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Bobby,

Same back at ya, and to everybody else in the group. All the best!

Cheers,
JV

Juan Vega

Happy Thanksgiving

Enjoy Your Thanksgiving! May your holiday be joyful And may happiness
surround it, With good things on your table, great music, and those you
love around it.

Among the many things we give thanks for are the great musicians and
guitarists who contribute to YJGG

W.J. Cameron: "Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."

Happy Thanksgiving.

You are one nice group of people!
I wish all of you all the best that life has to offer, and I wish for you all and your loved ones a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving.

Bobby

Any cheap software more user-friendly than Slow Gold to slow tunes?

Audacity is free and user-friendly. It can also transpose. I recently used it to transpose _and_ slow down a tune. The resulting sound was not pretty, but quite good enough to practise with.

You might get less sound degradation with Transcribe!.

-Keith

That is because 87% of MU members are part-time performers
who get a cheaper membership by declaring a lower income.

Will (Full MU member.)

I have just put Elixir 12s on my Ibanez semi
and they sound completely tinny with no tone.

It`s back to Gibsons for me.

Will

Industry Execs Call Out PC Mag For Encouraging Piracy
November 23, 2010 - Digital and Mobile
By Antony Bruno


Post updated Nov. 24 with a response from PC Mag (at bottom)

Irked by an article published in PC Mag listing a number of alternative P2P services in the wake of the LimeWire shutdown, a number of music industry executive earlier this month sent the news outlet an angry letter that all but accused the publication of encouraging copyright infringement.

The story lists six P2P services and torrent trackers, along with the disclaimer that "all of these services should be used for legal downloads, of course." The signatories to the letter, however, weren't buying it.

"The harm done to the creative community when people are encouraged to steal our music is immeasurable. Disclaimer or no, when you offer a list of alternative P2P sites to LimeWire – and include more of the serial offenders -- PC Magazine is slyly encouraging people to steal more music…"

The letter was addressed to Vivek Shah, CEO of PC Mag publisher Ziff Davis Inc. Among those signing it were the heads of such organizations as ASCAP, BMI, A2IM, HFA, AFTRA, RIAA, SESAC, the Songwriters Guild of America, NMPA, and SoundExchange.

The full text is below:
We write to express our deep disappointment with your decision to publish Chloe Albanesius' October 27 article, "LimeWire is Dead: What are the Alternatives?" as well as Sarah Jacobsson Purewal's November 9, 2010 article "LimeWire is Quietly Resurrected: It's Baaack!" Both articles are nothing more than a roadmap for continued music piracy. The disclaimer in the first, "PC Magazine does not condone the download of copyrighted or illegal material," rings hollow to say the least.

Let's be honest. The vast majority of LimeWire's users were interested in one thing and one thing only: downloading our music for free with the full knowledge that what they were doing was illegal. The harm done to the creative community when people are encouraged to steal our music is immeasurable. Disclaimer or no, when you offer a list of alternative P2P sites to LimeWire – and include more of the serial offenders -- PC Magazine is slyly encouraging people to steal more music and place at risk the tens of thousands of music industry jobs – including singers, songwriters, musicians and the technical professionals who put it all together. Even worse is offering a direct link to a "resurrected" Limewire as follows: "I went ahead and downloaded LimeWire Pirate Edition for *ahem* research purposes, and can report that it appears to be working very smoothly. In the event that you, yourself, would like to do some research, you can download the client here (direct link)."

Our argument is buttressed by the fact that PC Magazine offered no alternatives that are 100% legal. In fact, legitimate download services, who have developed business models based on a respect for copyright and have entered into mutually beneficial arrangements with the music industry are undoubtedly outraged by your feeble attempt to undercut their ability to compete in the legal marketplace. We would hope that your sense of decency and the realization that even PC Magazine has a responsibility to the rule of law, would have informed your editorial decision in this matter. We suspect you'd feel differently about this issue if, like the music industry, you'd had to let go more than half of the talented writers and journalists who create your magazine because of uncontrolled piracy of their work. Unfortunately, it is clear that the rule of law was an afterthought.

We hope you will consider retracting the article and stating your strong support of only legal methods of obtaining music.

We hope you will consider retracting the article and stating your strong support of only legal methods of obtaining music.

Sincerely,
Rich Bengloff, President, American Association of Independent Music
Ray Hair, President, American Federation of Musicians
Kim Roberts Hedgpeth, National Executive Director, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
John LoFrumento, CEO, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Del Bryant, President & CEO, Broadcast Music, Inc.
Elwyn Raymer, President, Church Music Publishers Association- Action Fund
Ed Leonard, Chairman, Gospel Music Association
Gary Churgin, President/CEO, Harry Fox Agency
Barry Bergman, President, Music Managers Forum-US
Jim Donio, President, National Association of Recording Merchandisers
David Israelite, President & CEO, National Music Publishers Association
Steve Bogard, President, Nashville Songwriters Association International
Neil Portnow, President/CEO, The Recording Academy
Mitch Bainwol, Chairman & CEO, Recording Industry Association of America
Pat Collins, President/COO, SESAC
Rick Carnes, President, The Songwriters Guild of America
John Simson, Executive Director, SoundExchange


UPDATE: PC Mag today (Nov. 24) issued a response. The letter, written by PC Mag editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff, is below:

We received the letter dated November 11, 2010 from you and other representatives of the music industry. As there was no return address we are addressing our response to you on behalf of the group.

