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Friday, August 31st, 2007I have to confess a bias: we are talking about my favourite instrument here!
I’m serious. I played guitar badly for decades and thought I was having fun. Then I took up bass guitar, which I played badly for some years, and thought I was having fun. More recently, I took up tenor banjo, which I […]
Choosing What Instrument to Learn #3: Drums
Thursday, August 30th, 2007There are probably two instruments most kids aspire to play in a band: guitar and drums. For some reason, the glamour seems, in many minds, to be embodied in these two roles. It is relatively rare to hear someone say, “I want to be a keyboard player” or “I want to be a bass player”.
One […]
Choosing What Instrument to Learn #2: Bass Guitar
Friday, August 24th, 2007The job of a bass guitar is to add some deep, boomy bass notes to the music. Without bass most bands would sound tinny and thin. Along with drums, the bass forms part of the rhythm section. It is often seen as a poor relation to the guitar - a kind of second best or […]
Choosing What Instrument to Learn #1: Guitar
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Well, c’mon. Everyone starts somewhere. Some of our readers know they would like to be in a band, but haven’t really started to learn an instrument seriously. It’s a bit like those scenes in the Bill & Ted movies (showing my age here) where the lads have formed their band, Wyld Stallyns, despite not yet […]
Rockabilly!
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Another video for you all.
The band in the video below is The Montgomery Music Makers, a very authentic rockabilly combo. The video features the Johnny Cash song “Folsom Prison Blues”, and we think you’ll agree that it is a cracking performance.
Nice one, gentlemen!
That format, 2 x guitar and vocals with double bass, is a very […]
A Brief Interlude…
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007OK, this will either convince you that informal live music is fun, or it will horrify you to the extent that you will never go near another pub jam session so long as you live.
Below are a couple of videos from a local pub jam last night. All very relaxed.
If you are just starting out […]
Quick Tips for Getting More Gigs
Friday, July 27th, 2007As with so many of the things we post, this is just common sense, but for beginners it may include the odd thing they haven’t thought of. Come to think of it, for the experienced it may include the odd thing they have forgotten or just no longer bother with.
If your gig diary is booked […]