Who’s at the Door? (2) #ThursdayDoors

Posted on by Teagan Riordain Geneviene

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Leo at the door, photo by Tim Price, 2024

Welcome, everyone.   This year, I had the idea to do an occasional blogger feature, called Who’s at the Door?  Today we have the second installment.  The kitty above is not one of my “Scoobies.”  No, that’s Leo, who belongs to our featured blogger.

Readers of my Atonement: Bad Bishop serial will have realized that recently, I was MIA for a weekend, without explanation.  I was working hard on a music project with the person who’s at the door.  Here’s a link to Wolf is in the Winter Moon, lyrics and guitars (three of them!) by Tim Price.  That’s yours truly on vocals, and “howling” in the background arias.

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Who’s at the door?

Three Blue Doors, by Tim Price, for Thistledown: Midsummer Bedlam in 2017

Welcome, photographer, poet, songwriter, musician, and guitar-artist,
Timothy Price.

Tim and I have followed one another’s blogs for about ten years.  Along the way he’s permitted me to use lots of his photos.  In fact, you probably know him best for his photography.  So today, I want to introduce you to some of his other interests.

We’ve done several collaborations on song parodies. He wrote outrageously funny lyrics for The Sound of Coffee Grinding which I sang to the tune of The Sound of Silence, in 2020. 

However, Wolf Is in the Winter Moon is a serious song, not a parody.  I was flattered when he asked me to sing it.  A few of you already know this and were at Tim’s post a week ago.  If you haven’t, then I hope you’ll visit us at his blog post, Wolf is in the Winter Moon.  We both worked very hard on the song.  

Tim Price with his Wolf guitar

I asked Tim to answer a few questions.  I’ve been very interested in the guitars he makes.  In the photo above, that’s one of the three he played for our latest collaboration.

Teagan:  I think most of my readers are familiar with your photography.  What they might not know is that you not only play guitars, but sometimes you make them.  As a craftsman, what’s the most interesting thing about the process involved?  Also, what is one of your favorite guitar creations?

Tim: I started building guitars after a long-time friend started building a Telecaster-style guitar, got tired of working on it, and gave it to me to finish. I finished the guitar and put an image of a Santa Fe Super Chief Locomotive on the top. That was my first “Train-Tele.” 

Tim with Train-Tele guitar

Teagan:  You mentioned an interesting story about one of the guitars with train artwork.

Tim:  My friend, Joel, who gave me the Telecaster-style guitar to finish, lives in Las Vegas, NV.  Joel gives me a lot of guitars and gear that he is no longer using but doesn’t want to sell. I made a second “Train Tele” that plays exceptionally well. In return for him giving me stuff, I gave Joel that guitar. He knows some of the session musicians who play at the resorts in Las Vegas. He showed that Train Tele to one of his friends, who loved how it played.  The friend asked Joel if he could borrow it to play a show. Joel told me the other day his friend loves the Train Tele so much he doesn’t want to give it back to Joel. So, one of my guitars is being played in shows at the resorts in Las Vegas. That’s pretty cool.

Teagan:  Yes, that really is cool.  Have you made other guitars, with different art themes?

Tim:  In all, I have made around a dozen guitars. The most interesting thing is designing the artwork. One reason I use common-style guitar bodies is that I have templates from the company that prints the artwork I put on the guitars. The artwork is printed on skins like they use on race cars.

I thought it would be cool to make guitars with artist’s paintings on them. My first art guitar was a Stratocaster-style guitar using a painting called “Tumultuous” by Tiffany Ari-Daleo. Then, I made an RGX-style guitar and a Les Paul guitar using Resa’s “One-Eyed Beauty” sketches.

Glenda all grown up, 2023

Teagan:  (The link in Tim’s remark above has a fun video of Glenda and Gwendolyn when they were kittens.)  The video goes well with the soundtrack you made playing the guitar.  But you’ve made others as well.

Tim:  Yes, my favorite guitar creations are Resa’s One-Eyed beauty guitars.

Teagan:  Most of my readers know Resa McConaghy.  She did a collection of drawings that she called One Eye.  Learn more here.

Tim:  In my office, I have a Super Chief PRS and a Resa One-Eye hanging above my Mac and camera museum.

Tim’s museum, photo by Timothy Price

Teagan: Readers, can you spot a door in the photo above? I’m calling the disc slot in the monitor on the second shelf a door!

Teagan:  Your cats are often cast in staring roles on your blog. Do you have a funny story to share about them?

Tim:  Cats are a nonstop source of entertainment. Spunk became a kitty model to pay for all the things he destroyed, which ran into thousands of dollars over the years. He chews and claws up anything he feels worthy of destroying.

Spunk is a smart kitty, and he knows if he could turn the doorknob on the front door, he could open the door and let himself out. He jumps up on the cabinet next to the door and tries to turn the doorknob with his paws. Good thing he doesn’t have opposable thumbs.

Teagan: Since my feature title is Who’s at the Door, do you have a “favorite” door at your home?

Tim:  My favorite doors at the house are the double doors to the deck. They looked especially good painted by the solar eclipse filtered through the black bamboo.

Double Door on the Deck, by Tim Price 2024

What a mystical looking door photo.  Thanks to Tim for answering my questions and for generously providing all these photos.