We are sorry that you are disappointed with our October 27th article. However, please understand that PCMag's job is to cover all aspects of technology, which includes the products, services and activities that some groups and individuals might deem objectionable. We covered these Limewire alternatives because we knew they would be of interest to our readers. We understand that some might use them to illegally download content. We cannot encourage that action, but also cannot stop it. Reporting on the existence of these services does neither.

We have, obviously, written about many online and offline services, including some that these groups might consider legitimate or "legal." However, the fact is that some users store and manage illegally gained content in music applications like iTunes. We would not stop covering these utilities simply because some users place illegal or even inappropriate content in them.

To reiterate, PCMag does not condone the illegal download of copyrighted material. We simply report.

Sincerely,
Lance Ulanoff
Editor-in-Chief & Senior Vice President

On Nov 24, 2010, at 2:38 PM, Bob Hansmann wrote:

On 11/24/2010 11:05 AM, Ron Becker wrote:

But they kept one
foot on the grass at all times.

LOL!

:-)

Yea but it took a week to get the bark out of his back.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.

On 11/24/2010 11:05 AM, Ron Becker wrote:

But they kept one
foot on the grass at all times.

LOL!

:-)
Bobby

On 11/24/2010 4:53 AM, akmbirch wrote:

Don't worry; we will still go to your concerts, we will still listen to the radio and we may even help spread your name around while we're at it."

Don't do us any favors...

Just had a look at both Transcribe! and Amazing Slowdowner.

Just entering start and end time is sufficient to select part of a solo in Amazing S.D.?

I just put a set of Elixir light gauge on my Larrivee. They are expensive
and happily they sound great. If you've tried coated strings and hated them
(like me) these might change your mind.

Still, for me, the holy grail of acoustic strings are the Thomastik-Infeld
Plectrums. Well worth the $ if you've got it:





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On Nov 24, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Marc Leduc wrote:

Hi!

Any cheap software more user-friendly than Slow Gold to slow tunes?

Yes and it's better than slowdowner too imo. Transcribe. Free d l for
the working demo. I liked it so much I registered and paid for the
license. Slowdowner is not as intuitive and was in your face about
money every 5 minutes.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.





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Transcribe! from Seventh String Software in the UK is great.

Others like Amazing Slowdowner.

there are probably free plug-ins for programs like Windows MediaPlayer, Winamp, Foobar 2000 etc. that do this as well.

Chris

Andy,

I use Elixirs, light gauge, on my Martin D-28 -- and get great results... I
think they're better than Martin's "Marquis" ...

I had a Fishman Matrix Infinity - Narrow Pickup installed (under bridge) ...
great results ... has no volume control, but the Fishman offers an EQ unit you
can put on your belt ....





John Amato
Isaiah 55:11








________________________________
From: andy seyler <awseyler@...>
To: jazz_guitar@...
Sent: Tue, November 23, 2010 9:44:02 PM
Subject: [jazz_guitar] Steel Strings on an Acoustic guitar


New topic - What are the pros and cons of putting steel strings on an acoustic
dreadnought? Depends on type of pickup in the guitar? What if there isn't a
pickup? What if you are going to add one later on down the road...what
considerations on types of strings to put on it then. Or for that matter, what
pickup system do you install AND what strings do you use with it?

Andy









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Hi Wayne,
Leon here. One of the other members tipped me to your inquiry. Last time I checked Alfred had the book available in its same version. If they don't (please call and ask), let me know.

L

Hi!

Any cheap software more user-friendly than Slow Gold to slow tunes?

Thanks,
Marc

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "logic" <blueslogic@...> wrote:

I'm looking for a book I lost in a flood.

Anyone know where I can find "Styles For The Studio" by Leon White?
Any help would be grately appreciated.

I believe it is out of print. Leon's book was published originally by Dale Zdenek back in 1976. From what I gather the rights to Dale Zdeneck publications were sold to Alfred Publications. Dale Zdeneck, published a lot a good guitar books, including Ted Greene's. I remember taking "Styles For The Studio" when I went on tour in Greece back in 1979!. Leon occasionally posts on YJGG:



--
Alisdair MacRae Birch
Guitarist/Bassist/Educator/Arranger

--- In jazz_guitar@..., "David B. Klein" <dbklein@...> wrote:

This 1936 recording of Bob Wills's Steel Guitar Rag grabs me today.
Great pocket, relaxed tempo.

Yup. A pretty great version. Steel Guitar Rag is to steelers what Smoke on the Water is to rock guitarists. Pretty much the first thing you learn on C6 lap steel. Melody fits a 6th tunning perfectly.
Thanks for posting!

Andy, I like the type of p u that goes under the bridge inside the
guitar. They sound more like the real thing. LR Baggs and a few other
companies make them. They stay in place with double sided tape and
stay there really well. Some come with built in preamps that live
inside the guitar as well with and end pin jack. Don't know about the
steel strings. I did put a set of bronze 13/56 on my archtop in a
pinch. They were ok but the two unwound strings were louder than the
bronze ones because of the lower amounts of iron in them. I'm
assuming the cores were plain steel of some kind. Acoustically it
sounded great.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.