Daniel Bachman: NPR Music Field Recordings

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  • Опубліковано 20 тра 2015
  • Daniel Bachman calls Durham, N.C., home now, but he grew up around the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg. It's a quiet town in Northern Virginia that still has a pharmacy with cheap sandwiches and milkshakes; but, as Bachman pointed out to us, it has more tattoo parlors than music stores these days. That's not a judgment, just the way things are.The 25-year-old has been at the solo-guitar game since he was a teenager, befriending folks like the since-departed Jack Rose and slowly finding his own way into the music. That's why it felt right to bring Bachman back to the area that inspired River, a record surrounded by history, but guided by hands and a heart that know its bends and bumps.In early March, we met Bachman in Fredericksburg to drive an hour east to Stratford Hall, home to four generations of the Lee family, which includes two signers of the Declaration of Independence; it's also the birthplace of Robert E. Lee. Bachman knows it well, not only because his dad works there, but also because he can't help but bury himself in history books about the region.There's still snow on the ground when we arrive, as we scrape chunks of mud from our boots before entering the impeccably preserved Great House. Overlooking the rolling hills of Virginia, Bachman plays a version of "Song For The Setting Sun II" in what was the performance space at Stratford Hall. The song leaps boldly around the sunlit, symmetrical room, bouncing off walls decorated with paintings of buxom women and men in powdered wigs.
    SET LIST
    "Song For The Setting Sun II"
    CREDITS
    Producers: Lars Gotrich, Mito Habe-Evans; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Mito Habe-Evans, Maggie Starbard, Carlos Waters, Lars Gotrich; Special Thanks: Stratford Hall, Mark and Rachel Dibner of the Argus Fund; Executive Producer: Anya Grundmann

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  • @clixbits
    @clixbits 9 років тому +35

    We need more than a like button, we need an applause button. Absolutely beautiful.

  • @garrisonh.4579
    @garrisonh.4579 7 років тому +3

    I've had the pleasure to see him play live and it's fantastic. He's also a super nice guy and is playing next month near me. Definitely got to make it out again.

  • @SmeXyNL
    @SmeXyNL 9 років тому +3

    His guitarplay is amazing!

  • @ZimmerSquash
    @ZimmerSquash 9 років тому +2

    This is gorgeous!

  • @DeltaBlues61
    @DeltaBlues61 Рік тому

    This video and Daniel's playing are brilliant! Just brilliant!

  • @ChasingHappiness99
    @ChasingHappiness99 9 років тому +1

    beautiful playing! Quite enjoyed it.

  • @robbburch
    @robbburch 9 років тому +1

    Fredericksburg represent! Love you Dan!

  • @frederickbonnet2351
    @frederickbonnet2351 Рік тому

    Im a big fan since i discovered his music,he is a true master!

  • @mattcwell
    @mattcwell 7 років тому +25

    Can hear a ton of John Fahey in his playing. So good.

    • @ThurstonWatt
      @ThurstonWatt 5 років тому +2

      honestly man every time an American picks up a 12-string, "oh he sounds like Fahey". yeah okay, we get it.

    • @billbrasky3856
      @billbrasky3856 4 роки тому +10

      @@ThurstonWatt theres literally a section in this lifted from faheys "on the sunnyside of the ocean" ... so theres that

    • @ThurstonWatt
      @ThurstonWatt 4 роки тому

      @@billbrasky3856 cool, that kind of wasn't my point at all though

    • @fieldstone1934
      @fieldstone1934 3 роки тому +7

      What was the point then?

    • @lowellcalavera6045
      @lowellcalavera6045 11 місяців тому +1

      @@ThurstonWattNo, it's pretty clear you don't. Nor can you count to 12, apparently.

  • @cheifgeorge
    @cheifgeorge 9 років тому

    Man, love listing to that sweet flowing fingerpicking😎👐🎸

  • @sunburnramthem2373
    @sunburnramthem2373 9 років тому +1

    that is one very majestic setting of the highest caliber

  • @itlsofficial
    @itlsofficial 9 років тому +3

    that Martin sounds incredible! It looks like a pretty old guitar, too... they are the best sounding ones!

  • @CalmaMusicSessions
    @CalmaMusicSessions 7 років тому +1

    Gran trabajo! Y gran guitarrista! Nos encanta ! Felicidades desde Calma Music Sessions

  • @AngusDeighan
    @AngusDeighan 5 років тому

    Frigging awesome bub! Love the Pointer hat too!

