A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Almost Straits => Topic started by: Tobben on September 12, 2021, 02:47:34 PM
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Hi all :)
Been years since I last posted anything on this forum - but I figured I wanted to share a little bit of what I’ve been up to since the pandemic hit us.
The band I’m playing in decided that we would use the lockdown to rehearse songs by Dire Straits, and if possible due to the pandemic, perform them at a festival we where going to play in august this year. We was supposed to play the festival with another lineup but when we asked the folks behind the festival if we could do it, they thought it was a good idea. So we did. We played 50 minutes for about 300-400 people. For a DS fan since I was about 13 years old this was a night I won’t forget. I’m the one singing and playing lead guitar.
If you want you can watch a couple of the songs here on our Facebook site. I leave a couple of links below.
Our version of Romeo And Juliet:
https://fb.watch/7ZHWmXmFO9/
Our version of Money For Nothing:
https://fb.watch/7ZHTNz5R1M/
More videos will come soon. We also played Calling Elvis, Walk Of Life. Single Handed Sailor, Sultans Of Swing and Telegraph Road.
Hope you like it!
Tobben
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Thank you Tobben! I enjoyed them both very much, excellent! :clap
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Thanks man, great performances! Keep rocking :clap
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Nice !
it seems the audience had a lot of fun !
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Great job, well done!! :clap
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Yeah, great stuff.
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Thank you all! :)
Cant wait for a Suhr MK spec to arrive sometime next year 🤩 think I need to play more DS 😄
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Hello Tobben
I liked it very much and above all I wanted to let you know that your vocals and singing is really very very good and fits totally with the style and mood of MK. Also a very mature and cool stage presence from all the band. Very good. Thanks for sharing. Carry on!
LE
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Hello Tobben
I liked it very much and above all I wanted to let you know that your vocals and singing is really very very good and fits totally with the style and mood of MK. Also a very mature and cool stage presence from all the band. Very good. Thanks for sharing. Carry on!
LE
Thank you very much 🙏 That means a lot coming from you LE! 😃🎸
Tobben
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Here’s another one - Single Handed Sailor :)
https://fb.watch/81j-1V2lB1/
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Here’s another one - Single Handed Sailor :)
https://fb.watch/81j-1V2lB1/
Woooohooooooo! Well done again - smashing! :clap :wave
Love the sound......
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Wonderful - loved the guitar solos! :clap
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Here’s another one - Single Handed Sailor :)
https://fb.watch/81j-1V2lB1/
Woooohooooooo! Well done again - smashing! :clap :wave
Love the sound......
What I love about this singer is that he sings with his own voice instead of going "let's try to sing like Mark" and without classic tricks such as making the voice lower than it really is and those "voice drops" on lines which I absolutely hate cover bands doing. Be as natural as possible, that's the way you do it. That's how Mark did it, actually.
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Here’s another one - Single Handed Sailor :)
https://fb.watch/81j-1V2lB1/
Woooohooooooo! Well done again - smashing! :clap :wave
Love the sound......
What I love about this singer is that he sings with his own voice instead of going "let's try to sing like Mark" and without classic tricks such as making the voice lower than it really is and those "voice drops" on lines which I absolutely hate cover bands doing. Be as natural as possible, that's the way you do it. That's how Mark did it, actually.
Yes, he sound's very much like you and your recordings - yourselves and NOT trying to be MK!!!
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Wonderful - loved the guitar solos! :clap
Absolutely fantastic aren't they....
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weel done ! :clap
great tone, great playing, great singing
and Romeo played with a Tricone :thumbsup, most likely the one Mark used on the original recording imho
https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/une-chanson-a-la-loupe-romeo-and-juliet-de-dire-straits/
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Here’s another one - Single Handed Sailor :)
https://fb.watch/81j-1V2lB1/
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Wow this one is really good. Excellent recording also, soundboard? Played with good punch, nice new lick and really good feel. I am really impressed as I am almost never by Cover bands. I understand you are not a cover band per se? You could tour with this.
LE
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Here’s another one - Single Handed Sailor :)
https://fb.watch/81j-1V2lB1/
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Wow this one is really good. Excellent recording also, soundboard? Played with good punch, nice new lick and really good feel. I am really impressed as I am almost never by Cover bands. I understand you are not a cover band per se? You could tour with this.
LE
I agree with LE, you make the songs 'your own' and love the 'new' licks added to make them your own. Very impressive and the sound is mind blowing - well done!!
