Hi guys, (sorry, maybe stupid) question: does anybody knows band/guitarest/cd/etc.. where the music is surf, but there are chicken pickin licks in the music (and when you're listening, you hear surf, not country)?

Thanks

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Thanks the answer!

I left my band 6months ago, and now i can practice anything i want, but my son is 3 months old, and i cant practice loud stuff. So i started to use my fingers, instead of pick, after a while i realized: Im playin country/rockabilly licks!

im afraid, i'll leave the surf/instro style - but i dont want so, im trying to put these licks into my songs/music - its sounds little bit 'strange' - and i just want to hear what did someone else with this problem.

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Last edited: Apr 29, 2012 16:45:22

Yes, I agree, after I started to work on this style I started to use the pick again, and now I play with hibrid picking style (pick + middle + ring). But now the most interesting/important question (for me) is not the technic. I'm worried - its not the best word, im not worried, Im curious - about the 'meaning of music'

Maybe there are people who think: Its pointless, to talk about 'meaning' of a 2-3 minutes long simple surf song, with 3-5 chords, its not a symphony - i disagree (and i think ever member of this forum do).

So my question is: what happens with the meaning (mood, color, i dont know...) of surf music, when the guitar player use this technic (because the country music brings me really diffrent moods, feelings, etc).

Now - because Im just playing alone, i cant decide it. maybe the next week I'll get some home recording stuff, and I can start to try these ideas with arrengment. It will be an interesting experience

oh, and im 32yrs old

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AnalogSurf wrote:

togergo wrote:

Hi guys, (sorry, maybe stupid) question: does anybody knows band/guitarest/cd/etc.. where the music is surf, but there are chicken pickin licks in the music (and when you're listening, you hear surf, not country)?

Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HElmqDQ97Tw&list=PLBF4998416249E8E5&index=8&feature=plpp_video

Is this the Kind of Chickin Pickin in surf your asking about ?

Pete Analog-Surf

Hi!

thanks the link! - funny

I know this song, its a little imitation, im searching for a guitarist/band, where this technic is an organic part of the music/guitarplaying.

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togergo wrote:

Yes, I agree, after I started to work on this style I started to use the pick again, and now I play with hibrid picking style (pick + middle + ring). But now the most interesting/important question (for me) is not the technic. I'm worried - its not the best word, im not worried, Im curious - about the 'meaning of music'

Maybe there are people who think: Its pointless, to talk about 'meaning' of a 2-3 minutes long simple surf song, with 3-5 chords, its not a symphony - i disagree (and i think ever member of this forum do).

So my question is: what happens with the meaning (mood, color, i dont know...) of surf music, when the guitar player use this technic (because the country music brings me really diffrent moods, feelings, etc).

Now - because Im just playing alone, i cant decide it. maybe the next week I'll get some home recording stuff, and I can start to try these ideas with arrengment. It will be an interesting experience

oh, and im 32yrs old

Yeah a lot musically can be accomplished in a 2 min song. I'm just saying branching out and absorbing other styles can't hurt you as a guitarist. It might hurt you if you intend to be strictly a surf guitarist. But why limit yourself?

And at 32 you've got a lot of years to work on your style.

"as he stepped into the stealthy night air... little did he know the fire escape was not there"

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You may want to check out the Southern Culture on the Skids discography, they have a lot of crossover material that goes between rockabilly/country/surf. This is a singing song, but you get the idea. Deke Dickerson is also probably a great direction for you to go with experimenting with that style of playing.

Jeremy

Last edited: Apr 30, 2012 09:03:05

Hey! Good old Johnny Fortune! How could I forget... I've learned the Soul Surfer, and the Midnight Surf years ago, but my band didnt want to play..

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Hey! I was surfing on Unsteady Freddie's YT Channel and I found a band, who doin this. Its not exactly what Im playin here, but that is what Im talkin about

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I've found this '84 concert a few days ago. Nokie has a telecaster, he's playing with bridge pu. more country like sound, with bendings, double stops, etc.

cool

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