# My CD "Guitarias" is about to be released; details on my brand-new website! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329 "2014-01-20T23:10:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/1 "2014-01-20T23:10:14Z")
I have the great pleasure of announcing the imminent release of my CD _Guitarias_, on February 16th, 2014. According to my press release - > [@](#): > > “MacNaughton’s first self-produced album is an intimate, poetic journey. \*Guitarias \*includes compositions for voice and guitar (hence the name: guitar/arias) all performed by the singer accompanying himself: John Beckwith’s _Beckett Songs_ (three songs to poems of Samuel Beckett), Leslie Uyeda’s _Flower Arranger_ (a single song to a poem of Joy Kogawa), and William Beauvais’ _The Truth of Matter_ (four songs to poems of Linda Hogan), were all commissioned by Doug MacNaughton. \*Guitarias \*also features John Rutter’s _Shadows_ (eight songs to various poets of the 16th and 17th centuries), which were published in 1997. This is MacNaughton’s fourth recording as a singer, but marks his debut recording as a guitarist.” > > (The whole darn tl;dr thing can be found in this spoiler box) > > \*\*Modern Day Troubadour Doug MacNaughton Travels New Musical Path > > Toronto, ON\*\*: Combining the intimacy of a Troubadour, the simplicity of art song and the freedom of contemporary music, Doug MacNaughton proudly launches his first self-produced recording, _Guitarias_. > > “MacNaughton’s first self-produced album is an intimate, poetic journey. \*Guitarias \*includes compositions for voice and guitar (hence the name: guitar/arias) all performed by the singer accompanying himself: John Beckwith’s _Beckett Songs_ (three songs to poems of Samuel Beckett), Leslie Uyeda’s _Flower Arranger_ (a single song to a poem of Joy Kogawa), and William Beauvais’ _The Truth of Matter_ (four songs to poems of Linda Hogan), were all commissioned by Doug MacNaughton. \*Guitarias \*also features John Rutter’s \*Shadows \*(eight songs to various poets of the 16th and 17th centuries), which were published in 1997. This is MacNaughton’s fourth recording as a singer, but marks his debut recording as a guitarist.” > > “I am fascinated by the artistic effect of playing and singing at the same time”, explains MacNaughton. “The guitar’s portability makes it possible to perform in intimate and unusual acoustics. There’s a deeper connection between the voice part and the accompaniment, because the singer is the accompanist.” > > “We considered recording the voice and guitar separately”, he continues, “but in the end, we decided to record live in the welcoming, resonant acoustic of St. George the Martyr Church. Double-tracking would have required a studio setting, and the guitar and voice parts wouldn’t have been able to spontaneously respond to each other. The music is much more alive when both parts have the freedom to perform expressively.” > > A multitalented artist, Doug began playing guitar when he was 13 years old; at the time, he dreamed of becoming the next Steve Howe, or Robert Fripp, or John McLaughlin. His life took an interesting turn when he went to university and discovered singing. The rest is… history! For almost 30 years, Doug has enjoyed a successful career as a classical singer, becoming a renowned figure from the music scene in Canada. “MacNaughton used his attractive voice to embrace all of the nuances of the libretto… he is a great singing actor”, wrote Opera Canada. He performs regularly with the country’s major opera companies, such as the Canadian Opera Company, Pacific Opera Victoria and Edmonton Opera, to only name a few. A versatile performer, Doug is also well known for having played Enjolras in the Canadian company of _Les Miserables_, and Miguel Cervantes/Don Quixote in _Man of La Mancha_ for the Stirling Festival Theatre. His concert repertoire includes solos in _Messiah_, _Carmina Burana_, \*Frankenstein \*and _The Dangerous Kitchen_, the last being a Frank Zappa tribute produced by ACREQ. For more information, please visit [http://dougmacnaughton.com/](http://dougmacnaughton.com/) I’m planning a CD launch party in Toronto for Feb. 16th - I’ll post details about that as soon as the venue is confirmed. I have further details and links on my newly-launched website, [www.DougMacNaughton.com](http://dougmacnaughton.com/) , where I’m also selling advance copies through PayPal. I have a physical distribution deal with the Canadian Music Centre, but the disc isn’t available through their website yet; iTunes distribution will probably be up and running in a couple of months. There are sound clips available on the [Recordings](http://dougmacnaughton.com/recordings.html) page, and there is a full length clip of one of the sixteen tracks available for listening at this link, [Gather ye rosebuds](http://r3.ca/4tkL), at least for the next week. The online PDF of the CD booklet can be seen [here](http://dougmacnaughton.com/guitarias-nopoetry.pdf). It has been a fascinating journey, taking these pieces from dots on a page to a finished recording. I’m quite thrilled! I’d like to thank The Mods for their permission to post this, and I’d like to thank the SDMB for its ongoing support over the years. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/2 "2014-01-20T23:24:19Z")
Guitar music isn’t really my thing but I listened to your Messiah extracts with interest. Did you do a recording with an orchestra? Because I’m sure I’ve heard you before. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/3 "2014-01-21T00:29:43Z")
