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Post by zontar on Jan 13, 2021 1:33:23 GMT
Cool, flute can really sound great in some songs. I love the sound--and ever heard a duet of a flute & cello? As for harmonica & all that--certainly easier to carry long than another guitar, bass or keyboard. Flute can be cool but it has its place. Our trombone player is a real flute fan and sometimes he insists on playing the flute in a song when we play Dixieland barnburners. It doesn't fit and it doesn't sound either good or cool. That said, putting a flute in a Broadway show tune usually works pretty well Certainly it does (as agreed on) Which makes it nice when people play multiple instruments But again I love flute & cello together Even accordion sounds good in some contexts, despite all the jokes about it Although I would ask before bringing one to a jam Unless it’s a style that traditionally uses one
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 13, 2021 1:47:10 GMT
Flute can be cool but it has its place. Our trombone player is a real flute fan and sometimes he insists on playing the flute in a song when we play Dixieland barnburners. It doesn't fit and it doesn't sound either good or cool. That said, putting a flute in a Broadway show tune usually works pretty well Even accordion sounds good in some contexts, despite all the jokes about it Although I would ask before bringing one to a jam Unless it’s a style that traditionally uses oone I totally agree to that too. Accordion gets a bad rap but really good pro accordion players will make your head spin. But yeah leave that homewhen playing with your rock band buddies....
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Post by zontar on Jan 13, 2021 3:45:55 GMT
Even accordion sounds good in some contexts, despite all the jokes about it Although I would ask before bringing one to a jam Unless it’s a style that traditionally uses oone I totally agree to that too. Accordion gets a bad rap but really good pro accordion players will make your head spin. But yeah leave that homewhen playing with your rock band buddies.... Unless you're rocking Weird Al--or Those Darn Accordions
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2021 4:11:39 GMT
This might be one of those subjects that would fit equally well in the Bad Gigs thread, but in 1969, my band was hired to do a New Years Eve gig for a fire hall dance for Harewood/Nanaimo and discovered after we'd set up and started playing just how badly we were miscast for the booking. It was largely a group of older people who were more comfortable with easy listening/middle of the road music than a rock band. We were fortunate that two people in the band...our keyboard player who did a Saturday afternoon gig playing live organ music at the local movie theater during intermissions, and our singer, who played accordion in the school band....were capable of playing a variety of standards that satisfied the older crowd, and when they all retired to go to bed at about ten o'clock, we could shift into the full band playing Hendrix, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, and Rolling Stones for the younger crowd.
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Post by zontar on Jan 13, 2021 5:21:42 GMT
This might be one of those subjects that would fit equally well in the Bad Gigs thread, but in 1969, my band was hired to do a New Years Eve gig for a fire hall dance for Harewood/Nanaimo and discovered after we'd set up and started playing just how badly we were miscast for the booking. It was largely a group of older people who were more comfortable with easy listening/middle of the road music than a rock band. We were fortunate that two people in the band...our keyboard player who did a Saturday afternoon gig playing live organ music at the local movie theater during intermissions, and our singer, who played accordion in the school band....were capable of playing a variety of standards that satisfied the older crowd, and when they all retired to go to bed at about ten o'clock, we could shift into the full band playing Hendrix, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, and Rolling Stones for the younger crowd. Adaptability is good thing
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Post by johnreardon on Jan 13, 2021 8:18:58 GMT
Flute can be cool but it has its place. Our trombone player is a real flute fan and sometimes he insists on playing the flute in a song when we play Dixieland barnburners. It doesn't fit and it doesn't sound either good or cool. That said, putting a flute in a Broadway show tune usually works pretty well Certainly it does (as agreed on) Which makes it nice when people play multiple instruments But again I love flute & cello together Even accordion sounds good in some contexts, despite all the jokes about it Although I would ask before bringing one to a jam Unless it’s a style that traditionally uses one I quite like accordion played well. When we first started we often played gigs with Charles & Kingsley Ward, who went on to build the Rockfield recording studios. One of them, forget which, played accordion.
