MOUNTAIN GYPSY PROJECT
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The Mountain Gypsy Project is Jeff Chesnut playing every instrument and all vocals. I have 2 Yamaha AEX 500-N nylon string guitars, a Yamaha AEX-500 steel string guitar,a Yamaha 502 steel string, a Gibson ES 137 Custom hollowbody guitar,a Fender Stratacoustic guitar,a Fender Stratacaster, a Peavey 1988 Generation Series electric solid body guitar, an Ovation acoustic guitar, 2 Gitanes, a D-500 and a DG-255,a Armillio Burget handmade flamenco guitar and handmade Andy Boarman banjo, a borrowed Washburn mandolin, a 1972 Univox bass with 15 year old strings and lots of latin percussion instruments.
I also play a Yamaha YPT-300 electronic keyboard and use very little effects, but the effects I do have are a Digitech RP-100 and a Yamaha AG stomp acoustic guitar processer
I also play a Yamaha YPT-300 electronic keyboard and use very little effects, but the effects I do have are a Digitech RP-100 and a Yamaha AG stomp acoustic guitar processer
Why this name?
I live in the mountains and I have always been bit of a gypsy myself. I love the music of Django Reinhardt and The Gypsy Kings and so from this I came up with "The Mountain Gypsy Project"
Do you play live?
I play live all the time because if I were dead my fingers wouldn't move
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
It made it better because of the wider range of music available for the common man to be able to access and I can make my crappy music available
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
SURE, IT SHOULD BE HAPPENING ANY DAY NOW
Band History:
Until the age of technology, this would have never happened because of the cost of all the recording equipment. I have a 2002 emachine and a $69 dollar program called MULTITRACKSTUDIO and some good microphones. I use AKG C-4000-B studio mic, an AKG 2000-B, a Peavey Studio Pro and AKG d300b, d320b and a d330b,and of course shure sm58's. I also use Audio Technia lavalier clip on mics.
Your influences?
Ray Chesnut, Django Reinhardt, Chet Atkins, Andy Boarman,Paco De Lucia, Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Earl Scruggs, Don Reno, Larry McNeeley, The Beatles, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme,Jerome Kern,Luiz Bonfa and all the great Bossa Nova and Samba players of brazil and don't let me forget The Gipsy Kings and Ottmar leibert and all of the great flamenco players around the world
Favorite spot?
My favorite spot is the big one on my carpet where my dog got sick
Equipment used:
The equipment God gave me
Anything else...?
I sometimes have a guest performers and when I do it will be noted on the song description. I usually get my friend since 6th grade, Dave Gregory' from Crystal Spring, PA to play double bass and hit some latin percussion instruments
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