New Member 'clipper'

Subject: New Member 'clipper'
From: Beer
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 07:40 PM

Welcome on board clipper. Hope your stay is a long and prosperous one.
Beer

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: skipy
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 07:50 PM

Welcome,
Skipy

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Genie
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 08:00 PM

Glad to have ya aboard, Clipper.

Genie

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Peace
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 08:16 PM

OK. Where's clipper?

Hi, BTW, and welcome to the Mudcat Cafe--your place for reasoned political discussion--there was ONE thread that went that way a few years back, and civil intercourse regarding religious views (that IS a most unfortunate turn of phrase, isn't it?). You will find gender to be of no meaning until someone decides it is more important than the second coming (another unfortunate turn of phrase). Anyway, if you like music just one word of advice: Do NOT mention the "f" word or parts of your anatomy will be fed to the fish, even if you don't want them to be.

Yer friend, Dave.

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Peace
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 08:17 PM

However, this may be the best music site on the www. No kidding.

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Beer
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 08:45 PM

Just a suggestion when we welcome a new member. How about stating a proximity as to when you live. Like Genie is from Oregon, Beer is from Quebec and so on. I'm sure that a new member would be thrilled to hear as to where folks are welcoming the new member is from.

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Rapparee
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 08:52 PM

I live in Idaho.

Welcome to the 'Cat house.

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Leadfingers
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 09:03 PM

Greetings and Welcome from West London U K !!

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 09:13 PM

Ditto as from Rapaire but replace "Cat" with "Mad"...

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Little Robyn
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 10:05 PM

And some of us are from down under - New Zealand for me.
Robyn

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Severn
Date: 12 Apr 08 - 10:52 PM

And I'm some guy from Laurel, Maryland USA, near Washington DC. I'm looking forward to crossing threads with you from time to time.

Welcome!

Clipper as in ship or as in barber?

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 12:14 AM

gidday from Down Under

sandra

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Slag
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 01:52 AM

Hi clipper! Come on in. The water's fine and the mud is better! My job is to make sure there's a different point of view!! There is a wealth of musical knowledge here from those who know; lot'sa chit! Lot'sa chat.

Tom, in Northern California

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Megan L
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 03:34 AM

Welcome Clipper there are some great folk around here.

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Amos
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 04:27 AM

Are sure this fellow exists? If so, I echo the welcomes. Do not feed the trolls.


A

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Mr Happy
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 06:37 AM

He exists.

His maiden post here:Detail.CFM?messages__Message_ID=2309671

Welcome, clip, from Chester UK

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Hovering Bob
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 06:51 AM

Hi Clipper

I hover around St. Albans UK

Where's you?


Bob H

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: mandotim
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 07:16 AM

Welcome clipper. I'm in Staffordshire, and I've a feeling we may have met as part of one of Mr. Happy's perambulating camping trips.
Tim

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Clipper
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 12:40 PM

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I hail (hale?) from Rockburn Quebec, a tiny little village 45 minutes southwest of Montreal. We'd be considered a "middle of no-where" locale but for the Rockburn Pub. Well, we still are middle of no-where, but we have fun being here. Politics is not my thing, i'm a classic rock guitarist/singer turned Blues by a great and good friend of mine Hugh Wallis. We joined up (Hugh and Danny's Blues) a couple of years ago and he's finally stopped swinging his guitar at my head when I suggest we put a couple of clssic rock tunes in our repetoire. He still won't play them, but at least he's become way less violent to the suggestion. I work with Adrien on local music festivals, last year the Branches and Roots thing and this year the Apple Hollow Music Fest. I seem to inadvertantly create contraversy wherever I help out, so Ad asked me to help from a distance this year...must be my overbearing, micro-controlling nature, the latter i've learned from my lovely wife of 33 years Ellen. She's known around these parts as "The Crazy Cat Lady". Don't really know why, she's housing less than forty...and we still have one piece of furniture that's not clawed to shreds...So once again i'm thrilled to be a part of this awesome community and i'll do my best to at least conceal my obsessive, compulsive behaviour for as long as I can...or is it already too late?

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Clipper
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 12:43 PM

P.S. Peace, at my age I'll feed my anatomy to any takers...fish included.

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Peace
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 12:45 PM

I know the feeling. You going to the Festival this year?

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: GUEST, Richard Bridge
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 12:47 PM

I think you'll fit in perfectly, and by the sound of you you will be the joint host of some singarounds I know before you can say "ME"!

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: topical tom
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 01:50 PM

Hi, Clipper! Welcome to Mudcat, in my opinion, the best music source

and friendliest group of people (for the most part!) to be found.Enjoy!

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: topical tom
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 01:53 PM

Sorry, forgot to mention I'm from Quebec.

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Peace
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 02:10 PM

I forgot to mention I'm from Quebec, too, but now I live in Alberta.

