Eric Skye - "Watermelon Man" video free download
Eric Skye is playing his arrangement of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" on his own signature model Santa Cruz 00 guitar. The Eric Skye model is constructed with an adirondack spruce top and cocobolo for the back and sides. Eric has a website with more of his playing on display: http://ericskye.com/
Guitar Flangdang 2012 is the 8th in a series of acoustic guitar oriented gatherings we have hosted at our home. These events have brought together numerous guitarists and luthiers and filled our house with amazing music and amazing instruments over the years.
This year we added a new feature, the Flangdang Video Booth. I set up a pair of Audio Technica AT3035 microphones and an M-Audio DMP3 preamp to feed audio into a Zoom Q3HD camcorder. This configuration allowed each performer to simply press start, play, press stop. I then edited, titled, and boosted the level of each clip in Edius Neo. No reverb, EQ, or other effects were used so you're hearing the pure sound of the player and guitar.
Comments
10 years ago
SuperCrackerjacks
Awesome! A true musician. Was the tuning drop D?10 years ago
M White
Found your video via the back door --through a post you had re: ORTF on gearslutz. Can you help me with a question? Would the same ORTF arrangement work with 2 guys playing acoustic guitar / singing and with a amp behind them? Great job btw. Marc11 years ago
Mike Chun
Oh wow! Not enough superlatives in the English language to describe your musicianship... Thank you for sharing.11 years ago
mark haselock
So cool and I love the fast version on the slope shoulder dread,,have a nice day.12 years ago
Jimmy Quango
What a very cool groove man! You play with a wonderful feeling for the music - i love it. Respect for your work & all the best from hamburg, Jimmy :-)12 years ago
Jürgen Bendszus
It`s great!12 years ago
MrCliveDavies
Oh I absolutely love this finger funky version, you've captured all the fun in the song! (You make your guitar talk!) Thank you so much for this, Clive Davies12 years ago
Gerins Guitarmusic
Great! congras!12 years ago
Forcd2CreateChannel
Great playing! What a master!12 years ago
homebrewedmusic
I'm a fan, too. Fran12 years ago
MrPCT57
Amazing as usual. Eric is certainly right up there as far as I am concerned - genius. Phil13 years ago
Daniel Nestlerode
Fran, You're right on the button both with the recording and attempting to describe Eric's superlative playing. I ran out of words a long time ago. He's the best. I am so enjoying watching him excel and continue a path to success. He's put a LOT of work and a LOT of miles in. Thanks for this! One more thing, SORRY I MISSED IT!!!! (I have an excellent excuse)13 years ago
Mouldytone
What great playing! Who needs a cutaway to play up the neck?!13 years ago
homebrewedmusic
Eric is so good it's hard to describe without sounding silly. He plays many different styles with mastery, and he always goes for the fun. The recording was so easy, two mics in a crude approximation of an ORTF array, then bump the level about 9 dB in post. It's really all about the source, isn't it? A fine player with an exquisite instrument, then the recordist just has to not mess it up. Fran13 years ago
saxmidiman
1. Excellent performance 2. Great Capture!Related Videos
