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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: txmx on May 23, 2004, 10:00:15 PM
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I have 2 strats .
one el cheapo squire
And my pride and joy a 1994 fender SRV signature model.
Play mostly Blues and Texas swing.
But love Trower and Hendrix as well.
Tell me what ya got and who is you biggest influence in guitar .
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Me, have a 1974 Les Paul custom. Don't play much anymore. Cut a finger tendon in half on a piece of sheet metal awhile back. Hard rock baby!!!
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3 ESPs, 1 "merican" Strat, 1 PV bass, 1 cheapie Ovation Elec, Acoustic, 1 Ovation Custom Balladeer E/A.
Influences - Tom Scholz, Neal Schon, George Lynch.
Retired from playing :D
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Fender American Standard Strat (my main guitar)
Mexican built Fender Telecaster
Fernandez Limited Edition (looks like a charvel with 24 frets)
Fender P-bass
Washburn steel string acoustic
Gremlin nylon classical
I've played everything from country to death metal and all points in between. My favorites are still early Metallica, SRV, and Slayer.
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Cheap Strat knock-off.
Yamaha 12-string accustic.
Crate 20W amp and about 6 Boss pedals.
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Originally posted by Gyro/T69
Me, have a 1974 Les Paul custom. Don't play much anymore. Cut a finger tendon in half on a piece of sheet metal awhile back. Hard rock baby!!!
Wanna sell it?
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Originally posted by Drunky
My favorites are still early Metallica, SRV, and Slayer.
I knew I liked ya for more than your kind words of me LOL.
Cliff em all:aok
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Wanna sell it?
No :)
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Shameless plug for the MAN;)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/481_1085371870_bath.jpg)
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(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/481_1085372116_srv1.jpg)
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I'm down to three axes(not including basses).
Hammer Daytona(With Texas Special pickups)
Hammer Special(P90's)
Frankenstrat(squire neck/unknown body)..with 3 Semours(Alnico 2 Pro(neck),Little 59(middle),JB Jr (bridge)...Have Roland guitar synth pickup next to bridge.
And for the ULTIMATE SRV tone...I play through my Kendrick 4212(80w with 3 knob tube reverb unit)..Hand bulit in TEXAS with point to point wiring!!..:cool:
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Originally posted by SirLoin
I'm down to three axes(not including basses).
Hammer Daytona(With Texas Special pickups)
Hammer Special(P90's)
Frankenstrat(squire neck/unknown body)..with 3 Semours(Alnico 2 Pro(neck),Little 59(middle),JB Jr (bridge)...Have Roland guitar synth pickup next to bridge.
And for the ULTIMATE SRV tone...I play through my Kendrick 4212(80w with 3 knob tube reverb unit)..Hand bulit with point to point wiring in TEXAS!!..:cool:
Sweeet!
I just put in a set of Van Zandt Pick Up's saturday.
Man they sound soooo much richer fuller deeper hell you name it than my Texas Specials.
You should give em a shot.
He Is the dude that built the PU's for SRV's #1 so the story goes.
I am using a Blues Junior in the house right now I cant imagine anything bigger than it's 15w of tube power.
LOL my ears sometimes ring too much as It Is LOL.
But I would like a super reverbe I think thats the one that fender is making now with the Diaz mode and point to point wiring Big Bucks though.
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Down to 3 electrics too.
Studio Les Paul
69 Fender Mustang
Charvel Surfcaster 12 string electric.
Marshall JCM 900
Working on getting a Jackson CustomShop Firebird
and Gibson ES-135
Currently paying off a Vette 2 emulator 300watt head.
Never got into SRV though If I wanted to hear scales I'd go practice.
Favorite guitarists.
Billy Duffy
Rob Z
Zack Wylde
Steve Harris/Adrian Smith
Marty Wilson Piper
John Crist
Tommy Victor
anyone that plays look up this little gem.
http://www.guitarport.com
Guitar > Usb > turn your pc into any amp and effect you want. Quick setup to jam on the fly.