Very cool, **Le Ministre** - thanks for sharing. I am swamped right now, in a good way, so not getting to the Dope as much as I’d like. But I will keep an eye out for this thread and details. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/4 "2014-01-21T03:31:18Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Guitar music isn’t really my thing but I listened to your Messiah extracts with interest. Did you do a recording with an orchestra? Because I’m sure I’ve heard you before. No, I have no recordings out with orchestra - the closest is the ‘Serinette’, but that’s still just a 15 piece chamber ensemble. I think, though, that I’ve been broadcast on CBC a few times since I signed up here; I think I may have posted a thread with the link to the broadcast before. I’m glad Messiah grabbed your interest - I’d love to do more of them! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/5 "2014-01-21T03:40:13Z")
Very cool. I love your voice! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/6 "2014-01-21T03:43:56Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Very cool. I love your voice! :😊: Many thanks; I appreciate that! ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/7 "2014-01-21T04:39:45Z")
Exiting news, Ministre! I’m not at home and traveling tomorrow all day, will definitely check it out as soon as I get back the day after. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/8 "2014-01-21T14:17:35Z")
I had actually thought about bumping the GOGT the other day to ask about this, as I thought you would be about ready to release it soon. I’m surprised by just about everything, here. Since you’re a classical guitarist, I had always pictured you as looking something like Parkening in my head. It’s not bad that you don’t. In fact, it’s probably good. Classical guitar has an image that’s too tall, dark and tidy - IMHO. Somehow, I had either missed or glossed over your being primarily an excellent singer, and that this was your guitar debut. It’s still excellent guitar playing, and I’m taken aback by how good your voice is. I’m also surprised that it’s in English, since your user name is French (I assume, I don’t speak French), and classical that most people (like me) are familiar with tends to be in any language but English. Congrats on all of it, I hope to hear it broadcast on the local classical stations soon! 🙂 ETA: And the hall sounds great! Was it all natural, or did you tweak it in the mix? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/9 "2014-01-21T15:51:13Z")
Congratulations – that’s awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/10 "2014-01-21T19:50:36Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I had actually thought about bumping the GOGT the other day to ask about this, as I thought you would be about ready to release it soon. > > I’m surprised by just about everything, here. Since you’re a classical guitarist, I had always pictured you as looking something like Parkening in my head. It’s not bad that you don’t. In fact, it’s probably good. Classical guitar has an image that’s too tall, dark and tidy - IMHO. > > Somehow, I had either missed or glossed over your being primarily an excellent singer, and that this was your guitar debut. It’s still excellent guitar playing, and I’m taken aback by how good your voice is. I’m also surprised that it’s in English, since your user name is French (I assume, I don’t speak French), and classical that most people (like me) are familiar with tends to be in any language but English. > > Congrats on all of it, I hope to hear it broadcast on the local classical stations soon! 🙂 > ETA: And the hall sounds great! Was it all natural, or did you tweak it in the mix? Funny - most of the classical guitarists I know, esp. here in Toronto, are a rather unruly, scruffy bunch. For the photo shoot, I was just having fun with being able to play/sing in various locations. I have a longer term project that involves hiking/canoeing to remote locations to record… No, my French user name is a red herring - I speak it, but it is very much a second language for me. It comes from the song _2033_ by the Québécois band “[La Bottine Souriante](http://www.bottinesouriante.com/welcome-2677-en.html)” (“The beat-up boot”) and means “The Minister from the Beyond”. When I signed up here, that sounded like a good user name for an anonymous voice from the internet. I don’t think I’m very anonymous any more, after this thread… There’s a fair amount of opera, oratorio, and art song written in English, actually - Purcell, Handel and Britten; Haydn and Mendelssohn all wrote for British audiences in English. For art song for guitar and voice, there’s a ton of Elizabethan/Jacobean rep by Dowland, Campion and their contemporaries, most of which is in English. Sir Peter Pears and Julian Bream did some concerts of that rep. in the late 50s/early 60s, which led to Britten, Berkeley, Tippet, Walton, and their contemporaries writing for the duo (future project…) As for the miking/mix - we mixed live, direct to stereo. I’m not the best person to ask about the details - although I joke that “It looks just like a Telefunken U47!”, I tend to leave the electronics to someone who knows what they’re doing. So, we had two mikes aimed at the upper and lower parts of the soundboard that were really close - like, climb in here carefully and don’t move around too much kind of close. Then, there were a pair of mikes about 4 feet away that were aimed just over the music stand, to catch the direct voice, and a single stereo mike about 20 feet back and 15 feet up to catch the church’s natural reverb. The biggest challenge sound wise was - I had booked 4 sessions of 3 hours each for the last 4 Fridays in May, 2013. Each day had a very specific schedule of pieces, and the big, number one rule was - finish everything about a given piece on the same day. Editing between days was to be avoided at all costs!! (The ambient room sound, the tuning, the mike placement and therefore the reverb can all be just slightly different, making an edit too