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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up. 
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Posted on Jan 15 2013 08:14 AM
Thanks again, everyone. I am having fun. Lots of fun. But I have to remind everyone I'm still just a guy who has learned to play some simple things on a guitar. I'm far from a guitar player. And, on top of it, now I have to get hold of some recording gear. This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: Jan 15, 2013 08:30:19 |
Joined: Jan 18, 2010 Posts: 672 Delaware
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Posted on Jan 15 2013 08:48 AM
Suggest you use computer software for recording, it's quick, cheap and relatively easy. It's also compact. Good luck on getting better on guitar and practice as much as you can. I don't have a band yet either but I do have a contact at the north of the state that's promising. |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jun 20 2013 08:48 PM
Update: It's funny how things turn out. My weekly guitar lessons have gone from learning the parts to arranging the songs for the set. Very cool. Unbelievably, I'm teaching the other guitarist his parts. Scary, huh? The funny thing is, I find out on Monday if I have to switch to bass for the performance. Our bass player keeps getting too busy to practice the songs. We'll find out then if this is going to continue until it's too late. I always knew my Squier VM J-Bass would turn out useful one day. And oh yeah, guitar or bass, this is fun. —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: Jun 20, 2013 20:58:41 |
Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 1650 Santa Rosa, CA
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Posted on Jun 20 2013 11:11 PM
Way to go Noel |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jun 20 2013 11:19 PM
kenposurf wrote:
None of this would ever have happened without all the enthusiasm, support and encouragement of everyone here, for which I am deeply and eternally grateful. If this keeps up, I hope one day to be able to play my way out of a paper bag. This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: Jun 20, 2013 23:55:00 |
Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Jun 21 2013 07:24 AM
I still think this thread's name needs to be changed, http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic |
Joined: Apr 03, 2010 Posts: 3201 Jacksonville, AL
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Posted on Jun 21 2013 08:01 AM
Congrats, Noel. —THE KBK ... This is the last known signal. We offer Sanctuary. www.thekbk.com |
Joined: Oct 05, 2012 Posts: 1725 Austin, Texas
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Posted on Jun 21 2013 08:08 AM
YAY NOEL!!!!!! —IMO. |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jun 21 2013 08:45 AM
CrazyAces wrote:
The "performance" is the second weekend in October. We're playing eight carefully selected Ventures songs arranged into a twenty-minute medley at the 2013 East Coast Ventures Fan Fest. Click here. No drummer at all yet. We'll have to borrow one for the performance but the drummers there are used to this sort of thing. The careful song selection is to ensure they're not so technically difficult I can't play them. One source of joy to me is I'm FINALLY playing Beatles songs. (Which The Ventures recorded for the Japanese market.) I waited 49 years to be able to play Beatles songs, and I'm playing Ventures versions of them. It's been a lot of fun finding common ground between Don Wilson's and John Lennon's rhythm guitar playing in these songs. After this, I'm switching focus to Ventures-style early Beach Boys songs for the 2014 Fan Fest. The Ventures never recorded an album of early Beach Boys hits, but I want us to sound like if they had. My long-term goal is to put together a group that plays a mix of pre-surf instro, all kinds of surf music, and vocal surf/hotrod from the early days. So that's it. Not a band, yet. But a lot closer than I ever dreamed before I joined SG101. Thanks, everyone! —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: Jun 21, 2013 12:02:28 |
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Posted on Jun 21 2013 09:17 AM
Noel, Congratulations ! (I know I'm a little late w/this post) but I'm here "now & then". (Library computer). I think you'll do Great ! Enthusiasm & will is "half the deal" & if you rememeber "The Versatones" (Don Wilson & Bob Bogle), started out that way first playing coffeehouses & later "bars" with 2 guitars & amps (remember to "use tremelo") !. Then "The Ventures" followed. Just the two of them with guitars & an "amp", then "2 amps" & they got lot's of work because people really liked them. I remember in 1965-66 doing about 10 of those type gigs w/"just Jon (me, rhythm) & Bob (lead)" & people dug us ! We were 15 & 16 years old & had one of those "fake books" & even though I'd been playing only a year, Bob had played since he was 7. (This made him the natural choice for lead guitar & I just read the "chord blocks"). This way we could play "Pipeline" & "WDR" then offer up "requests" ("Fly Me to the Moon" "Stranger in Paradise" etc.) from the Mom's & Dad's (Aunts & Uncles) that were there. (Not just "our" families either), people liked us around town (Sayville, NY) cos' we "tried our best" & it somehow worked....we did our best & smiled a bit.....otherwise we were concentrating on "being accurate". We then added drums & another guitar ! Last edited: Jun 21, 2013 11:00:03 |
Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Jun 21 2013 09:19 AM
Awesome Noel, glad you got some other folks to catch the instro bug too! — |
Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2826 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Jun 21 2013 12:44 PM
Hip hip hooray for Noel! —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2012 Posts: 1725 Austin, Texas
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Posted on Jun 21 2013 03:38 PM
Looks like you're going to need a new axe to keep up. This will do:
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jun 21 2013 10:24 PM
Thanks, Preston! That Jag is almost as worn looking as the '67 that Jeff saw at Gruhn's a while ago. Letting that go was very tough. My own Jag is plenty good enough, though someday it may get a more vintage-feel neck. But with the Lollars and other improvements, I'd be hard-pressed to find a better-sounding Jag anywhere. It's my playing that really needs the upgrade. This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2012 Posts: 1725 Austin, Texas
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Posted on Jun 21 2013 10:29 PM
Vintage mustang neck... They are really amazing.. In all seriousness, congrats. There is nothing as cool as learning from fellow musicians, except perhaps teaching them a trick or two. Good job! —IMO. |
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Posted on Jun 22 2013 01:44 AM
Great job Noel! Very nice to read of you enthusiasm and break into the business! This tune might come in handy for your BB instrumental project: Last edited: Jun 22, 2013 01:44:30 |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jun 22 2013 07:40 AM
Yep! Thanks a lot. This is just what I'm looking for. —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
Joined: Jul 09, 2010 Posts: 1153 Lillian Alabama
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Posted on Jul 07 2013 04:56 PM
glad you have something going!! you are gonna love it!! —Enjoying the surf,sun and sand!! |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jul 08 2013 10:05 PM
I've decide on a band name. All Summer Long. It's a wonderful Beach Boys song and conveys the mood of the music we'll be playing. —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2012 Posts: 1725 Austin, Texas
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Posted on Jul 08 2013 10:07 PM
Sure you don't want to be cliche? The All Summer Longs? Congrats, I can't wait to here some of your music! —IMO. |
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