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Art Contest
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 12:00 PM
Skinny Devil Music Lab is holding an art contest. Designs can be for a new logo, new "devil", graphics of me w/guitar, etc. (but submissions so far have been mostly of the words "Skinny Devil Music Lab" in bold, so you might wanna try something more original).
Finalist will be chosen with the help of 2 professional graphic designers. Finalists' art will then be displayed on the site - www.skinnydevil.com - and we'll accept public voting (which will account for roughly 50% of the final decision), and then a winner chosen.
The winner's art will be displayed (with credit) on the site, be placed on a new Skinny Devil T-shirt, and win $100.
Visit www.skinnydevil.com and submit queries & art via e-mail (skinnydevil AT skinnydevil DOT com and CC to sdmusiclab AT netscape DOT net)
Art Contest
(events » arts)
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 - 8:00 AM
Skinny Devil Music Lab is holding an art contest.
Submit artwork of web graphics, new logo, new "devil", art of David, etc.
Finalists picked by small team of pro designers and have their work displayed on the site. Public voting will determine 50% of the final score.
The winner has their work displayed on the site, put on a t-shirt, and wins a cash award of $100.
Visit www.skinnydevil.com and contact me here or via Skinny Devil Music Lab.
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about me
Guitar-playing, stick-fighting, drum-beating, sword-loving raw foodist libertarian transhumanist pantheist dred-head, hubby, dad...and full-time professional musician engaged in performance, instruction (100 guitar students plus percussion class), recording, indie label, & more. I employ 2-3 engineers in my recording studio, 6+ instructors in my teacher network, sponsor/run weekly guitar jams and monthly drum jams, provide employment opportunities for musicians & music lovers who want to work in the biz, write articles for Tinfoil Music & lessons for several web-sites, and more.
Track #9 from "Virtual Light", the new CD from ALIEN BLUE, is "Lady's Got the Blues" (4:14).
The song is a classic minor key blues in Am (which we'll discuss below) using a "straight" rhythm, features a gorgeous vocal by Blue, smooth vocal harmonies, and a cool opening lick where I double the guitar with a unison "scat" vocal (shades of things to come...) as a nod to the incredible George Benson.
For those interested in the mechanics of composition, it should be noted that the minor blu...
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"Skinny Devil Shuffle" clocks in at 2:37, but this isn't a true representation of the song length. It's actually much shorter - just a little jam over a 12-bar blues shuffle. But this one was so much fun (you hear us laughing and such) that we left the mistakes and re-starts and after 2 false starts you get the real thing.
The shuffle (think triplettes, but drop the "2") groove is in E (a blues E, not a diatonic E) and I just play around with some fun blues cliches, running up & down the n...
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"Imagine We" clocks in at 4:41 and is chock full of guitar mayhem hidden within it's mellow exterior.
Today, I mostly want to talk about compositional ideas....
Borrowing from a common melodic theme heard in dozens of songs sung over a simply Cmaj7 to Am7 change, followed by a 2nd section that replaces the C with an F add9 (the F doesn't properly replace the C until you add the maj 7 and...
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"Ragamuffin Voodoo" (3:47) is song #6 from "Virtual Light", a quick, energetic, and a fun song to play!
The song kicks off with a vocal riff (me) followed immediately by a second vocal (Blue) singing a haunting opposing line. This second vocal, if it sounds familiar, is a direct reference to the title track, "Virtual Light". The guitar comes in and doubles vocal, then adds some cool percussive effects.
The verses feature some fun vocal harmonies and the chorus sneaks in some wicked & ch...
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original post & MP3: skinnydevilmusic.blogspot.com/200...html
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We're back this week with song #5 from "Virtual Light" (the new CD from my duo Alien Blue): "That You're Gone" (5:07).
This song came about while I was jamming. Just goofing off by myself using that classic Hendrix R&B chord-melody style that Jimi developed by expanding on the ideas put forth by Ike Turner, Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, and others. After Hendrix used this in ...
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