[causebass]

just uploaded for your listening enjoyment recent live versions from theCAUSE of Stella Blue and Mason's Children...take a minute and enjoy! feedback welcomed..first two tunes on our website and available for download

david


http://www.theCAUSEjams.com

[Chuckles]

Masons is a tough one to nail, what with ya gotta sing off-key harmonies to get it close to the original....

That is a sublime and very pretty Stella.

You guys recorded that at a gig? Mind sharing what you used to capture it?

[causebass]

thanks for the kind comments...I tried very hard to not hit all the harmonies on Mason's but my lead singer seemed to think it was better if i sang on key!

when i was doing the mixdown I was so happy with the Stella from that show I couldn't wait to get it on the website..great singing, smoking leads and the band plays with such nice dynamics IMHO

we record almost all our shows to a multi track digital recorder directly feed from the main mixer(use about 8 channels because the drums are sub mixed from stage), then mixed down and burned to CD..if you need more info I have to ask our drummer/soundman.

[GratefulPat]

what effects is the lead player using in the 2nd stella solo

[bucketorain]

great job! love the keys on masons....

[strumminsix]

Nice!!!

[pappypgh]

what effects is the lead player using in the 2nd stella solo

Pat, if you're talking about the verse solo, I'm using a Sountank Digital Delay and a Boss Distortion/Overdrive pedal. I play a 1991 American Standard Fender Stratocaster with Seymour Duncan rails on the neck & center and a Seymour Duncan mini-humbucker on the bridge. The amp is a 1993 Fender Blues DeVille 4x10. I keep my reverb up to about 8. If you're talking about the solo at the end of the song, I'm using the delay and a clean sound on the bridge pickup.

Thanks for listening!!

Pappy

www.theCAUSEjams.com

[pappypgh]

FYI - the full set list to the show that MASON'S CHILDREN & STELLA BLUE are from (trying to talk David into uploading it all on internet archive for free download - so feel free to give him a nudge, too!):

Saturday, December 15, 2007
P.D.'S PUB

SET I: Hell In A Bucket > (Like A) Firefly*, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, My Brother Esau, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Black Throated Wind, Glass Onion > I'm So Tired > Eyes Of The World > Music Never Stopped.

SET II: Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Sample In A Jar, Mason's Children > Dear Mr. Fantasy > Terrapin Station > Never Alone** > Stella Blue, Sympathy For The Devil, Hesitation Blues.

ENCORE: Sophia**, US Blues..

* written by Eric "Pappy" Weingrad & Jon Hoernig
** written by Eric "Pappy" Weingrad


www.theCAUSEjams.com

[causebass]

thanks..a bunch of rukindheads took time to listen to our tunes...(as suggested by the unusually high number of hits our site had today!)