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surf music creates mind pictures using sound...
mystery, exotic, adventure...
a great surf tune should take the listener away and
transport them to another time, space, or place...
that is the power of surf...
dp
--- James Roebuck <> wrote:
> yeah, these are excellent tips, byzantine scale, a lot of
> minor chords
> instead of sevenths (although that is by no means a hard
> and fast rule)
> and these have helped me get started
>
> but isn't writing good surf tunes a bit more than this?
>
> from the ventures to the shadows to los straitjackets to
> the ghastly ones
> there is such a wide variety of tunes, modes, scales, and
> feelings....
> so what does unite it all into a 'genre' that is
> recognizable enough for
> people to say "hey, that's a surf tune"?
>
> does it have to be instro? does it have to follow the 12
> bar structure?
> does it have to be played on a fender guitar through a
> fender amp? does the
> drum beat have to be XOOXO??
> yeah, maybe, sometimes... but not always
>
> I dunno maybe writing surf tunes is more of a mind set,
> an effort to create
> a landscape or an image of some sort
> like the feeling you had when you first got wiped out by
> a killer wave and
> ate a bunch of sand
> or that time you took a train through the greek islands
> and met a bunch of
> cool people and stayed up all night dancing and drinking
> or the time you got your first car and drove around the
> mountains really fast
>
> or perhaps, the real key to a good surf tune is that you
> can tell it's good
> because all the women hearing it
> get wet panties. uh, sorry I guess that's a different
> type of 'wave'
>
> seriously though, I guess what has helped me (I'm not
> saying I'm any great
> surf songwriter or anything)
> is just listening to as much surf as often as possible
> and learning to play
> all the songs by heart
> I think eventually it starts to seep from your pours and
> you can't help but
> do it naturally...
>
> just my 2 cents,
> james
>
>
>
>
>
> At 07:06 PM 3/5/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >aka byzantine scale...or spanish 8-note scale...
> >
> >dp
> >--- urbansurfkings <> wrote:
> > > --- In , "punktackle"
> > > <mad_dog_33@h...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > OK, so I'm a rockabily and psychobilly guitarist
> (as
> > > well as
> > > upright
> > > > bassist), but I've been into surf for a while. The
> > > problem is,
> > > while
> > > > I can play surf music fine, for some reason it's
> really
> > > hard for me
> > > > to WRITE surf music. I was wondering if anyone knew
> of
> > > any websites
> > > > with surf licks or tips or theory or anything like
> > > that. Especially
> > > > if there's a surf scale (like the blues scale,
> y'know,
> > > 023 012 012
> > > > etc. etc.).
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Misirlou Scale:
> > >
> > > E string: 0 1 4 5 7 8 10/11 12
> > >
> > > Mike/USK
> > >
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Danelectro...and their clones...
dp
--- MalcolmO <> wrote:
> > does it have to be played on a fender guitar through a
> fender amp?
>
> ABSOLUTELY! Well, maybe there are a couple niche
> guitars. Folks were in for
> Dan Electro effects; are they in for Dan Electro guitars?
>
> > because all the women hearing it
> > get wet panties.
>
> No, that's the reason to play ANY music. :)
>
> > just listening to as much surf as often as possible and
> learning to play
> > all the songs by heart
> > I think eventually it starts to seep from your pours
> and you can't help but
> > do it naturally...
>
> Bingo! Let the congregation say amen.
> --
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Malcolm,
it's not a disease, it's God's gift to mankind.
having a right hand AND a wife is as close as i can get to bigamy
without moving to Utah. Now let's talk surf again!
wannes "there's a little beavis and butthead in everyone of us"
--- In , MalcolmO <MalcolmO@c...> wrote:
> > what's up with all that male chauvinist macho rock attitude? No
lady
> > surfers on the list to get offended by this sort of talk?
>
> Haven't seen any. Even if they were here, I sort of have the feeling
that
> they'd _expect_ MCMR attitude and we wouldn't want to disappoint. :)
>
> > For me getting a woodie myself is reason enough to play a surf
tune.
> > But then again, I'm a big fan of the DIY-ethics.
>
> Just _everything_ tells me to leave that line alone. :)
>
> > I'm
> > getting marrried in 6 weeks
>
> Congratulations! Maybe it'll get you out of the DIY thing. DOH! I
_knew_ I
> should've left that line alone! :D
> --
> Malcolm <<-- not a signature
> "They should know they're the Grateful Dead now." -- Phil
> "It's never too late to be up-to-date" -- Dan Hicks
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