Dr. Ellwood Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Stole this topic from Phil W on the LowDown Forum.. but it's an interesting subject! Ok I'll start it out... once had a guy come running up to the stage saying " hay man you guys are hurtin' ma womans ears, but I like ya fine" http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 67 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 LOL I thought this looks familiar but what happened to the responses? Big Red's Ride Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 Originally posted by Big Red 67: LOL I thought this looks familiar but what happened to the responses? No this is just for guitar players, I left the bass responses on the LowDown. http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geoff Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 A guy shouted up to the stage... 'Can you play "Walk Three Times on the Ceiling"?' G. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 Originally posted by Geoff Byrne: A guy shouted up to the stage... 'Can you play "Walk Three Times on the Ceiling"?' G. LOL!!!! http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 67 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Originally posted by ellwood: Originally posted by Big Red 67: LOL I thought this looks familiar but what happened to the responses? No this is just for guitar players, I left the bass responses on the LowDown. What! I am kicked outa the CLUB????? Big Red's Ride Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtail Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Duh... do you guys know "Teenage Wasteland"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Following a chat with a young guitarist in the audience during the interval; our guitarist announced: "We've had a request! So here's more mid and more treble on the guitar . . ." http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuben Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Phil W - Following a chat with a young guitarist in the audience during the interval; our guitarist announced: "We've had a request! So here's more mid and more treble on the guitar . . ." That is classic! Years ago while playing several shows on the Redneck Riviera, (Gulf Coast - mostly applied to Alabama) we must have heard FREE BIRD 20 times from the audience. Not on our play list. We did get a guy (and we let him do it) get on stage and propose to his fiance at Southport Hall in New Orleans http://www.spotcheckbilly.com http://www.littlefeat.net http://www.bonnieraitt.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbreak Music Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Covered one of those two-hands on the neck pieces by Michael Hedges, and a guy comes up and says: "I'm guessin' you don't play no bluegrass"...... Cass Anawaty, Chief Engineer Sunbreak Music, LLC High Resolution Stereo and Surround Mastering www.sunbreakmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningdan Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 People who know me, or see alot of our gigs know that I rarely play a song the same way twice. Its all by ear and feel. But I've actually had someone come up and say "Why don't you start playing with some feeling". It stung and I haven't forgotten that. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/sixtoedkitty/Miaroxsig.gif I've got my ship, and all her flags are flying. She's all the I've got left, and MUSIC is her name!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruupi Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Lightningdan, whoever said that was probably another guitar player that was jealous and just wanted to say somehting hurtfull. He most likely couldn't play with your technical ability and tried to justify in his mind that he had more feel than you do. Now its always good to hear constructive criticism and it never hurts to evaluate if you are playing expressivly. It is more than just changing the notes around, its all the inflections. But still, I would think an unsolicited audience member coming up and saying that you don't play with feeling is just sour grapes. My soundclick site: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=397188 My YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/gruupi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtail Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Originally posted by Lightningdan: People who know me, or see alot of our gigs know that I rarely play a song the same way twice. Its all by ear and feel. But I've actually had someone come up and say "Why don't you start playing with some feeling". It stung and I haven't forgotten that. Forget about it. Just know that guys like that are tucked away safely in their bedrooms while you're out there "hanging it all out". F**K EM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madgrinder7 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 +1 on the "Free Bird" requests when I lived in Pensacola... The best thing I ever heard: "When are y'all gonna take a break?...I wanna go outside and smoke". I guess he didn't want to miss anything. It's official... I'm boned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdrs Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I haven't played out much. But, I did play at a med school event, in front of the entire student body, and faculty, and families....there must have been 2 or 3 thousand in the audience. The drummer, rhythum guitarist, and bass player all had played professionally, so we were pretty decent. Between songs, we kept hearing sort of a loud "hubub", due to most of the audience members speaking excitedly to each other. I think that they couldn't believe that we could actually play!! Don "There once was a note, Pure and Easy. Playing so free, like a breath rippling by." http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=574296 http://www.myspace.com/imdrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbreak Music Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Originally posted by mdrs: I haven't played out much. But, I did play at a med school event, in front of the entire student body, and faculty, and families....there must have been 2 or 3 thousand in the audience. The drummer, rhythum guitarist, and bass player all had played