quote:Originally posted by guitardrew: no other jazz players here??
I've dabbled in jazz on occasion but it's not really one of the musical areas where I've done a great deal of work over the years. However, I am a huge fan of Roland's Jazz Chorus 120 guitar amp, if that counts for anything.
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I took Jazz lessons for a semester in college. At that time in my life and that point in my guitar playing, I wasn't all that interested.
It's a different story now. I truly appreciate Jazz artists and their abilities. Chick Corea, Stanley Clark, and Al DiMeola are among my favorite performers of any style of music.
Mind you, I'm no Al DiMeola, but I did take those jazz lessons more seriously as my guitar playing ability increased.
Here's an awesome website for any guitar player looking to learn a little something. There's something to be had for all styles and levels of playing ability. It sky-rocketed my abilities in the first few days of surfing through the site (mouse in one hand, fretboard in the other).
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i currently play drums in a band. we are pretty much a garage band but are working on recording an album. we play mostly doom metal,sludge,and heavy metal.
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thats awesome bondo, i am a student in my third year studying jazz and plan on taking off to nyc where ill be working for money to afford calico's foot parties, lollll no but i am extremely serious and all the people you mentioned have huge influence on my playing, esp. chick corea. jazz needs more footdudes, lol.
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quote:Originally posted by guitardrew: i am a student in my third year studying jazz and plan on taking off to nyc where ill be working for money to afford calico's foot parties, lollll
LOL! Actually my own private foot parties that I throw on the weekends aren't pay events, but I still totally got a kick out of that, drew. hehe Let me know when you get to NYC. We can patrol 48th Street and hit the music shops for a little impromptu in-store jam session before swinging down to the lower 40s and perusin' foot porn!
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I´m in a band, and boy, do we suck... About to break up, i guess. Had a disastrous gig friday night,i can´t stand my drummer, our bass player is a moron, our singer is brain dead,and i´m an egotistical control freak. Had a few good times, however, too few and far between, so i´m throwing the towel with those guys.....
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quote:Originally posted by mrmustard: I´m in a band, and boy, do we suck... About to break up, i guess. Had a disastrous gig friday night,i can´t stand my drummer, our bass player is a moron, our singer is brain dead,and i´m an egotistical control freak. Had a few good times, however, too few and far between, so i´m throwing the towel with those guys.....
HAW! You're funny! You know this is probably Yngwie Malmsteen on this board complaining under his internet pseudonym!
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Hehe I'm a guitarist too. I've been playing with a band for a couple of months. I really don't know how to describe our sound, it kind of reminds me of Primus but we are more hard rock oriented.
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Sounds good, Sabbath. What kind of guitar/amp setup are you using over there? I'm a bit of a whore when it comes to gear, so I love to talk shop about that kind of stuff.
quote:Originally posted by ledaemon: You know this is probably Yngwie Malmsteen on this board complaining under his internet pseudonym!
That's too funny LeDaemon...
Speaking of Mr Malmsteen, I just started to attempt to learn some Yngwie on guitar (Trilogy Suite Opus 5). Yngwie is totally a sick-ass MoFo guitar player. I'm not totally up to speed or skill yet, but trying to learn the runs in that piece has definitely improved my guitar playing ability in just one sitting. I still suck at sweep picking with arpeggios though, so that's what I'm concentrating on the most. I'm playing the guitar parts to a MIDI file I found on the 'net, kinda like Karaoke for guitar...
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