Classical Gas

[teddy]

I wished I had a video of me playing Classical Gas. Sorry I don't
have one.
judy tooley

Your next project judy?

teddy

[johnkevin]

I've heard a a recording a couple of times that is credited to Chet Atkins; it's a cover of classical gas, but then someone told me that it was Chet Atkins AND Mark Knopfler. I checked the track listing of the album they did in the '90s, 'Neck and Neck', and it's not there. Is it Knopfler and Atkins, and is it on any specific album, regardless of who recorded it?

[John Watt]

Is Judy still holding back on us?
If she's not careful I'll take off my shirt again and try to remember it, live, up close.
Sooner or later I'll phase into a fast Mr. Bojangles and start to semi-tap-dance,
so watch out.

It's so easy to think oh yeah, I could get that back together again,
but there's a lot of orchestration and it keeps building as a studio production.
However, there's a nice guitar moment at the end of the heavy instrumental,
when an acoustic guitar finger-picks an open chord, A major 7th, only one fret up.
That was one part of the song I could play along with that gave me confidence.

Maybe I'll update that song, and it's gotta get faster.
Instead of Classical Gas I'll call it New Age Contrails.

[methodistgirl]

Sorry guys, I don't have a video camera yet. I need
to save up to get one.
judy tooley

[teddy]

Judy

You could always get a web cam to link to your computer which will take stills or video. They are only a few pounds over here so I imagine in the USA ther would be about five dollars. You can then use video mail as well.

teddy

[Lusaka_Guitarist]

As for me, I just might start making videos using my N95 phone. I've already posted two videos I shot of an accapella group called "Heritage Brothers Zambia". The quality was quite good. I just need to get a song ready and someone to do the filming.

Lovemore Nanjaya.

[Lusaka_Guitarist]

Is Judy still holding back on us?
If she's not careful I'll take off my shirt again and try to remember it, live, up close.
Sooner or later I'll phase into a fast Mr. Bojangles and start to semi-tap-dance,
so watch out.

Lovemore Nanjaya.

[John Watt]

Judy! I'm here at your musical souls' peril. Watch out!
It's so easy to fall in love with the thought of web cams.
It's amazing what they do and how good they look for the price.
This makes me think they're the tech lead-in corporations give away,
to suck you into wider bandwidth and animated all the time.

I resisted. I thought about the problems this was causing with pornographic behaviors,
and how some people get hooked making videos, actually being videos all the time.
This topic upsets some people who already think their computer is watching them.

I've seen your generous output online, and your varied interest in music.
You could lose yourself getting into it with everything from tattooed Maori warriors,
to visiting Ian Drury via webcam in the clinic.
You'll be able to get hit with more than his rhythm stick if you're not careful.
Live webcams is before when stalkers want to come over and make it real.

It's up to you. I'd like to hear you playing, but on your own terms, your own recording.

[methodistgirl]

Thank you John. I need to wait to get the kind of camera
I want to use anyway. We all have our own version of the
same song but maybe a different style. I've heard the song
played on an electric guitar which also sounds great.
judy tooley

[John Watt]

I'm glad we're together on this.

[Lusaka_Guitarist]

Hey John, I didn't know web cams were that dangerous. I'll think twice before owning one. Thanks for the tip.

Lovemore Nanjaya.

[teddy]

I believe webcams are like guns. Its the user who is dangerous rather than the item. Its up to you how they are used and what you point them at.

teddy