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    Alt-Country?

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    Posted · Edited by Merton
    Clarification 😃

    1 hour ago, Owen said:

    I had not clocked that you had mentioned the audience singing. I was enjoying it and then BVs happened. You were hidden behind Katy so I could not see you on the mic but it had to be you because none of the others were singing. I was just wondering who was going to break it to you that BVs were just not for you :)

    I avoid singing in the quieter songs as much as I can, because it isn’t that far off those audience vocals… 😆

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    Alt-Country?

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    There’s some lovely audience singing on this one…

     

     

     

    Bear in mind the previous two videos were from larger festival stages… in the smaller environments like Pizza Express he’s a lot more sympathetic ;)

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    Alt-Country?

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    8 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

    As a drummist myself I found his playing pretty heavy handed. I think he was trying to release his inner Bonham 

    Yeah he is quite a hard hitter. I’ll find a video where he shows he can play softly :)

    Alt-Country?

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    20 minutes ago, stevie said:

    Great band! When I saw the first vid, I thought - why's he playing a Strat? Then I watched the second one. That's better. It's country after all.😁

    Thanks ☺️ 

    He has a plethora of gorgeous guitars and depending on his mood and the song they all appear. He’s an incredible player and has a great feel and tone. And the songs he writes with Katy are pretty cool too 😀

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    Alt-Country?

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    3 minutes ago, dclaassen said:

    Super heavy touch for the style, plus really busy in lead-ins… not much space for anyone else imo.

    Fair enough. I’ve been playing in bands with him for 20 years so know his style well, perhaps I’m less aware of it these days and just compensate by being lazy and crap 😀

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    Alt-Country?

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    41 minutes ago, Cliff Edge said:

    Pretty much all modern country music is alternative to the accepted Nashville sound of 30/40 years ago. To me as a former member of several country bands, Alt = modern or country rock. 

    Cool. I play for an alt-country singer then 🤓

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    Alt-Country?

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    4 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

    Anyone here in an alt country band?

     

    Please post your vids 🤠

     

    Alt Country… contemporary country… not sure how Katy Hurt would describe herself but I am privileged to play in her band. Here’s a couple of GoPro clips from summer festival gigs:

     

     

     


     

     

     

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    ** The 15th South East Bass Bash - Sunday 12 November 2023 **

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    37 minutes ago, stevie said:

    I don't know what it was about the Trace, but when @Merton plugged his bass in and played through it, it seemed to take the sound quality up a notch - like he was playing through a huge sound system.

    Apart from my playing it sounded incredible, a really lovely pairing. If I were in the market for new cabs I’d be seriously working out how to get one of these LFSys 12” cabs.

     

    @stevie and I did an A/B with my Two10s but of course it’s not comparing apples and apples, as the Two10 is designed to have high end roll off, a bit more distortion from the cone (I.e. it’s not trying to be ultra clean and accurate…) and the LFSys is of course designed to be accurate. I love my Two10s but the clarity and power that the LFSys was able to generate was incredible. I could see how it would work brilliantly in the mix onstage. It’s a really very very good cab.

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