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And what a good song Single Handed Sailor is!
I am just about to put the CD in and hear it LOUD! again. 😅 Always loved the transition of the song into Follow Me Home. Together with Portobello Belle the most intense part of the album.
You really nailed the end solo playing out. This is a band I would go and buy a ticket for.
LE
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And what a good song Single Handed Sailor is!
I am just about to put the CD in and hear it LOUD! again. 😅 Always loved the transition of the song into Follow Me Home. Together with Portobello Belle the most intense part of the album.
You really nailed the end solo playing out. This is a band I would go and buy a ticket for.
LE
oooooh, yes 'follow me home' - quite an amazing tune!!
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This is a band I would go and buy a ticket for.
LE
I would too! :thumbsup
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This is a band I would go and buy a ticket for.
LE
I would too! :thumbsup
+1!!
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Listened once more to R&J and SHS. You know, a good index for cover bands is the cringe factor. With this one: zero. Now we want Sultans and Calling Elvis.
LE
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Im sitting here very overwhelmed by your positive comments! Thank you very much!
For me as a fan, playing this music with the band I'm in really gives me another level of gratitude and deep respect for the way MK writes songs and plays guitar. And on top of it all I'm so glad I'm not giving LE the cringe ;D
This was the first time we played it live for people and now I really want to do it more to see how it goes. This was also the first time I used a Kemper Stage instead of a real amp. Amazing tool but it sure does need a lot of work, and I learned a lot about what not to do. Unfortunately my sound for SOS came out totally different than what i expected, so I must have done something weird :smack But its a first for everything :)
Someone asked if this was a soundboard recording, and it is. But simply a stereo out from the mixing desk. My stepfather placed one camera filming the entire stage and used another camera to do more "close ups".
Thank you again! :)
But here is a little proof that we did SOS ;D
https://youtu.be/N3rkHn5VBAo (https://youtu.be/N3rkHn5VBAo)
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Again, what you are doing is awesome please keep up the much valued, good work! By the way will you be coming to the UK anytime?!!
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Again, what you are doing is awesome please keep up the much valued, good work! By the way will you be coming to the UK anytime?!!
Unfortunately no UK plans yet 😄
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Im sitting here very overwhelmed by your positive comments! Thank you very much!
For me as a fan, playing this music with the band I'm in really gives me another level of gratitude and deep respect for the way MK writes songs and plays guitar. And on top of it all I'm so glad I'm not giving LE the cringe ;D
This was the first time we played it live for people and now I really want to do it more to see how it goes. This was also the first time I used a Kemper Stage instead of a real amp. Amazing tool but it sure does need a lot of work, and I learned a lot about what not to do. Unfortunately my sound for SOS came out totally different than what i expected, so I must have done something weird :smack But its a first for everything :)
Someone asked if this was a soundboard recording, and it is. But simply a stereo out from the mixing desk. My stepfather placed one camera filming the entire stage and used another camera to do more "close ups".
Thank you again! :)
But here is a little proof that we did SOS ;D
https://youtu.be/N3rkHn5VBAo (https://youtu.be/N3rkHn5VBAo)
Really, really good! :clap
You could play at an AMIT meeting! ;D
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Again, what you are doing is awesome please keep up the much valued, good work! By the way will you be coming to the UK anytime?!!
Unfortunately no UK plans yet 😄
One day perhaps!!
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I am here all alone, waiting for Calling Elvis
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I am here all alone, waiting for Calling Elvis
Ooooh yes please and PoNO!!
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weel done ! :clap
great tone, great playing, great singing
and Romeo played with a Tricone :thumbsup, most likely the one Mark used on the original recording imho
https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/une-chanson-a-la-loupe-romeo-and-juliet-de-dire-straits/
Love the fact that you noticed that I use a Tricone. I absolutely love it! And think it sounds much more like the original recording than the Style O :)
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weel done ! :clap
great tone, great playing, great singing
and Romeo played with a Tricone :thumbsup, most likely the one Mark used on the original recording imho
https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/une-chanson-a-la-loupe-romeo-and-juliet-de-dire-straits/
Love the fact that you noticed that I use a Tricone. I absolutely love it! And think it sounds much more like the original recording than the Style O :)
Well done again!
