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shaunm wrote:You should be OK with anything bigger than 50 or 60 watts in a pub/small club sized venue. The biggest problem is the drums and getting over them.
One solution is to take a DI/line out of your amp and going into a channel on the mixing desk of the PA, or miking up the amp into the PA. This way you can use pretty much any size amp you want (even a little practice one).
One piece of practical advice to anyone thinking of gigging. Remember that having a Marshall full stack may look big and clever and you may fry the face of the audience and kill small animals in a 1 mile radius but at the end of the evening you have to get half a ton of gear home, up the stairs to your flat (without waking the neighbours), and into your home. When starting out, weight and bulk are just as bigger factors as volume.
tibernius thats the mother im talking bout whooo daddy! aint she purrdy 
makes perfect sense to me
Zurf wrote:Real = Steely Dan
Tough to sound like Donald Fagan. He's got his own style. So, play the song but bring your style to it. Everything's easy if you know how to do it. It's learning how to do it that's hard.
- Zurf
Fender hot rod delux deville two ten's or twelve inch speakers and 50 watts of butt kickin power you cant turn it up to past 6 or you will need an ear operation it has 6L6 tubes not digital and an overdive system not mention a fine reverb im not sure of the price today I paid around $650 new but its all the amp and then some if you want to play louder mic the amp throug the pa that is if you have a mixing board with a sound engineer somewhere in the room otherwise if the band is louder then this amp can put out I woulden't want to be in the room without ear protection as it would be very uncomfortable
if you like bonnie raaitt she might be an option she has the most beautiful and soulful voice on the planet and good luck
hi ark no problems with the thumb the treatment worked I have a little more work on the country cd I am working on the last two songs and it will be ready to process I have some new art work and photos and a new photo processing program that is yielding some great results thanks to Aleta Yarrow zurfs sister she was a tremendious help and there will be a drastic improvment in the design of my new covers much thanks to zurf for his help,the new song im just about finished with is a real foot stomper Ive decided to incorporate a little more energy in this new project its still country but with a few surprises I'll keep you posted
arkady wrote:Russ
Another good country song from you here.
How's the country CD coming along.
Hope the thumbs not giving you to much gip.
Ark
boy you could just about add all the members of chordie to the list myself included 
hi helena I told that joke about "the hind lick" and there still laughing thanks
Old Doll wrote:Hi Zurf,
sometimes when i write the melody is right there with the words. But i have so many with no melodies.
I guess my ability to put music to my words is very scarce.
But try, its good therapy. Hope your feeling as good and healthy as those fresh trout you catch.
God to you.
From The Emerald.
Old Doll.
Ive heard you sing all kidding aside your vocals are as unique as your wonderful melodies
arkady wrote:To me melody comes first and foremost in my songs.
Lyrics are secondary and to me hard to produce.
Saying that I've written songs both ways.
But I prefer the freedom of not having to tailor melody to suit lyrics.
Ark
I kind of go both ways musically sometimes I pen the lyrics first and they suggest a rhythm in the cadence of the sylibals or I could be strumming a improv (jamming some chords) and I add the words because I like the changes and I usually write the chord changes down on music paper and then i wont forget but the hardest is altering a passage from scripture and making the words rhyme while keeping the message intact it really is a chalange
well doc I was refering to playing in a park for a few "coins" or euros as you call them busking is the term and all I said was only a exageration not a real event ergo the face but if I ever run into a situation I will concider your advise as a recorse
Yes its a bunch of people singing to a machine with a screen that has words scrolling and most of them sound like a cat in heat and the more they drink the bolder they get I still feel a little bit of stage fright before my first song but that dissapears as soon as i start strumming the first chords most of the people stay for a bit and listen some of the older women (over 70) throw there house keys and some of the younger ones just throw a middle finger in the air I prefer the house keys as long as they are not aimed at my face and the little old lady hasent got a pitching arm like roger clemmons
gitaardocphil wrote:HOHOHO friend RUSSELL you wrote your answer in such a way that I was able to post this topic.
About all electronic stuff, making a song (most electronic music) was something I asked before but forgot to EDIT. You reminded me and if YOU and ME share the same idea, I refuse to take the credit alone. This can be a great topic, and since after 1 hour of thinking I didn't find a better way to write what is so close to your words I decided to do it this way. You have a point, just one question, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY KARAOKE? In fact this is a screen where you see the lyrics and you try to sing those lyrics. I was always afraid to do "my thing in public", and probably I still am.
Singing like you in public RUSS+GUITAR alone isn't that scary?
- HOW IS THE REACTION OF PEOPLE? walking by and act as if they didn't notice you?
- A LITTLE CROWD AROUND YOU, still the best way to perform is being aware that people love you playing?
And about DJ'S here in BELGIUM it is very exceptional to see a sing a song writer performing on a wedding. WORSE a band. They come with a PC and some amps and they play every song you can imagine. I think that the"EUROPEAN" culture is coming to the USA: THE DJ.
There are guys who receive for turning music 1000$ or more in 1 hour. Will it change? I hope.
It reminds me that 45 years ago a man in the UK told 4 young people that guitar bands were not longer in. So he didn't sign them, our Beatles.
