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Joined: Jun 27, 2008 Posts: 576 Marlboro, New Jersey 
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Posted on May 06 2014 07:15 AM
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Joined: Aug 01, 2008 Posts: 404 North Carolina 
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Posted on May 06 2014 07:34 AM
Just nailed down Squad Car - Belairs version rather than Eddie and the Showmen and getting ready to start Albatross by Fleetwood Mac —Ralph Be at one with the universe. If you can't do that, at least be at one with your guitar. |
Joined: Sep 06, 2012 Posts: 1300 Lawrenceville , GA
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Posted on May 06 2014 08:09 AM
Latinia. Trying to learn it by ear and avoid tabs. I've got the chords figured out and some of the fills, but still have a long way to go. |
Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4053 Nashville, TN. 
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Posted on May 06 2014 08:56 AM
Ed Wrote "Nope, but we do have one with your name on it.................." You guys are covering "If I Only Had A Brain" by Arlen/Harburg ? Or "My Bucket's Got a Hole In It" ? —http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic |
Joined: Sep 16, 2007 Posts: 548 Utah |
Posted on May 06 2014 09:12 AM
An original piece tentativly titled Desert Sled. —Either you surf, or you fight. |
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Posted on May 10 2014 07:22 PM
I'm practicing fadeaway by Laika and the Cosmonauts |
Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2776 Atlanta, GA
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Posted on May 11 2014 05:09 PM
Ok Mr Smart Guy, we go YOUR number. ed —Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps? |
Joined: Dec 17, 2012 Posts: 519 Vienna 
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Posted on May 12 2014 02:33 AM
I am trying to rig up an original with the tentative title "Eclipse, caused by idiots" - quite catchy, isn't it? yours http://www.surfgrammeln-san.org |
Joined: Apr 23, 2006 Posts: 133 Austin TEXAS!
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Posted on May 12 2014 02:21 PM
Number9 wrote:
I had never heard this Ventures tune, and could not stop thinking that it would make a cool metal tune. So I made it one (no mistake that it's 4:20): Finished the surf Portishead and Redd Kross tunes as promised a couple pages back in this thread too... —
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Joined: Jul 18, 2009 Posts: 499
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Posted on May 17 2014 06:48 PM
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Joined: Apr 24, 2006 Posts: 1618 Ithaca, NY
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Posted on May 18 2014 10:53 PM
Inspiration has struck... I'm pleased to admit I'm writing and working on original material for the first time in two and a half years! Surf and more, I'm even writing... lyrics! |
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Joined: Jun 17, 2012 Posts: 132 West Central Illinois |
Posted on May 19 2014 12:14 AM
Not surf but good for learning and for my hands, Sultans of Swing. |
Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan 
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Posted on May 19 2014 04:44 PM
Concierto de Aranjuez by Joachin Rodrigo. Adapting the opening 'galloping' Allegro D Maj chords and the b min Adagio with the super tragic melody at this point. |
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Joined: Nov 16, 2013 Posts: 4536 Wisconsin
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Posted on May 19 2014 05:09 PM
JObeast wrote:
Cool beans, and agree. A couple of galaxies or light-years ago their Army choir visited at a 4-powers function in West Berlin and it was a VERY stirring performance. No ad-libs, no nothing, just sang it straight from their center of gravity. Appropriately powerful for a national hymm. —Wes DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices. |
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Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on May 19 2014 06:37 PM
Yeah, I want to make the expats weep. Or at least the hipsters smirk. — |
Joined: Oct 06, 2008 Posts: 550 So Cal
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Posted on May 25 2014 11:49 PM
I've worked up a solo-guitar spy and surf medley on a '63 Jaguar at (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA-sXyQ1C7Y) —"Hello Girls!" Last edited: May 26, 2014 13:38:57 |
Joined: Sep 27, 2008 Posts: 1149 Damascus, Maryland
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Posted on May 26 2014 12:22 AM
Supercompdad wrote:
Great song. The bass line is on my list to be done. Working on the bass line to Shepherd of Fire by Avenged Sevenfold. In a loud, pointy guitar mood these days. —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: Oct 26, 2013 Posts: 45
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Posted on Jun 03 2014 02:25 PM
Three at the moment, all quite different in style/approach: 1) "Hula Tikula" by Messer Chups. I just think that's the neatest sounding song I've ever heard. 2) Working up an instrumental version of "After Dark" (aka "The Song Salma Hayek Dances to in 'From Dusk 'Til Dawn'"). It lends itself nicely to a tremolo/reverb/moody Chris Isaak-sounding thing (give it a listen if you've not heard it; it's all over YouTube). Having one guitar doing the B-A raking rhythm and then doing more of a reverb-y/tremolo Duane Eddy thing with the melody. 3) I stumbled upon some bands on YouTube playing a song called "Al Capone" (Java Guitars, etc.). There seems to be about 11,000 versions on iTunes, but I downloaded the one with the best overall sound. The solos all seem different, but that main harmonized lick that kicks it off (and reappears throughout the song) is just so cool/fun. And I just think it would be fun to randomly say "Al Caponnnne..." into a mic some night. The version I downloaded is by the Kiliaan Brothers. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/al-capone/id367228774?i=367229056 Last edited: Jun 03, 2014 14:29:09 |
Joined: Oct 11, 2010 Posts: 152 Bainbridge Island, Washington
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Posted on Jun 03 2014 02:33 PM
Kanon in D by The Baronics. Ordered the original music and Got two of the three guitar parts down. Bass is pretty straight forward. |
Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jun 03 2014 02:55 PM
Everyone's working on a lot of great material. It's finally time to earnestly start all the Beach Boys songs I'm playing at the Ventures East Coast Fan Fest. I'm also learning Eastwood Outlaw by Crazy Aces. I only wish I could whistle a tune. After the lead and rhythm parts, I'll try the bass part, just for the experience. But I'm thinking of taking this song down somewhere very deep with a Bass VI lead. —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: Jun 03, 2014 16:11:25 |
And, as I'm learning more and more with each day, so much of this music is in the right-hand/picking! I never have trouble figuring out the melodies, chord progressions, overall structure, etc., but I often have to hunker down and pay attention to the picking and right-hand work on a lot of this stuff.
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