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Thought I should drop by another version of Romeo And Juliet that we did a couple of weeks ago. We have also made a new Facebook site for this tribute that we now call “Local Heroes”. Also planning several gigs for next year with this band. This is fun!
https://fb.watch/96aWG6Cm3G/
You are off course welcome to follow us if you want to 😄🙂
Thank you for all of the positive feedback!
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Thought I should drop by another version of Romeo And Juliet that we did a couple of weeks ago. We have also made a new Facebook site for this tribute that we now call “Local Heroes”. Also planning several gigs for next year with this band. This is fun!
https://fb.watch/96aWG6Cm3G/
You are off course welcome to follow us if you want to 😄🙂
Thank you for all of the positive feedback!
Many thanks Tobben - it was very enjoyable. R&J is one of my favourite DS songs btw! Also it was really nice to see the couples dancing! :)
Why did you decide to do another version of R&J btw?
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Thought I should drop by another version of Romeo And Juliet that we did a couple of weeks ago. We have also made a new Facebook site for this tribute that we now call “Local Heroes”. Also planning several gigs for next year with this band. This is fun!
https://fb.watch/96aWG6Cm3G/
You are off course welcome to follow us if you want to 😄🙂
Thank you for all of the positive feedback!
Many thanks Tobben - it was very enjoyable. R&J is one of my favourite DS songs btw! Also it was really nice to see the couples dancing! :)
Why did you decide to do another version of R&J btw?
Thank you :)
New piano player, so we wanted to make a new video with him present 🙂
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Listened once more to R&J and SHS. You know, a good index for cover bands is the cringe factor. With this one: zero. Now we want Sultans and Calling Elvis.
LE
Is Telegraph Road ok?
https://fb.watch/991Et0AiGY/
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Listened once more to R&J and SHS. You know, a good index for cover bands is the cringe factor. With this one: zero. Now we want Sultans and Calling Elvis.
LE
Is Telegraph Road ok?
https://fb.watch/991Et0AiGY/
Lovely overall
are you playing with detuned very light 008 strings :lol :lol
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Listened once more to R&J and SHS. You know, a good index for cover bands is the cringe factor. With this one: zero. Now we want Sultans and Calling Elvis.
LE
Is Telegraph Road ok?
https://fb.watch/991Et0AiGY/
Lovely overall
are you playing with detuned very light 008 strings :lol :lol
Thank you!
I use Stringjoy 009 strings on the Mk strat now. Use Stringjoy on everything actually 😄👍🎸
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Listened once more to R&J and SHS. You know, a good index for cover bands is the cringe factor. With this one: zero. Now we want Sultans and Calling Elvis.
LE
Is Telegraph Road ok?
https://fb.watch/991Et0AiGY/
Lovely overall
are you playing with detuned very light 008 strings :lol :lol
Thank you!
I use Stringjoy 009 strings on the Mk strat now. Use Stringjoy on everything actually 😄👍🎸
They have a strange sound on this one (telegraph) or maybe it's due to the vibrato too marked
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We did another tribute gig a couple of weeks ago. 200 people came to see us, and it was absolutely fantastic after two years with covid all around. I even got covid 7 days prior to this gig, so I was still a little short breathed. Still - an experience of life time, and a childhood dream come through to do one of these gigs ;D
Here is a pro-shot version of Down To The Waterline from that gig:
https://fb.watch/bSIkboe77Y/ (https://fb.watch/bSIkboe77Y/)
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Fantastic, Tobben! :clap :clap I'd love to see you perform at my local small venue. :)
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weel done ! :clap
great tone, great playing, great singing
and Romeo played with a Tricone :thumbsup, most likely the one Mark used on the original recording imho
https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/une-chanson-a-la-loupe-romeo-and-juliet-de-dire-straits/
Love the fact that you noticed that I use a Tricone. I absolutely love it! And think it sounds much more like the original recording than the Style O :)
I think I read somewhere that Romeo was recorded with the tricone and not with the O Style, but can't remember.
