Originally posted by Alan Moorhouse
I have been a member here for a couple of months now, and I have 2 questions.
1) Do you feel you have to learn stuff note-for-note exactly as per the record? When I was learning guitar (many years ago) it was a matter of pride NOT to play exactly the same as the record, but to put your own interpretation on a piece.
2) Who ARE you people? Every time I read a post on the site, I track the writer's profile, only to find no information! I don't want you to write "War and Peace", but please let us have some clues as to where you are and what you do when you're not playing guitar - just out of interest!
Alan
I don't think you need to learn things note for note,
but i can.
Being i'm a lead guitarest in a band i have to workout,
the intro's plus hooks ect plus the riffs and endings in the music we play.
We play for the people were entertaing they come first,
thier what its all about.
What ever they want thats what we play if we know the tune.
If we don't sometimes we will fake it plus adlib on the,
song they want we have payed our dues and played alot of,
years so some times one of the band members will know,
the tune and have to hum it to rest of us then we will go,
for it.What makes us feel good is when someone in the,
crowd says yea thats it.
When we do outside Shows we do use a program to go by.
But in clubs we do alot of requests.
After we play the new stuff for awhile we do start doing,
more adlibing with the song plus jamming because of our blues backgrounds.I'm alwasy changeing the riff's licks,
in our songs because they get boring after playing them,
a few times.We play Rock,old Rock,Blues,Jazz,Southern Rock,
Country Rock,Surf,Rockabilly,Blue-grass,Pop,and belive it,
or not a few Metal tunes every now and then.
Ok in answer to your #2 question i started playing guitar,
in 1961 cut a record in 1962.
I was born in Lafayette ind. in 1940 that should give you,
my age i feel great practice every day,plus i teach guitar,
2 days aweek.I am a computer tec so i do build and work,
on computers plus right now i'm learning web page stuff.
My Band plays about 3 or four times aweek.
Plus i'm in the process of makeing a video for beginners,
plus one on advanced styles.
I have a son thats 23 which i'm trying to work him into,
our band.He can really shredd with best of them.
He keeps me up on all the new metal stuff ect.
I like playing computer games.Traveling with the band in,
the summer plus takeing our wives with us plus our 3 dogs.
If i told you all my music history it would take days.
Anyway hope this is enough info.
Mark Toman Lafayette ind. Home of Axel Rose
plus others like Shannon Hoon,Karen Black
Bango player Larry Mcnealy who played on the,
the glen camble good time hour.
Also Brian Lamb Anchor for Cspan2 plus Brian filled,
in on drums in 62 then he got us spot on our local Tv
station which he was the host of a band-stand,
type show to push our record.
[Edited by skee1 on 07-28-2001 at 02:13 AM]
yours truly Mark Toman