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Joined: Oct 13, 2011 Posts: 251 Byron Bay, Australia 
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Posted on Sep 07 2012 05:25 AM
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Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC 
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Posted on Sep 07 2012 09:00 AM
Number9 wrote:
I know exactly what you mean... I want to improve and feel more intimate with the music I love, but part of me also loves having that curtain of mystique over them. I finally started learning The Ghouls "Voo Doo Juice" last night (about 90% there), and was simultaneously elated and saddened that I was understanding it- it's really odd feeling. I wonder if say, chefs ever have a great meal and decide that they don't want to try reproducing it? — |
Joined: Oct 11, 2010 Posts: 152 Bainbridge Island, Washington 
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Posted on Sep 07 2012 11:57 AM
My psuedo band DeadSurf60's picked up a bunch of surf songs lately including: Flash of Green, Pollo Del Mar Current struggle-fest is Nine Miles to Stuckeys by the Torquays. Couple of turnarounds still evade me but I am getting there. Short term goal: Getting that pinky to do what it's supposed to and hitting the groove. |
Joined: Jul 18, 2009 Posts: 499
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Posted on Sep 07 2012 11:58 AM
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Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Sep 07 2012 02:53 PM
Haha... if I were to ever create great original music that was worthy enough for other people to pick apart and play, I'd certainly have no justification for getting upset about it, having done it so much myself. I'd like to think it would be a sense of overwhelming pride if someone cared enough to tab one of these hypothetical songs though. — |
Joined: May 14, 2007 Posts: 1753
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Posted on Sep 07 2012 03:03 PM
Shazam (Duane Eddy). Jim Nabors version next. |
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Joined: Oct 13, 2011 Posts: 251 Byron Bay, Australia
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Posted on Sep 07 2012 03:59 PM
The way it was explained to me was, a good song, a really good song has a life of its own, can go around the world, different cultures, has various styles and interpretations. . it just just keeps going on and on. . independent of who created it. Cool —'Surf Music Lasts Forever' |
Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ 
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Posted on Sep 16 2012 02:35 PM
Last Train by the Surf Coasters (this song is mostly pretty easy once you get into it, but has a few quirky position changes (i.e. going from the F to the D7 arpeggio). I'm having fun coming up with subtle variations of chord changes at the end of the verses.) Nivram by the Shadows (The song is easy and I'm just cooking up some more improvs for the 3rd verse etc) Still having a bit of trouble with Samba Estrella (after several months - this takes a lot of perseverance) I started on Flight of the Surf Guitar and Fistful of Dollars last week. —He who dies with the most tubes... wins |
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Posted on Sep 16 2012 09:59 PM
Sleep Walk, with a slide. This is my first slide tune. It's good for that because it's slow and simple. I learned it lap-style with a bar slide and got that down pretty well, now I'm working on playing it standing up with a finger slide. This will take awhile to get right. |
Joined: Sep 23, 2012 Posts: 69 stone mountain, georgia
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Posted on Sep 24 2012 09:37 AM
Been working on Slaughter on 10th Ave a bunch - it's not totally new to me, we've been playing it for a little while, but I still haven't decided exactly what I want to do. Ours is based off the Ventures version. New ones: Mexico - Dick Dale Wake the Kraken! |
Joined: Oct 26, 2008 Posts: 608 This Planet Earth
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Posted on Sep 24 2012 10:50 AM
Just finished recording Give Me Back My Man by the B-52's and The Man From Nowhere by Jett Harris. I started a couple of threads in the Surf Musician forum. Not sure what I'll do next. Something by The Pyramids or The Ventures probably. —Cats 'n' Strats, 'cause that's how I roll - I eat reverb for breakfast! Fenderus Collecticus |
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Posted on Sep 29 2012 08:06 PM
Starting on a Shadows set of songs already got Apache Currently its The Rise and Fall of Fingell Bunt Next Shindig Freshwater Surfin' The Murray Basin |
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Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ
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Posted on Sep 29 2012 10:25 PM
windmill wrote:
I love that stuff. You should also try Foottapper, Man of Mystery, FBI, The Savage, Nivram and Stardust —He who dies with the most tubes... wins |
Joined: Oct 12, 2008 Posts: 580 San Antone, TX 
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Posted on Sep 30 2012 01:45 AM
I'm currently working on revamping our Munsters theme cover. —The Phantomatics on Facebook |
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Posted on Sep 30 2012 03:52 AM
Well I intend to work up a 'set' of ten Shadow's songs which would probably include the first four of your suggestions. Stardust ? I'll have to check that one. —Freshwater Surfin' The Murray Basin Last edited: Sep 30, 2012 03:52:58 |
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Posted on Sep 30 2012 09:15 AM
lost straitjackets you send me.... great song!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_b91BifI8Y Last edited: Sep 30, 2012 09:19:14 |
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Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 490 Chicago
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Posted on Sep 30 2012 10:51 AM
Los Straitjackets do such a killer version of that song. Nice choice, some cool diminished chords and a wicked lead. |
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Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ
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Posted on Sep 30 2012 12:39 PM
windmill wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyFzuJbcg-s —He who dies with the most tubes... wins |
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Posted on Sep 30 2012 01:24 PM
StevieMartini wrote:
yup wery cool... got most of it down but the lead is tricky !!! |
Joined: Aug 31, 2009 Posts: 352 The Ranch, CO |
Posted on Sep 30 2012 01:41 PM
A lot of different Ol' Timey stuff!!! Angline the Baker I just learned about this style of guitar playing called Flatpicking... "Maybe there aren't any surf bands; there's only surf music?" Tuck |
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