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pinkfloydcramer61

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  1. RE singing on pitch I'm not a natural, to say the least. But some are and don't need to work at it. I'm good at hearing a part and cue'ing someone in but singing's just not my thing, a long time ago I decided the local music scene didn't need one more crappy singer so I leave that to others. It's a treat to be in a band with good harmonies though. One oldies band I play with does a great job on Poco songs.

    I fully empathize with being frustrated with a band and struggling to be tactful with suggestions. I have to open my mouth when they butcher chords because "aww that's good enough" or "no one will know the difference". Not a fan of redneck reharms of David Alan Coe songs! lol. It's also hard to keep quiet when someone repeatedly has trouble with the timing of something, when they could fix it just by playing along with the record on their own time, practicing with a click, or just learning how to count. Another bone of contention is when other guys have different ideas of what constitutes a groove. Not  in the ranting mood right now but oftentimes I can rant on and on (maybe there needs to be a seperate rant forum?lol) I try to remember I have issues of my own that others are nice enough to work around, being hard-of-hearing.

    I also empathize with being conscious of who you're associated with. If it gets to be too much there's always the solo option, as a way to tread water until you can find a band situation you're happy with. What I like about playing solo is, if the music sucks you know it's your own fault and you have total control over making it not suck. But there's nothing like playing with a good band. It's safe to assume that everyone that posts on a Backstage with the Band forum, feels the same way.

  2. On 9/12/2020 at 6:51 AM, Mike M said:

    Facebook seems to be considered "mainstream" these days as almost everyone is on it.

     

    Coverbandcentral is a bit amusing..

    Yes it is, plenty of bickering, trolling and immaturity on display. Which is almost nostalgia because that reminds me of the old HC.

  3. My weekly gig fizzled out, American Legion crowd just got smaller and smaller til it wasn't feasable to keep it going. NYE cancelled. No biggie, I don't blame an older crowd for being careful. And I don't feel entitled to a living playing music- been pursuing daytime "gigs" as it is not possible for me to survive sitting at home. More power to those that can do that.

    As far as gigs go it was a pretty safe one, big stage and a cavernous building. Even before the pandemic it was possible to have 10-20' between couples. I have 2 gigs booked in January with my old band, filling in for members who don't feel safe gigging. The stages are fine, space-wise, but the people out front don't always practice proper social distancing, unfortunately.   

  4. On 10/6/2020 at 9:17 AM, happwith12strin said:

    if you have the users name old email phone ect use s people finder such as been verified ect to rtack them down and get their current email phone and invite them back best using their current email let them know all is fixed 100 % oprational and invite them back just like you got back the old posts user reviews you can get bak old users as well with a little work and minimal costmite also post on face book and other user sites let them know site is back up 100%give old users an email address for them to email arequeast to ge log in info

    And tell them to bring some commas periods maybe even some exclamation and question marks we're running a little low around here

  5. On 8/2/2019 at 4:41 PM, wasjamieb said:

    First time I've been back in a while. Just checking things out and looking for some of the old names on here. Outkaster and "Vito" I recognize.

    I'm the one who showed up at your gig in Jackson MS and yelled out HARMONY CENTRAL. 

  6. Anyone that only associates accordian with Lawrence Welk just lives too far from Lousiana- or South TX. I subbed in the band of a country Cajun star for a few shows, found out that an accordion (in that case a Cajun button accordion) run into a big sound system is a massive-sounding beast. And the music has a drive all it's own. The artist moved to LA in the late 80's and attracted quite a bit of curiosity and attention, even recruited Albert Lee on guitar and jammed with David Sanborn on the Night Music TV show. Accordians haven't taken over the world, but I think they have at least lost some of their stigma.

     

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