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Inspired by this great video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvwJSiyPG1s I set out to try to meticulously tab out everything that's going on in this song. Needless to say, it's quite difficult to pick everything out, but I think I have a pretty good stab at it. There's a few "key" licks to learn, and then you interweave them with improvisational riffs. Jeff doesn't really play the song the same way twice from what I can see from live videos. Learning the licks below should give you a good basis to somewhat imitate what he's doing. Mainly from what I can see it's a lot of very cool variation

This solo has always looked easy to play to me, but has always sounded great. It looks easy, but there's a lot of subtle stuff going on, I recommend listening closely. He never seems to play the same solo twice, but they're all similar. This is a transcription of the performance from the I Am Trying to Break Your Heart DVD, because the mix is nice and loud, and the solo sounds good to me. Here's a YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAchM1rqiOg b = half step bend v = vibrato ~ = hold br = bend and return

Sorry for the late reply, but I know a little bit more about this subject now, and can better explain what I was saying. Overall, the reason for using Blu Ray is pretty simple. Blu Ray lets you have higher resolution video than DVD. With DVD, the best you're going to see is 480p. With Blu Ray, you can easily have 1080p, and soon 4K. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart was filmed on B&W 16mm. If you can it in digitally, that's about 2K resolution. Of course, the more documentary nature of the film means you won't get quite as much clarity as you would something that's deliberately filmed fo

I was a bit of a jackass, I apologize. But I still think I'm right .

Again...you guys are missing the point I'm trying to make. The point I'm trying to make is not whether Wilco SHOULD release it on Blu Ray. Whether or not it makes fiscal sense is entirely up to the band/management/record company. They're probably using some formula like $X put into transferring to HD - (number of predicted copies sold x profit per copy) that will determine whether or not they actually release it. But, it seems like someone made thought this was a good idea, because there was, at some point, an effort to release it on Blu Ray. Personally, I don't care whether it comes out or no

Obviously, you are (by your own admission in earlier threads) missing some of the basic knowledge required to understand the kind of benefits a Blu Ray transfer could bring. Just because there have been shitty Blu Ray transfers in the past does not mean that IATTBYH would have a shitty transfer. Also, Wilco is a group of musicians, not movie makers, they don't necessarily understand the benefits of Blu Ray either. Either way, they were speaking out about the PRICE of the disc and not the quality of the transfer (even though they did make the "grainy black and white comment," there is some misu

That's fine...but that's not the point. The point is that the movie WOULD benefit from a Blu Ray transfer.

I apologize for digging up an old topic, but I just wanted to toss in my two cents. I'm not a cinema geek, but I do have an eye for art. I much prefer Sam Jone's work on IATTBYH to anything I've seen the Burn to Shine guys do. In fact, I'd venture to say that the whole look of IATTBYH is one of my favorite ones (for any other project, it would likely be completely unsuitable, but it fits perfectly here). I'm sure that the BTS stuff is shot a lot more cleanly and properly, but the vibe of IATTBYH is just through the roof. It might be a combination of the music, the story, etc., but IATTBYH

Apparently, I must not. What exactly is your opposition to a Blu Ray transfer of older movies? It sounds like you're saying that movies shot on film will see little or no benefit from a transfer to Blu Ray (which is 100% false). I'm not some sort of Sony hired Blu Ray shill - I don't even own a Blu Ray player. But it's completely 100% wrong to think that older movies cannot benefit from a Blu Ray release. One thing I forgot to mention earlier: aside from a higher resolution transfer, HD video on Blu Ray can also be much less compressed than DVD, so less chance of seeing compression artifa

This is what I mean by quality of transfer - the film grain itself is part of the nature of the film and pretty much inevitable. However, dust, scratches, etc. (other physical defects) can either be physically cleaned off the print, or removed via software. Really high quality transfers involve going over each frame. A movie like Caddyshack probably has a really poor transfer (most comedies are not known for their visual splendor), but I can guarantee you that more visually stunning movies have much higher quality transfers (couldn't tell you off hand which ones, but I'm sure there are various

DVD and even Blu Ray are a long ways off from film. The resolution, even in 1080p HD, isn't nearly as high as that of film. I don't remember offhand the exact numbers, but it's significant. I'm not sure what you have been watching, but just about any movie would benefit from a transfer to Blu Ray. There have been some bad Blu Ray transfers, of course, and not every movie gets a careful transfer. But, the potential is definitely there. That being said, I'm not sure how IATTBYH was shot, but it looks like it was on film and (despite being in grainy black and white), it should still benefit fro

That's very rude. What's wrong with starting new topics instead of digging up old ones? This is a discussion board, not an archive. If it annoys you, don't reply to the topic.

