Perks of a Player

[R. Shackleferd]

Ok probably been done before, but I'm still relatively new here so...

Of course everybody knows playing can get you girls (and it has!), but anything else you like that comes with the territory?

I like how I can pick up hot things with my calloused fingertips (like fresh biscuits).

[ake]

Some beerjoints keep pitchers full for the band gratis. And being from Houston mr. S you might even get a burrito or maybe some pesole. Here in NM depending on the place we might even get a sack of chechironies. mmmm

A lot of perks that the boys in the band get can get you arrested in some of our southern states.

[HDJ]

The biggest thing that I get off on is hearing a crowd cheer for a song I wrote......That's the best thing for me, and the girls of course.

[chucklivesoninmyheart]

Yeah,applause for all the hard work you put into something is definitely the biggest perk.

But for guitar alone,I guess its being able to...solo.

[Kevin Taylor]

Hot toast right outa the toaster. Hot cups of coffee. Hot plates out of the oven.

Going into a music store and at first getting no respect, and then you pick up a guitar and start running off some fast tapping riffs. Then you notice out of the corner of your eye that all the young guys are suddenly gathering around you. Just when you get to the good part you stop, put the guitar down and walk away.

Asking a guy at a party if you can try his guitar and he says "no, I don't let anybody touch my guitar". ... and just smirking at him. Then somebody else tells him later that you're really good on the guitar and he should let you try it. And I just say "no, I don't play other peoples guitars"

Picking up a guitar in a music store and playing Stairway to Heaven really badly and out of tune just to see what kind of looks you get from the staff.

[chucklivesoninmyheart]

Picking up a guitar in a music store and playing Stairway to Heaven really badly and out of tune just to see what kind of looks you get from the staff.

You don't have to be a guitar player to enjoy that...you will if you want to redeem yourself though.

[crazywolf]

I think the greatest perk is taking out all the crap that happens, your anger for the day/week ect., taking your sorrow, and joy....and puting it all into that piece of wood with strings.
All else looses its improtance, and the music comming from that guitar is all that matters.

[Leedogg]

Picking up a guitar in a music store and playing Stairway to Heaven really badly and out of tune just to see what kind of looks you get from the staff.

I seem to remember a while back you posting a song called "stairway to nowhere" (or something to that effect).. I couldn't find the post or the link. I remember it was very awesome though. :p

[finger_cruncher]

...becoming much quicker at masturbation.

[Akira]

...becoming much quicker at masturbation.

Dear lord...

[Kevin Taylor]

I seem to remember a while back you posting a song called "stairway to nowhere" (or something to that effect).. I couldn't find the post or the link. I remember it was very awesome though. :p

Stairway to Crap. Guaranteed to get attention at any music store.
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/StairwaytoCrap.mp3
...make real serious guitar faces while you're playing it, then look up and go "What??"

[CW14]

Stairway to Crap. Guaranteed to get attention at any music store.
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/StairwaytoCrap.mp3
...make real serious guitar faces while you're playing it, then look up and go "What??"

LOL!!!!

That wasn't AWESOME!!!

[Cryptic Excretions]

Stairway to Crap. Guaranteed to get attention at any music store.
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/StairwaytoCrap.mp3
...make real serious guitar faces while you're playing it, then look up and go "What??"

That raises question. Is it still copyright violation if you take a song and completely bastardize the tuning? It'll sound different, different notes, different everything. It'll just be the same frets. How far would one get with that?

Oh, and regarding the thread topic. I'd say that when a certain lick and/or trick clicks and you get it down just right telling you that all your efforts have paid off because now you can do something else. On top of that, I'd have to say that it's always memorable when you try to show your friends that "click" only to be caught in a rut and just can't seem to make it sound like it did before thus making you look like the fool and showing you how much road you've yet to travel.

[Akira]

On top of that, I'd have to say that it's always memorable when you try to show your friends that "click" only to be caught in a rut and just can't seem to make it sound like it did before thus making you look like the fool and showing you how much road you've yet to travel.

