Universitetsradioen

Well, we played some songs at the Universityradio of Copenhagen. Kuno played I Keep Drifting, and talked a bit. And then Haenderne played the song called Den hviskende kæmpe, and talked some too. All good fun.

Doktor Jazz og hans hænder

We started a whole new thing too...cigarboxguitars and cigarboxbasses and cirkusbenter and kazoos and distortion and fretless guitars and crashing computers...wait and see...

Birdmachine on myspace now

Yep. Now the online version of Birdmachine is on myspace. I will re-record some of the tracks and some new ones for a cd release. The one on myspace is multitrack. The one on cd will be onetake, recorded to either kassette or reel-to-reel.

So this is up:

Since my last post, I have:

Changed my name to Kuno
Played gigs
Made the coverart for the Birdmachine album
Are mastering the tracks
Started working with Zemekky on something completely different

More posts to follow soon

Attaching a strap to a National Tricone and any electric guitar...pt.2

And for electric guitars it´s about the same. Only that you have to attach the straplock system of some sort, on the lower top corner of the pickguard and use a bigger screw. Or else it is the same again. The guitar stays on your belly no matter what, and your shoulders will not be damaged.

The risk here is stripping the hole where you have inserted the new straplock system. But hey, it is a tool, right? And not your, or any other living beings, body. :)

Again, it floats in the air. And looks like you´re pulling some magic trick.
By the way: I do not take any kind of responsibility of damaged guitars, but I gather that you already know that. :)

Attaching a strap to a National Tricone and any electric guitar...pt.1

Over the years I´ve had some severe backproblems, and having to carry guitars with my shoulders have sometimes been impossible, and the whole standing up while playing and singing and all that jazz, have just not been an option...sooo...here is what I´ve come up with after a lot of trial and error
(with encouragement from Curtis Blues...give his stuff a listen at www.curtisblues.com)

I took a couple of leather guitarstraps and tied em around one grill. Took the thin end and tied it to another (the brown strap) with a nifty black and white tread I bought from a nice lady in Somerville, MA, on the other grill.
The brown broad strap now goes around my back and down and get attached on the bottom of the guitar at the end strap pin...or what ever it is called. The guitar will now be staying on my belly, held up by my backside, and will now not damage my shoulders or my back. It works surprisingly well. Cut some different holes in the strap for different heights, but that was about it. I use a Jim Dunlop straplock just for safety reasons.

The only remote danger is that the pull eventually will push the neck out of place and will make the guitar require a neck reset. But I figured:
1. It is a National Tricone. If this guitar cannot take some abuse, then what guitar will?
2. If it damages the guitar in the long run (It has yet to occur, been using this for a couple of months daily now) It will be easier to reset the neck on the guitar, than on me :)

Another cool thing is that the guitar looks like it is floating on your belly...

The next album

Anyhow...my idea is to release tons of stuff in the coming year or so. I will go through the alfabet so the next album will be beginning with a "b" and be called Birdmachine. The one after that will begin with a "c" and so on.
I do not know if I will actually press it on anything or just make it available via digital download and through last.fm, myspace and such for streaming, as cds are getting really hard to sell, and are a hassle to produce. Hopefully I will be able to generate enough money to press some 7 inches in the not so distant future (a year or so). The thing about vinyl is that they are damn cool, durable and just have something that those little shiny plastic discs don´t.
I am in no way anywhere near a record deal or anything like that so this is like the best option I have for me to make some music and get it out so it is possible to easily listening in on it.