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Originally posted by SunKing
Never got into SRV though If I wanted to hear scales I'd go practice.
Favorite guitarists.
Well that would just about exclude all the Blues greats then.
Guys like Albert King ' Buddy Guy; BB King; Muddy Waters Eric Clapton and most Rock greats including David Gilmour Robin Trower Jimi Hendrix and so on as Rock Guitar Is Based off of the Blues guitar.
LOL and you don't get all the grammy's and induction into the rock and roll hall of fame buy simply playing pentatonic scales .
SRV re invinted the Blues for white America and thats sayng something.
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Yes I know my music history and scales. But SRV just doesn't do it for me, sorry.
I wouldn't group SRV with the legends you typed. SRV I would group with ZZTop or somebody in the vein. It's just my opinion tainted by playing I guess.
I actually started out on Ventures and Marty Robbins songs if you believe it. The 1st song that hooked me playing was "Walk Don't Run" back in the day.
Check out some of my fav guitarist, there's more than blues licks out there. That's whats awesome about music.
"SRV re invinted the Blues for white America and thats sayng something."
How long have you been playing?
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Only been playing 10years.
I been a drummer all my life picked up the guitar back in 94..
And yes the mainstream white America did not have clue about Blues music.
You would ask someone who muddy waters was and you would get a blank stare LOL.
But then again you might just get the same look today.
You wanna talk great Pickers?
How bout Chet Atkins
:aok
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Originally posted by SunKing
I wouldn't group SRV with the legends you typed.
LOL why not they did!
BB King said of Stevie.
It has been said that playing the blues Is like having to be born black twice.
I quess noone told stevie and we didnt seem to mind at all.
LOL and Capton had Huge respect for him.
As did David Bowie thats why he hired him as an unknown to play on Lets Dance.
The cat could play.
If you ever get a chance to see live from the el mocambo watch it.
The dude was possessed.
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I've got the SG Les Pauls edition. Big bucks but a sweet guitar IMO. Also got a Taylor acoustic. Pretty sweet.
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Originally posted by XtrmeJ
I've got the SG Les Pauls edition. Big bucks but a sweet guitar IMO. Also got a Taylor acoustic. Pretty sweet.
Oh man I love Taylor's they are the BEST.
I hade an 810 but I had to sell it years ago the single most ignorant thing I ever did.
Never ever sell your Taylor man.
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10 Guitars-
1 Gretsch acoustic
1 Mexican Standard Strat (repainted in a sunburst flip-flop paint), it's my #1 guitar
2 Super Strats (one maple neck, one rosewood)
2 Mexican 60's reissue Strats (one with a neck fatter than an SRV signature strat)
1 Mexican Tele
1 Gibson SG Faded (cherry)
1 Studio Les Paul in flip-flop paint (for sale, with case)
1 Ramirez Spanish guitar
1 Marshall Micro Stack
1 Fender Champ 12 with snakeskin cover
1 Fender Mini-Twin (battery operated amp)
1 Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer
1 Korg AX1000G effects board
Main influences:
SRV
SRV
SRV
SRV
Angus Young
Eric Johnson
Jimi Hendrix
David Gilmour
Randy Rhoads
Al DiMeola
The Edge
BB King
Elmore James
Billy Gibbons
Edward Van Halen
SRV
SRV
SRV
SRV
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
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Main influences:
SRV
SRV
SRV
SRV
Angus Young
Eric Johnson
Jimi Hendrix
David Gilmour
Randy Rhoads
Al DiMeola
The Edge
BB King
Elmore James
Billy Gibbons
Edward Van Halen
SRV
SRV
SRV
SRV [/B]
LOL right on man I guess to each his own.
But I find the soul in SRVs music and others dont.
thats cool life is funny that way.
Yeah eric johnson that dude Is one of the Greats as well.
