Welcome to the Dark Side of the Mind™
April 30, 2012 Leave a comment
Playing along with a smooth jazz styled backing track in the key of G minor by Fog Hitch Music, which inspired the title.
First time to use the Flip video’s software (FlipShare) and it has syncing problem, but made for an interesting video.
Uninstalled the FlipShare and went back to importing video off the Flip using Windows Movie Maker and the syncing went back to normal.
April 25, 2012 Leave a comment
The Queen Bee says she don’t need no education at being a guitar. Indeed it is me, Darkside Johnny, that’s needs an education in playing along with a backing track of a Pink Floyd classic.
Once a friend of mine said, “I like the old Pink Floyd, you know, like the Wall album.” I couldn’t help but chuckle inside, The Wall, an “old Pink Floyd” album.
April 21, 2012 Leave a comment
From the Darkside Johnny After Dark series. Darkside Johnny on guitar along with Jeff Carruthers: guitars, keys, drum programing; Roberto Valley: bass; Dave Hopper: live drums; Hans Zermeuhlen: Rhodes; Ronnie Guittierez: percussion.
The backing track, sans Darkside Johnny, which is a Dm7 – G7 smooth jazz vamp, is produced by Jeff Carruthers.
Remix, which includes Darkside Johnny on guitar, was produced at the Darkside-Studio TV Lounge by Frisco Bear.
April 21, 2012 Leave a comment
Trying to compress the essence of the first part of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here album, Shine On You Crazy Diamond. It’s something to work with, a beginning.
April 19, 2012 Leave a comment
A slight spin the coloring effect of the video by using the YouTube Enhancements resulting in a plum colored video. I used the word “plumb” as, not only a spin on the color (plum), but also as spin on the feeling of being “numb” as in reference to the original song’s name. I’m not numb, but “plumb”, comfortably vertical, relaxing in a sea of thought.
April 19, 2012 Leave a comment
Using the Flip video recorder’s FlipShare software to make a video resulted in the video-audio to be out of sync, Along with YouTube’s video enhancement Cartoon effect, I thought it made for an interesting video as the Squire Telecaster, aka the Queen Bee, sang along with a Neil Young Cowgirl in the Sand backing track off YouTube by MilkChocolateYummy using a guitar amp setting that I done forgot! OH NO! The “Captain Morgan” mix part of the title came from nipping on a half-pint of spiced rum before jamming, maybe that is why I forgot which setting I had dialed in on my Fender G-DEC 50 watt amp? Could be…
April 19, 2012 Leave a comment
The Queen Bee takes a stroll the darker side of a favorite Jimi Hendrix song of mine, Voodoo Chile.
A clean tone on the Fender G-DEC 50 watt amp (factory setting U13 (5 Jazz) was chosen for the clean tone which is a trademark of a Fender Telecaster.
April 19, 2012 Leave a comment
Larry stopped by to show me his new guitar, an Agile (Les Paul-copy) and he wanted me to try it out. So I put on a YouTube backing-track and we had a good time as he searched all along the watchtower for the lyrics and I for the notes.
The Agile guitar played very well, right out of the box with the factory setup, had a nice comfortable feel on the neck, nice action.
December 16, 2011 Leave a comment
“To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.”
~Proverbs 1:6
Mercenary Sailor on the Electron Sea.
"The Candle Flame of Thought shines its brightest in the Dark"
"There is no dark side of the mind, it's all dark. Really."™