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Dave Roberts
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 02:35 PM

Greetings from Middlewich, Cheshire (soon to be part of Cheshire East they tell me), home of the celebrated Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Clipper
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 04:30 PM

Peace, if you mean the Applehollow Musicfest, yes, i'll be there. Adrien's asked me to mc the main stage, probably because I can't remember any jokes. One of his pet peeves are mc's who tell boring and/or unfunny jokes to fill time between acts. I live about 5 minutes from the Festival so if anyone else here is going, keep an out out for cats on the road up...could be a far away as say 30 miles..what part of Quebec are you from Topical Tom? Can someone explain a "singaround" please..

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Peace
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 04:35 PM

A singaround is like a hootnanny. People takes turn singing songs--often on a given theme. (Never been to one and likely will never get to one, but think of it as a group of musicians trading off songs.

Cool. So, I'll be nice to you. You'll be introducing me. All ya need to do is got to the mic, say, Ladies and Gentlemen, a man who needs no introduction, then walk off. If the set is a success I tell 'em who I am. If not, I'll introduce myself as Darius Hinglestone.

I am going to avoid all the cat jokes I know.

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Peace
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 04:39 PM

And I promise NOT to post any recipes.

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 06:23 PM

Hi Clipper - Nice post in the Duh They're Deaf thread just now. Hello from Erin's green shamrock shores. Always nice to have another MadCatter join us.

All the best, Bonnie (harp, piano, guitar-sort-of, voice)

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Tangledwood
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 07:11 PM

"Just a suggestion when we welcome a new member. How about stating a proximity as to when you live."


I live round about now. :)

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Folkiedave
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 07:16 PM

Hi Clipper,

I am in fact coming over to help the Quebecois celebrate 400 years of existence.

With a couple of giants.

Let's get down to the nitty gritties - how much is a beer over there?

Dave

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: bobad
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 10:27 PM

A belated welcome from me, I was away for the weekend, formerly from la Belle Province now living in eastern Ontario, looking forward to seeing you at Apple Hollow and especially looking forward to your introduction of the man who needs no introduction.

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: topical tom
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 10:47 PM

Can't tell you what part of Quebec I live in. If I did a Catter would have to shoot me! (grin) Just kidding! Looking forward to seeing you at the festival, though.(Catters in general, are a gunless group, I think>)

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Clipper
Date: 13 Apr 08 - 10:47 PM

Thanks bonnie Bonnie. GUITAR and VOICE sort of, or guitar and VOICE sort of? Harp as in harmonica? A most forgiving instrument... as long as you stay on the lower half...
I'm in Rockburn Quebec Tangledwood, just look for a thread I posted earlier with a lot of cats and you'll be close by.
Beer FolkieDave??...grocery store $1.50 or so, at the infamous Rockburn Pub $5-$8.00 range. You can catch a good artist or two there though some week-ends so makes the price a bit more palatable. This coming Sunday, a pal of mine and former member of my blues band Kenny Pauze is playing there with Kevin (don't know his last name). Hopefully Kenny will sit in on a few songs with my band at the Hollow Fest...he's a very accomplished slide player. So thanks again everyone for making me feel right at home here. I'll do my best to imitate a normal person...for as long as I can... :-}

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: mandotim
Date: 14 Apr 08 - 03:25 AM

Sorry clipper (see post above). Creeping senility means I confused you with someone else I met last summer. Welcome all the same, enjoy your time with the 'cat!

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 14 Apr 08 - 04:53 AM

Hi Clipper -

No, the only "sort-of" is guitar! Voice is secure enough, ditto piano and harp (the kind with strings) which I've played for ages. I'm intending to sit down and spend some time developing my guitar, though - my particular love is those complex fingerpicking styles which sound so smooth & easy when Others do them and immediately turn awkward when I try it. (It's the STRINGS' fault, you see, not mine...   ;-)

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: Clipper
Date: 14 Apr 08 - 06:17 AM

Bonnie, finger picking has eluded me as well. I think it's an A.D.D. thing for me though. I've never really had patience to learn and practice scales. I've always been content with banging out a rythym and trying to maintain that rythym when I start singing. Multi tasking is NOT one of my strengths. Fortunately, after pairing up with Hugh Wallis, a fine traditional blues picker, i've reduced the agressive banging strumming style and am learning a more subtle emotionally connected strum. Re-learning takes forever, but we have fun (and lots of laughs) watching my slow progress. Rock and Roll has been imbedded so deeply into my psyche, but thankfully I found room up there to squeeze in some Blues. Keep at finger picking, have you found some-one to help or mentor you?

Subject: RE: New Member 'clipper'
From: fat B****rd
Date: 14 Apr 08 - 06:30 AM

Welcome, clipper. For all its' faultsI- like most of us - keep oncoming back to Mudcat.
PS Isn't Peace lovable?