And ofcoures a TEXAS boy LOL.
Austin puts out alot of really great bands.
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I've met big bro Jimmie quite a few time too and I admire his playing, its diametrically opposed to Stevie's playing in terms of blues but I really dig his vibe too.
As far as a pure blues player I can't get past BB, that tone, that voice,...he IS the KING.
Can you imagine being in that club when Stevie played on stage with Albert King when it's a well known fact that Albert didn't like ANY other blues player. Man, talk about huge balls...
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Yeah I got the song Blues at sunrise with Albert King and SRV playing together.
Sounded like they had a blast.
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Only have the song? Dude, get your bellybutton down to the local record shop and pick up the entire album. One of the greatest blues recordings ever.
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Is the title Blues at sunrise?
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Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Session
(http://www.rubl.ru/.album/00/05/85/cover-w170.jpg)
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Great thx Will get it asap.
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Originally posted by txmx
Yeah eric johnson that dude Is one of the Greats as well.
And ofcoures a TEXAS boy LOL.
Austin puts out alot of really great bands.
I remember when Eric was a nobody and we'd go watch him play at the Art Institute over off Greenville Ave for like $10.00.
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I remember the same thing about SRV here in Houston in the early 80's. I think he had a bigger following here than in Austin, at least that's what it seemed to me.
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As fas as white boys playing the blues, you young uns missed out not being able to see Johnny Winter play live back in his heydey (before smack ruint him).
Wow.
culero (not knockin' SRV, just sayin')
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Culero, I've always said SRV sounded more like Johnny than any other player. My father in law grew up in B/PA and saw Johnny many, many times. He says the same thing.
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These are my main gig axes:
(http://timewarprockband.com/images/twins.jpg)
They appeal to my sense of symetry. Kind of a good Kirk, evil Kirk thing... :cool:
I also own:
B.C. Rich Warlock
Kramer/Ferrington Electric/Acoustic
Support Local Music!
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Originally posted by SunKing
"Never got into SRV though If I wanted to hear scales I'd go practice."
Stevie never played scales...He played "from" only 2..Minor/Major pentatonic scales and liked that flatted fifth.
Sounds like you need to learn your modes..Ionian,Dorian..etc(including assholian)
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Originally posted by SirLoin
(including assholian)
:rofl
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I always liked Stevie's song "Landslide".
She was the best!
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83 strat with a 1964 black face reverb fender amp.:)
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1- Albert Collins Telecaster (Custom Shop Model)
1- Kind of rare Alvarez acoustic electric
1- Yamaha Bass (Short scale but fun to play)
1- Godin nylon string electric (My main squeeze lately)
I'm older than dirt. Closeted myself in my room with 2 B.B. King albums (Yes... vinyl - 8 tracks hadn't even been invented yet) in the early 60's and played until my fingers bled. Went through all the stages from Beatles to Led Zep to Cream to CS&N to Eagles to crappy 80's junk that drove me to jazz, but always kept the blues as a backbone for sanity.
My father was gone most of the time playing tenor sax with the Buddy Rich Band. Used to play most weekends for about a decade but now that I'm older, I do a solo gig once or twice a month just because I want to. Played a solo set in front of 30,000 people once - wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
Not the greatest player and don't have the greatest voice, but I do have an egoless, relaxed style that most folks don't find hard to listen to for 3 sets. If you do solo gigs, you have to try a nylon electric sometime. It really is sweet and you can fill things easily with your personal fingerpicking tricks. I plug mine directly from a Yamaha GA Stomp into the house P.A.
The older I get, the less volume I need - I pull them into the melody instead of shoving it down their throats with volume. Oh... I can grab the Tele and throw out a mean SRV-style "Leave my girl alone" or any number of surprises the last set, but for me, it's contrasts and twists that make music, not sameness.
Okay... I'll shut up now.
