Yarmishun Jim (2:00, IL2)
HS: For this one I played the kalimba into a microphone that ran through Greg’s effects pedals, and we played-around until we got a snippet of kalimba music that would make a good loop. After Greg set-up the loop we went back to the drums and guitar to play along with it. I’m playing the cymbals with wire brushes. Dig Greg’s delicate staccato figure at the end of the piece.
GS: This was one of the few pieces where the microphone/pedalboard/amp setup actually worked. For the most part, no matter where we placed it, including pulling it most of the way out of the room, it fed back (and not in a good way). The signal from the kalimba was quiet enough to function. Unfortunately the loop was so quiet I had to put the mix on the delay all the way up, so I couldn’t play through the board along with it and be heard. So I just plugged the guitar direct into the amp’s other channel and played along that way.
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