  • @cgalvin71
    @cgalvin71 8 років тому

    This was amazing. Just gained a huge fan Dan

  • @bigs0uls
    @bigs0uls 9 років тому +1

    great song!

  • @essential_listening
    @essential_listening 5 років тому +1

    beautiful volvo. i just booked this fine gentleman!

  • @tomyork3583
    @tomyork3583 9 років тому +1

    Wow i live in Fredericksburg VA, What a small world

  • @BjornBols
    @BjornBols 9 років тому

    You go Mr. Bachman!

  • @warlocksongs
    @warlocksongs 8 років тому

    that was really good!

  • @mark5126
    @mark5126 8 років тому +5

    That one white bridge pin is driving me nuts!

    • @lukemuffinz
      @lukemuffinz 8 років тому +15

      If I was a pirate and had a wheel down my pants, I'd be drivin me nuts.

  • @Mariekesone
    @Mariekesone 9 років тому +1

    Brilliance,..what else is there to say!!! :-)

  • @TheBigDean18
    @TheBigDean18 8 років тому +4

    I can confirm this is in Open G, I was playing along with him on my 5 string Open G acoustic.

  • @petegomez5133
    @petegomez5133 9 років тому +7

    Open g tuning is an amazing platform for creativity. He honed in on it.

    • @rickm4295
      @rickm4295 9 років тому +4

      nice man !! open tunings are fun to noodle around in DADGAD steven stills is cool too

    • @petegomez5133
      @petegomez5133 9 років тому +3

      Right on ! He's a gifted musician.

    • @rawleydavis8881
      @rawleydavis8881 5 років тому

      Is this just open G tuning? It sounds like the third string is tuned to something other than a G maybe? I could be wrong but any help is appreciated. I really love this sound and want to learn it.

  • @seanflaherty5482
    @seanflaherty5482 9 років тому

    Amazing guitarist!
    On an unrelated note you should get greensky bluegrass to do a nor desk session!

  • @michaelbuckley889
    @michaelbuckley889 9 років тому

    i live in fredricksburg!!!

  • @theviolinoob
    @theviolinoob 9 років тому +1

    awesome! this guys is awesome! DADGAD tuning i guess? or Gmajor?

  • @JOHNNYHAULAWAY
    @JOHNNYHAULAWAY 8 років тому +19

    i can play the C chord... i'm pretty good

  • @justinpullin4436
    @justinpullin4436 6 років тому +1

    Danielle and Luis
    Melissa with Mike

  • @seangartland1906
    @seangartland1906 8 років тому

    Anybody who likes this should also check out Steve Gunn, very skilled guitarists and definitely some similarities there.

  • @TheGanjavi
    @TheGanjavi 9 років тому +2

    how is his guitar tuned/keyed?

    • @supermashriq
      @supermashriq 9 років тому +2

      Javi Iglesias Looks like open G (DGDGBD)

  • @Scalves1874
    @Scalves1874 9 років тому +4

    maybelle carter would be pround

  • @clym3danimator
    @clym3danimator 8 років тому

    Is that a rhodes mic you used? If so, which one may I ask? Thanks!

    • @lloydbrown5248
      @lloydbrown5248 7 років тому

      Can't really tell what this mic is, but I think its more likely a Sennheiser microphone... Possibly MKE600

    • @cjc1103
      @cjc1103 7 років тому +2

      Most likely a Sennheiser shotgun, which is certainly very sensitive and directional, but it's the room and the recording technique that make this an excellent recording. NPR is using one mic close up and another about 20 feet away to capture some of the room. Because of the mic directionality the room mic is capturing the reflections of the back wall, not so much from the side walls. It looks like the same mics they use for the tiny desk concerts, so maybe that's all they had, but this is field recording, not a studio, and it turns out to be the perfect technique for capturing the sound of the guitar in the room.

  • @cheifgeorge
    @cheifgeorge 8 років тому

    I bet he can play dat ole banjo too, I mean just check out the man's finger picking! Like Colonel Sanders says "It's finger "pickin" good." Lol

  • @zacmcleod6916
    @zacmcleod6916 9 років тому +1

    Eh.

  • @stevekim4162
    @stevekim4162 8 років тому

    Boring

  • @frederickbonnet2351
    @frederickbonnet2351 Рік тому

    I hope he come soon to México city!!!!