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I only know how to play classical music, so it almost doesn't count. Got a beautiful Alvarez-Yari classical, with close-grained cedar top and burled mahogany sides and back, and ebony fret board, fancy inlay around sound hole.
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Originally posted by slimm50
I only know how to play classical music, so it almost doesn't count. Got a beautiful Alvarez-Yari classical, with close-grained cedar top and burled mahogany sides and back, and ebony fret board, fancy inlay around sound hole.
I wish I could play classical guitar! thats some hard chit.
My fingers just dont bend that way LOL.
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I don't play, but did get to see SRV three times in concert. First time was in 85' at Bumpershoot with Bonnie Rait. Second time was in 89' at the Gorge at George with Robert Cray. Last time was in 90' at the Gorge with Joe Cocker. Man, SRV could swing an axe. It was a sad day when he augered.
:(
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Yeah and the scary part is Clapton could have been with him on that helo but choose another one.
That would have really sucks to lose both of em in one night.
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JB Strat,
Taylor Acoustic
Mesa Boogie... what else is needed?
BTW, there are tons of players around the BBS
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i made a guitar with legos when i was a kid. does that count?
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So what are the chances of an old fart learning to play guitar?
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Originally posted by midnight Target
So what are the chances of an old fart learning to play guitar?
if the fart is old, it has lost its momentum and cannot move the strings enough to make "music"
get it? :D
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Originally posted by midnight Target
So what are the chances of an old fart learning to play guitar?
You would be suprised on how fast you could pick it up MT.
As we get older I find for me anyways I can study harder and learn faster LOL.
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Originally posted by SirLoin
Originally posted by SunKing
"Never got into SRV though If I wanted to hear scales I'd go practice."
Stevie never played scales...He played "from" only 2..Minor/Major pentatonic scales and liked that flatted fifth.
Sounds like you need to learn your modes..Ionian,Dorian..etc(including assholian) [/B]
its all scales. especially the modes.
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The most moving, beautiful and difficult scale is the chromatic scale :D
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snicker...
(including assholian)
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Originally posted by midnight Target
So what are the chances of an old fart learning to play guitar?
Seriously MT, it really depends on the music you like. My best advice is you can and will learn to play guitar if you just try to play your favorite bands tunes. Worked for me wanting to play RUSH. But that’s not the whole story.
If you love folk guitar artists, you bet. You can learn and play those tunes in a very short time. They just wrote good songs, and the guitar was more a tool to accent their lyrics, and any of the common chords you will need to learn anyway will serve ya well playing them.
But if your into Heavy Metal, or Yngwie Malmsteen, don't even try. I knew a Bruce Springsteen fan and guitarist for a popular Atlanta band that could play very well, smoke live, but on a million dollar bet could never play anything remotely fast or heavy, and he had talent. Not something to try to mimic.
On the other hand, if you like AC/DC, I'd bet you could have a blast playing them to CD's in not alot of time.
Another example: If you like the Eagles, you will play a shell of their tunes that sounds kinda like them with hoopty common chords. You can learn the chords, and when you actually figure out how much way insane stuff is going on, you'll learn even more. And possibly go on from there and get better, learning more about playing geetar.
Don’t take me for advice, just ask Wlfgng about guitar, he seems to be the real deal.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
So what are the chances of an old fart learning to play guitar?
It's all practice. If you are willing to set down for 1-2 hours a day, every day, and get past the "I can't stand to hear myself play stage" you got it made
86 strat
model 180 yamaha acoustic
fender bass
Ovation 6 string elec/acoustic
hardly ever play 'cause of this game anymore
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AS for SRV... well he is still the one who.... never mind, get him on dvd and watch and see if Anyone could touch him for raw emotion on the stage.
ya ready for this ?
Fav pickers..
John Denver
Roy Clark
SRV
Pat Travers
Frank Marino
Micheal Scheinker
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So what are the chances of an old fart learning to play guitar?
