A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone
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That's pretty much the post.
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You're not supposed to just listen. Mik, I'm surprised at you.
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@Mik said in A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone:
I didn't. Didn't even open it.
I'm thinking "no mas" in this case applies to youth activities just as much as it does the length of the video?
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@Mik said in A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone:
Que??
As I said, I don't think the intention here was to just listen.
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Please, my old band's 42 minute rendition of Low Rider was far more impressive than that. That's just 1 dude with a DAW riffing over a chord change on loop. Pretty standard practicing fare for a guy that's just learned his Blues Scale. Get an actual drummer and bass player to lay down a true rhythm section for 30 minutes? Now you're getting somewhere...
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Please, my old band's 42 minute rendition of Low Rider was far more impressive than that. That's just 1 dude with a DAW riffing over a chord change on loop. Pretty standard practicing fare for a guy that's just learned his Blues Scale. Get an actual drummer and bass player to lay down a true rhythm section for 30 minutes? Now you're getting somewhere...
@LuFins-Dad said in A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone:
Please, my old band's 42 minute rendition of Low Rider was far more impressive than that. That's just 1 dude with a DAW riffing over a chord change on loop. Pretty standard practicing fare for a guy that's just learned his Blues Scale. Get an actual drummer and bass player to lay down a true rhythm section for 30 minutes? Now you're getting somewhere...
This guy's been playing for 50 years. He used to play in bands in Vancouver but from what I understand, something happened in the city (ordinances, collective business decision, I don't know) where now, live music at proper venues is far less of a thing. People who still want to do it resort to busking.
There are legal busking spots throughout the city, but they're a bit saturated with people who want to do it—probably due to the same reasons—so you kinda gotta wait your turn at the spot you want.
Basically what I'm saying is, he used to play with drummers and bass players, but that's all kinds of not happening anymore.
You can see it in his feed; used to be a lot more footage from paying venues, but not so much now.
The guy ain't Steve Stevens but I don't think he gives much of a shit that he's not. He's also not a beginner. He just does what he does.
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@LuFins-Dad said in A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone:
Please, my old band's 42 minute rendition of Low Rider was far more impressive than that. That's just 1 dude with a DAW riffing over a chord change on loop. Pretty standard practicing fare for a guy that's just learned his Blues Scale. Get an actual drummer and bass player to lay down a true rhythm section for 30 minutes? Now you're getting somewhere...
This guy's been playing for 50 years. He used to play in bands in Vancouver but from what I understand, something happened in the city (ordinances, collective business decision, I don't know) where now, live music at proper venues is far less of a thing. People who still want to do it resort to busking.
There are legal busking spots throughout the city, but they're a bit saturated with people who want to do it—probably due to the same reasons—so you kinda gotta wait your turn at the spot you want.
Basically what I'm saying is, he used to play with drummers and bass players, but that's all kinds of not happening anymore.
You can see it in his feed; used to be a lot more footage from paying venues, but not so much now.
The guy ain't Steve Stevens but I don't think he gives much of a shit that he's not. He's also not a beginner. He just does what he does.
@Aqua-Letifer said in A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone:
@LuFins-Dad said in A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone:
Please, my old band's 42 minute rendition of Low Rider was far more impressive than that. That's just 1 dude with a DAW riffing over a chord change on loop. Pretty standard practicing fare for a guy that's just learned his Blues Scale. Get an actual drummer and bass player to lay down a true rhythm section for 30 minutes? Now you're getting somewhere...
This guy's been playing for 50 years. He used to play in bands in Vancouver but from what I understand, something happened in the city (ordinances, collective business decision, I don't know) where now, live music at proper venues is far less of a thing. People who still want to do it resort to busking.
There are legal busking spots throughout the city, but they're a bit saturated with people who want to do it—probably due to the same reasons—so you kinda gotta wait your turn at the spot you want.
Basically what I'm saying is, he used to play with drummers and bass players, but that's all kinds of not happening anymore.
You can see it in his feed; used to be a lot more footage from paying venues, but not so much now.
The guy ain't Steve Stevens but I don't think he gives much of a shit that he's not. He's also not a beginner. He just does what he does.
