Comments on: John Callahan

By: Burning Silo » Blog Archive » recently read, seen, or heard - and enjoyed

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:28:49 +0000

[…] * Always one to push the envelope, it seemed only a matter of time before Dave would add a new element of interest at Via Negativa. It started off with a musical performance, but as you’ll discover, he’s taking this much further. Go read about it and don’t forget to switch on your sound if you’re like me and surf the net with the “mute” turned on. […]

By: Lori Witzel

Lori Witzel — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:41:18 +0000

Talk about techno-slow…I have been trying and trying to play your audio clips on my Mac laptop, and it just wouldn’t work. Checked and rechecked all my cables, tried launching it from iTunes, and nada. I figured I must need some Windows app that I just didn’t have.

What a goof-ball.
Now, almost a week later, I realized I left the Mute box checked in my System Prefs.
Doh!!!

Anyway, this was definitely worth the inept wrangling. Your voice and intensity remind me of some of the bluegrass musicians who were responsible for putting the notion in my head that I should move to Central Texas.

One lovely thing about a harmonica is no tuning. I used to wait for hours for my buddies to get done tuning so they’d play, and then of course one song later they’d tune some more. Or maybe the tuning was just an excuse to drink more beer…

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:04:54 +0000

Good grief, I have a new version of Windows Media Player that I haven’t quite got to grips with, and now, since I played this, every time I think I’m restarting Jordi Savall playing Marin Marais (my current soothing music to work to) I get you instead!

Seriously, this is great – you should definitely do more.

By: bev

bev — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:24:24 +0000

Well, I think that’s pretty darned neat! Enjoyed the music and hearing your voice. Btw, the file downloaded into my computer and went into the iTunes collection (which I don’t ever use). Funny thing when I opened iTunes to listen to your clip — there you were among all of the sound files I’ve made of frog calls here at the farm. Don’t worry…that’s no reflection on your singing… just shows that the only time I listen to “music” on my computer is when I’m playing frog calls — so, actually, you’re in excellent company.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:53:33 +0000

Thanks for posting the pic of the player. I like it.

By: Lorianne

Lorianne — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:28:52 +0000

Goodness, I didn’t notice the pencil ’til you mentioned it: wtf? I guess I was looking at your butt… ;-)

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:30:19 +0000

robin andrea – A surprise? Dare I ask what you would’ve expected?

Lorianne – If being brave is the same thing as not giving a %$#@ what people think, I suppose I qualify. I got to feeling very self-indulgent, yesterday, which is I suppose one reason why I decided to add a less-than-flattering photo. I dunno. I these kinds of things on instinct. What’s that pencil doing there, for example? I placed it there deliberately, but I have no idea why.

By: Lorianne

Lorianne — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:54:00 +0000

What fun! You know, you strike me as being very brave. Not only are you posting audio of yourself playing & singing, you’ve now posted a picture of your BUTT on your blog. (Surely you remember me remarking ages ago that I’d never post pix of my backside on HO…and the fetal ball position definitely qualifies.)

By: robin andrea

robin andrea — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:33:26 +0000

Wow, dave. That’s very cool. Love the sound of the harmonica. Your voice is a great surprise.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:17:58 +0000

marja-leena – Thanks. No, actually I rarely sing lying down; I was just looking for a more interesting shot. I tried taking pictures of me sitting or standing up, but they weren’t very interesting because my hands hid half my face!

Teju – Huh. Well, I’m totally new to this recording-and-posting-audio thing, so if you want to suggest a better way I could do it, I’m all ears. I’m using Audacity software to record and Ease Audio Converter’s Audio Cutter to convert the .wav files to a more compact format (mp3, though it gives other options). Fileden.com seemed like a good remote storage host because, unlike most other free web hosts, they don’t take stuff down after a while.