Photography literally means 'drawing with light', which derives from the Greek photo, meaning light and graph, meaning to draw. Photography is the process of recording an image – a photograph – on light sensitive film or, in the case of digital photography, via a digital electronic or magnetic memory.
Friday 20 July 2018
Sunday 24 June 2018
Happy Birthday Jeff Beck
Geoffrey
Arnold Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of the three noted
guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds. Beck also formed The Jeff
Beck Group and with Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice, he formed Beck,
Bogert & Appice. Wikipedia
Thursday 3 May 2018
Tom Morello
Thomas
Baptiste Morello is an American musician, singer, songwriter, actor and
political activist. He is best known for his tenure with the band Rage
Against the Machine and then with Audioslave. Wikipedia
Ritchie Blackmore
Richard
Hugh Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was one of
the founding members of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard-rock
music which mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. Wikipedia
Thursday 29 March 2018
Friday 23 March 2018
Thursday 22 March 2018
Fender Super Six Reverb Years of Production: 1972 – 1979
Era: Silverface
Configuration: Combo
Controls: Silver, forward facing w/ blue labels
Knobs: Black skirted w/ chrome center, numbered 1 – 10
Faceplate
Covering Material
Weight: 98 lbs.
Speaker
~Watts: 100 or 135 watts
Tubes
Rectifier: Solid State
Comments: Fender used the 4 ohm output transformer from the Twin even though the Super Six Reverb’s speaker load was 5.2 ohms. A Line Out jack, hum balance pot, and a pull boost sw. were added near the end of the models run.
Era: Silverface
Configuration: Combo
Controls: Silver, forward facing w/ blue labels
Knobs: Black skirted w/ chrome center, numbered 1 – 10
Faceplate
- Front: Normal: In, In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Mid, Bass – Vibrato: In, In, Bright Sw, Vol, Treb, Bass, Rev, Speed, Intensity – Master Vol – Pilot Lamp
- Rear: AC Outlet, Ground Sw, Fuse (2½A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Speaker Jack, Ex. Speaker Jack, Vibrato Jack, Reverb Jack, Reverb Out, Reverb In
- Dimensions: 40½ x 26½ x 11½
- Hardware: Large Chassis Straps 5 5/8”
- Handle: 2 Black Strap Handles (Sides)
- Feet: Casters
- Corners: Corner Protectors
Covering Material
- Tolex/Tweed: Black Tolex
- Grill Cloth: Blue Sparkle Grill Cloth
Weight: 98 lbs.
Speaker
- Size: 6 x 10
- Impedance: 5.2 ohms
- Model: Oxford 10L6
~Watts: 100 or 135 watts
Tubes
- Pre amp: 7025
- Power: 4 x 6L6GC
Rectifier: Solid State
Comments: Fender used the 4 ohm output transformer from the Twin even though the Super Six Reverb’s speaker load was 5.2 ohms. A Line Out jack, hum balance pot, and a pull boost sw. were added near the end of the models run.
Monday 19 March 2018
Talent
Talent is something that we are all born with, we just have to find out what is our field of expertise is. You can explore different areas of interest, such as writing, music,art; just to name a few. We must work to support ourselves in the meantime, but we all have dreams and certain passions that keep us going on. Some find their talent at an early age, they usually become successful and go on to enjoy a full career in their chosen field. I have many interests, music,writing,history; I enjoy doing various activities because they are fulfilling, I don't know if they are what I was meant to do for a living, but I still like to find out by trying different things. Fear is an obstacle that one must overcome, as well as criticism from others. Do what you feel like doing and just keep focused on the specific task at hand, eventually you will find something. Life is not just about existing, it is an adventure, a journey.
