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In reply to the discussion: Anyone here working on any interesting music projects? [View all]I guess to answer that I would just give a quick review of the background in which I grew. My father was a classically trained opera singer, big band jazz would be played as well as classical when younger; a little Brubeck as well.
The first popular group was the Beach Boys. I can remember how much my fingers hurt trying to play "In My Room" on a $60 Kay single pickup guitar - OUCH! Then I picked up on the Beatles - "Meet the Beatles"; I was the first 'kid' in my town to have that album ..... it was all over then. I was hooked! I met up with a fellow "paper boy" on route and formed a band called the "Daze of Thyme" and we started working out all of those "British Invasion" guys. I worked my way into a Rickenbacker 330 and a Fender Bandmaster amp (tube). Later on when I was stationed in Germany, I picked up on a lot of Joni Mitchell and James Taylor ("Court and Spark" & "Gorilla" in particular); not that I could play any of it, but, it certainly went well with a tin of camembert and nice bottle of German white wine on a Saturday afternoon).
Anyway, to more directly answer your question! (Tangentialism can be real fun except when someone else has to listen to it.) NOW! I am playing around with more liberal variations of things from the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, very acoustic versions of "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You"/"Stairway to Heaven", "Lighthouse/Fire and Rain" -Taylor, a little Winwood, "John Barleycorn/Can't Find My Way Home" .... pretty much everything in an acoustic environment. I am pretty much working on a bare flesh finger style.
I probably WAYYYY over answered your question.... Oh well!
And .... what sort of interests do you have?
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