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Original Post By:
Gerald Ross
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Date: 5/9/2008 10:41:11 AM
(Updated: 5/9/2008 10:52:06 AM)
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I am officially a cast member in Bosko & Honey's Ukulele Safari 2008.
Bosko posted the interview he did with me last month when B & H stayed at my house in Ann Arbor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLIWRfY66A0&eurl=http://ukulele.spots.com.au/index.php?pid=10648 |
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Posted By:
Dominator
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Date: 5/9/2008 1:22:04 PM |
| Very nice Gerald. I'm so looking forward to meeting them in a few weeks at DaSilva's.
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Posted By:
Grandpa Jim
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Date: 5/9/2008 1:55:41 PM |
That is one delightful video! First of all it is an opportunity to visit one of our favorite musicians and learn more about him. But also, it has a lot of interesting musical content, not to mention excellent production values. I loved it.
Jim
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Posted By:
Hipster44
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Date: 5/9/2008 6:21:51 PM |
Very nice Gerald...you're not only a great musician,
but I really nice guy too...thanks for sharing.:)
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Posted By:
drubin
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Date: 5/9/2008 10:48:28 PM |
| Wonderful video! Thanks for making and posting, Gerald, Bosko, and Honey! :)
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Posted By:
NinaC
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Date: 5/10/2008 7:19:23 AM
(Updated: 5/10/2008 7:19:57 AM)
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| I loved seeing you talking in moving pictures, Gerald. I'd only seen you in stills before (other than the Augusta and other lap steel videos). I like the way you have your instruments mounted on the wall. And it looks like you have a nice comfortable studio. I can see you enjoyed your visit with Bosko & Honey as much as I did, they are so much fun.
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Posted By:
Craig
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Date: 5/10/2008 9:20:22 AM |
| Very, very cool! It's great to see your lair, where during the winter months, you're able to make those great recordings.
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Posted By:
Gerald Ross
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Date: 5/10/2008 9:36:40 AM
(Updated: 5/10/2008 10:34:02 AM)
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Lair???
It's also known as my "man-cave". Or as my family refers to it... "you've been down there in your *&@$!^% man-cave for 14 hours, come up here and interact with some real humans!".
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Posted By:
Gerald Ross
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Date: 5/10/2008 9:41:27 AM |
Nancy,
Here is how my instruments are displayed.
I use a "slat wall" system available from the String Swing company. This system - about 8 feet wide is mounted on the wall. Many music stores use this system. The wood rail sells for about $80.
Here's a pix:
https://www.stringswing.com/products/product_info.php?product_id=608&ref_category=8
Each instrument has a hanger that fits into the slat wall. Each hanger costs about $15
Hanger:
https://www.stringswing.com/products/product_info.php?product_id=224&ref_category=3
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Posted By:
Craig
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Date: 5/10/2008 3:27:20 PM |
| I've always dreamed of having a wood 'n glass display case for our various instruments... However, we first have to be able to afford a house...in LA.... Maybe in our next lives...
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Posted By:
Gerald Ross
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Date: 5/10/2008 7:59:18 PM |
You live in the LA area Craig. That's the problem.
People who move to Michigan from the East or West coast are blown away by how much house and land they can buy for what get's them a shoebox in their area.
All right - the winters suck and majorly depressing in Michigan. But Spring, Summer and Fall are paradise. Low humidity, warm days, moderately cool nights, green everywhere. WATER everywhere - four of the Great lakes within a hour drive of anywhere in the state and TONS of inland lakes and rivers.
And here's another secret. The next major crisis in the USA is going to be lack of water. The entire state of Michigan is an overflowing aquifer. We have no water issues. The only water issue is other states trying to steal our H20.
Oh yeah... here's another. I get off of work at 5PM, I'm home by 5:10. That doesn't happen on the East or West Coast.
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Posted By:
Craig
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Date: 5/10/2008 8:35:19 PM |
For a year, or so, I was addicted to HGTV where I'd witness the values of properties across the country. Since I'm a school teacher, with my seniority, retirement stuff and Cali, who makes a living playing gigs, there's no way will ever move from this area.
Although I complain about the size of our small condo, it has its benefits. It creates a forced austerity. We are always giving stuff away/de-cluttering, to create more space. The reason I sold my DaSilva tenor was that it was never getting played and took up too much space.
Moreover, I'll take an occasional earthquake any day than an annual flood, hurricane or snow storm.
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Posted By:
Craig
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Date: 5/10/2008 8:42:14 PM |
| I also never knew that you played with reentrant tuning. This bit of knowledge will help as I try to steal some of your licks....;)
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Posted By:
Gerald Ross
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Date: 5/10/2008 8:47:15 PM |
We don't get floods or earthquakes but this past winter was one of the worst I've seen.
In SE Michigan we got close to 85" of snow between Christmas and the end of March. We also had weeks on end with below freezing - and close to zero temps - wind chills down to 20 below.
You don't get a wind chill forecast on your TV newscast in the LA area do you?
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Posted By:
Craig
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Date: 5/10/2008 8:55:47 PM |
| A what? ....;)
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Posted By:
Joe Silver
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Date: 5/10/2008 9:18:48 PM
(Updated: 1/15/2009 12:12:13 PM)
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Gerald, I envy your commute!
What sort of humidification system do you use in your "man-cave"?
Joe Silver
joesilver(at)hotmail(dot)com
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Posted By:
Gerald Ross
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Date: 5/10/2008 9:42:22 PM |
| I have a Honeywell 1.5 gallon humidifier that sits on the floor. It needs to be refilled once a day. It cost me about $50.
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