If you love what you are doing, money is not the motivating factor, although is it is necessary. Many successful people do what they do because they have a passion for it, it is part of who they are. Success comes in many different forms, not just making a lot of money. When you try different things, you grow as a person, you find out what you like. I like to enjoy the journey, meeting people and finding out what motivates them to do what they do. Research is one of the best ways to investigate certain areas of interest. I like to write down ideas, keeping a list of topics that I later will learn about by reading about them. Sometimes we have recurring dreams, I don't know if they mean anything but I always check them out just in case.
I will continue to write, I find it helps with the thoughts and ideas I have on my mind. Life is short so wasting time is a bad habit to get into. Sometimes we have to go with the flow, what will come to us takes time. I find that trying is the best way to develop character, doing nothing is not an option. Enjoy the ride, you only go around once in this life.
Talent is something that we are all born with, we just have to find out what is our field of expertise is. You can explore different areas of interest, such as writing, music,art; just to name a few. We must work to support ourselves in the meantime, but we all have dreams and certain passions that keep us going on. Some find their talent at an early age, they usually become successful and go on to enjoy a full career in their chosen field. I have many interests, music,writing,history; I enjoy doing various activities because they are fulfilling, I don't know if they are what I was meant to do for a living, but I still like to find out by trying different things. Fear is an obstacle that one must overcome, as well as criticism from others. Do what you feel like doing and just keep focused on the specific task at hand, eventually you will find something. Life is not just about existing, it is an adventure, a journey.
If you love what you are doing, money is not the motivating factor, although is it is necessary. Many successful people do what they do because they have a passion for it, it is part of who they are. Success comes in many different forms, not just making a lot of money. When you try different things, you grow as a person, you find out what you like. I like to enjoy the journey, meeting people and finding out what motivates them to do what they do. Research is one of the best ways to investigate certain areas of interest. I like to write down ideas, keeping a list of topics that I later will learn about by reading about them. Sometimes we have recurring dreams, I don't know if they mean anything but I always check them out just in case.
I will continue to write, I find it helps with the thoughts and ideas I have on my mind. Life is short so wasting time is a bad habit to get into. Sometimes we have to go with the flow, what will come to us takes time. I find that trying is the best way to develop character, doing nothing is not an option. Enjoy the ride, you only go around once in this life.
Sunday 18 March 2018
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".[1]
Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and trained as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division; he was granted an honorable discharge the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the Chitlin' Circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires before moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by Linda Keith, who in turn interested bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals in becoming his first manager.[2] Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the U.S. after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the U.S.; it was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970, before his accidental death from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27.
Hendrix was inspired musically by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in utilizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He helped to popularize the use of a wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, and was the first artist to use stereophonic phasing effects in music recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began."[3]
Hendrix was the recipient of several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1967, readers of Melody Maker voted him the Pop Musician of the Year, and in 1968, Rolling Stone declared him the Performer of the Year. Disc and Music Echo honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969 and in 1970, Guitar Player named him the Rock Guitarist of the Year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Rolling Stone ranked the band's three studio albums, Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland, among the 100 greatest albums of all time, and they ranked Hendrix as the greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time.
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".[1]
Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and trained as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division; he was granted an honorable discharge the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the Chitlin' Circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires before moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by Linda Keith, who in turn interested bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals in becoming his first manager.[2] Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the U.S. after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the U.S.; it was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970, before his accidental death from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27.
Hendrix was inspired musically by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in utilizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He helped to popularize the use of a wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, and was the first artist to use stereophonic phasing effects in music recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began."[3]
Hendrix was the recipient of several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1967, readers of Melody Maker voted him the Pop Musician of the Year, and in 1968, Rolling Stone declared him the Performer of the Year. Disc and Music Echo honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969 and in 1970, Guitar Player named him the Rock Guitarist of the Year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Rolling Stone ranked the band's three studio albums, Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland, among the 100 greatest albums of all time, and they ranked Hendrix as the greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time.
