JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Apr 28 2013 10:32 PM
We've just been killing it at practice the past couple weeks, everybody is dialed in like never before. Only two months into not playing together for 3-4 years. Only 5-6 practices. We played our most complicated song today, perfect on the second time, first time wasn't pretty... I was playing on a National acoustic with a pickup due to a saddle lowering on my Jazzmaster(it needs the set up and new strings it never got after I bought it...)
Anyways, 'That' feeling. Isn't it great? Anybody else care to chime in with anecdotes? I haven't been there in several years, great to be back! I've been in other bands, and other projects but nothing like this band when we are all dialed in.
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PrestonRice
Joined: Oct 05, 2012
Posts: 1725
Austin, Texas
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Posted on Apr 28 2013 10:37 PM
REALLY glad the 'verb is back together. More songs please! Since you sent me the album I can't stop listening... The writing and (passion, dynamic?) in the music is perfect.
I love the feeling I got playing experimental jazz a while ago, but that's the only band I've been in, and the feel behind surf is so much stronger.
— IMO.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Apr 28 2013 10:47 PM
Back to 'that' feeling. It is just effortless, you know everybody in the band is going to be in the same place as you every time. You can move around and get comfortable. No rigid standing in one place all tense just trying to focus on getting your part right. Everything just falls into place.
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Surfgitar
Joined: Mar 16, 2007
Posts: 1342
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
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Posted on Apr 29 2013 07:53 AM
Yup. Happy for you. Not an easy road to get there.
— CUTBACK
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25581
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Apr 29 2013 10:09 PM
right on Jake,
welcome back.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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BeachBumScott
Joined: Aug 31, 2009
Posts: 352
The Ranch, CO
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Posted on Apr 29 2013 10:24 PM
Some folks would call "that feeling" team work!
Good on ya Jake... cant wait to hear something of it!
— "Maybe there aren't any surf bands; there's only surf music?" Tuck
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dp
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 3546
mojave desert, california
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Posted on Apr 30 2013 12:04 PM
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CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
Posts: 4053
Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Apr 30 2013 02:01 PM
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killbabykill34
Joined: Apr 03, 2010
Posts: 3201
Jacksonville, AL
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Posted on Apr 30 2013 02:04 PM
Yes, 'that feeling' isn't something to compare to anything else. My absolute most hated thing are those nights when 'that feeling' is just not there, whether it be during practice or a show. We had a show in Birmingham last Friday night where that feeling was certainly not in the room at the time. Thankfully we made up for it the next night.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Apr 30 2013 08:50 PM
And everybody in the band knows it... The audience could have loved it but the band is disappointed afterwards. We had a best friend of most of us, who is very honest, come up to us once and went nuts saying how good we were, but we were pissed off at how we played.
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jonastronaut
Joined: Mar 19, 2010
Posts: 46
The Netherlands
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Posted on May 01 2013 02:38 AM
It's pretty common for a band to have one or two members have that feeling after practise or a show and the others haven't. Can drive you nuts! It's hard work to get all the members dialed in, but it's definitely worth it. It's great when it finally happens. Good luck and rock on!
— The Surfaders official website
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killbabykill34
Joined: Apr 03, 2010
Posts: 3201
Jacksonville, AL
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Posted on May 01 2013 10:52 AM
jonastronaut, your point is valid. Even the show last weekend that I mentioned is a fine example. I was very down after the performance, as I knew that I personally didn't give my all and that the band was very low on energy. The reaction from at least two of the other members was "I played fine". I wonder if they will ever understand that how you personally played is inconsequential in relation to the overall units performance. That 'band' mentality is something I suppose comes with age and experience.
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RobC
Joined: Oct 11, 2010
Posts: 152
Bainbridge Island, Washington
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Posted on May 01 2013 11:37 AM
Some of the best rehearsals and gig performances I have ever had were after we took a break of a couple months. Came back in pretty much cold and nailed it. When you let your songs rest and breath a bit, muscle memory lets your motor skills go on auto pilot which allows your head to get into the music= that sweet spot Jake's talking about.
I have learned not to sweat or even worry about small mistakes because nobody hears them except you. The audience always remembers when the band is giving each other stink eye though.
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mom_surfing
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 5306
the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on May 16 2013 07:25 AM
when we played out last weekend one of our guitar players missed one or two of the fills on 'sultans of swing'. i could see he was pissed. someone in the crowd gave him a twenty because to his ears he had 'nailed it'.
— www.surfintheeye.com
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eddiekatcher
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2776
Atlanta, GA
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Posted on May 16 2013 08:28 AM
I have noticed that for years, if the final practice before a show goes really awful, we always seem to be on our game for the show. A great practice seems to spell impending doom for old Eddie K and crew. Not too sure why except that over the last 16 years in both the X-Rays and The Surge! the cast of players has changed several times with the exception of me, so it must be ME. I do know that I play better if I am not thinking about what I am doing.................pretty funny, really.
Oh great..............
Now, you put a mic and tape recorder in front of me............doom deluxe.
ed
— Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on May 16 2013 08:36 AM
eddiekatcher wrote:
I have noticed that for years, if the final practice before a show goes really awful, we always seem to be on our game for the show. A great practice seems to spell impending doom for old Eddie K and crew. Not too sure why except that over the last 16 years in both the X-Rays and The Surge! the cast of players has changed several times with the exception of me, so it must be ME. I do know that I play better if I am not thinking about what I am doing.................pretty funny, really.
Oh great..............
Now, you put a mic and tape recorder in front of me............doom deluxe.
ed
I don't know if I'll ever experience "that" feeling. But twice at The Summit I saw something of what it must feel like on your face, Eddie. Once during the Astronauts tribute, and again during the Penetrators tribute, you looked up with an expression of sheer joy, almost ecstasy. It must have felt like you looked; full of love and wonderful.
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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eddiekatcher
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2776
Atlanta, GA
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Posted on May 16 2013 09:25 AM
Thanks Noel for such kind words. I actually do get a feeling at times that not only am I being blessed by being able to share all this with so many great people. Additionlly, I often feel compelled to take at least a brief moment to give thanks to those who are unfortunaltely no longer with us but who did so much to help steer me to where I am. That list grows longer with time, but it all started in 1963 when my mom bought my first electric guitar. At that point my clarinet playing was, well, doomed. (used that word a lot today) Good bye Pete Fountain...........Hello Rich Fifield!
Best Reverbs,
ed
— Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?
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