Mayday surprise: 2007 Federation Square Jam
Written on May 1, 2009 in John and RHCPmultimedia & with 15 responses
Tags: 2007, chad smith, exclusives, federation square, flea, josh klinghoffer, live, melbourne, video
Since this week sure was stressful for some of you (and for me); the other day I promised Twitter followers and Facebook fans something nice. Following the, unfortunately, not always 100% flattering practice of "giving the people what they really want"; I looked at the search logs to see what people wanted to find on this website, yet they didn't. There were a couple of ridiculous searches (some of which were almost pr0n), but also a bunch of people searching for the video of 11th April 2007 Federation Square Jam in Melbourne.
So, given that Jason of StoneColdBush.com was present at this event back in the days and had ctually filmed it long before Chad Smith's Eastern Rim DVD saw the light of the day, you can enjoy the whole 26 minutes of this wonderful improvisation. Participants are John, Josh, Flea and Chad. Due to the file size and resolution, buffering might take a while if you're on a slow internet connection/on a shared network; but it's 100% worth the wait! Happy 01st May to everyone! ^_^
For all of you who never noticed the audio of this on the site, click here to find it, amongst some other improvisations and guest appearances. Plus, if it's something carrying the download ID 1, it must be good. The IDs are given out automatically, but on a couple of occasions, they cracked me up.
For some photos from this event, click here, here and here.
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Thanks a lot for this very nice update! Just one question - How come I can't switch to fullscreen?
Try again now. I don't think this resolution was ever meant to be full screen, but it also depends on your screen size.
Fantastic. Simply wonderful.
awesome jam, its great when all of the sudden it pans over to josh and hes going nuts on the electro machine. this is the group that should go on tour together (minus chad to busy with lolchickenfoot).
*tingles* wow. Have heard bits, but never the full jam in that resolution and with decent sound quality. Makes me forget about my horrible day at work and smile! Thanks for that.
epic.
amazing.
best thing i've ever heard.
brilliant.
amazing.
mindblowing.
bodyblowing.
amazing.
beautiful.
Wow!!!Amazing quality!!!I have a doubt, whats the pedal effect that John uses over the 17.00??I love this sound!!Please help me!!!
Thanks for the website!!
Thats a wah in conjunction with a well driven celan tube sound coming from the amp! One of Hendrix signature sounds as well as being one of the simplest in rock music
To hear another application of this tone (with reverb and more overdrive/fuzz- listen to before the beginning!)
Thanks Walter!!Really?I´ve heard as a million times before the begining but now i cant remember that sound in it. I´m a self-taught guitarist and my knowledges of hardware are very poor.
Thanks again!!
I'm happy that my geekiness can come to some use!
The difference between here and before the beginning is that in before the beginning there is much more studio processing going on
"On this album, I was really into reverse reverb and echoes. I tried lots of experiments with effects sounds. At first, I tried them on my vocals, but I ended up mostly applying them to my guitar. This time I recorded with analog tape and I turned over the tape & recorded six or seven tracks of reverse reverb & echoes. Then, I turned the tape back to the way it was & equalized it to emphasize the guitar. I could make it sound as if the guitar was rising 100 metres high. Also, I could improve the expressive power of my guitar playing by using certain EQ settings and the console faders when I was mixing. When you play the guitar, you can express your feelings by adding vibrato or playing with specific volumes or effects. But, it's possible to extract a greater power of expression by utilizing the whole studio as a musical instrument. For example, I put an effect on a guitar part I'd recorded using modular synthesizers, arranged the volume and added panning to the reverb. Before, I had complaints because I had to ask engineers to do that sort of thing."
Still, the wah was an integral part of the of he sound created there
"I played my Stratocaster while standing in front of a Marshall, and I probably used a Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion and a Mosrite Fuzzrite, along with the guitar's volume control, to get sounds from mildly distorted to blasting. I also used an Ibanez WH-10 wah to get the feedback at different frequencies, and I may have added a tiny bit of Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail reverb. Once the guitar tracks were recorded, I flipped the tape over and recorded five or six tracks of different kinds of echoes and reverbs throughout the length of the song, then flipped the tape back over so that those effects would play in reverse. After that, I listened back to find the bits I liked, and equalized them to make them fit together - sometimes using extreme EQ, like filtering out everything but the highest frequencies of the echo or reverb. While mixing, I cross-faded and combined the effects in various ways to emphasize the performance that was already there. For example, if a note already sounded like it was rising up, I'd do something to make it sound even more like it was rising."
So basically, it all about how you use the effects! When he uses the wah here, its much more rythmicand raw, since there is no studio processing going on- comparing these two shows the versatility of the old wah into overdrive tone!
I recommend that you get a wah in order to experiment with these sounds- and don't give up when you do not immediately get a good sund- the wah is simple, but it can take some time to learn how to use it.
The wah actually does is sweeping the peak response of a filter up and down in frequency
"The variation in the peak response frequency of the filter resembles the change in formant frequency in the human vocal tract when saying the word "wah," making the wah-wah pedal a crude form of speech synthesizer. The traditional "wah wah" effect does not affect the guitar's volume, although many modern models offer a volume boost and distortion options.
The essential function of the wah-wah pedal is as a lead guitar booster. Frequently, lead lines do not cut through the mix of the band sufficiently, so some sort of effect is utilized to push the lead part to the front. A wah-wah inflected lead guitar part varies its timbre with the motion of the pedal, thus creating a distinct space within the sound of a band. Moreover, it mimics some of the sounds of human speech, which are typically picked up more readily by the human ear. Many people also find that use of the wah-wah pedal adds emotional expressiveness to single-note guitar lines, such as the solos on Cream's White Room, Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Guns 'n' Roses hit Sweet Child o' Mine, Pearl Jam's Alive, Jethro Tull's We Used to Know, U2's Mofo and others.
An envelope filter or envelope follower is often referred to as an Auto-wah or T-Wah."
The wah can also be used when playing rythm guitar, such as in Hendrix' Up From The Skies
The wah i use is a Dunlop Crybaby Classic- a fairly simple vintage styled wah, which to me sounds very natural when used as in Before The Beginnng as well as in other applications- still, it has to be said that almost no wah sounds good when used lika a whacka-whacka machine- it is often best to avoid overusing the wah by simply pushing it all the way back and forth in time with music. which basically is what creates that obnoxious whacka sound that generally comes of as very cheesy
Still, the wah you prefer is of course down to your personal preference, and i hope that this short summary will be helpful in enlightening you with the wonders involved in being a certified Gear-Geek!
Wow Walter!!Thats what i call a master class!!I bought a wha pedal four months ago and i chose a vox vintage pedal but also thought about the dunlop crybaby and as you said im trying to dominate it, but its not easy. I dont know how to thank you for this explanation!Im really really grateful!
And sorry for my english, im from spain and i know it could be better!
Bye!
Is there a way I can download that video ??? not only the audio....the video
Two questions:
What is Flea saying about 18 minutes in?
What was the occasion for this performance?
The occasion was simply random for many in the audience, was between shows in melbourne...it was filmed for chads instructional drum dvd.. Love u everyone
My goodness. I've never heard anyone use a step phaser with such purpose! is there a wah and delay in there as well?