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Location: SoCal | I've just started working out the guitar part for Michael Smith's The Dutchman.
Brad and Bill, I've played House at Pooh Corner (the extended version from the album Return To Pooh Corner) for years. My wife loves it and I played it for the kids at bedtime when they were younger. The only problem I have with it is I do it in C (Loggins does it in E), which is not bad, but the new part modulates up. Loggins goes to G and I go to Eb which is not a fun key to play things in w/o a capo. |
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August 2004
Posts: 604
Location: Tampa, FL | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Performing solo is scary stuff. I expected it would be. Turned out to be immensely entertaining. At this point for me, it's all about song selection. Pick relatively easy, widely known, material and sound like your having fun. Pretty soon you will be. Right after finishing my set I called my brother (who is a music professional) and informed him that I had now entered the ranks of professional buskers (I got two tips).
I've played for a few years in church ensembles as well as some solo service music (typically guitar only, no vocals). I can state categorically that going solo is a totally different experience. And more than a little addictive. As for hanging bad chords out there or forgetting lyrics, if you maintain your rythm or perhaps more correctly your pace, the moment is gone as soon as it happens. Helps to finish strong and on key.
Rick's Rule to performing:
To the general public, you're only as good as your last song.
Chatman's corollary to Rick's Rule:
Your last song's only as good as the last line of the last verse. |
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January 2004
Posts: 1225
Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | I just started working on "Look What You've Done" by Jet, and I'm slowly but surely getting better at Dave Matthews' "Crash Into Me" (although it still stinks). |
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April 2006
Posts: 1017
Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Guitar-wise, a Paul Baloche song, "Offering."
But, on mando, oooohhhh mmmmyyyy--I've started plinking with Jack's old group, and am struggling to learn what feels like a trillion fiddle tunes that pretty much all sound the same. I'm concentrating on one called "Fiddlin' Jack's Reel," which I wrote during his last illness. (When it was done, he wasn't well enough to play it, so I never got to hear it live :( .....) The band really likes it, though, and it will be part of the repertoire in the future. :D
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January 2002
Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | Not working on any new tunes yet. I need Joe to post the topics for Oct-Nov-Dec on the Frisky Mermaid site. Then I'll know what tunes I'll be working on. I've got 4-5 melodies but they need words. Maybe he'll post them soon.
A cover I was working on was "Dark Around the Moon", by Adrienne Young. Anyone heard her? |
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May 2003
Posts: 4389
Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | A combo of La Bamba and Twist and Shout.
Start with the intro solo to La Bamba, then rather than the La Bamba solo, shift to Twist and Shout, then end with the La Bamba solo used by Los Lobos.
I like doing this meshing of songs, with no rest in between.
Actually, as to performing solo, it's easier, then playing in a band. |
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May 2004
Posts: 2850
Location: Midland, MI | Still working on the last section of "Malaguena" (three months later) and just started working on the John Mayall/Bluesbreakers version of "Hideaway." I've slipped back into guitar horsetrading and not practicing, though. :( |
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So... what songs ya workin' on??
