A short episode to kick off 2021. Subjects include luck and what I found simply by looking down.
The image for this episode shows examples of quartz including a piece with two garnets found right here in my yard.
There's a track at the end that I call "Cruel Year Blues (rough mix)". It's the Telecaster known as "Liz the Firecracker" solo through several warm tube amps over a rock drum beat recorded New Year's Eve (Dec 31, 2020). The beginning has a solo acoustic snippet from the song "The Art of Harmonic Negotiation" from about a minute and twenty seconds into the song (full version on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/rich-sadowsky-468824781/the-art-of-harmonious-negotiation). The SoundCloud track includes an explanation of the title. Here we use just a few seconds. The full song is rather interesting and well recording.
All recordings done between Dec 31, 2020 and Jan 2, 2021 with final production, editing and publishing done on Jan 3, 2021. All tracks and voice recorded in Sturbridge, MA. You might notice how loud and full voice for podcast is. Used some new recording techniques and mastering tools. Also as is my practice there are two microphones into different tube preamps and each is hard panned to one channel. This creates a fuller, more interesting tone.
Please note: in the voice portion of podcast I mention guitar parts inspired by John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. However, the clip I included did not sample that portion of the song. So you might not hear any influence there. The end clip is inspired by the classic Booker T and the MGs song Green Onions raised to the G key with some modern fuzz and tube saturation added.