Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high

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2017/02/18 20:04:56 (permalink)

Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high

I remember it well. I was on ecstasy and probably very stoned as well. Me and a friend performed a bluegrass version of The Ace Of Spades at an open mic night and received an intense standing ovation at the end which sent me into the stratosphere, given my chemical enhancement. Such a great memory, and in my mind I had delivered a blistering performance which went down in history. 
 
Well clearing out my email account recently I found an email from a friend from a few years ago with a recording of it attached. I'd forgotten to download and listen to it, but just did so. 
 
It literally sounds like a drunken chimpanzee playing the banjo. I'm all over the place. Timing is all shot, missed notes, bum notes, playing the wrong chords, you name it. It just goes to show how deluded you can be about musical performances when you're high. And just to set aside an obvious question, no I won't be posting it. Ever. I cringed through the whole thing.  

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    Moshkito
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    Re: Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high 2017/02/18 20:12:41 (permalink)
    Hi,
     
    Can I say that you are being overly critical, about a time when you were learning things and getting a feel for an instrument?
     
    I look at some of my poetry 25 years ago, and I do not feel embarrassed. I came across a short story that I wrote in 1970 or so in Madison, and I was not embarrassed. I actually saw the same singular ability to stick with one moment and see it stretch and live as if a film camera was hanging around catching everything. I read my review of 2001, A Space Bruhaha, and ... well, that one I was not impressed, mostly because I did not think I actually "got it" right, and could see it better from a distance, or a more experienced point of view. But it cracked on SK's very Hollywood'ish ability to create "one shot" kind of images, that we remember ... which at the time I did not like, and still don't .. I feel like I'm being told that this is God and you must worship it!
     
    It would be fun to see, if anything, for the fact that you are a professional now and play way better than that?
     
    AND THAT'S AN ACHIEVEMENT!

    Music is not about notes and chords! My poem is not about the computer or monitor or letters! It's about how I was able to translate it from my insides! 
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    craigb
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    Re: Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high 2017/02/18 21:11:58 (permalink)
    I'm embarrassed for both of you. 

     
    Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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    Re: Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high 2017/02/18 21:53:51 (permalink)
    Sharke, I have an old friend in NYC named Paul Boocock (!) he's an actor.   You should go see him when he does poetry readings and impromptu comedy.  You two might have fun together. He's an old school new yorker, you know lou reed versus *lady lamb the beekeeper*.  I suspect you are too.

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    sharke
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    Re: Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high 2017/02/18 22:23:18 (permalink)
    How can you not be successful with a name like Boocock! The guy has it made....

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    Re: Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high 2017/02/19 08:55:27 (permalink)
    What, no link to the expose'?
     
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    Re: Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high 2017/02/19 16:01:11 (permalink)
    He's just waiting for enough people to ask.  It's like the time Bapu entered himself into a wet t-shirt contest as a joke.  

     
    Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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    sharke
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    Re: Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high 2017/02/19 16:35:34 (permalink)
    Moshkito
    Hi,
     
    Can I say that you are being overly critical, about a time when you were learning things and getting a feel for an instrument?
     



    To be fair to myself, I'm not a banjo player. I'd borrowed the thing from a friend on a whim and had only had it a couple of months. But also in the spirit of being fair to myself, we had previously recorded the song on a friend's old 4-track in his attic and I thought my playing on that was not bad at all, considering my beginner status. 

    James
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    sharke
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    Re: Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high 2017/02/19 16:36:03 (permalink)
    craigb
    He's just waiting for enough people to ask.  It's like the time Bapu entered himself into a wet t-shirt contest as a joke.  




    You can start one of those online petitions. I will never budge - it's that bad. 

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    Re: Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high 2017/02/19 17:52:05 (permalink)
    You already posted it once, or a version of it, after Lemmy died.
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    Re: Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high 2017/02/19 17:52:05 (permalink)
    Double post.
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    sharke
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    Re: Just heard a 17 yr old recording of me playing the banjo, high 2017/02/19 22:25:43 (permalink)
    Leadfoot
    You already posted it once, or a version of it, after Lemmy died.



    That was the version we recorded in a friend's attic. It was a crappy recording, but wasn't half bad. As I was cleaning out my email account a few days ago I came across the original email that my friend in the UK had send me with the old recording attached. He'd also attached a live recording of it as well, which for some reason I didn't bother listening to back then. I was really excited to find it and thought maybe it would be better than the home recording. Boy was I wrong. 

    James
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