Absolutely. Warble, and sometimes you can bend a note and it just dies, even when the string is clear from any fret interference. Annoying as all get out.
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Absolutely. Warble, and sometimes you can bend a note and it just dies, even when the string is clear from any fret interference. Annoying as all get out.
Guitarist and bassist. Here's a rough mix of a track that will end up on an upcoming EP: https://soundcloud.com/roadtonever/pushy-cut
Wow, epic thread. Good times!
I sing and play the blues:
Lefty Phillips Trio Red House (Jimmy Hendrix) - YouTube
Not quite sure why Jimi's name is misspelled in the title of that Youtube video, though...
For the past couple years, though, I've mostly been going to college, working on an AA in Jazz vocal performance. That's the reason I made the switch to ecigs...much easier on my lungs and throat, that's for sure.
I sing and play the blues:
Lefty Phillips Trio Red House (Jimmy Hendrix) - YouTube
Not quite sure why Jimi's name is misspelled in the title of that Youtube video, though...
For the past couple years, though, I've mostly been going to college, working on an AA in Jazz vocal performance. That's the reason I made the switch to ecigs...much easier on my lungs and throat, that's for sure.
Welcome Day! Another working musician joins our ranks! This thread is laid back and friendly and I think you'll enjoy the company. Your group sounds pretty tight.
Good stuff, Day. I like the perspective you wrote into it and the lyrics and music are top notch. You can tell which era I grew up in by the fact that I hear Skynyrd all over that song! I've always loved Southern Rock and that's a good example of the genre. I grew up in Macon, Ga and all the Capricorn bands who recorded for Phil Walden played free concerts in the park constantly. There were the Allman Brothers, Wet Willie, Charlie Daniels, and many other groups set up on a stage and rocking many Sunday afternoons in the 70s. Your song brings back memories of those days.
Wow, epic thread. Good times!
I sing and play the blues:
Lefty Phillips Trio Red House (Jimmy Hendrix) - YouTube
Not quite sure why Jimi's name is misspelled in the title of that Youtube video, though...
For the past couple years, though, I've mostly been going to college, working on an AA in Jazz vocal performance. That's the reason I made the switch to ecigs...much easier on my lungs and throat, that's for sure.
Hendrix and Santana were my introduction to real guitar licks. When I was 13 I was playing Beach Boys and Ventures tunes with some neighborhood kids. Jimi was a lesson in blues guitar for sure. We all switched our preferences and started listening to the new music that took over during the 60s and trying to copy the styles.
You guys made a lot of sound for a trio. Where was that video shot? I kind of looks like a club, but it looks a lot like a studio setup when the camera panned out front.
That was recorded at a soundstage in Torrance during a Labor Day BBQ party.
My taste in music has been in retrograde motion since the 1980s! Most of the CDs in my collection are from recordings made in the 1930s and 40s.
My taste in music has been in retrograde motion since the 1980s! Most of the CDs in my collection are from recordings made in the 1930s and 40s.
That was recorded at a soundstage in Torrance during a Labor Day BBQ party.
Welcome to the thread, Mudfinger. You entered with a bang by posting that video.
My taste in music has been in retrograde motion since the 1980s! Most of the CDs in my collection are from recordings made in the 1930s and 40s.
It was only in the last 20 years that I began to listen to some of the early black blues players. Those guys played it without first learning the theory and created some new styles from the old. If you don't know the rules, then you break them and open up new ground.
I was also a big fan of Stevie Ray Vaughn. He and Jimi Hendrix both had hands that could reach up and across the fretboard. Back when I had a Mosrite guitar I could, too. With a wider Gibson fretboard and a thicker neck it's a little more to reach for.
It's good to see new growth in this thread. I know we have more musicians out there on ECF. Pass the word when you sense someone is a player. Vaping and playing just have to go hand in hand now that smoking is being banned from the places most of us worked.
It sounds to me like your string is getting too close to the magnetic pole piece.
On Fenders this is what's called "Stratitis" - or so I've heard.
The magnetic field interferes with string vibration and kills the note.
Try lowering your pickups a little.
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Right, that's exactly what I was talking about... don't have the problem now, was just pointing out another thing that can happen when pickups are too close, especially with single coils, in response to DaveP's post. Though I'd never heard it called Stratitis before.
Thanks dude! Yeah we are def southern boys, most of us are in Southwest VA but I moved to Raleigh not long ago. We are without a doubt influenced by Skynyrd and the like. We were all also huge fans of SRV, The Band, and Dylan and I like to think it shows up here and there in our songs.
Was humbling seeing some of the stuff posted in the thread, that pink floyd cover band was siiiiiick. Some of you guys are super talented!
It kills me to listen to popular music these days. I hear .....-.....-..... constantly with solos that consist of one note 4 times, then another note 4 times, followed by a chord for the turn around. Whatever happened to arena rock and guitar players who actually knew a scale and how to play within it?
It kills me to listen to popular music these days. I hear .....-.....-..... constantly with solos that consist of one note 4 times, then another note 4 times, followed by a chord for the turn around. Whatever happened to arena rock and guitar players who actually knew a scale and how to play within it?
That's too hard.
Same goes for many bass players, 1/4 notes on the same string, over and over. (Although, that may serve the song, it's boooooooring.)
That's too hard.
(Although, that may serve the song, it's boooooooring.)
Back in the 90s someone decided that solos were "showing off" and made one player look like he was trying to be the star. Solos were first started by 6 night a week bar bands where the lead singer's throat needed a "break" from time to time. I guess he just started telling the lead player to take a break so he could, too.
When I was 15 or 16 and in my first band that played at least once a weekend and made some money, our bass player once told me that I was a good lead player, but I could be a great lead player if I'd just use all four fingers. I remarked that my little finger was too weak, to which he replied, "That's cause you don't use it. Help it by using the other fingers to support bends and it will get stronger." He was right. I started using it while practicing at home and before long I could run 4 frets with 4 fingers.
I still find myself "helping" my little finger with the 3rd finger behind it on pinkie bends. I do it without thinking about it and it feels natural, but for the direct fretting it's strong enough to keep up with the other three just fine. Having the little finger available opens up lots of possibilities for 4 fret pull offs and hammers and two and three note trills.
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Back in the 90s someone decided that solos were "showing off" and made one player look like he was trying to be the star. Solos were first started by 6 night a week bar bands where the lead singer;s throat needed a "break". I guess he just started telling the lead player to take a break.
Hmm, interesting to know. Cool trivia
just chiming in....been playing music since the 3rd grade. Sax (though not in many years) Guitar and Bass for the last 20 years or so.
Suddenly we have musicians coming out of the woodwork (and that's a good thing) ! Welcome to the music thread Benny.
I played a 79 American Strat for a long time and really enjoyed the sustain and chime tones. I guess it was Hendrix and then SRV who reinforced my choice. After playing a Les Paul for years, my wife recently bought me an Epi G-400 Pro. I've been impressed by the split coil feature that gives me back some of the Strat and Tele tone that I missed for such a long time.
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