAWs, mixing, etc. I'm still struggling.
Peter, Guenter, Tommy, Sonny, Fred, Charlie - your generosity and kindness are what have me in back-pedal mode. I
do have a story to tell on these instruments and limited time to tell it. Having other
players who are interested in hearing my story fills me with a gratitude and sense of accomplishment that outruns words.
Dean