May 1st, 2009
More NEW videos on YouTube
April 22nd, 2009
TABS
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PAUL solo: Easter Song - Basic Version
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April 22nd, 2009
Videos
Many other videos on YouTube and SpokenGroove.com“Mayim” 2009 Austin, Texas“Breakaway” 2006 Soul Survivor Festival, England“Wilson’s Smile” 2009 Austin, Texas“Adam And Eve” Austin, Texas 2009“Spirit Of Autumn” 2004“Metamorphosis” 2009 Austin, Texas |
April 22nd, 2009
The Butterfly
 Paul Finley "The Butterfly" Brand new CD “The Butterfly” on New Bell Recordings. Released March 2009. Showcasing Paul at his finest yet. It’s a beautiful work of sound stories. “I did everything I could to make this CD as concise as possible. I love the journey within a song, that’s what this recording is about. In it’s individual tracks and as a whole.”What’s unique about Paul’s guitar music is the way the songs get stuck in your head. “I write them almost like a pop song. They need a hook, and they need drama too. A balance of theme, change and return. I wanted to make an album for everybody, not just guitar players.” This CD adds a new element to Paul’s sound-the 12 string guitar-which is featured on 4 songs. Percussionist and studio ace Glenn Rios added his brilliant percussion to several tracks.Online on PANDORA Internet Radio1. Breathe Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 2. Arise Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 3. Mayim Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 4. The Bloodhound Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 5. Michele Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 6. Sydney Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 7. Winter Hill Waltz Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 8. Advent Meditation Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 12. Metamorphosis Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. 14. Send In The Clowns Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. |
April 20th, 2009
Butterfly intro’s are being posted on this page which still under construction. Below are song descriptions in audio & visual format for all tracks on “The Butterfly”.
Meet Michele…..
Butterfly Intro’s
Butterfly intro’s are being posted on this page which still under construction. Below are song descriptions in audio & visual format for all tracks on “The Butterfly”.
TRACK 3 “MAYIM”
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"A stream was welling up out of the earth and was watering all the surface of the ground". Book of Genesis
TRACK 5 “Michele”
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Meet Michele…..
Michele Miller
TRACK 9 “THE WIZARD”
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The Wizard himself-Roy H. Williams.
TRACK 12 “WILSON’S SMILE”
Wilson’s actual smile!!
My buddy Wilson Tan from Singapore
TRACK 13 “SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES”
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John Fahey, composer of "Sunflower River Blues". He did a great service to American music by introducing American Folk songs and styles to concert level audiences.
TRACK 15 “YOU”
St. Mary's-Hardington. Somerset, England
April 20th, 2009
Live Acoustic Rig
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| O.K. fellow gear heads, here’s the nitty gritty on my live set-up for Mary. The pick up system is a Trance Audio Amulet/AcousticLens System. It mounts inside the guitar, underneath the saddle. This is cool: there are 2 pick ups; one for the treble strings ( E B G ) and one for the bass strings ( D A E ). There is a converter/preamp mounted inside the guitar, from there it goes to a stereo guitar cord out. So you have special cords and jacks that accommodate the stereo cord ends in your line. Stereo guitar cord goes into the main Amulet preamp ( small blue box ) that has a master volume knob. Out of this preamp the signal is split back again. 1 output for treble pick up, 1 for bass to send out different signal paths for each respective pick up.From there both signals are further preamped and EQ’d for beefier quality. The treble pick up signal goes into a Rane ME 30 Graphic EQ, then into a Lexicon Alex effects unit which I use for reverbs. Important trick here; I only use reverb on the treble strings, I keep the bass string dry. There is a tiny amount of bleed of reverb onto the bass, because the pick ups sit side by side inside the guitar, and I like this subtle bleed. So this trick gives the melodies that are usually played on the treble strings their own space, a separate sound color from that of the bass strings. The reverb lets the melodies hang on the treble strings while I keep the tighter sounding chugga chugga rhythm parts going on the bass strings. Last gizmo in that chain is a Behringer Ultra-G D.I. box.
