{"id":199,"date":"2017-02-11T13:09:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T19:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/?p=199"},"modified":"2017-04-20T09:03:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T14:03:05","slug":"ceiling-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/2017\/02\/11\/ceiling-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceiling Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4867\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-199-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CeilingFan.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CeilingFan.mp3\">http:\/\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CeilingFan.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CeilingFan.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/?powerpress_pinw=199-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CeilingFan.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"CeilingFan.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>This song was written for\u00a0a &#8220;skirmish&#8221; on <a href=\"http:\/\/fawm.org\" target=\"_blank\">FAWM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A skirmish is a challenge: A song title, or some other prompt is announced, and the songwriters have 60 minutes to write (and usually record) the song. \u00a0I&#8217;ve done a lot of these, and some very good songs have come out of them. \u00a0Why am I sharing this one?<\/p>\n<p>The guitar that I am playing is spectacular. \u00a0My wife gave it to me for my birthday, and it is so beautiful that I was genuinely afraid to play it for a while. \u00a0I am not worthy of such a beautiful instrument.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kUjmH3\">Taylor 210e-SB DLX<\/a>. \u00a0I&#8217;ll put it up against a Martin in the same price range any day.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-203 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Taylor-210e-DLX-RW-fr-2017-1024x577.png?resize=660%2C372\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Taylor-210e-DLX-RW-fr-2017.png?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Taylor-210e-DLX-RW-fr-2017.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Taylor-210e-DLX-RW-fr-2017.png?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Taylor-210e-DLX-RW-fr-2017.png?w=1960&amp;ssl=1 1960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By the way &#8211; I had never been interested in Elixir strings before owning this guitar. \u00a0It came with <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2lvNGL3\" target=\"_blank\">Elixir Phosphor Bronze Mediums<\/a>, and I&#8217;m sold. \u00a0They feel really good under my fingers, and at least on this guitar, they make the sound of joy and love and happiness.<\/p>\n<p>The microphone I used in the recording is also terrific. \u00a0My wife&#8217;s parents (aka my in-laws) gave me the microphone for Christmas. \u00a0This was the first time I used it, and I really like the sound it gave me. \u00a0It&#8217;s an <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2khLUIi\" target=\"_blank\">AKG-P170<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/akg-p170-e1486839402431.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-205\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/akg-p170-e1486839402431-300x138.jpg?resize=300%2C138\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/akg-p170-e1486839402431.jpg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/akg-p170-e1486839402431.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So, it&#8217;s a rough recording. \u00a0There are mistakes. \u00a0But I was so happy with the sound of the instrument through that microphone that I just wanted to share. \u00a0I hope you like it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CeilingFan.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis song was written for\u00a0a &#8220;skirmish&#8221; 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