It depends on what you want to play. Lead is not going to come very fast. Rhythm and bass can be learned at a bit faster clip. The amount of time it takes you to pick up the hand manipulations will make or break you. Ninety percent of all hard rock songs are based on two simple BAR chords. Learning simple non-BAR basic chords like A, C, E, F and so on will teach you how to get your fingers to work together so it becomes automatic to change chords. It will be frustrating until you get the hang of it. One other thing you will need to develop is what I call an “Ear” for music. By this I mean, being able to listen to a song by say Judist Priest on a CD and know just what chords A, C, E, F are being played by the sound your hearing. In my heyday I could knock out the rhythm for just about any rock song in a few minutes. If there’s a key word for the hold deal it’s practice, practice, practice. Just like flying AH.
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Best Advice: Get A good teacher.
I pay $50 an hour for mine and It's worth every penny.
It saved me years of trying to find out how to do this stuff on my own.
But then again some of the greats Like SRV never had a teacher and in fact could never even read music.
I guess I'm an Odd ball but playing lead comes easy to me It's the rythym stuff I am having trouble with.
Oh And those freekin Bar cords LOL I have big hands but short fingers so they are a challenge for me.
I know this will sound odd coming from me but if you have it in your heart at some point it will come thru your fingers man .
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Oh And those freekin Bar cords LOL I have big hands but short fingers so they are a challenge for me.
Heheheheh I've got long skinny fingers :) was a snap.
But then again some of the greats Like SRV never had a teacher and in fact could never even read music.
That's where the "ear" thing comes in. I never found any sheet music that matched what these guys were playing. The more time you work with the songs on a CD the faster it will develop. After a while you'll listen to something on tha radio and say, A, C, E,G so on.
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Yeah I know I watch Live at el mocambo atleast once a week LOL.
He just nails Texas Flood on that Tape MAn sends shivvers down your spine.
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Everyone is different. I never had lessons, self taught and play okay.
Get someone to show you bar chords and you can be playing songs in one day. Get a chord book and learn some open chords and you are on your way. Bar chords will make you think guitar is easy, and it kind of is :)
I taught 2 of my brothers a couple songs, from never playing at all, (Back in Black and Lonely is the Night) in about a couple hours and some practice and one is left handed and playing my right handed guitar. Granted, they didn't sound like pros, but they got the songs basically down.
Lead is a different thing though, but in my opinion should be a secondary goal if you want to play songs on your own.
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Yeah It's really weird I guess Im gifted Like my teacher says as far as having very fast fingers.
I can really blaze wich is all good but I like playing the blues and speed aint where its at in that kind of music LOL.
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Live at el mocambo
awesome video.
on learning the guitar... it totally depends on
1) practice time
2) inate ability (no substitute IMO)
3) decent quality instrument
4) MOST important!!! drive
start with something you really like and have in your head...
The whole idea is to enjoy it..
I really dislike the 'classic' methods of 'do it this way'
go with what feels good. No one creates or is innovative by doing what everyone else does.
It doesn't HAVE to be complicated...
bottom line: if it sounds good, do it.
oh and most Metal players are not that great IMO.
speed isn't what it's all about. That's technical and anyone can get fast.. but placement of notes.. feeling, using silence as a note.
that's different and far beyond what most metal-heads use
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Originally posted by Flit
ya ready for this ?
Fav pickers..
John Denver
Roy Clark
SRV
Pat Travers
Frank Marino
Micheal Scheinker
Dude, ya left out Chet Atkins. Musta been a slipup, right?:aok
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Originally posted by slimm50
Dude, ya left out Chet Atkins. Musta been a slipup, right?:aok
nope, Chet was a bit before my time altough I DID leave out Don Felder
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Originally posted by Wlfgng
anyone can get fast.. but placement of notes.. feeling, using silence as a note.
Couldn't agree more. :aok
Anyone can play fast. Not everyone can play emotionally.
One of the best compliments I ever got was "When you play, you make people feel your music."