Comments on: Elliott Smith's "Waltz #2 (XO)"

Elliott Smith's "Waltz #2 (XO)"

adrian_h — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:54:54 -0800

For the cortex compilation. Recorded today as a quick one-take solo acoustic guitar piece. Hope you like it!

By: cortex

cortex — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:29:06 -0800

Very nice.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:48:15 -0800

Indeed!

By: snsranch

snsranch — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 20:50:43 -0800

First of all, this is beautiful. Second, are you playing a nylon string "classical" guitar? It's fairly obvious but in some parts it's hard to tell because of the crisp bite of the strings. I love your sound!

Also, one take? You effin show off! Ha, kidding, I love this.

By: sawthesign

sawthesign — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:39:54 -0800

I liked it a lot. I play piano. Lets create a band on Myspace...jk. Good job.

By: adrian_h

adrian_h — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:26:29 -0800

snsranch: It's a gypsy-jazz acoustic guitar, the Gitane DG-250M. It's got steel strings but has a distinct sound due to the shape of the soundhole, the bridge, etc.

Also, my microphone (a computer mike) is pretty lousy, and I had to do a bit of quick noise reduction to remove the deafening hiss -- hence the slightly muted bass and my "one-take" disclaimer... I'd have liked to have spent more time on it, but I had to put it together quickly. Thanks for the nice words!

By: a.

a. — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:31:51 -0800

most fantastic.

hey, i'm an adrian h also, snap!

By: distrakted

distrakted — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 06:00:59 -0800

Nice.

For Elliott Smith fans, The Bad Plus do a nice rendition of one of his songs as well.

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:21:38 -0800

Great playing and arrangement.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:19:13 -0800

Thanks for the guitar tip. Beautiful thing.

By: veggieboy

veggieboy — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:47:57 -0800

Wow. This is great.

By: The White Hat

The White Hat — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:20:43 -0800

I like. Also, good tone outta that gitane.