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Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: July 14 2002, 11:04 For those who fancy a bit of musical silliness, I present...Moonlight Mando! This is Moonlight Shadow played on an Octave Mandola (an oversized mandolin - people in the US might know it as an Octave Mandolin...either way, it's pretty much the same thing, just a lot bigger than the mandolin and tuned an octave lower) - it's a kind of 'Guitars' type idea of playing everything with the one instrument (and so even the bass parts were played on it, via the little cheat of pitching the part down an octave after recording it). It's not meant to be taken too seriously...have fun   Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: July 14 2002, 18:31 Great work, Richard. Really really really really good.   -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

oblique Group: Members Posts: 411 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: July 15 2002, 03:58    Loud applause... Very well done. Good fun indeed. -------------- "While we are alive we should sit among colored lights and taste good wines, and discuss our adventures in far places; when we are dead, the opportunity is past." - Jack Vance Back to top

TimHighfield Group: Members Posts: 543 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: July 15 2002, 04:13 Is this good enough, Mr Korgscrew?-->   Back to top

Jerome C Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: Mar. 2002 Posted: July 15 2002, 09:14 I think this deserves a label !! Great job -------------- Jerome C (long time out of here, but always having MO in mind somewhere) Back to top

ProjectZ Group: Members Posts: 243 Joined: July 2002 Posted: July 15 2002, 09:34 Very nice! I just keep listening to it over and over again... -------------- the VANGELIS forum : Invisible Connections ( http://www.vangelis.fr/ ) Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: July 16 2002, 17:22 WHOA! I finally heard you play! Wonderful!   -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

theweightless Group: Members Posts: 604 Joined: April 2001 Posted: July 17 2002, 17:45 cool...great -------------- ASMK Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: July 17 2002, 19:54 Well, thankyou to everyone who's commented so far - it's nice to hear that you're all enjoying listening to it Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: July 22 2002, 04:05 I certainly am enjoying listening to it! You should do more tracks sometime! -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: July 22 2002, 18:45 Well, you never know... I don't often feel like recording cover tracks though - I tend to spend enough time recording other things...slavishly recreating something that's been done already doesn't tend to interest me either, though it's usually quite impressive to hear, when somebody does it. Back to top

Allan_N Group: Musicians Posts: 29 Joined: Oct. 2000 Posted: July 26 2002, 04:47 I don't see it like that. I don't try to make exact copies of tracks but my own versions of pieces of music that I like. Ok, so I haven't recorded many covers either, but it's very good training. I don't want to waste my own musical ideas if I can't get the right sound. I'm glad I didn't record many original tracks when I was a beginner 15-year-old MIDI geek, that would've been quite embarrassing. ;-)  Now I feel that my production skills and gear are good enough for recording an album of my own, so I'll just concentrate on my own music from now on. Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: July 26 2002, 09:45 Exactly, Allan - in the case of this track, Moonlight Shadow just happened to be the unwitting victim of my experiment. It was a good base to try out the idea with. Sometimes it'll be something of my own, I guess it really depends on what's going through my mind at the time. Back to top

Mark 1 Group: Members Posts: 65 Joined: June 2001 Posted: Aug. 02 2002, 19:48 I only just dl'ed it and enjoyed it thoroughly. It's always nice to hear an instrument with a lot of expression like a guitar or, in this case, a mandolin and I very much like this version, especially the solo which is my all time favourite solo anyway. I know I'm an outsider since I hardly ever post on these forums but from what I see there's a lot of musical talent here. Have you ever thought of collaborating on songs (not resticted to MO covers)? Very inspiring to hear this stuff... Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: Aug. 09 2002, 23:44 Yeah, a tubular.net band! They could play live concerts etc. I would love to see that! -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Aug. 10 2002, 01:27 Some members of the fan community have collaborated in the past. It's generally something that's talked about but doesn't really get anywhere, but there are a few times that things have come together. There's no particular reason why it can't be done, though there are a lot of reasons why people don't get round to doing it... Nice to hear you enjoyed it, Mark 1 - the solo proved to be a fun part to do... Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Aug. 19 2002, 05:36 If there's going to be a band, count me in as keyboard and bodhran player! -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

Son of Distant Earth Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: Sep. 2002 Posted: Sep. 08 2002, 14:04 Oh man, what fun! Thanks for sharing this with us! You've got some chops as well. Back to top

RichardT Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: Aug. 2001 Posted: Sep. 21 2002, 08:31 Very nice, K. Kind of thing you can listen to 1st thing in the morning (or anytime) and get a smile going. Richard Back to top

Horse Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: Aug. 2002 Posted: Sep. 28 2002, 08:08 YEEEHAAA!!! Better than the original Back to top

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