Re: post a video of yourself
Originally Posted by
OldGus
Nice Job, your mando sounds great. If you guys can't play steel drums maybe you could get your hands on one of these ...
Thanks! And nice idea, but ... um ... and don't get me wrong, because those things are cool, but ... Well, it's like that line from a Hank Willians Jr. song, ''Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?'' There's no need to act on anything suggested in the lyrics of a song, regardless of how cool or clever or right on it may be. It really is the thought that counts. Besides, the song is partly about how silly it is to request reggae from an Americana band. Of course, it would be very cool to go full-out reggae for that section when we record this in the studio, and do the same for the video ... we cpi;d enlist the local junkanoo outfit in all their feathered finery and stilts and all ... but that's getting way ahead of ourselves!
BTW, when I was a kid my folks took my brothers and me to the Virgin Islands and Antigua for Christmas vacation three times, and I encountered steel drums, which fascinated me. Still do. My musical mindset includes calypso as a result. I don't think they play a big part in reggae, but then, I didn't write the song. I think the guitarist was using the imagery to emphasize the inherent absurdity of the situation. Funny, though - in my old band I found a way to tweak a couple of effects to simulate a steel drum sound, This was useful for Jimmy Buffett songs and such. Might have to revisit that ...
Last edited by journeybear; Sep-11-2012 at 8:18am.
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