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Rudd & Bill Putt's Classifieds
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For a musician, every day's a holiday.
Sounds idyllic doesn't it? But, believe it or not, there are
days when one feels that one could do more - not only do more,
but enjoy doing more. Not to mention that lolling
about in one's own excrement can get, well, boring. The solution
could be to put all that latent talent to good use. Why not
write a jingle or two to keep the wolves from the door? Why
not tell people that you teach harmonica?
Why not sell some of those pieces of equipment you keep tripping
over? The only slightly intriguing answers to these rhetorical
questions lie below.
To get in touch about any of the following
items, please e-mail Mike
and Bill or write to Mike & Bill c/o PO
Box 1181 Camberwell Victoria 3124 Australia |
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Mike
and Bill's tutorials
So, you've
always wanted to learn to play the harmonica - or perhaps
guitar?
Have I told you that I teach blues harp
(that's harmonica to you)? If you've always been fascinated
by the harmonica and you'd like to learn - even from scratch
- you can attend your own individually tailored Mike
Rudd Blues Harp course right here in the plush surrounds
of the Accidental Music Studio in Camberwell. Or you might
have always hankered to play guitar (like young Olly in pic
2) - Mike can take you from a rank learner to quite a bit
better than that in whatever time it takes you to learn things.
Why not get
in touch to check Mike's old-fashioned |
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rates
and choose times that might suit you.
As already mentioned, Bill has a thriving guitar teaching business
going, covering guitars of all persuasions, including: bass
guitar, classical and down-tuned nylon-string guitars, and lap-steel
(pic). He'll even come to your place and teach you
in the comfort of your own home! Give him a call on 0412 155
136 and arrange your lessons, (and your kids as well,
for that matter), today.
If you're looking for drumming tips, you should get in touch
with Robbo. |
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Mike
and Bill's School Music Workshops
Yes, these gifted old duffers will come
to your school or sheltered workshop and set up their equipment
in front of the students, explaining things as they go and
asking for directions to the toilets. Then they'll play a
selection of their own songs and instrumentals and break them
down to illustrate their points on song writing, as well as
explaining the often-mysterious differences between playing
live on stage and recording in a studio.
Mike and Bill are happy to interact with the students (in
the nicest possible way, of course) and answer questions about
all aspects of music playing and presentation, as well as
give what they fondly imagine to be relevant thoughts on lifestyle
and health issues – i.e. hearing loss, drugs
etc. If nothing else it will be a salutary warning
to the children about what to expect should they embark on
a career playing music.
see Book Spectrum
for more info |
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Let
Mike create your musical jingles..
I've obviously got far too much spare time, so I'm offering
myself as a over-qualified jingle writer and producer, using
the Accidental Music Studio here in leafy Camberwell as my base.
sample Voice-overs are
a distinct possibility too, not to mention demos for aspiring
singers or (smallish) combos - basically bloody anything's up
for grabs. I shouldn't forget my partner Bill here, either.
Read the guff on Bill if you're
interested in learning guitar or bass guitar |
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real Classifieds 1)
Oberheim DMX drum machine |
It's
with tears in my eyes that I offer this bit of history
up for sale. There are so many stories I could tell you about
this prototype drum machine, this piece of wood, (yep, wood!),
steel and circuit boards that we dubbed Weird Harold.
Weird Harold (pic) is a creature of the '80s and
played with Bill and me (when he felt like it) in a pretty
innovative band called WHY. I even wrote a song about him
(Digital Delay) which we recorded in '84 for Klaus
Shulze's IC Records in a little town called Winsen
Aller in what was West Germany. The resultant album (Present
Tense) was never released in Australia, but Weird Harold
was prominent in every song - it was the '80s after all..
As far as I know, this rare example of one the earliest
model Oberheim DMX's is still in working order, (I'll check
over the next few days just to be sure), and has the original
owner's manual (pic). We modified Harold so he had
four times the standard memory and could be synched with a
stage video - you can see the non-standard switches on the
top. What it doesn't have is the front two lugs - I think
I gave them to some other DMX owner when we took the WHY show
off the road - but that's a minor detail. What would you offer
for this priceless piece of furniture? I guess I'll find out..
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The
real Classifieds
2) Data transfer switch |
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What the hell is a Data
Transfer Switch? With recent changes to my network, I now
find that the Data switch (pic) I used to switch
from one PC to the other sharing the same monitor is redundant,
so I'm offering it at a stupid $20.00 AUD
for someone in Australia. Check out back
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