I have been working on a new cd to be released under the name Rainbow Songs. The cd is called “Oh Baby” and will be released at a shindig to be held at Lula Lounge:
The concert will feature the kids music Rock’n'Rainbow and is sure to be a blast for all!
OK so the LP is never coming back!! So. . . I guess I better get with the times. I recently submitted all my recordings to be available for digital download. You can now get my recordings at:
itunes You will need to download their software to use itunes
I also have a brand new cd coming out which you can hear samples from here: The CD is called “OH Baby!” and there is a cd launch concert planned for July 19th at 2:00 at Toronto’s Lula Lounge. If you want tickets for the show click here:
So I bought a Lap Steel Guitar. I am loving playing it. If anybody else is new this information can be useful. The most common tuning is C6 tuning which is lowest to highest:
C E G A C E
These pitches are not of course the standard guitar tuning of E A D G B E so it is recommended to use strings that are of different gauges. Here was what I was told would work
C .036
E .029 or .030
G .023 or .024
A .022
C .017 or .018
E .014 or .015
If you are playing 8 string you can add a G .048 below and a G above .012
Hope this helps any other new Lap Steel players!! Keep on pickin.
My family just got back from 2 weeks in Manzanillo, Mexico. We had a very pleasant stay and the resort we stayed at was really top notch. When we were there limes were available at each meal. I love limes. I love sqeezing them on fish, papaya, watermelon, beans, guacamole and all kinds of other things. After squeezing may pieces of limes I realized that all the limes that were presented in the dining room were from the outer two thrids of the lime.
Imagine a lime sliced into three part so you are left with two smaller ends and a piece in the middle that has a ring of peel around the edge. The small end pieces are a cup of peel with some lime inside. Perfect for squeezing the juice from. Where were these other larger more difficult to sqeeze middle middle pieces?
So I asked a waiter where these middle pieces where. He explainded that they throw these pieces in the garbage.
“Really” I asked, “What a waste.”
He said other places he worked at used these unloved middle pieces of lime to make lemonade. This to me seems more sensible.
Ok it has been forever since I have posted anything. Life gets busy!!
Here is a video of Rock’n'Rainbow performing at the Rainbow Songs Foundation Launch.
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