Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:38 am
Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:40 am
Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:03 am
Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:34 am
Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:46 pm
Madcity Fats wrote:
Wish I were better at reading a chart, but although I can read music, I just don't do it enough. When I write a bass line it's all improv until I come up with something I like that works. Then I tend to stick to it and refine it a little over time. Any improvisation beyond that is generally unintentional, though as I've grown as a player I'm willing to take a few more risks and shake things up a little. As my high school jazz band instructor used to say, "The soloist is always right." Life's too short to worry about a few blown notes. Most of my favorite tracks from the Motown and Stax catalogs contain some performance flaw of one kind or another if you listen carefully enough. And some of them are pretty special, actually.
zombywoof wrote:I ain't really a jam or chart guy. I am not much for long bouts of noodlin' and I can't read music - heck, I can't even read tab. I am undisciplined and loose. I have been playing some 50 years and have never had a practice regimen. I could care less if I flub a note or two cuz that ain't what I am going for. I don't play barre chords very often and don't know the names of most of the chords I do play other than it is an A7 something or the other.
For me though, my left hand is what I know but my right hand is who I am. It is the well spring of a pounding rhythm, thumb and index finger played single string runs, rushing the root of a chord 1/8 of a beat before the next downbeat (what Rev. Davis called rolling the bass), and such. Other than that, I am pretty much a chromatic kinda player and use lots of bass runs, grace and accent notes, and fills playing off the melody. I have more fun putting together intros and endings then soloing.
zapcosongs wrote: I tend to dick around with rhythms as much or more than with the actual notes and chords, and I tinker also with song structures (time for a new bridge here?) and lyrics as well. Sometimes I'll come up with a better intro or find a more satisfying ending,maybe one that leads better into the next song in my "set." - ed
btw, another beautiful guitar and some more very interesting music. You have some cool ideas and some talent to go with it.
Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:09 pm
Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:05 am
Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:56 am
Kit wrote:I appreciate the music you posted, definitely some interesting soundscapes you created. I like both tunes you posted today, but Brittleness is more my favorite. I also recorded instrumentals and I find that it is hard to make an instrumental than can maintain some consistent interest for more than a few minutes. Unlike a song with lyrics since the different words is what maintains a listener's interest, instrumentals don't have that to fall back on.
Kit
Improvisation is good to a point, but if you really want to write a song, you have to at least define the chord structure and a melody. Otherwise you are just jamming.