This is an old friend of mine playing accordion on Promised Land with Dave Edmunds
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 13, 2021 13:13:55 GMT
This might be one of those subjects that would fit equally well in the Bad Gigs thread, but in 1969, my band was hired to do a New Years Eve gig for a fire hall dance for Harewood/Nanaimo and discovered after we'd set up and started playing just how badly we were miscast for the booking. It was largely a group of older people who were more comfortable with easy listening/middle of the road music than a rock band. We were fortunate that two people in the band...our keyboard player who did a Saturday afternoon gig playing live organ music at the local movie theater during intermissions, and our singer, who played accordion in the school band....were capable of playing a variety of standards that satisfied the older crowd, and when they all retired to go to bed at about ten o'clock, we could shift into the full band playing Hendrix, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, and Rolling Stones for the younger crowd. good save for a potentially bad gig!
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Post by infant on Jan 13, 2021 18:36:05 GMT
This might be one of those subjects that would fit equally well in the Bad Gigs thread, but in 1969, my band was hired to do a New Years Eve gig for a fire hall dance for Harewood/Nanaimo and discovered after we'd set up and started playing just how badly we were miscast for the booking. It was largely a group of older people who were more comfortable with easy listening/middle of the road music than a rock band. We were fortunate that two people in the band...our keyboard player who did a Saturday afternoon gig playing live organ music at the local movie theater during intermissions, and our singer, who played accordion in the school band....were capable of playing a variety of standards that satisfied the older crowd, and when they all retired to go to bed at about ten o'clock, we could shift into the full band playing Hendrix, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, and Rolling Stones for the younger crowd. The great thing about the guys in my band is that we all came from “wedding” bands. We know all the standards, Spanish Eyes, Delilah etc. One night we were playing a legion gig and an older couple who were celebrating their 50th anniversary asked if we could play the anniversary waltz for them. We did and it blew everyone away. We play dinner dances for a local Italian club and the age group ranges from 30 to 80 yrs of age. We usually play a mix of old standards and Italian songs and good old rock and roll. We’ve always found that the older group starts leaving around 10:30-11pm which leaves the next couple of hours to rock on. We’ve been asked back to play for them for the last 7 yrs, a dance in November and then on New Years Eve. Last year, we took NYE off to spend it with our families for once. So they hired another band that had been trying to get their foot in the door. We were worried that we’d lose all new gigs. No such thing...they didn’t read the crowd like we did. I received a call in late January last year asking us to play again in November and NYE. Unfortunately, COVID-19 put a stop to the two gigs but I expect to receive a call sometime this month. It helps to know different types of music. As someone once said, “we know both types of music, country AND western!”
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 13, 2021 19:13:56 GMT
This might be one of those subjects that would fit equally well in the Bad Gigs thread, but in 1969, my band was hired to do a New Years Eve gig for a fire hall dance for Harewood/Nanaimo and discovered after we'd set up and started playing just how badly we were miscast for the booking. It was largely a group of older people who were more comfortable with easy listening/middle of the road music than a rock band. We were fortunate that two people in the band...our keyboard player who did a Saturday afternoon gig playing live organ music at the local movie theater during intermissions, and our singer, who played accordion in the school band....were capable of playing a variety of standards that satisfied the older crowd, and when they all retired to go to bed at about ten o'clock, we could shift into the full band playing Hendrix, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, and Rolling Stones for the younger crowd. It helps to know different types of music. As someone once said, “we know both types of music, country AND western!” You got that right, Elwood! We got stuck once where what we were asked to play clearly wasn't what the audience actually wanted. I had brought an extra set list just in case which helped somewhat, but it wasn't a gig any of us in the band were really happy with. We played fine, but reception from the audience was tepid.
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Post by infant on Jan 13, 2021 19:23:23 GMT
I knew it was the Blues Brothers, just didn’t know which one!
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 13, 2021 20:02:56 GMT
I knew it was the Blues Brothers, just didn’t know which one! Actually I think it was the bar owner who said it!
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Post by infant on Jan 13, 2021 21:39:47 GMT
That’s right, it was the woman behind the bar.. I just checked the clip.
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Post by zontar on Jan 14, 2021 18:54:01 GMT
Off topic-but I started the thread & I am sure at least some of us have gone off topic when playing with others
The movie, The Country Bears is basically a retelling of the Blues Brothers, but with country music, bears, and Christopher Walken
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 14, 2021 23:33:25 GMT
Never heard of that movie... does Carrie fisher play an angry jilted she-grizzly with a rocket launcher?
