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Jim's Music of Marquette hosted their Winter Recital at the Peter White Library Community Room on January 23rd, 2010. The talented students of Wendy Larson, Andra Sullivan, and Melissa Kuhlman all did a fabulous job. Please check out the videos from the recital below. |
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 Chasin’ Steel – Fresh Runs and Tight Lines
Marquette’s Chasin’ Steel has been the area’s leading bluegrass band now for quite some time—and they’re CD is the top seller for just as long here at Jim’s Music. There’s good reason too—this is good-time music, catchy as all getout, well-written original tunes mixed with some great classics, and it’s all a winning combo. “Fresh Runs and Tight Lines” has a great sound due to the production and studio of Jerry Kippola, and here we’re catching Steel at their finest. From the barnburning original opener, “Lonesome and Blue”, to the two signature bonus tracks, this is nonstop UP bluegrass bliss served up hot. Their original “Drink My Dinner” even receives some national airplay—it’s one that’ll have you singing (and drinking) along. Strong vocals and mandolin chops come via Adam Carpenter, who also writes the bulk of the originals here. The Kuhlman brothers provide excellent backup vocals and banjo, guitar and bass—Jonah Kuhlman even plays the hammer dulcimer on this CD and at the live shows. Here at Jim’s Music in Marquette, we’re pleased to have Chasin’ Steel’s expert banjo picker Jacob Kuhlman as a part of our sales and teaching staff. Stop by any of our locations today to pick up a copy of this great CD, |
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Sonic Experiments with Guitar Pedals: Mixing it up! Article by Sahl "the sonic meat-cleaver" Metivier As electric guitar players we are always searching out ways to get new and exciting sounds. In our quest for killer tone we go to great lengths and spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on guitars, effects pedals, pickups, rack effects and guitar amps. If you play electric guitar you probably own a guitar pedal or two (at last count I had 19!!). Have you ever thought about the order in which they are hooked up? It can make a huge difference or a subtle one, depending on what pedals you are using. Here is a little trick that you can try yourself for getting different sounds using a Wah pedal and a Distortion pedal. |
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 Vanilla Thunder - Body Heat Activated
Can't get enough funk? Look no further than Jim's Music, where this album is exclusively available. The sessions on this album took place between March and July of 1999. This is a nine-piece band that was short-lived and produced an absolute masterpiece that blends funk and blues. The bass lines are completely "in the pocket" from start to finish. Add the wailing guitar leads and funky rhythms that often utilize envelope filter and wah effects, and we have the basic ingredients of a killer funk/blues band. Incorporate the saxophone, trumpet, trombone and Rhodes piano and we now have a bad-ass funk/blues band on our hands. It's not just the instrumentation that does it. The vocals are blended perfectly to fit the various styles of play. Each member has an important part at all times, just the same as the rest of the band, or else this simply would not work. Vanilla Thunder was, at one time, a very beautiful thing. It's a shame when a band puts something like this together and we never here from them again. At least that brief period in time was captured on the album, for us all to enjoy for a lifetime. |
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February at Jim’s Music is going to be GINORMOUS!!!! We have just placed all our yearly orders for new inventory from Fender, Peavey, ESP, Washburn, Oscar Schmidt and Seagull. We need to blow out our old inventory to make room for all the great new gear. Jim’s Music Ginormous sale will surely please all the musicians out there with some ridiculous prices on some great products, so rush into any of our three locations for more details and deals. Jim’s Music was also awarded 2 awards from The Music and Sound Retailer magazine at the NAMM convention in Anaheim, CA for Best Multi Store dealer of Recording Products and Sound Reinforcement. With the largest inventory in the UP and the only full line Fender dealer in the UP and the best customer service around, you can’t go wrong with Jim’s Music.
