Members TrickyBoy Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Well... I hear a lot of "we cut out the guitar solos from songs" and in fairness, we do too. But occasionally, I get to have some fun Not my best effort, but still fun for me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Well now you're just trying to rub it in.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SeeU 22 Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Cool solo and vocal as well. As you said we cut out many of the solos through out the night in our medleys, but it is still fun to rock a few out. I take an extended improvised lead break at the end of Summer of '69 and other than that most of the leads are either cut out due to medleys or played note for note like the original recording. I always wanted to do a ballad where I would have the opportunity to take and extended improvised lead. On a side note, is it just something with the mic on the camera or is the bass players low B string slightly out of tune? Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TrickyBoy Posted March 24, 2014 Author Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Nah... Showing off is telling you that Meagan is 20 weeks pregnant there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TrickyBoy Posted March 24, 2014 Author Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Just listened to it with headphones on and I'm not hearing the out of tune, though that was the last song of the set, so it's possible. As for extended leads, I'll stretch out Purple Rain even longer sometimes, depending on my mood. Also, we always close with What's Up and I'll sometimes throw an extended lead in there as well, depending on how the night is going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SeeU 22 Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 It could just be my setup here. I've got a cheapo set of satellite computer speakers with a sub that could be messing with things. I get a weird isolation against the rest of the band on the two notes he plays on the low b string. What exactly are trying to rub in here, the awesome chops, the killer band in kick ass venue, or the hot wife? Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TrickyBoy Posted March 24, 2014 Author Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 No rubbing in... David's just giving me {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 He's rubbing in the fact that I bemoaned the fact that I didn't think my band could pull off that song because we didn't have the vocals for it. And yeah...all that other stuff too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wades_keys Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 I hear a compressor kicking in on the kick drum. It's probably the built in volume limiter on the cell phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wades_keys Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Sounds good! Nice light show. Is that a permanent install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TrickyBoy Posted March 24, 2014 Author Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 I wish that was our light show. That's the clubs. It's a place called The Swamp in Ft Walton Beach FL. Great venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wesg Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Great job. Great tone, very expressive, musical, no tempo issues. What's the thinking behind pulling solos, anyhow? We play a few songs with pretty great guitar solos (e.g. Two Tickets to Paradise, Don't Fear The Reaper) and I can't imagine skipping them. The song would lose its form. Wes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opus Antics Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Playing mostly Top 40, these days few songs actually have solos in them. But when a song has it, yes I play it. No cutting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Awesome! We too remove a lot of solos in our medleys BUT we do include a few so Joe can show off a bit. Usually its when some standards appear in our medleys like- Rebel Yell, Anyway You Want It, Folsom prison Let's Go crazy come to mind... A few more but if the solo is just noodling on the guitar and is not really an iconic part it can be dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 We still do solos, add them in, trade off etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Hmmm lotsa confusion with my replies. We takr solos, add solos, trade off, etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Just kinda depends on the song and the situation. Like Opus said, few modern songs have guitar solos. And we do a lot of medleys where we cut out the solo breaks (or what would pass for them). But we also still play a lot of them. Especially on the classic rock tunes with signature guitar solos. I can't imagine doing Purple Rain without the guitar solo. For us it's all about the pacing and the flow. If a song feels like it's dragging and the guitar solo doesn't add anything to it, then we'll probably cut it out. Same thing often happens for bridges and verses. If I start to get bored, then I figure so is the audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Interesting thought: Could one put together a successful top-40 band without a lead player? I've not had luck getting one interested in doing top-40, probably because of the lack of leads . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wesg Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 I bet you could do it. Especially if you had two keyboard players! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Interesting thought: Could one put together a successful top-40 band without a lead player?. No doubt. Probably could put one together without a guitar player at all. But you'd probably be limited to JUST top-40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 No doubt. Probably could put one together without a guitar player at all. But you'd probably be limited to JUST top-40.Or use the "medley" trick mentioned above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opus Antics Posted March 24, 2014 Members Share Posted March 24, 2014 Interesting thought: Could one put together a successful top-40 band without a lead player? I've not had luck getting one interested in doing top-40' date=' probably because of the lack of leads .[/quote'] Yeah, you don't need a dedicated lead player if you are doing Top 40. If you branch out, you'll hit some road bumps, but if you stick to Top 40, a lead player will have nothing to do. One guitarist can handle most current Top 40 just fine. Especially if you have a keyboardist which is almost essential for today's Top 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wades_keys Posted March 25, 2014 Members Share Posted March 25, 2014 Interesting thought: Could one put together a successful top-40 band without a lead player? I've not had luck getting one interested in doing top-40, probably because of the lack of leads Ask Steve Cropper that question Hell yeah ya can if you have the right cats. Lead guitar is kinda over-rated anyway and when ya break down different genres it means different things. A great metal lead guitarist would probably get boo'ed off the stage at a country gig, and vice versa. And dudes from the 50's when they say lead, now you get into Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, the wound G string "Rockabilly" players: well, that's "lead guitar" too. And then you have the Chet school, the Al DiMeola/John Mc fast left-hand school, the Eddie/Eric Clapton "slow-hand" legato style....On and on. So what is "lead guitar" exactly anyway other than covering the "tricky parts"? Not trying to be provocative. But with today's homogenized "variety" "do everything" trends, being versatile across a variety of styles is worth far more in a cover band context than being the next Eddie Van Halen clone or so on. A great variety guitarist can go from Eddie to country twang at the drop of a hat, and is expected to.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sventvkg Posted March 25, 2014 Members Share Posted March 25, 2014 Well... I hear a lot of "we cut out the guitar solos from songs" and in fairness' date=' we do too. But occasionally, I get to have some fun Not my best effort, but still fun for me!!![/quote'] Are you serious??? You cut out the guitar solos live??? How old are you? Did you ever go to an Rock Concert??? It's ALL about solos, killer musical sections, interludes etc...We rip guitar leads like a MOFO!!!...You gotta be able to rock brother.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sventvkg Posted March 25, 2014 Members Share Posted March 25, 2014 Again, the forum software is FUGGED....I tried to go back and edit what I was writing but the cursor kept skipping to the end...What i was getting at was go see Pink Floyd, VH, Journey, Zep, etc etc...CLASSIC rock cocerts that DEFINED the genre..and you'll see epic solos!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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