St. James Infirmary Blues

[WimVD]

I listened to Earl Hines' version many times before recording this and tried to get a bit closer to his piano style by playing this fingerstyle.

https://soundcloud.com/wim-van-damme-401299565/st-james-infirmary

 

[Many Moons]

Very nice as usual Wim. Kept the groove nicely.

 

[CaptainMoto]

Nicely does, as always
Just a little squeaky.
I envy your guitar chops.
Do you gig?

I suffer from squeaky strings quite frequently.
I don't recall hearing that in your other recordings.
What's your recording technique?

 

[Elwood]

That's fine Wim!!! You do kinda put that rolling piano feel in there. Nice playing, I love hearing you move the parts through the tune.

Squeaking, hmmm. You got me thinking about this Wim. I read that maybe weather conditions can have an effect on this. I then I saw a bunch of other stuff about it. I guess I'll just squeak along with you. You sure sent along some pretty tone with the other.. @CaptainMoto , you ever hear of using a de-esser to minimize string squeak? I saw something about it and tried a bit, no joy, might take tweaking or might not work.

 

[blackcoffeeblues]

Overall good picking; you got a good solid tempo and a nice flare to it.

 

[Rad]

Well done.

It is one of my favorite songs to play and sing.

Here is a great version done by the very talented Hugh Laurie. He does not sing until the 4 minute mark but he is worth hearing. He sings it in a great Cab Calloway style.

https://youtu.be/WUz-WqUw4Ic

 

[CaptainMoto]

That's fine Wim!!! You do kinda put that rolling piano feel in there. Nice playing, I love hearing you move the parts through the tune.

Squeaking, hmmm. You got me thinking about this Wim. I read that maybe weather conditions can have an effect on this. I then I saw a bunch of other stuff about it. I guess I'll just squeak along with you. You sure sent along some pretty tone with the other.. @CaptainMoto , you ever hear of using a de-esser to minimize string squeak? I saw something about it and tried a bit, no joy, might take tweaking or might not work.

MM,
I'll drop a post on that in the Recording Tips/Tricks area.

 

[WimVD]

Nicely does, as always
Just a little squeaky.
I envy your guitar chops.
Do you gig?

I suffer from squeaky strings quite frequently.
I don't recall hearing that in your other recordings.
What's your recording technique?

Thanks, CaptaInMoto.
I don't gig. I just have my family around when I play. Maybe something for the future.

Those squeaky strings bother me. Before recording this, I changed strings from Elexir Polyweb to Elexir Nanoweb and I think it got worse. The calluses on my fingertips don't help either. I will follow up on the separate thread you created on this topic.
I will reprocess the recording and try to remove the squeaky sounds. I have a very basic setup and use Garageband.

Wim.

 

[BigMike]

Very good, enjoyed that.