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Joined: Jul 04, 2008 Posts: 65 Loudoun County, VA 
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Posted on Apr 21 2014 06:51 PM
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Joined: Sep 27, 2008 Posts: 1149 Damascus, Maryland 
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Posted on Apr 21 2014 09:15 PM
I'd be all about it, but I'm a bass player as well. Tough to find folks in this area. —Will "You're done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out." - Kelly Slater |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 2062 Virginia, USA
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Posted on Apr 22 2014 08:42 AM
You could start the first all bass surf band. Big bottom!! —Paul |
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Joined: Sep 27, 2008 Posts: 1149 Damascus, Maryland
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Posted on Apr 22 2014 03:51 PM
skeeter wrote:
Hmmmmmmmmmmm. —Will "You're done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out." - Kelly Slater |
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Joined: Jul 04, 2008 Posts: 65 Loudoun County, VA
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Posted on Apr 28 2014 10:01 PM
Hey guy's! So what your saying is that its easier to form a surf band in a small English village 40 miles NW of Cambridge, than it is to form one in a 'burb 25 miles west of our nations capitol?! Shirley you jest?! |
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Joined: Sep 27, 2008 Posts: 1149 Damascus, Maryland
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Posted on Apr 28 2014 11:37 PM
Don't call me Shirley. Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. Took me two years to get the guys I was playing with. Worked for about a year before that imploded. I've tried off and on for the last year and a half to find others to play with. Get some hits, fire a few emails back & forth, and then they disappear. Had a guy that had done some pretty decent originals, and he just stopped emailing. Might be me......dunno. —Will "You're done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out." - Kelly Slater |
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Posted on Apr 29 2014 02:21 PM
We've (Group Captain and the Mandrakes) have a surf band up and running down in Fredericksburg, VA. We really don't have any plans to play in Fairfax County, Loudoun County and DC proper ... so go for it! Also, look for a fella named "Snorre" (Steve) here on this forum. He lives in the Frederick area but works in Reston. He plays some great surf and had difficulty keeping a surf band in the Northern VA area going. |
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Joined: Sep 27, 2008 Posts: 1149 Damascus, Maryland
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Posted on Apr 29 2014 10:20 PM
Steve played with me, until the aforementioned implosion. —Will "You're done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out." - Kelly Slater |
Joined: Oct 17, 2009 Posts: 521 Walkersville, MD
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Posted on Apr 30 2014 09:19 PM
Hi guys, Your band's latest demo vid sounded pretty good and the jag's sounding great, Brian! Slight correction, Brian - our Maryland-based ( Basically, I think we weren't in sync with what we wanted out of the band and its direction. To some extent, this seemed to be what happened with Will's project, too. I had to bow out of that project anyway due to some family health issues at that time, followed by a mass company layoff that put me out of work for a while due to that sequestration nonsense. I'm happy to say my life has stabilized for the better with this great job in Reston (telecommuting a couple of days a week helps big time). Currently, I've got a trio thing about to start up with a bassist friend of mine and a drummer he knows. It's a casual thing since my bassist friend plays in a couple other bands. TRCat, if interested, we could meet up over some pints in Reston Town Center some time after work and talk surf music and all things Blighty - I can always bring my guitar and amp for jamming at some point if we feel up for it. —The doofus formerly known as Snorre Last edited: Apr 30, 2014 21:20:44 |
Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2813 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Apr 30 2014 11:20 PM
skeeter wrote:
"Talk about mud flaps..." —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2813 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Apr 30 2014 11:28 PM
Actually, I wish I were still out there in Virginia. While it seemed that most musicians were into Country/Bluegrass or some death-cult-dark-wave-heavy-metal-grunge-funk-scream-o when I perused through the Craiglist ads when I lived in NoVa, there were quite a few that came about through word of mouth that were actually interested in doing something different. I think the market out there is ripe for it and I wish you the best of luck. It was a completely different musical experience for me out there in VA, but I did like the possibilities at the venues there more than here in AZ. —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
) band, K-39, called it quits about a month ago after playing together for over a year - we hadn't played out much but when we did, the audiences enjoyed us. I'm proud to say we really sounded tight. We parted amicably and remain friends, so it's all good.Please visit our friends in the surf music community:
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