# 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:** 2
**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, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/21 "2014-01-30T22:13:38Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Thinking about you, guitars, Canadian guitarists you love - I will guess that the dog’s name is **Lenny Breaux**. An excellent guess, but sadly not correct! ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/22 "2014-01-30T23:51:35Z")
Fidèle Ami? Fideaux? PS: Just ordered the CD, so I guess it’s moot. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/23 "2014-01-31T00:00:04Z")
I’m guessing Clement, but it’s a very long shot so I’m buying a copy anyway. Excited to hear this! ---
**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 31, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/24 "2014-01-31T00:01:44Z")
Cinnamon? ---
**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 31, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/25 "2014-01-31T00:06:06Z")
Benji. ---
**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 31, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/26 "2014-01-31T01:49:11Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Fidèle Ami? > > Fideaux? > > PS: Just ordered the CD, so I guess it’s moot. > [@Kimstu](#): > > I’m guessing Clement, but it’s a very long shot so I’m buying a copy anyway. Excited to hear this! > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Cinnamon? Great dog names, all of them; but sadly, none of them are correct. > [@Leaffan](#): > > Benji. Bingo! No, I mean, you’re right - **Benji**! Send me a PM when you have a moment, and I’ll get your copy in the mail as soon as I can! Yes, I’ll even cover the postage (said one Scotsman to another!) ---
**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 31, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/27 "2014-01-31T02:04:29Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Great dog names, all of them; but sadly, none of them are correct. > > Bingo! No, I mean, you’re right - **Benji**! Send me a PM when you have a moment, and I’ll get your copy in the mail as soon as I can! Yes, I’ll even cover the postage (said one Scotsman to another!) As one Scotsman to another, and one Doug to another Doug, it was incredibly easy to find your dog’s name on a quick Google search of the Straight Dope Message Board. I feel like I cheated and am not worthy of a free gift of your CD. I’d like to support you, instead of getting a freebee, but times are rough right now financially, due to marital issues. But hey, I guess there was no rule against Googling. What do you think? What do other Canadopers think? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/28 "2014-01-31T02:07:23Z")
I’m too late for the contest, but I’d love to hear the CD. ---
**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 31, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/29 "2014-01-31T02:13:35Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I’m too late for the contest, but I’d love to hear the CD. Doug: Please ship the CD to Emily. As she is also involved in the music business, I would like her to have the copy. It’s not that I wouldn’t appreciate it, but Emily would appreciate it more. Is this possible? And would you be offended? Your other brother Doug ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/30 "2014-01-31T02:42:38Z")
Aw, thanks, **Leaffan**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/31 "2014-01-31T02:57:17Z")
Congratulations, **Leaffan**! And enjoy the CD, **Emily**! Looks like I’ll have to get mine the old fashioned way. But I’ll hold off ordering it for a while–there’s a chance I may be in Toronto within the next few months; and if that’s the case, I hope to be able to buy one from **Le Ministre** directly. I do like that the SDMB is thanked in the Acknowledgements! ---
**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 31, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/32 "2014-01-31T03:14:56Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > As one Scotsman to another, and one Doug to another Doug, it was incredibly easy to find your dog’s name on a quick Google search of the Straight Dope Message Board. I feel like I cheated and am not worthy of a free gift of your CD. > > I’d like to support you, instead of getting a freebee, but times are rough right now financially, due to marital issues. But hey, I guess there was no rule against Googling. > > What do you think? > > What do other Canadopers think? Given a choice between supporting cleverness and supporting dumb luck, I’ll go for the cleverness any day. No, there was no rule against googling or otherwise searching the SDMB, and while I’m fairly circumspect about not mentioning the real life names of my human family, I was fairly sure I’d mentioned His Hirsute Majesty by name a few times in the Canadope Cafe, and in the thread where I talked about us getting a puppy back in 2010. Fair Dinkum, as the Aussies would say. ---
**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 31, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/33 "2014-01-31T03:16:30Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Doug: Please ship the CD to Emily. As she is also involved in the music business, I would like her to have the copy. It’s not that I wouldn’t appreciate it, but Emily would appreciate it more. > > Is this possible? And would you be offended? > Your other brother Doug > [@EmilyG](#): > > Aw, thanks, **Leaffan**. 😃 Very good; it shall be so. \*\*EmilyG \*\*- if you’d be so kind as to PM an appropriate mailing address, I’ll send that off right away. **Leaffan** , you’re a kind soul. ---
**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 31, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/34 "2014-01-31T03:29:43Z")
I’m just jealous I didn’t think of Googling. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/35 "2014-02-01T14:07:10Z")
