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I don't play bass but it certainly seems like it's harder. I admire a great bass line. Seems like it requires a lot more rythym and music comprehension. A band with a good bass player and drummer can shine even with mediocre guitarists.
And McCartney...way underrated as a bass player. Great bass players are almost always overlooked.
Say Cream everyone thinks Clapton what about Bruce (and Baker for that matter)
Say Who everyone thinks Townsend what about Entwistle
...the list goes on and on....someday I'm going to pick up bass (if I ever master this damn guitar!!)
I'm doing the same. Thanks for taking the time Jerome; its appreciated.
Roger Guppy wrote:Eva Cassidy's version of "Fields of Gold" is far superior to Sting's.
Her "Over The Rainbow" knocks the sox off Judy Garland's original.
I recently heard her version of "Time After Time" and that was also very good...she's fantastic
I've always been turned off by the speed players. I say the note you don't play (and the silence) (Think David Gilmoure on "Animals") can be just as important as the notes you do....
Of course as you can plainly tell that may be part jealousy and I love a good bluesy solo
the bar chord "light bulb" moment... awesome. Open chords have their place but once you've done the bar chord thing lots of songs that seemed unplayable because of hard open chord switches become a piece of cake!!!
I'm with you Ken. I strum how I strum. I have a few different patterns I guess but I try not to think about it. I've never been able to analyze it. It is what it is. If I like the way it sounds that's what matters to me.
How about "Bags of Dung"; the up side is no one will ever be disappointed with your performance!!!!!
Or "Incredibly Normal"?
I agree with Zurf. Covers are meant to be in the artist's own style. I love a good cover:
Cake doing Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive
Bowling for Soup doing Britney Spear's Baby One More Time
I don't like cover songs that are attempts at duplication like Metallica's version of Bob Seger's Turn the Page.
I agree with Russell...Audacity is fantastic. try it out.
gitaardocphil wrote:TROUSERS when they pick something from the ground you see that famous big planet URANUS,
Too funny!!!!!!
Roger Guppy wrote:For my twopenny worth, I think is boils down to something very basic.
Kids are not taught discipline and to respect other people and their property. Both laws and society seem dead set in promoting evil and wrongdoing, crime is not punished and the whole legal system a joke. Disipline and respect, taught at an early age would prevent many wrongs in later life.
Roger
Well said; I couldn't agree more. You're so right about teaching at an early age. I see so many kids who lack the basic moral concept of right and wrong. Sure, there's always a gray area but it's sad to see a young kid who doesn't grasp the basic concept of remorse or being kind. Religion can be handy for that sort of teaching but lack of it can't be blamed for this. As parents, we have a moral obligation to raise or children with the basic values (if you can't teach them right from wrong in some version then don't have kids). You could argue that the values are subject to opinion based on religious beliefs etc. but right from wrong is pretty universal.
Zurf's example illustrates what can happen (and is truly tragic; is there really that much evil in the world?)
The bigger question (in my head) is which of the following is most responsible?
A. Parenting
B. Education
C. religious belief (or lack there of)
D. Gangsta Cultural Influence
Sorry to get off topic Doc!!! And yes, they play that crap on major radio stations; most times with a whole lot of beeps.
Hey Doc,
Unfortunately the things you point out above are actually very accurate and fastly becoming a part of culture in the states. The trouser thing is most irritating; Underwear should be just that "under wear" you shouldn't be able to see it. This gangster persona is fastly becoming mainstream. It is widely popular. I'm hoping it passes they way bell bottoms and leisure suits did. It was all fun in the 70's. What concerns me the most is how irresponsible the artists themselves are. They are encouraging a dangerous lifestyle of violence and hatred. To glamourize such low values is disheartening. I know I sound like an "old fart" but for every one kid who makes it big 200 waste their life or worse die. This cultural change is degrading our society's values.
That's my 2 cents
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are just from another planet. If you haven't heard them do so immediately. They'll make you rethink music in one way or another
Hey...that chicken stole my dance moves!!!!!!! Thanks for the laugh (and yes..I realize that's not really a chicken!!)
Thanks for the link. It makes me sad to think what could have been. Not only from John but if they all could've kept it together. Man...the things they may have come up with. The Let It Be album is one of my favs and you know they threw it together. Man...what could have been....
Everyone experiences that. Jamming with someone different always gets me out of it.
Zurf,
Our camp site is very similar. Used to be a lot more rustic in our younger years. Now it's almost like a hotel. I can attest that my belt usually has to work a lot harder after 3 days or so. We are still not allowing TV or DVD players. Once upon a time anything but a bag on the ground for sleeping was frowned upon. Now we all have cots or aerobeds. Thanks for the pictures. It makes me long for my annual August get together. those pics are great; makes you want to grab that guitar and start jamming. Great song too. Herschel's a handy guy. Would he be up for a camping trip in New England in August? We could use a fire master!!!
Tibernius wrote:Drop D is when the low E string is tuned down to D.
I think the one geoaguiar mention is called something like double drop D.
Just one eh? Thanks. I always learn something new. As I recall alot of Neil Young is in this tuning.
Prince...what????? He's a man? Get out??!!!!!
Isn't it when you drop the E strings (high and low) down to D??? I'm not sure and have never been a big fan of alternate tunings but I think that's it.
Fast Car Tracy Chapman
Stick Shifts and Safety Belts by Cake
Satan is My Motor by Cake
There are many, many more
A tragedy for sure. Elvis Presley comes to mind too. Didn't choke but died on a throne not fit for the King.
I still say this is what happens when you get everything you ever wanted and more and surround yourself with people who only care about what you can give them rather than you personally. I love my life and wouldn't wish fame on my worst enemy. It seems a curse more than a blessing, no?
Paul McCartney in the Beatles years; just enough never too much transparent yet pertinent.
Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers; he's a monster
Doc, you're so right. Bass players are always ignored. Their importance is way under rated. I agree with all of the above though I'll have to listen to Greg Lake's work in ASIA; I remember the band but at the time I thought they were rubbish. I had no tolerance for the Super Group thing. It seemed like the fame and money more important than the music. A bunch of great individual musicians do not always make a great group. There's the whole chemistry thing to consider.
Eliot Smith's work in "Good Will Hunting" was fantastic
Elvis Costello "She" from "Notting Hill"; I know it's a "chick flick" but it's the perfect song for the movie and Elvis has always been one of my favorite writers/performaers
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