I use two samson C02 pencil condensers, one set about a foot away from the 12th fret, another set the same distance from the bridge. On the mixer, I bias the 12th fret mic to treble and the bridge mic to bass/mids. If I'm singing, I mount a large-diaphragm condenser on the center post of the mic stand.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 11:30 AM on October 24, 2009

If I had some spare time, I'd take a whack at the solo with my banjo-- actually sounds like it might fall nicely under the fingers for the most part. Alas, school doesn't end this year until August.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 8:41 PM on July 6, 2009

This is great. Wonderful picking ORthey. Heck, wonderful picking all around!
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 9:09 PM on May 30, 2009

I vote aye, but only because if I have another week I can sneak my digital recorder into my next sacred harp singing.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 10:04 PM on March 28, 2009

Top shelf, beautiful music as always ORthey. Love the distant, panned, and somewhat distorted banjo in the first section there.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 4:26 PM on March 20, 2009

DAMN IT GO TO THE FIVE CORTEX, GO TO THE FIVE!!!!!!
This is going to replace Feliz Navidad as the song I sing to push stuck songs out of my head.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 6:37 PM on March 17, 2009

Wait I fixed it with this.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 10:21 PM on March 17, 2009

Hey. This is great. Excellent fusion of clawhammer and irish trad. Baroque-sounding at times.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 3:45 PM on February 3, 2009

I'm in.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 11:03 AM on October 30, 2008

Thank you all for the kind words. Points to Abcxyz123infinity for speedy solution & honorable mention to Galvatron for a viable alternate.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 4:01 AM on October 28, 2008

Punching Dick Fuld.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 11:25 AM on October 7, 2008

Because clawhammer is so rhythmic, you may do well to read up on rhythms outside the standard bum-diggy. I'm thinking crazy latin and african polyrhythms-- six with your thumb against eight with your fingers. You've definitely got the chops already to do some crazy work.

You may also want to consider getting a fretless mountain banjo and experimenting with things outside the 12-tone scale. I'm thinking specifically of arab music. There are many Oud tunes that I think... [more]
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 6:44 PM on August 10, 2008

Radio. There is no doubt, Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion irreparably influenced my musical taste. God knows what sort of music I'd be playing if I hadn't been fed a steady dose of Guy's All-Star Shoe Band from an early age onward.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 9:50 AM on July 12, 2008

Jofus - the banjo was all done in one take/one track, as was the guitar.
Corduroy - The harmonics you hear at the end are on the banjo; the guitar is being brushed softly with the pads of my first three fingers.

All - thanks for the kind words.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 3:54 PM on June 5, 2008

That cooks.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 4:37 PM on April 6, 2008

Well I'll be damned. Let it be known: Stephen Foster's the guy.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 4:33 PM on April 6, 2008

(as a gift to the talented member sp00n).
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 10:45 AM on February 1, 2008

This is great. I'm a big Nash fan and an even bigger banjo fan. Good pickin'.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 7:51 AM on December 14, 2007

Great stuff. Reminds me of Tin Hat Trio. Where can I hear more?
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 10:47 AM on October 26, 2007

Their website, for those curious souls.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 7:26 PM on October 29, 2007

I like. Also, good tone outta that gitane.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 6:20 AM on October 8, 2007

Standard tuning. If you want to bring it up to imogen's original pitch, throw a capo on II.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 7:23 AM on May 15, 2007

Thanks for all the wonderful compliments. Will continue posting pop covers.

The original is Imogen Heap solo through a vocoder attached to a keyboard.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 9:24 PM on May 24, 2007

Most excellent!
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 6:26 PM on March 19, 2007

This is actually the third official birthday song I've recorded. Two others are available in the mp3 section of my website.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 9:52 AM on July 6, 2006

Yes, second the Ray's Place theme and it's good to see a fellow Songfighter on MeFi.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 6:50 PM on July 3, 2006

The song is supposed to sound in D. For me in both Firefox 1.0.6 and in IE it sounds like it's in C#. I encoded in 128 CBR in WinLAME, so I'm not sure what's up.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 8:58 AM on July 3, 2006