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weel done ! :clap
great tone, great playing, great singing
and Romeo played with a Tricone :thumbsup, most likely the one Mark used on the original recording imho
https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/une-chanson-a-la-loupe-romeo-and-juliet-de-dire-straits/
Love the fact that you noticed that I use a Tricone. I absolutely love it! And think it sounds much more like the original recording than the Style O :)
I think I read somewhere that Romeo was recorded with the tricone and not with the O Style, but can't remember.
maybe on my article ? ;)
https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/une-chanson-a-la-loupe-romeo-and-juliet-de-dire-straits/
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weel done ! :clap
great tone, great playing, great singing
and Romeo played with a Tricone :thumbsup, most likely the one Mark used on the original recording imho
https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/une-chanson-a-la-loupe-romeo-and-juliet-de-dire-straits/
Love the fact that you noticed that I use a Tricone. I absolutely love it! And think it sounds much more like the original recording than the Style O :)
I think I read somewhere that Romeo was recorded with the tricone and not with the O Style, but can't remember.
maybe on my article ? ;)
https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/une-chanson-a-la-loupe-romeo-and-juliet-de-dire-straits/
No, I find french difficult to understand, sorry, but I never read them, just a quick look and that's all.
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weel done ! :clap
great tone, great playing, great singing
and Romeo played with a Tricone :thumbsup, most likely the one Mark used on the original recording imho
https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/une-chanson-a-la-loupe-romeo-and-juliet-de-dire-straits/
Love the fact that you noticed that I use a Tricone. I absolutely love it! And think it sounds much more like the original recording than the Style O :)
I think I read somewhere that Romeo was recorded with the tricone and not with the O Style, but can't remember.
maybe on my article ? ;)
https://textes-blog-rock-n-roll.fr/une-chanson-a-la-loupe-romeo-and-juliet-de-dire-straits/
No, I find french difficult to understand, sorry, but I never read them, just a quick look and that's all.
I guess some people use on-line translators, and I think it can work
regarding the tricone on R&J, I don't remember having read it somewhere. It's only a thought because of the play-back on TV and a discussion I had with Ingo if memory serves
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I use a translator the read the articles on JF website, it is not perfect, but it is more than good enough.
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I use a translator the read the articles on JF website, it is not perfect, but it is more than good enough.
I can't stand translators, they rarely provide an accurate translation of what I want to read, so anything not in Spanish, Valenciano or English I avoid it, unless it contains an information important, that I don't have any other way to read in other language, but that's very rare.
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I use a translator the read the articles on JF website, it is not perfect, but it is more than good enough.
I can't stand translators, they rarely provide an accurate translation of what I want to read, so anything not in Spanish, Valenciano or English I avoid it, unless it contains an information important, that I don't have any other way to read in other language, but that's very rare.
I recently discovered an alternative for Google Translate, it's called DeepL: https://www.deepl.com/en/translator (https://www.deepl.com/en/translator)
And sometimes it produces results that truly shock me. Yes, it's not always perfect, but sometimes it translates to different languages as if it was translated by a human being. Way better than Google's.
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I use a translator the read the articles on JF website, it is not perfect, but it is more than good enough.
I can't stand translators, they rarely provide an accurate translation of what I want to read, so anything not in Spanish, Valenciano or English I avoid it, unless it contains an information important, that I don't have any other way to read in other language, but that's very rare.
I recently discovered an alternative for Google Translate, it's called DeepL: https://www.deepl.com/en/translator (https://www.deepl.com/en/translator)
And sometimes it produces results that truly shock me. Yes, it's not always perfect, but sometimes it translates to different languages as if it was translated by a human being. Way better than Google's.
Yes, Deepl is very good, but it doesn't translate complete webs as far as a I know, you have to copy and paste the text, and there is a limit, so I use it only when I need to understand something in English that looks too complicate, or with phrasel verbs, idioms etc that I'm not used to read, in order to get a better understanding of the text.
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deeple is indeed way better then Google translate imho
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As a teacher, Deepl is the only translator I tolerate for my students. I can't keep them from using translators so I try to direct them to something worthy at least.
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As a teacher, Deepl is the only translator I tolerate for my students. I can't keep them from using translators so I try to direct them to something worthy at least.
worthy cause!
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We did another tribute gig a couple of weeks ago. 200 people came to see us, and it was absolutely fantastic after two years with covid all around. I even got covid 7 days prior to this gig, so I was still a little short breathed. Still - an experience of life time, and a childhood dream come through to do one of these gigs ;D
Here is a pro-shot version of Down To The Waterline from that gig:
https://fb.watch/bSIkboe77Y/ (https://fb.watch/bSIkboe77Y/)
That was truly great! Really well done, the whole band. And I like your voice a lot too. Just the right "hoarseness" to take it into Mark territory (do you smoke? :) ), but it still sounds very personal and real.