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Have to wait and get home where I have access to a better UI for my finger-pecking.
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Very cool. I'm pleased and impressed that there's work for a King Crimson tribute bandPro freelancer here- my main gig is a corporate dance group that does mostly private gigs and city type functions- as such I don't really need to practice for this as 95% of the stuff is the same gig to gig.
I also play in a Rush Tribute group that covers the entirety of their career. This one requires effort as the music is more complex. Typically the band will get a gig and decide on a set list and that will be the focal point for practice. Main topic is recreating/maintaining solos. I've been listening/playing Rush since early 80's so arrangement wise I know the tunes inside and out even if I haven't learned the song yet. Creating appropriate sounds is time consuming as I go preset per song on my AX3 to try and nail period correct vibe.
I also play with a Prince Tribute that requires minimal practice although lately complicated by singer now playing guitar trying to double my parts making locking in a bit of a frustration. For our upcoming dates, I will be trying to invent my own parts so I'll need to scour YT looking live live versions where Mike Scott et al may be playing a different part or whatnot and try to get the spirit there.
New venture- King Crimson 80's band. Now this is a challenge! To get Discipline album up to speed might be the most comprehensive amount of practice I've done for any gig. Just the stamina needed to play the Fripp parts is what I'm building currently. I have most of the parts under my fingers but getting in tempo and keeping it there is really pushing my limits! If I miss a day or two, its back down the metronome! Not sure I'm gonna cut this one but gonna give it some time- kickin my ass....
Cool post and interesting to read guys thoughts as such.
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Many things have changed since started playing, around 1976-77
My first motivations to play guitar were Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour, Tony Iommi, Rory Gallagher, etc.
I have never taken formal lessons for more than a couple of weeks, since at that time all electric guitar teachers in Barcelona were jazz-oriented. After all these years, my playing is still sloppy.
I have played with so many bands that I cannot remember them all. Some covers, some originals. My favorite one was Prog Rock originals.
I have only earned consistent money (not enough for a living, though) with bands playing music that I didn't like: dance, pop, latin... Around 1985 I recorded a vinyl mini-LP with a band from Gibraltar that had regular gigs at the "Costa del Sol" (South Spain) dance clubs. The 3 piece band was keybaord/sequencer, singer, and my guitar. We played original electronic-dance songs.
Since I moved to Bangkok in 2010 I've only played with one band, rock covers, but it was abandoned because we could not find the right singer.
Currently I only play at home, and I am not looking for a band. My fingers are in pain if I play intensively more than 5 minutes without stopping, and I cannot stand awake after 9PM
These days I am more interested in the tones that come from the guitar rather than in the music itself or in practicing to improve my technique
Songs that I am working now at the DAW: some Pink Floyd, Hand on Heart (Vai), Crying (Satch), Always with me always w.U (Satch), The Loner (G.Moore), The Trooper (Maiden), Amadeus quattro valvole (Yngi), Doctor Doctor (UFO), Catch the rainbow, Stargazer (Rainbow), Europa (Carlos), Epitaph (K.Crimson), Lacrimosa (Mozart)
I have fun doing thinks like this at home:
Yowza! Props to you for carrying on!In addition to above post, I often get calls for one off pick up gigs so I thought I'd share this last one. Usually one-offs are pretty short notice as my calendar can fill up at times and I won't book these in advance due to having better regular gigs. I am pretty comfortable learning lots of tunes in a short amount of time as I have been doing it forever. Last week I got a call for a regular cover gig three days notice, 4 hour gig. I asked the leader to send set list and said if I know 2/3 of the tunes, I would do it. He sent the list, I knew quite a few of the tunes so I agreed to sit in. Next day I get a 3 page manifesto of all they ways they play the songs differently than the originals. I'm talking different keys , guitar solo on EVERY song ( I'm Yours- guitar solo, Motown songs- guitar solo, Buble song- guitar solo) multiple key changes WITHIN songs to fit who was singing (Long Train Running- we sing it in Fm but solos are in Gm), I Wish in 3 keys, each verse sung by different member Cm>Dm>Ebm for guitar solo- I Can't Go For That- not original we do the Live from Daryl's house version where the guitar plays the keyboard line to bring the verse in- absolutely bananas the amount of things they baked into their set to make it comfortable to them, but for a short notice sub though?