Lol, oh so true.

[ScottMoney]

NO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN!

like crazywolf said, the biggest perk is expressing all the lows of life out on your guitar

[Kevin Taylor]

That raises question. Is it still copyright violation if you take a song and completely bastardize the tuning? It'll sound different, different notes, different everything. It'll just be the same frets. How far would one get with that?


There's a certain amount of 'fair usage' allowed and you'll hear 'close' copies of tunes all the time, especially in things like commercials or comedy movies.
There's also a bit of a grey area where it comes to parodies.

There's too many factors involved to say for sure without it actually going to court. It depends on the owner of the copyright and whether they want to spend a couple of years in litigation paying for lawyers. It depends on who violated the copyright and whether it's considered a parody and how much of it is copied. It also depends on whether the person violating the copyright actually makes any money off it..do they just owe licensing fees for use of the song or royalties. It depends on who actually owns the original song.. ie, publisher 50%, Lyrics 25%, melody 25%. That means that several people would have to be involved in the lawsuit...all very expensive.

In the example of the one I just posted, even though it evokes the essence of the original it uses all new chords. It's a definite parody. I'm not making any money off it or falsely trying to claim the tune as my own. It's an advertisement for the original tune rather than a rip off.
Basically, if the publisher or original author objected to it, their first step would be to reach me and request it's removal, which I'd do at once. Not just because of the legal issues but because it's the right thing to do.
Even if one person objected to it, I'd remove it no problem.

If I wanted to be a total dick though, and leave it up there I could take the risk of fighting it in court and it'd be up to a judge to decide what the damages are.
Considering that no money is involved and there aren't really any damages, the most that would probably happen if I was found guilty of copyright infringement would be an order to pay the royalties for use of the tune.
Either that or it'd settle out of court for a small sum of money.

The most likely thing to happen is absolutely nothing. The original author isn't going to want to spend the next 2 years of their life paying lawyers and putting a case together, taking time to go to court and fighting the case against a non U.S. citizen.. all for a small bit of money. The most important thing to the original author should be that they don't want their tune copied and as long as it's removed at their request..no problem. And if anybody wants it removed, click.. it's gone.

[Raskolnikov]

Stairway to Crap. Guaranteed to get attention at any music store.
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/StairwaytoCrap.mp3
...make real serious guitar faces while you're playing it, then look up and go "What??"

That raises question. Is it still copyright violation if you take a song and completely bastardize the tuning? It'll sound different, different notes, different everything. It'll just be the same frets. How far would one get with that?

Well, Zeppelin got away with it... (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=489771&selectedItemId=709123)



*Link requires iTunes (http://www.apple.com/itunes/).

[ScottMoney]

There's a certain amount of 'fair usage' allowed and you'll hear 'close' copies of tunes all the time, especially in things like commercials or comedy movies.
There's also a bit of a grey area where it comes to parodies.


Someone should sue nickleback for making "someday". Anyone who's heard the way you remind me of someday knows exactly what i'm talking about. different freakin vocals played over the exact same instrumental tracks. not to mention, it actually did pretty well. they fit in well with the artists of today's music industry

[guitarfreak141]

woah, i just realized your right, wat a bunch of losers

[chucklivesoninmyheart]

eh,they made thier money.

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

Someone should sue nickleback for making "someday". Anyone who's heard the way you remind me of someday knows exactly what i'm talking about. different freakin vocals played over the exact same instrumental tracks. not to mention, it actually did pretty well. they fit in well with the artists of today's music industry
eh, not quite:
Someday: http://www.guitartabs.cc/fetchfile.php?fileid=9178294
How you remind me: http://www.guitartabs.cc/fetchfile.php?fileid=10887655
now, I haven't actually checked those to be sure they are accurate. but one got rated a 10 out of 10, so it's probably pretty accurate. the other was not rated

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

alternately
sometime: http://www.powertabs.net/pta.php?page=song,11320
how you remind me: http://www.powertabs.net/pta.php?page=song,562

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