The Regular Friday Post
Rando Lyric: It's never out of your sight
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Last week’s rando lyric: Oh, wait - there weren’t any!! Read on to see why!
Candy Dulfer (born 19 September 1969) is a Dutch jazz and pop saxophonist. She is the daughter of jazz saxophonist Hans Dulfer. She began playing at age six and founded her band Funky Stuff when she was fourteen. Her debut album Saxuality (1990) received a Grammy nomination. She has performed and recorded with her dad Hans, Prince, Dave Stewart, Van Morrison, Angie Stone, Maceo Parker and Rick Braun and has performed live with Alan Parsons (1995), Pink Floyd (1990), and Tower of Power (2014). She hosted the Dutch television series Candy Meets... (2007), in which she interviewed musicians. In 2013, she became a judge in the fifth season of the Dutch version of X Factor.
From Wikipedia Link: “Candy Dulfer”
David Allan Stewart (born 9 September 1952) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox.[2] Sometimes credited as David A. Stewart, he won Best British Producer at the 1986, 1987 and 1990 Brit Awards.[3] Stewart (along with Lennox) was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020 and the duo were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.[4][5] Outside of Eurythmics, Stewart has written and produced songs for artists such as Ringo Starr, Stevie Nicks, Mick Jagger and Tom Petty.
From Wikipedia Link: “Dave Stewart”
Welcome to The Regular Friday post!
This week’s A Song To Play is an interesting piece for a couple of reasons: first, there are no vocals, just a saxophone and a guitar. Most of the songs I highlight are those that can be sung to a guitar you’re playing as you sing along at the same time, or perhaps a vocalist you’re supporting. Once in a while it may (even often should ) be another instrumentalist, be it another guitar or bass player or a pianist, or as in this case, a saxophonist. One advantage to playing a instrument only song, especially with another another instrumentalist, is that you concentrate more on your technique, and especially to timing yourself with another player. Working out the portions of the song that are complicated or challenging is a good exercise in listening to and compromising if necessary with the other player or players. It’s a good idea to (when you can) practice with someone on another instrument and work out the kinks. Often the only time you may get a chance is with your guitar instructor, and that can add a whole other dimension of stuff. Anyway, get some practice in by playing along with the video and timing yourself to it, using the chord chart in the A Song To Play below.
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Some Stuff:
A Song To Play:
4/4 common time, Key of Eminor, a middle of the road tempo of 107 Beats Per Minute (but it’ll play faster if you’re finger or flat picking). Only three chords and a chance to transition to that Bminor and back to the cowboy chords a bit. Mostly, though, just…
…have fun!!
From Genius Oh, yeah - no lyrics…..
The “ME!” Section…..
Today’s playlist is some flat- and finger- picking - some famous, and some not-so-famous artists…
Flat and Finger
My song is out- Link: “>Long Road Back<”click on this link for streaming options, then scroll down for links (or just click on these links) to Amazon, Apple, Pandora, iTunes and even Spotify
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This Substack is free, I receive no compensation of any kind from companies or products I mention (except when you click on one of the links above for my song - then I might make 0.003 cents - yes 3/1000ths of a cent… just sayin…). Some linked or quoted material may be copyrighted by others, and I credit them. I rely on the “Fair Use” doctrine for educational purposes (Link: Fair Use). *I do not use AI for any of the text that’s found here, things I embed or link to (such as some images) might…
-Michael Acoustic
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This Week’s Conversation With Mika, The Cat:
Mika: “Yes, human, I’m adorable. I still need posters for my little corner of the world. Don’t come back without them. And maybe some treats.”
Me: “I’m going to let you answer the door for trick or treaters tonight….”
Also, Mika wanted you to know (Shh - I’ve never told her she was adopted…
…and the shelter named her Camellia…. 🤭)
Cheers and keep playing!!
Michael Acoustic
“It’s never really final - you just run out of things you can bear to change…”
Thank you so much for the shoutout and signal boost. I really appreciate it 🙏🏻 Wishing you a great weekend
Always enjoy 'Some Stuff.'
Mika is def a Mika, not a Camellia, and what a cutie then and now. The trick-or-treaters will love her.