And here we are close to a topic WHAT IS NEEDED TO HAVE A HUGE HIT?
cool it could also be a band name or album
jerome.oneil wrote:Yup.
In all honesty, it's the only tattoo I've ever considered putting on my body. I'd like to get a circle of 5ths on my left palm, so when I'm playing I can cheat. 
I do think it would be a really cool mother of pearl inlay to put on the body of an acoustic guitar, though.
nice cleanup
tonydr wrote:if you don't who will.
It is a pretty good topic, tho. In the US, DJs are taking a lot of musician jobs. I used to know a lot of wedding bands since I grew up playing sax, and most of them are out of business because DJs are cheaper.
Djs even get good gigs at strip joints like Scores, not that I would ever frequent such a place. (just in case the Mrs. is listening).
DOC I dont see how an opinion of mine warents a special post remember its only my opinion on a thread it sure dont need this much limelight but since you posted I will agree with me
grow some dredlocks smoke a ton of ganga and it will find you
gitaardocphil wrote:I often play acoustic guitar, despite the fact that I own 12 electric guitars and having a free room in my house in the middle of my village ON A PARKING PLOT, and only a second house.
Still I prefer acoustic.
It all started with a YAMAHA FG 300, 30 years ago. Those guitars were quit expensive here, OVER PRICED, I paid 400$ in 1978. On the other hand this Yamaha is a wonder to play.
WOODS +++, NECK +++, SOUND +++ , and red label.
WHO HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS KIND OF YAMAHA. I only know that prices of this guitar on auctions here go up to 600€ (= 900$ !!!!)
Back to acoustic:
- When I play a song, even every song I know, I never pay attention on the strumming style.
IS THIS GOOD IR BAD.
My goal is to play my guitar in a way that the song is recognized immediately. There are songs, like DOOBIE BROTHERS, LYNYRD SKYNYRD who have a CLEAR strumming pattern like D(own) and U(p)
Like D D D D U U D D D U D D.
Not following the strumming pattern as I should do, doesn't KILL the song. BUT THAT'S MY OPINION
Are there more "experienced" players who don't pay attention on strumming?
A question in connection with this topic is HOW DO YOU PLAY REGGAE?
I have some information that was emailed me that will answer all your questions and when I get a quiet moment I will forward it, i printed it out all 36 pages for reference but you can read it without printing it the email is from the founder of cd baby and it will answer all your questions and provide a treasure trove of ideas and insite into the music bussiness and I was asked by the sender to forward it to all aspireing artist so I will be doing so later I would like to add I have signed a contract with cd baby and they will be distributing my music in stores and streaming individual tracks for ipods and ring tones I will keep all chordians posted when I know more this is only the first step so you gotta crawl before you walk and run
Zurf wrote:If I may be cynical, I suggest that what it requires to be a hit is to be the brainchild or "find" of a Music Row mucketymuck. There are so many incredibly talented musicians playing bars that are better than what we hear on the radio.
- Zurf
I think the most important thing is it provides a quick reference for transposistion to any key and after you understand what it is the ease of playing in sharp or flat keys is no longer a mystery and jerome added some important imformation in including 2nds,3rds,ect...in the circle. understanding theory can reduce the time spent searching for the right chord to play in a given key and allow you to progress faster in your study of music and thus play better on your instrument what ever it is, also it aids in arranging vocal parts as well as for other instruments
yes I was thinking of them I like them better when they perform alone thanks for jarring my memory chip
yea hes pretty amazing alright I hope in 20 yrs he aint all wacked out on rice wine and haging out with geishas and peeing in the alley but for now he's fantastic
i am solo and i busk its not that I prefer solo there are no musicians in the area who have the time to commit or desire karioke killed a lot of jobs for solo artist
JEROME it may well be called a "circle of intervals" but I was told by my brother a musician for over 65 yrs it was a cycle of 5ths perhaps the terminology had changed as things do but circle is a better discribtion but I first learned it as a cycle of 5ths a rose by any other name is still a rose
jerome.oneil wrote:It is more appropriately a "circle of intervals." It's a tool to help you find the intervals for any given key. Since we play the guitar, we really dig the IV and V of whatever key we're in, so we call it the circle of 5ths.
As stated, if you start anywhere on the wheel, and call that your root, moving one slot to the right (clockwise) will give you the 5th of that key. Moving one slot to the left (counterclockwise) will give you the 4th of that key.
But all the other intervals are there, too.
2nd is two to the right.
3rd is four to the right.
4th we know
5th we know
6th is three to the right
7th is 5 to the right.
there was a band out of new orleans most of them were brothers one was a very large man with arms like tree trunks who went on to have several hits he had tattos all over the band was great damm I just cant recall it was somthing brothers any help?
Great one "hind lick" eh? got to remember that one funny
Just deb its called the cycle of fifths an example is C G D A E B F# C# G# D# A#F C if you go backwards from the last C its the cycle of 4ths it all has to do with the major scale take C for example C D E F G A B C __ C is 1 D is the 2nd E is the 3rd F is the 4th G is the 5th so a cycle or (circle) of 5ths is 1 to 5 or C to G to the 5th of the 5th or G to D and so on ect,,,
JustDeb wrote:Is there some kind soul out there that could explain progressions/circle of fives (I think its called) to me?
Thankee kindly in advance...
-debs-
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