The bass strings signal path ( after coming out of the main Amulet preamp ) goes into a L.R. Baggs Para Acoustic D.I. box. I love the Baggs unit. This is my bass signal third preamp, EQ and D.I. box all rolled into one. It has lots of EQ capability, XLR or 1/4 outputs, accepts phantom power, are built rock solid, and is easy on batteries. AND they aren’t expensive. Sounds great on fiddle too.All my connecting cords ( except the stereo cable ) are George L’s cables. These cables sound MUCH better than the average guitar cable. Compare this cable to another and hear for yourself.A Keal road case holds everything safely together. The case was custom designed and assembled by Randy Schwartz and Paul Kaiser. |
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STRINGS 80/20 Bronze Medium gauge .013 .017 .026 .035 .045. 056 12 String set: Elixir Polyweb 80/20 Bronze Light gauge .010 .010 .014 .014 .023 .009 .030 .012 .039 .018 .047 .027 Electric Strings: D’Addario XL nickel wound .011 .014 .018 .028 .038 .049 PICKS Tortex green ( medium heavy ) |
April 20th, 2009
Tunings
“The Butterfly” - April 2009 GUITAR USED
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April 20th, 2009
Meet Mary & Margie
Meet Mary
Mary is a Washburn DC 60 E, serial # 62304. I purchased it new on September 6, 1991 for about $800 at The White House Of Music in my home town of Waukesha, Wisconsin. This model was produced only for about 5 years. Aside from when they were first available, I’ve only seen a few ever since they came out in the early 1990’s. What sold me on the guitar is the unique 24 fret (2 octave) neck. Very rare for any guitar, and unheard of for an acoustic. What keeps me playing her is the incredible tone, it has SO improved with age. And it is a warhorse! Takes a beating on the road and has held up amazingly. For example:
Due to a drunk patron, Mary took an upside down dive off a 3 foot stage in New York City in 1993 and came out with only a tiny ding. By rights that should have broken the headstock off. In Temple Texas, a metal footswitch dropped on it from several feet up when the guitar was lying on the stage floor without a guitar stand. Dumb idea. Mary also survived Tropical Storm Allison, a flood in Houston on June 8, 2001. The car I was in got stalled in high water, was pushed to higher ground, but the water kept rising. Thankfully the water never got higher than the rear wheels after that. I had to leave the guitar in the trunk as my girlfriend and I waded thru chest high water to flee to a nearby hospital for shelter for the night.
Recent repairs & modifications have been done by Tom Oatley. Tom was Jimmie Vaughan’s guitar tech for 5 years, and was also a tech for the Dixie Chicks recently. Of special note is the beautiful hand made metal cross he himself made after receiving the idea for it in a dream! It’s purpose was to cover the hole in the side left from the original electronics panel. The pick up system he installed is a Trance Audio Amulet System. This pickup system I was turned onto by Michael Hedges, who used a prototype model. It’s what captures all the body knocks and hand nuances on the guitar.
Other mods have been done by Luthier Del Langejans of Holland, Michigan. The man makes guitars that will make you melt. He’s made guitars for guys like Phil Keaggy & John Michael Talbot.
Another important addition are brass bridge pins on the bass strings. Again, I got the idea from Hedges, but then was convicted to make the change after hearing for myself when I played Willy Porter’s guitar. Brass pins add a huge amount of volume and tone. Both very good things!
The neck & headstock is 1 piece of mahogany which I find amazing. Several pieces of wood at least are normally used for this step. And mahogany being a soft wood makes for easy neck vibrato when you shake the guitar with love.
Meet Margie
“Margie” is my new girlfriend! She’s a 2007 Taylor 354ce, serial # 20071114023, purchased in January 2008. It was an outer space experience the first time I played her at Strait Music in my now home of Austin, Texas. That same outer space experience continued the 2nd & 3rd times too before I purchased it. It is a writing tool extraordinaire!! Oceans of sound. I tune it in DADGAD, but a 1/2 step lower still. Huge sound! Who ever invented the 12 string should get a medal for being extraordinarily cool.
A common trick I do w/Margie is to capo also at the 5th fret in the tuning I mentioned. This is a fantastic balance of bass, middle & treble. The melodies I often play on the middle 2 strings, the lower strings work the bass range, and the top strings work as drones or harmonies. 3 parts-that’s the key to a full sound. I employ the capo like this on “The Bloodhound”, “Mayim” & “Metamorphosis” on The Butterfly.
April 13th, 2009
New Bell Recordings
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New CD The Butterfly Released March 2009
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"The Butterfly" 2009
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Description: Showcasing Paul at his finest yet. This is a beautiful work of sound, story and growth. “I did everything I could to make this CD as concise as possible. I love the journey within a song, that’s what this recording is about. In it’s individual tracks and as a whole”. This CD adds a new element to Paul’s sound-the 12 string guitar-which is featured on 4 songs. Percussionist and studio ace Glenn Rios added his brilliant percussion to several tracks.
14 WINDOWS Released July 2004
Wizard Academy Press
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Description: Paul’s 2nd CD includes unique narrative tracks about each individual song. This gives the listener specific knowledge and direction for the musical story played out in the music. “Spirit Of Autumn” is an excellent music story; having the narrative tells exactly where the piece originated from. 14 Windows includes Paul’s 10 minute epic “Never A Lake Of Fire”.
A.D. Released October 2001
Self released
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Description: There is a wonderful mix of instrumentation on this CD. Paul says: “I still love this CD after all these years. Arrangements of multiple instruments is one my favorite parts of creating music. Having the guitar as the primary voice of course I’m fascinated with.” Half of the pieces are solo guitar in addition to the multiple instrument pieces. “It means the world to me that so many people have received such joy listening to this CD”. As a turn from the rest of the CD, the ridiculously funny The Wolf Song is the CD’s hidden track.
April 10th, 2009
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