Okay - finally ordered. I look forward to revisiting this thread when it arrives. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/36 "2014-02-09T23:05:48Z")
The first of the reviews is in, and it’s good! From Brian Hay’s “No Rules, No Lights” blog - [‘Guitarias’: Everything a Recording Should Be Doug MacNaughton; Baritone and Guitar](http://norules-nolights.com/guitarias.html) > [@](#): > > The thing that’s immediately striking about this disc is the quality of the recording itself. It literally stood me up straight as I walked away from the stereo. But more on that and its importance later … > > ‘Guitarias’, Doug MacNaughton’s collection of arias for voice and guitar (hence the title) has an ethereal quality that haunts the listener from the opening notes of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Roundelay’ through to the passages of Frances Quarles’ ‘Close Thine Eyes’ that close the set. His voice is like polished silver, smooth and filled with deeply reflective qualities, but with just enough softening in those areas to make it shimmer with ethereal transparency. Beautifully nuanced shadings coupled with impeccable diction create an otherworldliness that allows listeners’ imaginations to complete the interpretation he initiates. His guitar playing is sure-handed, deft and fluid with great attention given to phrasing and shaping of both passages and individual notes. Combined, his voice and playing form the character that gives the songs their shape. Please forgive me blowing my own horn, but after a couple of weeks of pounding away sending PR material out in all possible directions, I’m overwhelmed with relief! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/37 "2014-02-13T01:06:05Z")
I am finally home off the road, made some dinner (leftovers into pork fried rice; some wine = happy), and listening. My first overall impression is that I am surprised you ever took up an instrument. Your voice is so truly good. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/38 "2014-02-13T01:18:48Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I am finally home off the road, made some dinner (leftovers into pork fried rice; some wine = happy), and listening. > > My first overall impression is that I am surprised you ever took up an instrument. Your voice is so truly good. Yes. To be honest, the CD is fabulous, but it’s not my favourite genre of music. But I would love to hear Le Ministre cover some Greg Lake tunes: Take a Pebble, and C’est la Vie for example. That would be awesome! ETA: Ooo, Lucky Man too. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/39 "2014-02-13T03:46:06Z")
> [@](#): > > The thing that’s immediately striking about this disc is the quality of the recording itself. It literally stood me up straight as I walked away from the stereo. But more on that and its importance later … > > ‘Guitarias’, Doug MacNaughton’s collection of arias for voice and guitar (hence the title) has an ethereal quality that haunts the listener from the opening notes of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Roundelay’ through to the passages of Frances Quarles’ ‘Close Thine Eyes’ that close the set. His voice is like polished silver, smooth and filled with deeply reflective qualities, but with just enough softening in those areas to make it shimmer with ethereal transparency. Beautifully nuanced shadings coupled with impeccable diction create an otherworldliness that allows listeners’ imaginations to complete the interpretation he initiates. His guitar playing is sure-handed, deft and fluid with great attention given to phrasing and shaping of both passages and individual notes. Combined, his voice and playing form the character that gives the songs their shape. Well, yeah, that’s what I meant when I said I liked 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:** [February 13, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329/40 "2014-02-13T15:18:36Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yes. To be honest, the CD is fabulous, but it’s not my favourite genre of music. > > But I would love to hear Le Ministre cover some Greg Lake tunes: Take a Pebble, and C’est la Vie for example. That would be awesome! > > ETA: Ooo, Lucky Man too. This might be the time to mention that my friend Bruce and I sang “Lucky Man” and “Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills and Nash at our Grade 9 grad… You could throw “Epitaph” and “I Talk to the Wind” from the first King Crimson album in there, too. ELP were a huge influence on me getting into classical music - there was a two or three month period when I listened to “Brain Salad Surgery” at least once a day. I played guitar long before I sang solo; I never got much into singing rock because so many of my friends wanted to do Yes, Rush, Led Zeppelin, April Wine, etc. I couldn’t sing any of that screamy high stuff, so I was relegated to being only a guitar player. Nobody but me wanted to do any Jethro Tull or Frank Zappa, where the songs were at least in my range. Just for curiosity, did you enjoy “Shadows”, the last group of eight songs, any more than the rest of the album? I’m not fishing for compliments or anything; I’m really interested in people’s reaction to the different pieces. People who are fans of classical music (and particularly contemporary classical music) have a skewed point of view, and I’m trying to put together programs that genuinely appeal to people who don’t come from that background. I like to picture it this way - a concert/recital/album is like a Venn diagram. One circle is the repertoire you want to perform, and the other circle is the repertoire your audience wants to hear (whether they’ve heard the piece before or not). The very best concerts are the ones with the maximum overlap between those two circles. So as I look to putting play lists together for performances and future albums, I’m trying to be aware of balancing the esoteric stuff with the more accessible stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cd-guitarias-is-about-to-be-released-details-on-my-brand-new-website/679329.md?page=3)