danyaalmusic wrote:

Hi everyone! My name is Danyaal and I'm a newer artist living in New York City with my Strat and Princeton Reverb amp!

I just recorded my first two original surf instrumentals and I was looking around for an online community of cool people when I found this place

I'm super excited to get to know everyone and dive deeper into the amazing subculture of surf music and while also hopefully getting to play live more throughout 2023

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Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine

New Single is out!

https://waikikimakaki.bandcamp.com/album/rhino-blues-full-contact-surf-single

Waikiki Makaki

https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki

Lost Diver

https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin

Just joined this forum today but have been a lurker for a while. I am 68 and have been playing since 1967. I am self-taught and learned by endlessly listening to record albums in my bedroom growing up in the 60’s and 70’s. It was ridiculously inefficient to have to continuously pick up the record player needle and repeat the riff that I was trying to learn-over and over! I worshipped The Ventures at that time. Their records were so much fun to learn. There was no tab back then, there were no other kids or adults that I could get tips from. There certainly was no video. Our black and white TV got 3 channels and the only music was on The Ed Sullivan Show or Lawrence Welk. Now I can go on YouTube and instantly learn any song or riff-with tabs! Surf guitar was the first “style” that I really learned. Like most players, I eventually figured out the Pentatonic blues scale, blues and rock improvisation, and ultimately I took off. 55 years later, I am back to sitting in my basement playing The Bel-Airs and The Astronauts. I love this forum because I can read about so many other guitar players out there who had a similar life experience. Thank you for Surfguitar 101.

Welcome to the forum, tOSUrfer!

MooreLoud.com - A tribute to Dick Dale.

Hi everyone!
I've been reading the forums for years, but finally joined in. There's a lot of knowledge here, and I really appreciate it!
My favorite surf/surf-inspired music is Link Wray, the Dead Kennedys, Man or Astroman, the Ventures, Dick Dale and Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet.

I dunno - not good at introducing myself, heheh

Thanks for the welcome!
My avatar is a picture of the guitarist for the Dead Kennedys, East Bay Ray. I do play the guitar though - figured we all do here!

I'm from central Texas
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Padraig wrote:

Hey Grotesque, welcome to SG101! I see from your photo that you are a guitarist. Do you currently play in any bands (surf or otherwise)? Also, from which section of our planet do you hail?

Hello, friends!

My name is Matthew. I'm new to the forum; having found this group doing a Google search for surf music.

My first experience with surf music was in the early- to mid-90s when Man... or Astroman? was at the peak of their popularity. I had walked into Eastside Records (Tempe, AZ) and the owner said I "had" to hear this band that was like, "Dick Dale meets the Avengers!" At the time, I had no idea what that meant, but his enthusiasm was infectious so I spent a little of my college-student money on a slick, new MOAM? CD. Saw them in concert a couple of times and enjoyed learning about the different artists in the genre.

About a year ago, I was looking for some instrumental music to occupy my soul during a particularly dull season of work. After a few Dick Dale and MOAM? searches on YouTube, the algorithm "introduced" me to the wild world of Daikaiju. Saw them play a show in Denver last year and although I felt like one of the older fans in the crowd, I had a blast. My interest in surf music was rekindled.

Since then, I've had a good time listening to a whole host of bands I'd missed in the 90s as well as some of the more recent artists.

From this forum, I'm hoping to learn about new (to me) bands/musicians as well as any shows to attend. I do like tangibles, so if you have any CDs (or vinyl) you'd like to sell, please let me know.

For this forum, I'd be willing to help if you want to play a show in the Denver area. (I'm a complete neophyte in this realm but would be willing to help however I could.)

Also, I've been pondering starting a record label to help bands spread their music to all of their adoring fans. (More on that later though...)

Thanks for reading.

Warm regards,
Matthew

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Welcome Matthew and Michael to SG101! You'll find bands, live gig ads, and plenty of individual musicians and fans with which to share your surf dreams and musical desires. It's a great bunch of folks willing to help!

Patrick

Thanks, Patrick!
Thanks, Noel!
-Matthew

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Welcome Louie, I was a fan of Y Niwl too, caught them the one time they came through San Francisco. They had a very unique approach to surf music.

Danny Snyder

Latest project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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I'm back playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta

Greetings surf people, my name is grackle and i'm into garage, spooky surf, blues etc. Recently got back into music after a long and strange hiatus. I sang and played harp in a garage band as a teenager and later played lap steel in a folksy type band. As for guitars I got a couple of old danos and a kawai which are patiently teaching me how to play them.

thanks!