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Location: North Carolina | Yeah, I know, It's supposed to be the holy grail of guitardom, to be in command of a screaming Les Paul while women reach out for your body. Gotta tell ya, been there, done that; always envied the bass player while I was doing it. Got to be the bass player after a while, and I'd do it again tomorrow. But not the lead guitar thing. Too much responsibility.
But nothing compares to being a solo artist, just you, guitar and a mic. And four hours. I'll do that until I just can't do it anymore. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Two nice looking ladies come up to me at the coffee station after the band was finished last weekend and the following conversation took place . . .
"Are you the bass player?"
"Well, hi there. No, that would be Ross. I'm Brad, the guitar player."
"Cool. Where's Ross?"
I kid you not. |
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Location: NJ | LOL
I always was loading the gear in the truck while the sax player was picking up the bims and sucking down the free beer. |
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| Originally posted by alpep:
LOL
I always was loading the gear in the truck while the sax player was picking up the bims and sucking down the free beer. Yeah, I've heard that before..lol
Here's clip from a local player that I know. Bad sound and all that but it's a good example of what you have to do to make a living. He hates playing these songs and has to be tanked most of the time to get up for it.
I don't envy him playing in dives night after night. He owned a bar for awhile in the town where I'm from - bought that Tak and a Mexican Strat both off the wall in a hock shop - later bought a reissue Tele which he said would do him for the rest of his life..lol
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-604735061760741162 |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | There's one in every band |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | "Don't be that guy!" |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Definately!!! DON'T be that guy. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I have a rule...NEVER play in front of the dart board. |
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Location: SoCal | Don't be that GUY! |
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Location: Jet City | Now wait a sec, Brad said I could be "that guy" and said "don't worry Damon, that's a good thing"...
Hmmm :rolleyes: |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I'm NOT that GUY! :) But YOU guys don't know what it's like from the other side. Try getting into a band and being taken seriously if you're a woman. All I ever wanted to do was play my guitar, and all my "band-mates" ever wanted to do was get into my...stuff. Same with the audience. And believe me, I'm NOT that good looking. It seems that if you're a female working in a mostly male-dominated field, guys are fascinated, and want a piece of...the action.
But of course, now that I play banjo, all they want is for me to go home. :D |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
all they want is for me to go home. :D ...and leave your banjo? 
Cute post from the 'other side'! 
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| I have to brag. Although it did not last a terribly long time; I did have my days with the band chicks. But that's long gone!
For me now, and for some time now, it has been completely about playing the music I love, not the money (there is none) not the stage, or the crowd (I never cared so much for it anyway) and certainly not the chicks. I am too old a fat and did I say old and fat and completely out of date to attract young women with music. I have to say though, I have had a few very beautiful older women flirt a little when I've pulled off a Zeppelin Tune well and believe it or not Dave Mathews. ? Go figure.
As for lead...after getting Matts book for reference and getting some free work from a friend I am actually becoming more comfortable with it. It does let you be very expressive, time seems to stand still for me when I try and crank out a tasty lead scale.
I can see how it is "Musically Addicting" to get better and better at it. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | For a few weeks every year, I have my moments when the young chicks really dig my performance. They cheer when they see me and want to touch me and sit on my lap! Of course, I'm in a red fat suit with a long white beard, and the chicks are really young, like, four years old. Still, a moment is a moment. |
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Location: SoCal | I don't know about women throwing themselve at me when I play but I have had people come up, toss money in my case, then say "Leave"...... |
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Location: closely held secret | Did it work? And how much money did it take? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Great Post Canterbury.
I'll admit, I go to sleep when I see "that guy" sometimes but really wake up when I see "that girl(woman, whatever term is right)" really play. |
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Location: North Carolina | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
but I have had people come up, toss money in my case I don't put out a tip jar when I gig for a lot of reasons. But few weeks back I absentmindedly left my case open before a set and when I returned to it later there were a few dollar bills in it. They're still there. |
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