professionally, so we were pretty decent. Between songs, we kept hearing sort of a loud "hubub", due to most of the audience members speaking excitedly to each other. I think that they couldn't believe that we could actually play!! My wife's in pharma, and we were at a med conference a couple of months ago and the reception band was actually physicians......and they weren't bad at all. Cass Anawaty, Chief Engineer Sunbreak Music, LLC High Resolution Stereo and Surround Mastering www.sunbreakmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotosound45 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 My band occasionally changes the lyrics of certain songs that we may be less than thrilled about playing. Example - "Keep Your Hands To Yourself" by The Georgia Satellites Original lyrics - "Don't hand me no lines, and keep your hands to yourself" Our version - "Don't hand me no sh!t, and keep your hands off my a$$" At the end of that particular song, this guy shouts out "How 'mi spose ta dance ta that when ya'll keep changin' the words around?" Before I thought, I asked back (rather loudly), "You dance to the lyrics???" The crowd laughed and applauded my response and the guy just sat down. Later he bought me a beer and we laughed about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Hmmm....lessee.... "You're a really great bass player...oh, THAT'S the bass player over there? Well, he's good, too!" "You play like a f&%king god! Gotta go - hockey game's on!" "You're good, but I'm better....well, I was better....I could'a been better....I know a guy who's better.....hic!.... "You play real good fo' a white boy!" Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 Originally posted by rotosound45: My band occasionally changes the lyrics of certain songs that we may be less than thrilled about playing. Example - "Keep Your Hands To Yourself" by The Georgia Satellites Original lyrics - "Don't hand me no lines, and keep your hands to yourself" Our version - "Don't hand me no sh!t, and keep your hands off my a$$" At the end of that particular song, this guy shouts out "How 'mi spose ta dance ta that when ya'll keep changin' the words around?" Before I thought, I asked back (rather loudly), "You dance to the lyrics???" The crowd laughed and applauded my response and the guy just sat down. Later he bought me a beer and we laughed about it. LOL ROTO!!! We do the samething! In fact one time we where doing a club gig and changed some lyrics in a Beatles song, in the audience was my high school English teacher with her sister! after the set she came up to me and said "you where discusting in school and your STILL discussting" LOL I won't say what the lyrics where but here is a live recording of it if you want to hear it yourself (listen close LOL!) http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=372411&songID=2685178 http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly Steve Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by ellwood: LOL ROTO!!! We do the samething! In fact one time we where doing a club gig and changed some lyrics in a Beatles song, in the audience was my high school English teacher with her sister! after the set she came up to me and said "you where discusting in school and your STILL discussting" English teacher, huh? http://www.kazidesign.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by Philly Steve: Originally posted by ellwood: LOL ROTO!!! We do the samething! In fact one time we where doing a club gig and changed some lyrics in a Beatles song, in the audience was my high school English teacher with her sister! after the set she came up to me and said "you where discusting in school and your STILL discussting" English teacher, huh? http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xplorer Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I'm not playing in a band, but I think I've heard someone yell "SLAYER!!" at just about every show I've seen. What a horrible night to have a curse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtail Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by Xplorer: I'm not playing in a band, but I think I've heard someone yell "SLAYER!!" at just about every show I've seen. Ellwood, do you get that at your shows? LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by Hard Tail: Originally posted by Xplorer: I'm not playing in a band, but I think I've heard someone yell "SLAYER!!" at just about every show I've seen. Ellwood, do you get that at your shows? LOL! Nope...they usually yell "Get off the friggin' stage ya old fart"!... OR make nasty finger flippin gestures at me or line up and give me a group moon job! http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtail Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by ellwood: Originally posted by Hard Tail: Originally posted by Xplorer: I'm not playing in a band, but I think I've heard someone yell "SLAYER!!" at just about every show I've seen. Ellwood, do you get that at your shows? LOL! Nope...they usually yell "Get off the friggin' stage ya old fart"!... OR make nasty finger flippin gestures at me or line up and give me a group moon job! All in an evening's work, I guess. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 WEll..it's to be expected isn't it!! after all they are all CANADIANS!! LOL JK'in http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stamplicker Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Lee.. Priceless.. and of course it had to be in the middle MagicStomp Soundbites Soundclick Rambles Haunted Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtail Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by ellwood: WEll..it's to be expected isn't it!! after all they are all CANADIANS!! LOL JK'in Yeah... they can't keep their asses in their pants. That's why the hockey players have to wear suspenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by stamplicker: Lee.. Priceless.. and of course it had to be in the middle http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by Xplorer: I'm not playing in a band, but I think I've heard someone yell "SLAYER!!" at just about every show I've seen. Probably the same guy. Try going to a different bar... Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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