When I record, I always have my solos thought through and worked out. That takes off some pressure. I don't want to pay for winging it and crash landing. If you like the solo ahead of time and are prepared, you don't run into the "I…
A friend of mine from Togo - currently living in Denmark - was competing over the weekend in Vejle I believe. Dunno wether he made it through or not, but there should be a contestant from Denmark this year.
Indeed. Best place to meet blues musicians is at local jam sessions. There's at least one in each major city, you can be sure of it. Just gotta find the place.
Whenever I travel abroad, I always google it for blues bars and jam sessions. If…
Lots of really useful-helpful notes on here!
I'm all home studio, haven't played live in many years, here's how I do it-
We start exactly the way you did; get those drums down right, I find it helps sometimes, if the drummer can hear…
I try to have everything else right before I track it because I have found that my First take is usually my best even though it will have the most flaws . So I try to make sure that the levels are cool and that everything is go -DOESN'T ALWAYS…
I don't know everyone on that list, but most and my opinion is pretty straightforward.
They are all both. =)
Many of those would be labeled Blues Rock, but it still depends on which song you hear.
In my opinion, people tend to waste way too…
I think sometimes, someone has to try the idiocy to see what might work. Do something noone else thought of actually doing to try it out.
We have one artist in this country who many years ago shoved a brush up his rear and painted with his butt.…
Different parts of the world have different ways to appreciate the music. If you don't like silent listeners, don't go to Spain for example. They have so much respect for the guy on stage that you can hear your pick fall on the floor. I…
Well if we don't experiment, we'll never find out what might be good.
Being completely groundbreakingly new with something is one of the hardest things in the world since almost everything has been done before, so usually it happens when…
Heheheh, grumpy old man. =)
A friend of mine is pretty good at all that whammybar trickery metal guitar stuff, and actually offered to try and teach me some. Its not easy, let me tell you, but it didn't really float my boat.
I respect the…
Hahaha, I'm not sure posting a video of a now 53 year old trick guitarist is a good reason for having less guitarplayers in blues... Its not even apples and pears, you're talking bananas and apple iPods... =)
Disregarding how narrowminded…
Again I think you misunderstood the purpose of this discussion. The goal was to gather up all the dumb and narrowminded things you've heard people say over the years.
None of us actually think any of this is correct or remotely sane. =)
Its a…
I've never heard of anyone starting out playing blues because of greed... It's hardly the safest money maker on the planet. =)
I grew up listening to Janis Joplin, Ray Charles, BB King, Elvis Presley and so on, but also a lot of jazz and…
Hey Pedro. Naw Victor Borge is a legend here and is not forgotten by any means. Thanks for the kind words. I hope you'll go listen to my demo - those are my own songs. =)
Hey Jake,
We definitely gotta get you on Blindman's Blues Forum! I help promote the website. It's worth looking up, believe me. Just GOOGLE it. Over 500,000 posts! Please stop by.