DanTravis62
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And us live players get to live vicariously through you guys who have all this nice gear
Generally speaking, it's very, very difficult to have a legit full time job (like the kind where you aren't hurting for money) and really legitimately write and perform original music
Floyd Eye
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I wasn’t aware anyone took anything he said seriously.
MadAsAHatter
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Is this your first day on gear forums?
ghosty999
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Don't forget resorting instantly to un-provoked homo-erotic insults the moment they are backed into a corner with logic.
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mctallica1
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So true.And us live players get to live vicariously through you guys who have all this nice gear
Generally speaking, it's very, very difficult to have a legit full time job (like the kind where you aren't hurting for money) and really legitimately write and perform original music
I point out to my friends occasionally that when I was gigging regularly, I could never have afforded the gear I have. And now that I have all this great gear, I don’t have the time or energy to do real gigs.
With that said, I am perfectly happy with where I am as a guitar player. It is a great escape from the world even if my ambition to play ebbs and flows. I am currently in a period where I play almost every day, which is awesome, but I am sure there will come a time (again) where I can go weeks without touching my gear.
rstites
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Not to derail this super-on-topic thread or anything, but I missed this discussion and am curious about your thoughts.
I'd put a lot of rock guitar players as also blues guitar players myself, especially from the early days of development of the genre. I'm just curious where/how someone draws the lines there.
At the same time, I've watched a lot of excellent metal players fall all over themselves trying to play blues.....so I can understand not putting them all over there.
I'm not going to fight your over it.....just curious.
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VonBonfire
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Short answer: Trade secrets. Look at the catalog of the player. A guy who spent his life making rock music is a rock guitarist. A guy who spent his life making blues music is a blues guitarist.
If I call a song and tell you "this one is a flat tire shuffle" would you understand what I'm talking about? Are you familiar with 8 bar blues? 16 bar blues? Can you recognize the difference between a texas shuffle, a chicago shuffle, and a rock shuffle? How is your 12/8 slow blues? If I say "this one has a quick change", do you know what I'm talking about? If I call a dozen blues standards will the average rock guitarist be familiar with those tunes? Not usually....
Most rock guys seem to be fixated on minor pentatonics and think that's qualification enough but in blues the major pentatonic plays a much larger role and most rock guitarists do not have the same grasp on it. Playing the changes is more important in a blues setting.
If you get booked for a blues fest, show up and play white room and purple haze you aren't likely gonna get a return invite. Granted, some blues fests have fallen to the "anything goes" mentality but most of the fests down in the south are not going to put up with that.
IME a great rock guitarist will be able to stick a real blues gig but the average rock guitarist will fall apart by song number 4, especially when I press him with four or more choruses of soloing. Guys like Hendrix and Clapton are very adept at blues but they spent their careers releasing rock and pop records, not blues. There are rock guys whose blues playing has my deep respect and have had an oversized impact on blues guitar but they are still rock guys at the end of the day.
japetus
awawa
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I'd be embarassed to get up at a real blues gig.
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VonBonfire
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Yeah but that is coming from an attitude of respect. It's when I meet dudes whose first words are "blues is easy" that I know I'm about to witness a player crash and burn. Anyone can play the blues with a little effort, few will ever master it. Maybe one day I will get there.
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Hack
I am always hard at blues gigs
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awawa
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Is that what you use to play slide?
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VonBonfire
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Glad to hear you are excited to come down to Gruene on saturday. BTW tentatively the fest is gonna happen again in June. I'm gonna try to bring some of my friends from MS/AR down. If you don't show up this time we aren't going to be friends anymore. I might even write a blues song about how you did me wrong since I'm not physically capable of kicking your ass.
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It is finally getting to a temp outside that feels nice for me and you gotta talk about june...Glad to hear you are excited to come down to Gruene on saturday. BTW tentatively the fest is gonna happen again in June. I'm gonna try to bring some of my friends from MS/AR down. If you don't show up this time we aren't going to be friends anymore. I might even write a blues song about how you did me wrong since I'm not physically capable of kicking your ass.
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VonBonfire
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Hey I'm down there this saturday. Weather looks like it will be one of a handful of days I don't have to sweat to death so c'mon! Ride that new HD down...
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awawa
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Remember when we talked about how a lot of my areas Blues was ragtime? This guy kinda has that vibe
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VonBonfire
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Yeah he's one of the greats. From Texas....
Did you watch that Leadbelly movie yet? The dude who plays Blind Lemon is hilarious.
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awawa
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I was watching Night Court reruns awhile back, he was on an episode. I was like HOLY SHIT
