Papa Che chopping logs

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Papa Che Dusko, modified 12 Days ago at 11/21/24 6:38 AM
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Papa Che chopping logs

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Papa Che Dusko, modified 12 Days ago at 11/21/24 6:39 AM
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Papa Che Dusko, modified 10 Days ago at 11/23/24 3:23 PM
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Got this Watermelon toy as a present from my youngest son (3yo) today
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Adi Vader, modified 10 Days ago at 11/24/24 2:14 AM
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Nice toy!
super nice of your kid to give you a gift.

Hey Papa, do you have youtube videos or publicly posted audio recordings of you playing the guitar?

​​​​​​​Would love to hear you play. Hope you dont mind my asking. 
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Papa Che Dusko, modified 9 Days ago at 11/24/24 8:49 AM
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Sure thing Adi! Here is a little jam I did with a friend of mine. Imthe guy to the right with that polar bear hanging on the headstock emoticon https://youtu.be/OWVHr_UmKSI?si=XNeapxju7fhgGMxS
Adi Vader, modified 9 Days ago at 11/24/24 8:56 AM
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Nice!! Thanks for sharing.

I enjoyed the Jam, and I absolutely loved the title: Quilter Superblock US (no other pedals used,
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Pepe ·, modified 9 Days ago at 11/24/24 9:58 AM
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Guess Happy Birthday then Papa Che! I loved your family band!
Edward, modified 9 Days ago at 11/24/24 12:40 PM
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I somehow saved Tonglen to my soundcloud library ages ago and think it's amazing 
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Papa Che Dusko, modified 9 Days ago at 11/24/24 5:10 PM
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Oh my b-day is in January! emoticon This was just a present from his box of vegetable toys emoticon He somehow thought Im in need of a watermelon on top of my studio monitor emoticon 
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Papa Che Dusko, modified 9 Days ago at 11/24/24 5:11 PM
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Ah that was a fun collab here on DhO! emoticon 
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Papa Che Dusko, modified 9 Days ago at 11/24/24 5:14 PM
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Cheers Adi! I only wish I have moved on from that style of noodling! Im in need of a guitar teacher to point me into other sonic directions and open up the fretboard more as I seem to noodle in the same scale for ages now. Ah well ... maybe one day when Im in pension! 
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Bahiya Baby, modified 7 Days ago at 11/26/24 8:16 PM
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Do you use any open tunings? They are themselves great teachers. Also myself and a few friends often found that a great way to open up the world of guitar... is to learn Bluegrass.

Amazing tone off that superblock and great playing. 
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Papa Che Dusko, modified 7 Days ago at 11/26/24 8:57 PM
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Thank you! 

​​​​​​​I think open tunings are "lazy tunings" emoticon They do stuff for you by using the same fingering as in usual tuning. I only tune lower. Mostly D standard and C standard. I guess all tools are ok to be used in creativity. Even AI to make music and call it "my own" emoticon 
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Bahiya Baby, modified 7 Days ago at 11/26/24 10:07 PM
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A lot of open tunings are based on tunings for other instruments and many of those other instruments may have multiple tunings, there's multiple different ways to tune a mandolin for example in the context of Irish folk music. Some of the guitar greats I grew up listening to, people like Paul Brady or Bert Jansch would use 3-4 different tunings in one set, John Martyn might tune differently for every song. It's an approach I find that tends to open up a whole new spectrum of fingering and tonality. There's ways to play a guitar in DADGAD that you just can't do in standard. There's blues John Lee Hooker plays in open A that is next to impossible to play in standard, same for Willie McTell.

It is a very traditional thing I suppose, most of my favorite blues players or folk players tend to use a lot of different tunings, there were a lot of different tunings around me growing up both on records and in bars, open mics, etc. I find it's nice to leave standard scale positions behind and just explore the natural resonance of the instrument, it's just you and your chops, a friend of mine often says "That's what separates the boys from the men".

​​​​​​​A lot of the players I know who use open tunings tend to be very technical though I find there's plenty excellent lazy players out there. 

Edit: or something like this, it's just not doable with the same level of finesse
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Papa Che Dusko, modified 6 Days ago at 11/27/24 5:34 PM
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I think Sonic Youth also had several guitars tuned differently for each song emoticon I cant get my head around all that. Not that bright nor eager.
Olivier S, modified 2 Days ago at 12/1/24 6:15 PM
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There is this book which I feel you might enjoy... It kind of reminds me of mctb, but for guitar ;)

Working on harmony, perhaps using a keyboard instead of or as a complement to the guitar, might be helpful as well to develop new directions. This one is full of interesting stuff, though a bit linear/classical/schoolish to my taste and, I am sure, yours. Still, well worth spending time on, ime. Don't be fooled by the title, many pro musicians I know would likely learn a lot from that book, imo.
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Papa Che Dusko, modified 2 Days ago at 12/1/24 7:09 PM
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Oh my! You scared the s..t out of me with those books! emoticon I do get your suggestions to use keyboards but I have already decided to buy a drum set big enough for me and my boys! Im more of a groove fellow than notes and harmonies and clever chords etc ... I still feel that a good song is always connected with a very good groove. Can be basic chords but get an interesting groove going and man emoticon sooo good! 

I shall post a pic of the drum set once we get it! Luckily we live in a country side and I have a separate studio apartment to bash at them while the kids sleep in the main house! 
Olivier S, modified 1 Day ago at 12/2/24 3:53 PM
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How much we progress definitely depends on our own choices and circumstances. I don't agree that a good groove is the essence of any good piece of music, have to say!
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Bahiya Baby, modified 1 Day ago at 12/2/24 4:20 PM
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There is to me no real separation between groove and melody. !!!!!

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