The Flaming Lips. Transmissions from the Satellite Heart, Zaireeka, Clouds Taste Metallic, Hit to Death in the Future Head and THE SOFT BULLETIN. Nothing else even comes close to a run like that. Uncle Tupelo's best stuff was from the 80s, and Wilco's best stuff is 2000+.

It's nothing like the Soft Bulletin, Clouds Taste Metallic, Transmissions, At War With the Mystics, or Yoshimi. If you are only a fan of those albums, you will likely not "get it." The songs are not structured at all like the songs on those albums. There is very little similarity in arrangement, feel, etc. The Flaming Lips have, once again, reinvented themselves, and some people are not going to like it, some are going to think it's trash, and that's OK, because I fucking love what they've done. The songs here are much more organic, spacey, and jam based. What it reminds me most of is earlie

I think the best way to put it is that this album is a return to the dark/weird Flaming Lips stuff of yester-year. If you dig this album, check out some of their older stuff (Hit to Death in the Future Head, In a Priest Driven Ambulance, etc.).

This album is amazing, no bones about it. If you don't like it, that's fine, probably not your thing. Sagittarius Silver Announcement alone is worth the price of admission. Evil, If, and I Can be a Frog are the only tracks I'm not in love with.

Finally found this one at a local Borders. Great articles, great photographs, and something no one else has mentioned yet - the magazine smells great too! The Wilco article was very cool, makes me want to buy even more guitars .

While I agree with you about Nels' hands being the center of his tone, what I was meaning is that there's a lot of talk about the pedals that Nels, Jeff, etc. use (and Nels contributes to that sort of talk: http://www.nelscline.com/tech.html). A lot of the stuff Nels does on stage is "enhanced" by pedals and other tools he likes to use, and a lot of the sounds he gets are very specific to the pedals he uses, and he likes to use very specific, boutique pedals. With Jay, all you really need is a cranked tube amp and a few standard pedals to imitate his tone. A Tube Screamer, Tremolo Pedal, a nic

I'm listening to the stream, loving it. If anyone could point me towards an MP3 capture of the stream, it would be highly appreciated...

I as well love Jay Bennett's tone/playing. However, judging from the article (and my own eyes and ears from the videos I've watched), it doesn't seem that Jay Bennett is defined by his pedals (at least, not to the level that someone like Nels Cline uses pedals). His tone is fantastic, especially in that video that you linked to. However, all it takes to get the kind of sound like you see in the video is a nice clean Fender amp and a Telecaster (or other similar, chimey bright guitar). I think most of Jay Bennett's skill was in his fingers, and amp/guitar choice (which explains why I like him s

J-45s vary wildly from guitar to guitar. I would recommend playing as many as you can get your hands on before you make a decision. For what it's worth, I really like a lot of the newer ones Gibson's been making (really light resonant bodies with thick necks), but you'll have to form your own opinion.

Now available as a digital release: http://www.wonderfulfm.com/WFM/Music.aspx Check it out!

If anyone could help me track down a copy of this song, it would be highly appreciated...

Here's my take on the solo (arranged for guitar in standard tuning). Sounds like it's originally played on a lap steel, probably tuned to some sort of 6 chord, but I didn't realize that until I was halfway into it, so I figured, might as well finish it off. I am writing from memory, so it might be a little off (will check when I get home), corrections welcome. Split into chunks for easier consumption: (v = vibrato, lots of it here) E--------------------------------- B--------------------------------- G--------------------------------- D--7b8-5-7b9b7-5---s5---s12---s15v A-----------------

Hey Gin - Just got a quick chance to look over your Box Full of Letters tab. I think you're right on with Riff 4. Riffs 5 & 6, we're basically playing the same notes, just different version .