Zeppelin: Black Mountain Side

[JimRichter]

By request:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLdTB4sJeVU

Jim

[MikeEdgerton]

Excellent. Love the Kimble as well.

[gda(v)e]

Really nice! One of my favorite Zep songs (well, actually "cover song" since Jimmy didn't write it). Thanks!!

Now how about Cortez the Killer? <ducking ...>

[David Cottingham]

Nice, thanks Jim!

[Chris Keth]

That was way cool. After hearing what you did with it I'd love to hear Bron-yr-Aur.

[JimRichter]

That was way cool. After hearing what you did with it I'd love to hear Bron-yr-Aur.


Been thinking about it.

[thistle3585]

That was excellent as usual Jim. I love bron y aur by Devil in the Woodpile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcfOMmVod10

[Howard33]

Truly lovely Jim. Thank you very much for giving it a whirl. The combination of your Kimble, your talent and somg excellent classic rock selections make for some great inspiring videos. Thanks again for sharing them.

[Chris Keth]

That was excellent as usual Jim. I love bron y aur by Devil in the Woodpile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcfOMmVod10

I was thinking of Bron-Yr-Aur, but Bron-Yr-Aur stomp would be a good one, too.

[Mike Herlihy]

Excellent performance, Jim. Love the octave.

[Santiago]

Really nice and clean Jim! (I'm partial to the fingerpicking on the original, but it translates nicely to the Octave). What's the tuning? I know on guitar I used to lower the E to a D.

[JimRichter]

Really nice and clean Jim! (I'm partial to the fingerpicking on the original, but it translates nicely to the Octave). What's the tuning? I know on guitar I used to lower the E to a D.

The original tune was in DADGAD tuning. I tuned the octave to a variant of sawmill:

aA-dD-AA-DD

the lower case letters indicate the higher pitched string of the octave pair.

I've really come to like this as an alternate tuning for octave. It was the tuning I used for the recent octave workup of Whiskey Before Breakfast I did on YouTube.

[mandopete]

Jim - as always, you just nailed it.

Here's a comment/observation on the video itself. I notice a proliferation of videos in which the performer choses not to show their face. I assume in many cases they want the viewer to focus on the instrument or song. I guess close ups of fingers are good for instructional videos, but in general I would much rather see someone's face.

...I guess that's why I hardly ever post a video on UTOOB <grins>.

5 Stars my friend!

[JimRichter]

My reasoning for just showing the mandolin is multifold:

1) First, and not necessarily the most important, I ain't George Clooney :)

2) I do want to clearly show the instrument so if someone wants to learn the tune from what I'm doing, then this should help. I find the rest of the background a distraction.

3) I don't really have the nicest of music rooms, so it helps block a lot of that out.

4) And probably the most important to me, I want to create something that goes a little beyond the standard webcam fare. On some of my videos, I "letterbox" to give the widescreen feel (which almost makes the mandolin seem a bit "mythical") and add some reverb. I look at it as being a performance or event, rather than some guy in front of a webcam.

But, truthfully, it is weird to not see a guy's face, though it may be better than seeing a weird guy's face :)

[Santiago]

Hey Jim, On the positive side of the video equation: How are you recording that sound? I know the Kimball's a hot instrument, and that's really clear in the video. So are you close miking it, or do you have a pickup in the Kimball? I see from your home page that you have a degree in audio, which is not surprising here. Sound quality is great.

[mandopete]

My reasoning for just showing the mandolin is multifold:

1) First, and not necessarily the most important, I ain't George Clooney


Yeah, but he sucks on the mandolin!

:)

[Santiago]

And judging by The Perfect Storm, Clooney's beard is much grayer. His late aunt Rosemary could really sing, though.

[JimRichter]

Just using the built in microphone of my iMac, which is a pretty decent one for what it is. A lot of it really are the Kimbles.

[Santiago]

Wow!