obvious to be tolerated.) So the Beckwith and Uyeda were recorded on the first day, the Beauvais on the second, and the Rutter was divided between the last two days. That way, we could cut and paste between the best takes of every given pieces while maintaining a continuity of ambient sound. St. George the Martyr/The Music Gallery is a fantastic acoustic, but it’s also a block away from Queen Street, right downtown in Toronto - we lost some good performances to trucks, streetcars, car horns, etc. And I cannot thank my friend Sung Chung enough for his help as floor producer - because of him listening and following the score, I could just concentrate on playing and singing. We did a minimum of three complete takes of everything, followed by a punch list of bars/phrases that needed re-doing. Sung was who followed along with the score and kept track of all that, so I didn’t have that to worry about it. Couldn’t have done it without him. A couple of the tracks were actually studio live - _Sonnet_, the third song in _Shadows_, for instance. The track on the album is the unedited second take. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/11 "2014-01-22T00:47:01Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Funny - most of the classical guitarists I know, esp. here in Toronto, are a rather unruly, scruffy bunch. For the photo shoot, I was just having fun with being able to play/sing in various locations. I have a longer term project that involves hiking/canoeing to remote locations to record… When I was typing that, I figured you were probably more representative of the breed than my mental image was. You guys are a bunch of guitarists, after all. You don’t get to Carnegie Hall without practice, practice, practice; and practicing guitar doesn’t make you pretty. And that’s one hell of a project! I thought recording in the church was special, to record where most people don’t go is crossing into concept album territory. Is there a meaning to the places other than “because it’s there” and current tech allows you to do it? You should take a drummer along just to have the joy of torturing one, they all seem to hate travel. Really, you shouldn’t, but the image of a drummer riding along in a canoe with his drums just makes me happy inside. > [@](#): > > I don’t think I’m very anonymous any more, after this thread… > > There’s a fair amount of opera, oratorio, and art song written in English, actually - Purcell, Handel and Britten; Haydn and Mendelssohn all wrote for British audiences in English. For art song for guitar and voice, there’s a ton of Elizabethan/Jacobean rep by Dowland, Campion and their contemporaries, most of which is in English. Sir Peter Pears and Julian Bream did some concerts of that rep. in the late 50s/early 60s, which led to Britten, Berkeley, Tippet, Walton, and their contemporaries writing for the duo (future project…) No sir, you are not. Thank you for the quick primer, I had heard of Britten from the “what will survive to 2114” thread. My knowledge of classical is paper thin, I’ll check some of it out. > [@](#): > > As for the miking/mix - we mixed live, direct to stereo. I’m not the best person to ask about the details - although I joke that “It looks just like a Telefunken U47!”, I tend to leave the electronics to someone who knows what they’re doing. So, we had two mikes aimed at the upper and lower parts of the soundboard that were really close - like, climb in here carefully and don’t move around too much kind of close. Then, there were a pair of mikes about 4 feet away that were aimed just over the music stand, to catch the direct voice, and a single stereo mike about 20 feet back and 15 feet up to catch the church’s natural reverb. Thanks for the info, I thought it sounded like the vocal mics were a distance away. I imagined that’s partly because in a classical setting, you’re un-amplified, so your voice wouldn’t need a close mic. I wouldn’t have guessed the vocal mic was in stereo, but it does explain some of the richness. That building does have very nice natural reverb, and the engineer caught the whole thing well. > [@](#): > > The biggest challenge sound wise was - I had booked 4 sessions of 3 hours each for the last 4 Fridays in May, 2013. Each day had a very specific schedule of pieces, and the big, number one rule was - finish everything about a given piece on the same day. Editing between days was to be avoided at all costs!! (The ambient room sound, the tuning, the mike placement and therefore the reverb can all be just slightly different, making an edit too obvious to be tolerated.) > > So the Beckwith and Uyeda were recorded on the first day, the Beauvais on the second, and the Rutter was divided between the last two days. That way, we could cut and paste between the best takes of every given pieces while maintaining a continuity of ambient sound. St. George the Martyr/The Music Gallery is a fantastic acoustic, but it’s also a block away from Queen Street, right downtown in Toronto - we lost some good performances to trucks, streetcars, car horns, etc. > > And I cannot thank my friend Sung Chung enough for his help as floor producer - because of him listening and following the score, I could just concentrate on playing and singing. We did a minimum of three complete takes of everything, followed by a punch list of bars/phrases that needed re-doing. Sung was who followed along with the score and kept track of all that, so I didn’t have that to worry about it. Couldn’t have done it without him. > > A couple of the tracks were actually studio live - _Sonnet_, the third song in _Shadows_, for instance. The track on the album is the unedited second take. I remember your post about the editing process, it seemed like heavy work, and I hadn’t even thought about the intricacies of producing such a natural recording that you could have edited that way. Getting a couple of flawless takes must have felt great. Again, congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/12 "2014-01-22T02:39:37Z")
