All Videos Tagged Flatpup (Cigar Box Nation) - Cigar Box Nation

ZOOM Q2N TEST - w Fishman Loudbox Mini & 3 String Cigar Box Guitar

2019-04-12T15:21:45.201Z

https://bemuzic.bandcamp.com/

Zoom Q2n test, with Fishman Loudbox Mini amp, Electroharmonix 22500 Loop Pedal, Mooer Tender Octaver and home made 3 String Cigar Box Guitar.
The Zoom seemed to pick up the sound of the loop pedal buttons being pressed too well! It coped well with the varying volumes...

The song I'm playing is called "Forget Me Not" I wrote it after reading Wendy Mitchell's book "Somebody I Used To Know" which is a first hand account of being diagnosed with, and living with, young onset dementia.
The Forget Me Not symbol is the logo for the Alzheimer's Society, and is often used as an emblem by dementia communities.

For more info on the guitar I'm playing, see this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVGWFG2PKNY

New Song - Existential Blues/Living In The Moment - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar

2018-01-10T17:58:54.159Z

https://bemuzic.bandcamp.com/

Rough demo of a new song, the first from my latest guitar. The tune came out while noodling in front of the fire one day, then the lyrics came later, probably partly influenced by the book I'm reading atm - Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac.
Not sure what to call it?? Existential Blues? Existential Angst Blues?... or Living In The Moment?
I messed up the end, so faded it out... (Tried to do another take, but my voice started giving out. Fed up with bad throat!!)

LYRICS

When you think that the world is at your feet,
that’s when the rug is pulled away.
So I’m not waiting for tomorrow,
I will just enjoy today.

CHORUS
I’m living in the moment, living in the moment,
don’t know what’s around the bend.
Living in the moment, living in the moment,
I know everything must end.

I am walking down that long, long road,
got nothing better to do.
When I get to the crossroads, doesn’t matter which way I go.

CHORUS

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When I’m sitting on the mountain,
I climbed so many times with you,
I won’t wonder what I’m doing here,
I will just enjoy the view.

CHORUS

Rough fireside noodlings on my latest 3 String Cigar Box Guitar

2017-12-20T19:24:01.922Z

https://bemuzic.bandcamp.com/

Noodling on my latest CBG. It might turn into a song...

Making the head stock longer to clip my GoPro onto worked out well :…

New song on new Cigar Box Guitar

2017-12-17T19:19:56.861Z

https://bemuzic.bandcamp.com/

As I have a bad throat and the weather is freezing, I decided to stay at home by the fire and do a few videos. I managed to sing a new song while sucking a throat sweet!
I wrote it a few weeks back sitting at the kitchen table one Sunday morning.
I wanted to write a song, but didn't know what about...so it's sort of a song about writing a song!
Not sure what to call it? "At The Kitchen Table" ?? Suggestions welcome.

LYRICS

At the kitchen table, I write myself into the day.
Light reaches out to me, light reaches out to me,
it reaches out, inviting me to play.

In coffee swirling daydreams, I am flowing with the tide.
Black words on white paper, black words on white paper,
words on paper, what's on the other side?

& I know the world is changing,
far beyond the glass.
Turn off the radio, I turn off the radio,
it's all happening too fast.

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As I sit silently, I feel my body keeping time.
The rhythm never changes, the rhythm never changes,
it never changes, as I'm searching for the rhyme.

At the kitchen table, I write myself out of the day.
The light is fading now, the light is fading,
it is fading, nothing more to say...

Flatpup pickup winder: tape recorder hack

2017-06-13T18:09:35.415Z

Short clip to get an idea how to build your own 'Flatpup style' cbg pickups. Feel free to use the instructions available at www.original-flatpup.com