Thanks to all of you for opening this door.  Hugs!

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Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos from around the world. It’s hosted by Dan Antion.  Feel free to join in on the fun by creating your own Thursday Doors post each week and then sharing your link in the comments below, anytime between 12:01 am Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American eastern time).

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Photos in this post are the property of Timothy Price.  Please do not use them without his express permission.

Copyright © 2024 by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene

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117 thoughts on “Who’s at the Door? (2) #ThursdayDoors”

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  6. What a fabulous post, Teagan! Making and playing guitars – what a talent. And cats! Tim’s right about them being a nonstop source of entertainment. Hugs to you and the Scoobies!

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  8. Teagan and Tim,

    Fabulous post!

    Luv, luv, luv, luv!!!

    As a huge fan of Tim, I’m not only thrilled to see this post, I’m honoured to be mentioned.

    Thank you to both of you for the shout out!!!!

    HUGS!

    PS. – Spunkie-Poo 💋is already hooked up with my Jeep, so…. just sayin’

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  15. Loved this post Teagan and Wolf Moon was Killer. You rocked it with your voice and him on guitars. Why doesn’t it surprise me that he makes his on guitars too. The cats are his choir and paparazzi always leading the way along with his incredible photography. I agree with you… Those doors are amazing!!!❣️❣️🥂😎🤗

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    2. This wonderful comment has me grinning, Cindy. Lucky for me, Daphne and Velma take turns “singing” or I’d go nuts. But all I have to do to get them to go to another room is sing. They hate it. (Everybody’s a critic…) 🐱 Although, they didn’t dislike the Wolf song too much. Maybe it’s the combination of volume and high notes in the songs I use for my self-prescribed “karaoke therapy.” LOL. Thanks for opening this door.

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    2. Thank you kindly, Noelle. I appreciate you visiting Tim’s blog to listen.
      I once had a very large tabby who could open any door in the house, except — and fortunately– the very heavy front door. Now, while Daphne is usually the “thinker” of the Scoobies, little Velma has figured out that it’s the knob that opens the door. Thank goodness she’s short!
      Thanks for opening this door. Hugs.

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  20. I love how you put this post together, Teagan. Thanks for including my in your “Who’s at the Door?” series. I love your voice and I love working with you on these music projects.

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    1. It was good to work with you again too, Tim. Wolf is in the Winter Moon was certainly a challenge, but it came at the right moment. (The song is still looping around inside my head, LOL.) I really enjoyed the project. Just as I enjoyed putting this post together. The photos you sent were great, and the interview answers were fun to read. Big hugs.

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    1. Thanks. Most of those old Macs have door on the cd drives. Do you remember the old tech support joke where the tech tells the caller to put the floppy disk in the drive and close the door? The teach hears footsteps followed by the door to a room closing.

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  25. You have one of the most complex and interesting Thursday Door posts, Teagan, but you managed it all very well. Tim’s post is great – kudos on the vocals – well done! It was fun to learn more about Tim. I knew about the photography and the music, but I didn’t know about the guitars That’s fascinating.

    Well done, all around. I hope you and Tim both have great weekends.

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    2. This is great feedback, Dan. Yes, I put a lot of work into interview posts, and we both did a lot of work on Tim’s song. Imagine him putting together at least a dozen recorded pieces to make the final cut. I’m still impressed.
      As you know from my admiration of your woodworking projects, I’m fascinated by craftmanship. The idea of making a musical instrument amazes me. I’m happy to know that others also found it interesting. Thanks for opening this door. Big hugs.

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  28. Fantastic post, Teagan, and congratulations on your collaboration with Tim. Astounding! You’re right. I had seen many of his photographs but didn’t know about his music, his guitars, or his cats. He is an artist! Thanks for sharing this, Teagan!

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  30. Nice way to infuse an interview in Thursday Doors. I have always loved guitars since my college days. Sadly, never held one or tried to learn how to play one. However, I have a song you may want to listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuMYU4bqZ_A Released in 1996, this song came out when I passed school and entered college. In those days, fusion pop was a trend and this is a nice way for someone to get into what Indian music space is like. Maybe Tim can also enjoy this as well. 🙂

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    1. I know what you mean about guitars, Sharukh. I always thought it would be nice to be able to play an instrument that was small enough to carry with me. (All I could ever play was the piano, and even then I’m no real musician. I say that I just “play with it.”)

      Many thanks for the video link. That’s wonderful music. Mixed English and Hindi(?) lyrics. To me it has a sort of techno edge in the music. Great song.  I appreciate you taking time to visit here. Hugs.

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      1. Glad that you liked the music. Yes, it is Hindi with English, in India we call it ‘Hinglish’. It was a chartbuster then and to me it still remains a favorite. Well, Sarah knows piano on a very basic level. I guess a lot of Christians here either know piano or guitar because of involvement in church choir. I, on the other hand, play benches & tables and I’m really good at it. Hugs.

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          1. Same here. I would use inverted buckets and whatnot to create my drum set. Plus, I was an excellent breakdancer. Not to toot my own horn but I was the best breakdancer in my block in my age category. I danced at my friends birthday parties and even annual day celebrations in my school.

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