Is that you playing the piano too on some of your recordings I’ve come across? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/13 "2014-01-22T04:17:42Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > And that’s one hell of a project! I thought recording in the church was special, to record where most people don’t go is crossing into concept album territory. Is there a meaning to the places other than “because it’s there” and current tech allows you to do it? It’s a bit of a secret, at least for now. “Concept album” covers some of it - Canadians have always had a very special relationship to the wilderness. That’s all I can tell you for now; I don’t even have the idea fully fleshed out in my own head. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/14 "2014-01-22T04:22:14Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > No, I have no recordings out with orchestra - the closest is the ‘Serinette’, but that’s still just a 15 piece chamber ensemble. > > I think, though, that I’ve been broadcast on CBC a few times since I signed up here; I think I may have posted a thread with the link to the broadcast before. > > I’m glad Messiah grabbed your interest - I’d love to do more of them! I can proudly say that I have heard **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** in _Messiah_ not once, but twice! (as recounted in this thread: [48 Below this Morning!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=593954), beginning at post # 7) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/15 "2014-01-22T04:32:13Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Is that you playing the piano too on some of your recordings I’ve come across? No, I’m happy to say there are no recordings of my piano playing - I do have a lovely grand piano in the new house, but my playing is still rudimentary. I have a friend who is a vocal coach who rents my 2nd floor studio for five hours a day; it helps with the bills. You raise a good point, though - Liz Upchurch and William Aide are credited on my music.CBC.ca page, but I need to get their names somewhere on my website! (Adding that to the ‘fix list’.) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/16 "2014-01-22T04:34:27Z")
You do indeed have a marvellous voice! The guitar playing ain’t too shabby, either. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/17 "2014-01-29T03:48:26Z")
Sitting here, surfing the Dope, and listening to a most excellent Doper singing! My copy of the CD arrived today. I waited until Mrs Piper took the Cub up to go to bed, so I could savour it. Lovely singing, playing, and poetry for a quiet late night. Thanks so much, **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** , for the music and for the lovely note which accompanied it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/18 "2014-01-30T21:22:13Z")
Hi, everyone. I’ve obtained the permission of The Mods to do a CD Giveaway Contest. Here’s how it will work - I will give away one (1) copy of my CD _Guitarias_ to the first person who can guess the name of the dog on the front cover of the CD sleeve and booklet (PDF of the booklet can be seen here at this link.) Please, only one guess per post. Enter as often as you wish, at least until the one copy of the CD is given away. The winner will then send me a PM with their preferred mailing address - it doesn’t have to be your home address, work would be fine, whatever. Anywhere where you can get the disc. (Not everyone wants an internet weirdo like me knowing his or her address - I get it.) ‘First’ will be determined by the order of the unedited posts! (No editing, in other words!) Offer valid until somebody wins. and… Go!! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/19 "2014-01-30T21:26:40Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Sitting here, surfing the Dope, and listening to a most excellent Doper singing! My copy of the CD arrived today. I waited until Mrs Piper took the Cub up to go to bed, so I could savour it. Lovely singing, playing, and poetry for a quiet late night. > > Thanks so much, **Le Ministre de l’au-delà** , for the music and for the lovely note which accompanied it. 🙂 Many thanks for your kind words; I appreciate that very much. And I’m sorry I couldn’t get the contest together in time for you to possibly win. I’m hoping you’ll give it a go anyway - maybe you could win a copy and give it to a friend. (Or an arch-nemesis… 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/20 "2014-01-30T21:34:10Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Hi, everyone. I’ve obtained the permission of The Mods to do a CD Giveaway Contest. Here’s how it will work - > > I will give away one (1) copy of my CD _Guitarias_ to the first person who can guess the name of the dog on the front cover of the CD sleeve and booklet (PDF of the booklet can be seen here at this link.) > > Please, only one guess per post. > > Enter as often as you wish, at least until the one copy of the CD is given away. > > The winner will then send me a PM with their preferred mailing address - it doesn’t have to be your home address, work would be fine, whatever. Anywhere where you can get the disc. (Not everyone wants an internet weirdo like me knowing his or her address - I get it.) > > ‘First’ will be determined by the order of the unedited posts! (No editing, in other words!) > > Offer valid until somebody wins. > > and… Go!! Thinking about you, guitars, Canadian guitarists you love - I will guess that the dog’s name is **Lenny Breaux**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329.md?page=2)