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Clay Harper is making music

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Yard of Hard backing track

A Stonesy backing track in honor of Bobby Keys
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Picture for song 'Ashes2Ashes' by artist 'clayville'

Ashes2Ashes

Sort of Bowie meets Billy Bragg flailing
Jamming online since 2004. The good folks at the Les Paul Forum and elsewhere provided the backing tracks and I've made some using Garageband. This style of playing was a way to increase my lead chops, try new things and learn a ton about recording, mixing, and the bits and pieces that go into polishing up a decent piece of music.
Band/artist history
From 1973-1977 or so my high school band in Dunwoody, GA was called Spectrum. Kinda cosmic, eh?
Have you performed in front of an audience?
Haven't played in front of paying customers in thirty years, but do get out a few times a year to guitar jams. Have played a few charity gigs in my local community.
Your musical influences
Keith Richards (forever), Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Hubert Sumlin (but Wolf's the coolest cat who ever lived), Duane Allman, Billy Gibbons (back in the day), Mick Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Johnson, Freddie King, Albert King, Otis Rush, Chris Kilgore, Brian Balmes, Curt Harper, Tom Burch, Bigsby Tracks.
What equipment do you use?
I use a variety of equipment in my home studio, but the signal chain usually goes something like this: Most of these tracks were recorded direct into ProTools through a Damage Control Womanizer tube preamp pedal. Lately I record using a Simplifier MKii pedal. Guitars are usually one of the following: 2003 Gibson CS-356, quilted maple, Heritage Darkburst finish. It was one of the Music Machine "Stinger" series guitars, and the wood (and tone) is incredible. 2000 MIM Nashville Telecaster 1999 Taylor 812-CE 1995 Gibson J-100 Extra. A 1995 model with mahogany back & sides and no internal pickup. It's a cannon. 1973 Epi Crestwood -- the one I have now is a bit like my first electric ever (only guitar I ever sold). Other gizmos occasionally in use: Destination Phase, Boss Blues Driver, Crybaby Classic wah, and a ton of software for shaping my sound or building backing tracks out of loops.
Anything else?
I'm forever grateful to the JamZone at the Les Paul Forum and the strong community of players from all over the world who hung out there many years ago. These days I can ocassionaly be found at the Twanger Central section of the TDPRI forum.
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