He's fine as a player. He uses a bit too much effects for my personal taste, but I've heard a lot worse. I just can't stomach the digital sound of the DAW where every single beat and every single syncopation is absolutely the same every single time. It takes on a muzak type of quality to me. And again, it's fairly common improv practice technique to go over the same loop over and over. I used to have an old 33 record that was nothing but a rhythm section playing a 12-bar blues pattern for 30 minutes to vamp over. The guy is fine, but he's not doing anything that thousands of college music majors aren't doing all over the country every day and tens of thousands of guys that used to play in bands do every week. The only difference is they aren't posting it on YouTube.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone:
@LuFins-Dad said in A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone:
Please, my old band's 42 minute rendition of Low Rider was far more impressive than that. That's just 1 dude with a DAW riffing over a chord change on loop. Pretty standard practicing fare for a guy that's just learned his Blues Scale. Get an actual drummer and bass player to lay down a true rhythm section for 30 minutes? Now you're getting somewhere...
This guy's been playing for 50 years. He used to play in bands in Vancouver but from what I understand, something happened in the city (ordinances, collective business decision, I don't know) where now, live music at proper venues is far less of a thing. People who still want to do it resort to busking.
There are legal busking spots throughout the city, but they're a bit saturated with people who want to do it—probably due to the same reasons—so you kinda gotta wait your turn at the spot you want.
Basically what I'm saying is, he used to play with drummers and bass players, but that's all kinds of not happening anymore.
You can see it in his feed; used to be a lot more footage from paying venues, but not so much now.
The guy ain't Steve Stevens but I don't think he gives much of a shit that he's not. He's also not a beginner. He just does what he does.
He's fine as a player. He uses a bit too much effects for my personal taste, but I've heard a lot worse. I just can't stomach the digital sound of the DAW where every single beat and every single syncopation is absolutely the same every single time. It takes on a muzak type of quality to me. And again, it's fairly common improv practice technique to go over the same loop over and over. I used to have an old 33 record that was nothing but a rhythm section playing a 12-bar blues pattern for 30 minutes to vamp over. The guy is fine, but he's not doing anything that thousands of college music majors aren't doing all over the country every day and tens of thousands of guys that used to play in bands do every week. The only difference is they aren't posting it on YouTube.
@LuFins-Dad said in A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone:
@Aqua-Letifer said in A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone:
@LuFins-Dad said in A 2-hour cover version of The Thrill Is Gone:
Please, my old band's 42 minute rendition of Low Rider was far more impressive than that. That's just 1 dude with a DAW riffing over a chord change on loop. Pretty standard practicing fare for a guy that's just learned his Blues Scale. Get an actual drummer and bass player to lay down a true rhythm section for 30 minutes? Now you're getting somewhere...
This guy's been playing for 50 years. He used to play in bands in Vancouver but from what I understand, something happened in the city (ordinances, collective business decision, I don't know) where now, live music at proper venues is far less of a thing. People who still want to do it resort to busking.
There are legal busking spots throughout the city, but they're a bit saturated with people who want to do it—probably due to the same reasons—so you kinda gotta wait your turn at the spot you want.
Basically what I'm saying is, he used to play with drummers and bass players, but that's all kinds of not happening anymore.
You can see it in his feed; used to be a lot more footage from paying venues, but not so much now.
The guy ain't Steve Stevens but I don't think he gives much of a shit that he's not. He's also not a beginner. He just does what he does.
He's fine as a player. He uses a bit too much effects for my personal taste, but I've heard a lot worse. I just can't stomach the digital sound of the DAW where every single beat and every single syncopation is absolutely the same every single time. It takes on a muzak type of quality to me. And again, it's fairly common improv practice technique to go over the same loop over and over. I used to have an old 33 record that was nothing but a rhythm section playing a 12-bar blues pattern for 30 minutes to vamp over. The guy is fine, but he's not doing anything that thousands of college music majors aren't doing all over the country every day and tens of thousands of guys that used to play in bands do every week. The only difference is they aren't posting it on YouTube.
I don't disagree, just saying that he probably knows that, too. I don't get the impression he thinks he's being innovative.
