Members bluesnapper Posted July 25, 2012 Members Share Posted July 25, 2012 I've been playing almost exclusively pub-friendly rock and blues, with a little solo acoustic work on the side for the past 6 or 7 years. I've been accompanying my singing-songwriting girlfriend on acoustic for a while now but we've just started putting a band together, playing indie-ish, folky rock/pop stuff - completely out of my comfort zone. I'm a pretty good lead guitarist (if I may say so myself!), playing full-on, loud, in-your-face riffs etc but this restrained, subtle stuff is a new challenge - everything has to be so much more precise. It's mostly gentle lead-in licks, constrasting chord inversions, finger-picking... hell, I only get one proper solo all night! So we're on tonight with a bunch of other folky rock acts - missus and I are opening the show with half an hour or so on our own then playing half a dozen songs with the full band later on. I'm sure it will all go swimmingly. Anyway, it feels good to be doing something different for a change. I'm already learning a lot. Hopefully stuff to take back to the rawk band! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted July 25, 2012 Members Share Posted July 25, 2012 Break a leg. And get pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hubert Stumblin Posted July 25, 2012 Members Share Posted July 25, 2012 That's cool! I'm always glad to hear of bands getting out there and performing original stuff. Have a great gig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesnapper Posted July 25, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 25, 2012 Cheers guys - it's gonna be challenging but fun. I play very rudimentary slide on one track. I can't believe people are going to pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yer Blues Posted July 25, 2012 Members Share Posted July 25, 2012 Post clips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Kid Klash Posted July 25, 2012 Members Share Posted July 25, 2012 What Brian Krashpad said! Oh - and HAVE FUN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted July 25, 2012 Members Share Posted July 25, 2012 I enjoy playing covers. I was in a band a few years ago that started as an originals band but eventually morphed into a covers act. It was fun, but nothing compares to playing your own tunes. It's the difference between cooking a steak, and hunting a wild steer, killing it, cleaning it, butchering it, and THEN cooking a steak. When people rock out it's a billion times more rewarding... because YOU wrote that {censored}. It's so validating and satisfying. Love it. Good luck man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted July 25, 2012 Members Share Posted July 25, 2012 Awesome man! Hope it goes well and you get a huge following and make millions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavidMgT Posted July 25, 2012 Members Share Posted July 25, 2012 Excellent! Have a blast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesnapper Posted July 26, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 26, 2012 Gig went really well! I don't have pics of my own but there were cameras there so I'll see if I can hunt some down. No clips unfortunately - I was relying on someone else to make a recording but it didn't happen in the end. Acoustic set was a bit of a washout - my AKG transducer pick-up decided to misbehave, leading to a last-minute decision to play miked up instead. Cue massive feedback issues... had to shut me out of the monitors so I couldn't hear a note. Really must buy a proper electro-acoustic guitar... Set with the full band went down really well though - my trusty Strat-Tuner-Wah-ValveAmp rig, miked through the PA sounded great. Balance was excellent - the sound engineer knew what he was doing (a rarity for that venue!) and - most importantly - we played pretty well. There's always a worry at a first gig that the transition from rehearsal to stage won't happen and everything falls apart in a big horrible shambles, especially after only three rehearsals. Thankfully not this time! And we broke even on the door - in fact, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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