SRV
Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. In spite of a short-lived mainstream career spanning seven years, he was one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s. AllMusic describes him as "a rocking powerhouse of a guitarist who gave blues a burst of momentum in the '80s, with influence still felt long after his tragic death."[2]
Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Vaughan began playing guitar at the age of seven, inspired by his older brother Jimmie. In 1971 he dropped out of high school, and moved to Austin the following year. He played gigs with numerous bands, earning a spot in Marc Benno's band, the Nightcrawlers, and later with Denny Freeman in the Cobras, with whom he continued to work through late 1977. He then formed his own group, Triple Threat Revue, before renaming the band Double Trouble after hiring drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon. He gained fame after his performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1982, and in 1983 his debut studio album, Texas Flood, charted at number 38. The ten-song album was a commercially successful release that sold over half a million copies. After achieving sobriety in late 1986, he headlined concert tours with Jeff Beck in 1989 and Joe Cocker in 1990 before his death in a helicopter crash on August 27, 1990, at the age of 35.
Vaughan was inspired musically by American and British blues rock. He favored clean amplifiers with high volume and contributed to the popularity of vintage musical equipment. He often combined several different amplifiers together and used minimal effects pedals. Chris Gill of Guitar World commented: "Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar tone was as dry as a San Antonio summer and as sparkling clean as a Dallas debutante, the product of the natural sound of amps with ample clean headroom. However, Vaughan occasionally used pedals to augment his sound, mainly to boost the signal, although he occasionally employed a rotating speaker cabinet and wah pedals for added textural flair."[3]
Vaughan received several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1983, readers of Guitar Player voted him Best New Talent and Best Electric Blues Guitar Player. In 1984, the Blues Foundation named him Entertainer of the Year and Blues Instrumentalist of the Year, and in 1987, Performance Magazine honored him with Rhythm and Blues Act of the Year. Earning six Grammy Awards and ten Austin Music Awards, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2000, and the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2014. Rolling Stone ranked Vaughan as the twelfth greatest guitarist of all time.[4] In 2015, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[5]
Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. In spite of a short-lived mainstream career spanning seven years, he was one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s. AllMusic describes him as "a rocking powerhouse of a guitarist who gave blues a burst of momentum in the '80s, with influence still felt long after his tragic death."[2]
Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Vaughan began playing guitar at the age of seven, inspired by his older brother Jimmie. In 1971 he dropped out of high school, and moved to Austin the following year. He played gigs with numerous bands, earning a spot in Marc Benno's band, the Nightcrawlers, and later with Denny Freeman in the Cobras, with whom he continued to work through late 1977. He then formed his own group, Triple Threat Revue, before renaming the band Double Trouble after hiring drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon. He gained fame after his performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1982, and in 1983 his debut studio album, Texas Flood, charted at number 38. The ten-song album was a commercially successful release that sold over half a million copies. After achieving sobriety in late 1986, he headlined concert tours with Jeff Beck in 1989 and Joe Cocker in 1990 before his death in a helicopter crash on August 27, 1990, at the age of 35.
Vaughan was inspired musically by American and British blues rock. He favored clean amplifiers with high volume and contributed to the popularity of vintage musical equipment. He often combined several different amplifiers together and used minimal effects pedals. Chris Gill of Guitar World commented: "Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar tone was as dry as a San Antonio summer and as sparkling clean as a Dallas debutante, the product of the natural sound of amps with ample clean headroom. However, Vaughan occasionally used pedals to augment his sound, mainly to boost the signal, although he occasionally employed a rotating speaker cabinet and wah pedals for added textural flair."[3]
Vaughan received several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1983, readers of Guitar Player voted him Best New Talent and Best Electric Blues Guitar Player. In 1984, the Blues Foundation named him Entertainer of the Year and Blues Instrumentalist of the Year, and in 1987, Performance Magazine honored him with Rhythm and Blues Act of the Year. Earning six Grammy Awards and ten Austin Music Awards, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2000, and the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2014. Rolling Stone ranked Vaughan as the twelfth greatest guitarist of all time.[4] In 2015, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[5]
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