I realized right away there would be no way to practice all of this maneuvering so I spent the majority of my time typing out cheat sheets for my iPad to follow as we go. Typically I would use my looper to work out some soloing ideas or cool starting points but the sheer number of solos made me decide to just wing it. Surprisingly, the gig turned out fine, everyone was happy, bar crowd couldn't tell weird key stuff was happening.
Sometimes the best way to practice is to not worry about running down every last part of a song and just listen and follow. Below is the detailed list that was sent to me- had they not sent this and just done this on the gig, the result would have been drastically different I'd imagine!
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Wow! Nice natural relic.Cool playing there! and a guitar switch for some bar action- cool! I have the same Suhr but 100's of gigs have left it worse for wear- mine is probably an ounce lighter due to the amount of wood that has been shaved off with funk guitar rhythm.
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Same here. I use a steel pick but have never scratched a guitar with it. But I have an early koa BC Rich Mockingbird with a 1/8" deep hole worn into it from my pinky resting under the high E. My pinky also completely wore down the bobbin on the bridge pickup on that guitar to the point where the windings were exposed and shorted out. After 50+ years of playing, my right hand pinky is noticeably curved from the last joint to the tip.Yeah, uh, not true. I don't hit the top with my pick, but I've worn through the finish on more than one guitar with just my fingers resting as an anchor!
Many things have changed since started playing, around 1976-77
My first motivations to play guitar were Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour, Tony Iommi, Rory Gallagher...
I have never taken formal lessons for more than a couple of weeks, since at that time all electric guitar teachers in Barcelona were jazz-oriented. And after all these years, my playing is still sloppy.
I have played with so many bands that I cannot remember them all. Some covers, some originals. My favorite one was Prog Rock originals.
I have only earned consistent money (not enough for a living, though) with bands playing music that I didn't like: dance, pop, latin styles... Around 1985 I recorded a vinyl mini-LP with a band from Gibraltar that had regular gigs at the "Costa del Sol" (South Spain) dance clubs. The 3 piece band was keybaord/sequencer, singer, and my guitar. We played original electronic-dance songs.
Since I moved to Bangkok in 2010 I've only played with one band, rock covers, but it was abandoned because we could not find the right singer.
Currently I only play at home, and I am not looking for a band. My fingers are in pain if I play intensively more than 5 minutes without stopping, and I cannot stand awake after 9PM
These days I am more interested in the tones that come from the guitar/Axe-FX rather than in the music itself or in practicing to improve my technique
Some songs that I am working now at the DAW: various Pink Floyd, Hand on Heart (Vai), Crying (Satch), Always with me always w.U (Satch), The Loner (G.Moore), The Trooper (Maiden), Amadeus quattro valvole (Yngi), Doctor Doctor (UFO), Catch the rainbow, Stargazer (Rainbow), Europa (Carlos), Epitaph (K.Crimson), Lacrimosa (Mozart)
I have fun doing thinks like this at home:
Is this a real-time thing or do you record and upload?One thing I recently started doing is participating in Leon Todd's (@2112 ) jams from his discord server. Great group of people, all different experience levels and styles play solos over a backing track put together for the jam.
We're on our 4th one so far (3rd for me). It's a lot of fun trying to write something in a style that I may not otherwise play. More broadly, it's fun to be part of that guitar/music community - definitely inspiring.
Is this a real-time thing or do you record and upload?
Record and upload (audio and video). Usually have 3-4 weeks to submit everything, then all submissions are edited together and posted to Leon's channel.
Here's a link to one where we played over the backing track for a Ragdoll song named Rust - .
Leon was kind enough to provide commentary on each person's solo.
Very cool. I'm pleased and impressed that there's work for a King Crimson tribute band