slowGEEZR
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Today was a blues and rock kinda day. It's been raining every day here in San Antonio for the last couple of weeks, with no signs of it letting up for at least another week!
I started today's listening after spending an hour fine tuning my turntable. I had the feet adjusted out to level it, but after experimenting, I discovered more solid sound by adjusting the turntable feet all the way in and leveling by using shims under the butcher block. I also had a little extra sibilance, which was mitigated by fine tuning the azimuth.
First up was Eric Clapton, "Me and Mr. Johnson". Eric said Robert Johnson's music was the finest he had ever heard. He covers some fine examples on this album. He also recruited some major talent to help him: Billy Preston, Andy Fairweather Low, Doyle Bramhall II (one of my personal faves), Jerry Portnoy, Jim Keltner, Pino Palladino, Steve Gadd and Nathan East.
Next was The Shins, "Wincing the Night Away". It took me almost half the album to really get into them, but when they played "Sealegs" I was blown away. Major talent. James Mercer is the star and the writer and the singer. He also plays more instruments than most bands!
After that, I decided to tone it down and played "Tigermilk" by Belle and Sebastian. They are really story tellers, but can get the juices flowing, as evidenced by their song, "Electronic Renaissance".
I started today's listening after spending an hour fine tuning my turntable. I had the feet adjusted out to level it, but after experimenting, I discovered more solid sound by adjusting the turntable feet all the way in and leveling by using shims under the butcher block. I also had a little extra sibilance, which was mitigated by fine tuning the azimuth.
First up was Eric Clapton, "Me and Mr. Johnson". Eric said Robert Johnson's music was the finest he had ever heard. He covers some fine examples on this album. He also recruited some major talent to help him: Billy Preston, Andy Fairweather Low, Doyle Bramhall II (one of my personal faves), Jerry Portnoy, Jim Keltner, Pino Palladino, Steve Gadd and Nathan East.
Next was The Shins, "Wincing the Night Away". It took me almost half the album to really get into them, but when they played "Sealegs" I was blown away. Major talent. James Mercer is the star and the writer and the singer. He also plays more instruments than most bands!
After that, I decided to tone it down and played "Tigermilk" by Belle and Sebastian. They are really story tellers, but can get the juices flowing, as evidenced by their song, "Electronic Renaissance".
