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polydigm
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The Music of Geoff Pointer
My web site has had a new structure for some time now.
It has the same domain name, but is now divided into three sub domains.
Music, Education and Blog.
The music and education sub domains are up and running, but the blog
is still waiting for me to find the time to work out how to run a blog properly.
A link to my music subdomain is in my signature.
Any comments appreciated.
[Previous edit on 22-2-13 by polydigm]
[Last edit on 08-10-22 by polydigm, it was way out of date]
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polydigm
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A lead balloon comes to mind.
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Nice Stuff 
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polydigm
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I think about what FZ said about not being bothered whether people liked his music or not. It's an untestable postulate because a lot of people did
and do like his music, so he didn't have to experience what it would be like with no-one liking it and really couldn't have known how that would feel.
I'm sure if no-one at all had been interested he would have ended up doing something else with his life.
Anyway, Pedro, thanks for the feedback.
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I'm still working hard at the guitar. Here's another three of my compositions.
Turbulator: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jRdWZViOtc
More Than It Seems: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIrpT9c6WFg
Flea Bites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFGqbGDJjBk
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Nice! And it's great to see you moving!
Is that some special effect you used on Turbulator? It sounds cool!
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polydigm
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I went out and bought a practice amp a couple of months ago because the only amp I had then was a 100 Watt Fender which is great but is almost useless
for practice. That inspired me to practice more than usual and hence a few more videos resulted. The new amp is a Roland Cube 40 XL. Turbulator was
played on it using only a little chorus, reverb and some gain called "Tweed". Thanks for your feedback.
I videoed three FZ covers at the time as well, Uncle Meat, King Kong and Zoot Allures which are also on YouTube.
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polydigm
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I see that I've got my first thumbs down on YouTube for my Zoot Allures rendition. I believe that anonymous thumbs downs should not be allowed. This
would then at least prevent attacks of spite. It was probably Dweezil. 
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 You know you can edit that in your video options? Under the header "video
rating"?
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Ah! I'm surprised I haven't commented already.
I favorited the little house but didn't realize you'd added to it.
I'm impressed with all of those clips.
Uncle Meat in particular there's a lot of notes you nail in that - I dunno how you do that 
on zoot allures there are aspects of franks style you bring to the middle section that surprises and still show off your improv abilities - even for
someone who obsesses on frank's style and approach - well done!
[Edited on 6-11-12 by punknaynowned]
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Ah, Ned, that's making my day. Cheers.
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polydigm
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Okay, I've posted one of my vocal numbers on YouTube.
The Status Quo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icwuRWoxC6E
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Try to start earlier with the vocals. It's got a lot of potential!
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I'm not saying that after composing music for nearly 40 years I have nothing left to learn, but I think I've found my voice. I believe I'm original
and I have no intention of sacrificing that.
Why? If I know why, it might give me more reason to do it the way I
do.
| Quote: | | It's got a lot of potential! |
Potential for what? I'm not interested in the charts, I'm not interested in
popularity. People can like it or not. I want to tailor my audience to me, however small that may end up being - I have no interest in tailoring
myself to an audience.
My question is: Do you like it? If not, that's bad luck for me and for you, but not a reason for me to change the way I compose.
Sound familiar in any way?
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Calm down, Poly.
There is not much variation in how you play the guitar: no melody or anything, just chords. It makes it hard to listen up to the point where you start
to sing.
It's very difficult to sing with a guitar in front of your belly: FZ couldn't. All the same I would invest some time in developing the proper
breathing techniques for singing: this will vastly improve your sound, will make singing easier for you, less painful and tiring etc. Singing is
essentially a breathing technique.
I like the chord variation of the song, and it has potential, by which I mean that when execution is 100% you will get a very enjoyable track. Hit
songs are unpredictable, and so is popularity, but like a good drawing, a good song will still need good execution.
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This is a text problem. I was perfectly calm while writing that. I can be very blunt while
remaining perfectly calm.
| Quote: | | There is not much variation in how you play the guitar: no melody or anything, just chords. It makes it hard to listen up to the point where you start
to sing. |
Most of the criticism I've received in the past relates to overcomplicating stuff. Why do I want so
many chords? ... etc ... In the context of this video, it's just my voice and the acoustic guitar with no overdubs, so, even though I'm having fun
playing that intro, I can see how you might get bored.
| Quote: | | It's very difficult to sing with a guitar in front of your belly: FZ couldn't. All the same I would invest some time in developing the proper
breathing techniques for singing: this will vastly improve your sound, will make singing easier for you, less painful and tiring etc. Singing is
essentially a breathing technique. |
I'm no singer, that's for sure, and I have a diminished lung capacity,
but I don't have the luxury of employing one currently. So unless I wait until I do, this is the only way I have of communicating my compositions live
at the moment.
| Quote: | | I like the chord variation of the song, and it has potential, by which I mean that when execution is 100% you will get a very enjoyable track. Hit
songs are unpredictable, and so is popularity, but like a good drawing, a good song will still need good execution. |
The crux of the biscuit. I have no illusions that it was a full, professionally polished performance.
My aim is to get a band together and rehearse their arses off, along with my own. In the mean time, if I can secure a couple of solo gigs, then I will
invest the time to polish my presentation in the voice/guitar medium. In the mean time I have to find people who are interested and I'm hoping that
the ones I would like to meet will see what I'm getting at. So, for instance, I'm sure you don't need to see any more polish and have seen enough to
be able to decide whether or not you'd be interested in playing this kind of music?
I'm glad that you like the chord variation of the song and I really do appreciate you taking the time to comment in detail.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYqXCKvjY-k
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"Discipline, you need discipline!!"
Some time ago, in Sydney, when all three of my children were still at home, I had a couple of lessons with my daughter's singing teacher but then a
whole bunch of personal stuff came flooding in and put a stop to that. I never got back to it and now I'm chasing a PhD in Mathematics. I keep
intending to at least get a book on the subject of singing and the other day, ironically, I was trying to do some stuff with my diaphragm.
That guy's videos are basically a tease, he talks it up without really saying that much and ultimately he's trying to sell the videos on his web site.
I'm certainly not giving him my email address. In the end, you only end up getting what you pay for.
I posted a similar post to this here on Friday - I don't understand why it vanished.
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I've just bought a book on all this. Basically it's on how to speak, but it also has chapters on singing and hyperventilation and other speaking
issues. It explains how the right posture and diaphragm breathing are important and gives lots of exercises I'm intended to do someday, since my sore
throat problem.
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I have two distinct reasons to visit this thread today so I'll keep them separate.
Firstly I'll attend to Bonnie's point above. I've been trying that breathing with the diaphragm thing and really does make a big difference. I'm
finding I can sing longer phrases now without losing breath. It's also kind of anti-intuitive, in a way, that the deeper breaths help the high notes
just as much as the low notes. Thanks for the tip Bonny. I realise it's not rocket science but you said it to me just at the moment I was best able to
understand and make use of it.
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