Blog archives for August, 2008

Anurag S asked:


If anyone can write me a review or tell me a site where i can get a review in indian folk music, I’ll surely give you best answer. Please help I gotta submit this day-after tomorrow!

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healthyseven asked:


Hi, im trying to get into folk music with my guitar. What scales should i practice for folk music?

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mmaxinya asked:


I love the sounds of lots of eastern music, most especially Indian. I don’t know any vocalists or skillful musicians (not pop music, more folk)?

Also, what are the players in an Indian band called? Isn’t the woman singer called something special?


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paulj0557-vacuum cleaner expert asked:


I am an original artist that has a very melodic, poetic approach. My lyrics are deep and I play a unique tuning on my acoustic guitar. It’s f#-c#-c#-f#. The D and high-E are removed. What you get is a fifth going down, and a fifth coming up. The texture that this tuning creates is awesome. I would patent the darn thing if I could. I’ve been playing this tuning for over ten years and although I can play a normal six string tuning , this tuning is so much more original sounding for how I write. I play a mean organ too. Right now I play a Hammond s-6. Oh’, I had a B3 and an M3, but I got tired of the flute tone. Hey, you would too if you played it 5 hours a day for 3 or 4 years! Especially if it was your second instrument.
I just know one thing. I have these songs that I sit around and play on my acoustic 4 string tuning that sound great. I’ve even played them out around Columbus, Ohio a few years back , I really don’t care to go out and perform right now, I just want to sell a few.

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Doc Watson asked:


I’ve searched sites that deal with folk singers (including The Newport Folk Festival) and find all kinds of information about the singers and the folk movement. But there are very little photographs on these sites.

Do any of you know of a site (or sites) that archives photographs of the folk music scene from the 50s and 60s?

It’s research for a painting I want to do that pays homage to those early singer – songwriters. Even photos of the old beatnick coffee houses like ‘The Gaslight’ in New York or ‘The Hungry I’ in San Fransisco would greatly help.

Thank you.

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