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Post by Mohikanas on Apr 12, 2011 12:07:52 GMT -5
So yesterday I came back from Tommy Emmanuels concert and it was awesome. It was a blasty blast, and I figured that its becouse he played blues and funk and rock'n roll. Then I stopped myself for a minute and thought of how many blues songs can I play. Well it turns out I know only some basic stuff but no more. It must be fun to play and it teaches people to sing along. So what about blues, what songs should I definatelly learn to play?
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Post by rayden44 on Apr 12, 2011 15:35:21 GMT -5
Seen Tommy too. He's fantastic and usually plays a pretty good mix. At the one I went to he said 'hmmm I see a lot of grey haired people in the audience' so he played more of the medleys with Beatles stuff and more covers. I have a DVD of him doing his own music more so plays to his audience which is quite cool Most of the blues I started on was off Eric Clapton's Unplugged album, Alberta and Malted Milk are easy ones, Running on Faith has always been a favourite, but most people know Layla For bluesy rocky sort of stuff, SRV's a good bet like Pride and Joy. Texas Flood and Hoochie Coochie Man I like because most of the lyrics are separate from the guitar part so it's easier to try and do both without getting messed up Sweet Home Chicago, and Further on up the Road are quite common impromptu jam songs. Blues is not a hard genre to learn - most of the songs are very similar. But it's hard to master so you can make the songs all sound different They differ in their tempo, or feel more than in their structure and chords.
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Post by melodeous on Apr 12, 2011 17:54:54 GMT -5
The Blues. Yep, the genre can get rather musically tunnel-visioned. Like rayden remarks, it takes some creativity to keep the freshness in it. All the old blues players had a new sound way back when but it was all so similar. Can't say that the staccato style suits me. Besides, you can pretty much shake a blues player out of the nearest tree because it is a rather easy genre to be involved in and has this unflappable solidarity, and historical reverence with guitarists. The general audience, on the other hand, isn't so imbued. As an audience member, I prefer to hear something else and as a guitarist I'm looking to plow new rows.
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Post by gasman on Apr 12, 2011 22:59:40 GMT -5
I love the Blues! I'm like you, Mohi, I only know basic stuff, but not one whole song. I'm looking forward to seeing Rayden's new video! I haven't been playing much lately (got other things on my plate), but when I do play, I always mess around with the Blues. I didn't discover the Blues until later in life, and now it's what I prefer to listen to over anything else.
I don't care if the songs are similar, because they are all so sincere and they evoke some sort of feeling in me. When I listen to other music that might be deemed more 'technical' in the way it is played, I might like it, but it does not move me like the Blues do. I liken the Blues to the Mexican 'corridos' (ballads) I grew up listening to. That music is also very similar from song to song, and it might not be deemed 'hard to play' by some, but each of those songs is different in subtle ways, and each tells a heart-felt story. The Blues do the same thing, as far as I'm concerned. Being just a hobbyist, I play for my enjoyment, not that of an audience, so the Blues fits right in for me.
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