[NetBehaviour] we play
Alan Sondheim
sondheim at panix.com
Thu Mar 21 13:04:01 CET 2024
we play
https://youtu.be/onE8cgdiatU video
the image quality is horrendous as is my state of mind, it's
just a bit of long covid which i've been studying pretty much to
no effect; lots of good advice. for me, those sudden bouts of
exhaustion and some other minor inconveniences - the bouts
however are miserable, suddenly needing to sleep. in any case
well then, at the same time, the camera was acting up, as only
an older camera can, recording at 60 fps and somewhat
irreducible to less with similar clarity; what you see is what
you get but the soundtrack is there and strong. the more i read
on long covid, the less information is available, perhaps it's
not even what i'm dealing with, and speaking to specialists
hasn't helped at all. however, listen to the sound of the
instruments, plough through the already ploughed through image
if you like, you get the idea, another chapter (which i won't
write) for my covid book, o! gasp! :-)
i've been inspired to discuss some of the instruments i work
with, and in this video, which seems simple, almost nonsense, i
attempt to do that. the instruments were both 'rescues' - in
other words headed one way or another for destruction, and we
bought them, the 1917 Martin terz for $40, and the equally old,
most likely Larson Brothers parlor, for $25. the former was
literally teetering on a shelf in a junkroom of an antique
variety store, with a 'make me an offer' over the door; the
latter was being sold as a children's guitar in Wilkes-Barre,
for $25. both had bad bridges and were 'set up' with added
tailpieces and steel strings that were far too heavy. i was able
to have a new bridge made for the Larson Brothers, and the
original old one made serviceable on the Martin. both are tuned
low, with Nylgut strings. the Larsen Bros. is amazing for
recording; the Martin, for playing with a sense of intimacy. (i
think Marty Robbins was the only American popular musician who
used a terz publicly by the way.)
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