http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog Music Issues, Musicians, Bands, Gear and Venues Thu, 20 May 2010 22:16:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1257/the-byrds-on-4-track/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1257/the-byrds-on-4-track/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:40:06 +0000 Kim Kinrade http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=1257 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1257/the-byrds-on-4-track/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1231/some-bands-used-old-school-buses/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1231/some-bands-used-old-school-buses/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:44:08 +0000 Kim Kinrade http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=1231 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1231/some-bands-used-old-school-buses/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1209/early-band-pas/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1209/early-band-pas/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:05:22 +0000 Kim Kinrade http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=1209 Warning: arsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/sykesa/kimkinrade.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php(241) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code on line 762

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The first sytem through which I delivered a song was not a system but a Phillips tape recorder with the 1/4″ phone jack to take my Armaco crystal microphone (the one on the broomstick!). Later it was put through an Eaton Viking amplifier with my guitar. That little Viking served me well and don’t know [...]]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1209/early-band-pas/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1026/the-chapman-stick/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1026/the-chapman-stick/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:40:06 +0000 Kim Kinrade chapman stickemmett chapmanguitaristguitar player magazinepink floydsantana http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=1026 Warning: arsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/sykesa/kimkinrade.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php(241) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code on line 762

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I first saw the Chapman Stick in a copy of Guitar Player magazine in 1973. As the name implies it looks like a piece of 2 X 6 with strings, or something from a Medieval orchestra. This instrument was created by guitarist Emmett Chapman around 1970 in order for him to playing a style of [...]]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/1026/the-chapman-stick/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/993/the-transistor-radio-birth-of-mass-music/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/993/the-transistor-radio-birth-of-mass-music/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:53:51 +0000 Kim Kinrade brown eyed girljapanese companyperry comoradio wavestransistor radiovan morrison brown eyed girl http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=993 Warning: arsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/sykesa/kimkinrade.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php(241) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code on line 762

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“Going down the old mine With a transistor radio.” - Van Morrison, Brown Eyed Girl When I watch kids bopping down the street with wires from MP3 players flipping in the breeze it always reminds me of my first portable music machine, a Sony 2 transistor radio with a black leather case. The radio was [...]]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/993/the-transistor-radio-birth-of-mass-music/feed/ 2 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/986/whats-a-kazoo/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/986/whats-a-kazoo/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:26:16 +0000 Kim Kinrade clarinetharmonicaskazoomusical instrumentsresonatorsnare drumwah effectwind instrumentwire coils http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=986 Warning: arsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/sykesa/kimkinrade.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php(241) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code on line 762

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You hear them often. The sound is unmistakable: tonal buzzing. They are called kazoos, or “poor man’s harmonicas” and almost everyone has played them. A kazoo is a tube, either made of plastic or steel, where one end is flattened and the other end has a small opening.  On top of the large, flat end [...]]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/986/whats-a-kazoo/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/917/korg-cx3-hammond-b3-lite/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/917/korg-cx3-hammond-b3-lite/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:13:01 +0000 Kim Kinrade b3 organdigital synthesizersfm synthskeyboard playerskorg cx3leslie speaker http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=917 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/917/korg-cx3-hammond-b3-lite/feed/ 1 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/707/martin-backpacker-guitar/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/707/martin-backpacker-guitar/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:02:04 +0000 Kim Kinrade 13 yearsbanjopleasing mixsing songswimming poolukuleleunpleasant sound http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/?p=707 Warning: arsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/sykesa/kimkinrade.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php(241) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code on line 762

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I was in Arizona about 13 years ago and a few of us were sitting around the pool on night when I guy came out with a strange-looking instrument that featured a guitar’s neck and a triangular body like a shaved balalaika. The guy started playing and it sounded something between a ukulele and a [...]]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/707/martin-backpacker-guitar/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/603/the-lp-long-playing-record/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/603/the-lp-long-playing-record/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:43:18 +0000 Kim Kinrade analogue soundcheech and chongfleetwood maclp recordplastic milk cratesrecord playerspiral groovestereo lpwishbone ash http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/603/the-lp-long-playing-record/ Warning: arsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/sykesa/kimkinrade.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php(241) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code on line 762

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If the 50′s and ’60′s is exemplified by the 45RPM record then the ’60′s and ’70′s was the 12″ long play gramophone record or LP. In technical terms it is a analogue storage medium utilizing a spiral groove which ran from the outer edge to the center of the disk but we just called them [...]]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/603/the-lp-long-playing-record/feed/ 0 http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/601/the-10-diskette/ http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/601/the-10-diskette/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:38:18 +0000 Kim Kinrade diskettesholy graillatin percussionmacintosh computersmc 500program songsroland mcrough versionyamaha drum http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/601/the-10-diskette/ Warning: arsort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /home/sykesa/kimkinrade.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-pro.php(241) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code(1) : eval()'d code on line 762

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In 1986 I bought the Holy Grail of sequencers, the Roland MC-500 for $2195. I got the MKS-7 sound module to go with it (Half price $1200) and set down to learn how to program songs (I add a Yamaha drum module with Latin percussion sounds for $495). In a few days I had my [...]]]> http://www.kimkinrade.com/blog/601/the-10-diskette/feed/ 0