Jules Pellatt and muso family and friends, messing around with acoustic music recordings at home in the Messy Study.
These are not polished, flawless performances - far from it. But I hope that by uploading these clips I will share some of the music I have loved over the decades, and perhaps some of the guitar insights I've gained over that time. My hands are starting to feel the pain of arthritis; my vocal chords are deteriorating - so I need to make the most of the time still left when I can do these things; hopefully reasonably well, if not perfectly or professionally.
Although I hope to do some split-screen recordings, I believe the greatest challenge is to do a single, live take of guitar and vocals.
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See you again my friend. Another pop Country song, and the range is impressive. Subscribe to you and hope to meet each of us through both of our music channels again 🙏. See you again my friend 🎉
Thanks so much Annie! One day I'll nail you down to finally agreeing to do a Messy recording. So much talent, both vocally and instrument-wise. Next time you return to these shores... watch this space!
Annie - I so appreciate that you're looking through the channel and sending feedback. I hope some of the videos may inspire you. You're a very good guitarist and singer yourself and I so hope that you may find an outlet for your talents some day!
@@JulesPellattMessyStudySessions Certainly am Jules, working on Nick Drake River Man, Bert Jansch The January Man, and Bert Jansch Paper Houses currently. Quite tricky all of them, but I'm getting there my friend !
@@JulesPellattMessyStudySessions I was talking about Glenn Campbell one time and my mom said "oh he is awful!", and it was the closest I ever got to getting in a fight with my mother 😂
@@keiserwill Thanks very much, Will. The key thing in the opening riff is to play the Gm by fretting the 5th string in the 2nd and damping the 6th string simultaneously. Best wishes.
@@KentWalkerFullCircle Thank you very much, Kent. We try to recreate the intricacies of the music without doing a tribute act. Cat Steven’s music is indelibly ‘marked’ by the amazing inputs of his second guitarist, Alun Davies. We seek to capture that combined sound. Good of you to swing by the channel.
Hey guys!!.. Really nice. Cat Stevens sure did have some great tunes. "that's the one"..I caught that. How many takes did you do? I can relate. 👍from the old hippie..
@@neillowy Hello Neil. Thanks very much for your feedback. I think we did about 20 takes before we were satisfied. Doing live recordings with a small gadget poses significant challenges. You only have one chance to get it right! Thanks again from two ageing hippies!