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Post by zontar on Jan 15, 2021 0:52:27 GMT
Never heard of that movie... does Carrie fisher play an angry jilted she-grizzly with a rocket launcher? I can’t recommend it as it’s not a great movie, but I can’t say to avoid it either Some will enjoy the music or the humour, so who knows? But it has the general storyline of putting the band back together to put on a show to save a place that means a lot to them And they get chased by the cops And there are scenes of getting the band back together that harken back to the Blues Brothers as well Like a scene in a diner with a musical number And one former member is in a wedding band- the scene is reminiscent of the lounge band scene & the fancy restaurant one It’s just a whole lot tamer & a lot less funny There may have been a Carrie Fisher counterpart, but I don’t remember one
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 15, 2021 2:25:02 GMT
Never heard of that movie... does Carrie fisher play an angry jilted she-grizzly with a rocket launcher? I can’t recommend it as it’s not a great movie, but I can’t say to avoid it either Some will enjoy the music or the humour, so who knows? But it has the general storyline of putting the band back together to put on a show to save a place that means a lot to them And they get chased by the cops And there are scenes of getting the band back together that harken back to the Blues Brothers as well Like a scene in a diner with a musical number And one former member is in a wedding band- the scene is reminiscent of the lounge band scene & the fancy restaurant one It’s just a whole lot tamer & a lot less funny There may have been a Carrie Fisher counterpart, but I don’t remember one Yeah sounds pretty darn similar....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2021 2:48:24 GMT
Years ago, I happened to catch a movie on television that told the story of a band that started as a Beatles tribute band and made it big, called Concrete Angels. I'd love to see it again.
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Post by zontar on Jan 18, 2021 1:13:38 GMT
I remember seeing an article once on cross harp--I bookmarked it in case I ever did get back into harmonica. I got one in A, because I read somewhere ti was the most common one for blues--I don't know if that's true or not--but I was young & took their word for it (It wasn't someone at a store with a surplus of harmonicas in the key of A. I have seen sets of harmonicas in different keys--and been tempted by some, but others looked cheap--so I steered clear of those ones. It was easier to practice & play harmonica at the times I lived alone. A lot of early blues stuff was sang in E, hence the A harmonica. But it depends on what keys your singer sings in. Ours does a lot in G & A, so I would need C & D harps.
Yes don't go for too cheap ones. Hohner are good.
I came across this video--it appeared not he side--I wasn't even searching harmonica stuff. I have an A--not a C or D--but that's cool, I guess--I got a Marine Band, as i mentioned.
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Post by zontar on Jan 19, 2021 7:48:36 GMT
A lot of early blues stuff was sang in E, hence the A harmonica. But it depends on what keys your singer sings in. Ours does a lot in G & A, so I would need C & D harps.
Yes don't go for too cheap ones. Hohner are good.
I came across this video--it appeared not he side--I wasn't even searching harmonica stuff. I have an A--not a C or D--but that's cool, I guess--I got a Marine Band, as i mentioned. Oops--while a cool video--it wasn't the one I wanted to post. It was one actually about harmonicas. So I was able to find the right one:
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Post by johnreardon on Jan 19, 2021 10:10:41 GMT
I came across this video--it appeared not he side--I wasn't even searching harmonica stuff. I have an A--not a C or D--but that's cool, I guess--I got a Marine Band, as i mentioned. Oops--while a cool video--it wasn't the one I wanted to post. It was one actually about harmonicas. So I was able to find the right one: I did wonder what someone playing a violin bass had to do with harmonica playing
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Post by zontar on Jan 20, 2021 2:10:10 GMT
Well there is harmonica on Love Me Do.
Although I'm not sure if John is actually holding one.
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 20, 2021 2:46:15 GMT
Cafe oriental- Bill Ramsey
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Post by zontar on Jan 20, 2021 3:42:00 GMT
Cafe oriental- Bill Ramsey First I post the wrong video, now dB posts in the wrong thread. What's going on here? Hopefully we're better organized when playing with others.
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 20, 2021 12:39:39 GMT
Cafe oriental- Bill Ramsey First I post the wrong video, now dB posts in the wrong thread. What's going on here? Hopefully we're better organized when playing with others. oops- yep I got confused
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Post by zontar on Feb 21, 2021 3:33:40 GMT
Lots of people do this:
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Post by Bill h on Feb 21, 2021 19:37:44 GMT
Lots of people do this: Guilty.
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Post by infant on Feb 21, 2021 21:28:07 GMT
Lots of people do this: Guilty. Me too!
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Post by zontar on Feb 22, 2021 7:14:24 GMT
Lots of people do this: Guilty. As have I been too, and I'm sure most of us & most guitar players.
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