Comments on: My first real six string http://www.vipnyc.org/2007/11/05/my-first-real-six-string/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:09:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rockthing http://www.vipnyc.org/2007/11/05/my-first-real-six-string/comment-page-1/#comment-3791 rockthing Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:54:04 +0000 http://www.vipnyc.org/2007/11/05/my-first-real-six-string/#comment-3791 Thanks for the background. I haven't listened to it in ages, I should give it some laser time and come back to you with my outsider opinions. I remember liking it enough to hang on to it when it appeared in my collection. It probably has some quality that makes it less popular among DM fans, but more listenable to someone like me. :-) Keep working on the CCR, it's good basics and not too far from the folkier stuff you're going for. I'll actually bookmark the trackback so I can come back to this entry within two weeks. :-) Thanks for the background. I haven’t listened to it in ages, I should give it some laser time and come back to you with my outsider opinions. I remember liking it enough to hang on to it when it appeared in my collection. It probably has some quality that makes it less popular among DM fans, but more listenable to someone like me. :-) Keep working on the CCR, it’s good basics and not too far from the folkier stuff you’re going for. I’ll actually bookmark the trackback so I can come back to this entry within two weeks. :-)

]]> By: vipnyc http://www.vipnyc.org/2007/11/05/my-first-real-six-string/comment-page-1/#comment-3720 vipnyc Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:00:21 +0000 http://www.vipnyc.org/2007/11/05/my-first-real-six-string/#comment-3720 Ah yes, <a href="http://remasters.depechemode.com/09_ultra.html" rel="nofollow"><em>Ultra</em></a>: DM's post-<a href="http://www.myspace.com/recoil" rel="nofollow">Alan Wilder</a> album. Some insight, via <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/51862/depeche-mode-ultra/" rel="nofollow">PopMatters</a>: <blockquote>Wilder had played an increasingly broad role in the arrangement and production of Depeche Mode’s music. It would be safe to say that most of the sounds on <em>Violator</em> and <em>Songs of Faith and Devotion</em> were Wilder creations. Famously, he transformed “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd7y6A-5uTY" rel="nofollow"><em>Enjoy the Silence</em></a>” from a dirge-like demo to an exquisite house track.</blockquote> All excellent suggestions... right now "Blowin' in the Wind" may be more my speed (literally), but eventually, with practice, I hope to work my way up to CCR. Ah yes, Ultra: DM’s post-Alan Wilder album. Some insight, via PopMatters:

Wilder had played an increasingly broad role in the arrangement and production of Depeche Mode’s music. It would be safe to say that most of the sounds on Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion were Wilder creations. Famously, he transformed “Enjoy the Silence” from a dirge-like demo to an exquisite house track.

All excellent suggestions… right now “Blowin’ in the Wind” may be more my speed (literally), but eventually, with practice, I hope to work my way up to CCR.

]]> By: rockthing http://www.vipnyc.org/2007/11/05/my-first-real-six-string/comment-page-1/#comment-3717 rockthing Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:55:27 +0000 http://www.vipnyc.org/2007/11/05/my-first-real-six-string/#comment-3717 Haha, don't forget the guitar! :) I'll bring some popcorn too, just in case :o Well, then I've heard Technique for sure. I was going to say that I actually have a copy of Violator now, but I was wrong, it's Ultra. Shows you how much I know. CMU pre-college... A summer of exploration... indeed. A good band to listen to, if you wanna pick up some tunes to play, is CCR (Credence Clearwater Revival). That group taught me a lot of basic lessons about playing guitar. They have a number of songs that are actually the same chords, but the rhythm or feeling of the song is different. Down on the Corner may even be in your book. Bad Moon Rising is another good one to get started on. They're a bit up-temp, though, so it may be a good challenge to improve your chord changing speed. :) Dylan's Blowin' In The Wind is another nice one, a lot like Leavin' On A Jet Plane, actually. If you can play that by now you'll be pleasantly surprised at how easy Blowin' In The Wind is. Haha, don’t forget the guitar! :)
I’ll bring some popcorn too, just in case :o

Well, then I’ve heard Technique for sure.
I was going to say that I actually have a copy of Violator now, but I was wrong, it’s Ultra. Shows you how much I know.

CMU pre-college… A summer of exploration… indeed.

A good band to listen to, if you wanna pick up some tunes to play, is CCR (Credence Clearwater Revival). That group taught me a lot of basic lessons about playing guitar. They have a number of songs that are actually the same chords, but the rhythm or feeling of the song is different.

Down on the Corner may even be in your book.
Bad Moon Rising is another good one to get started on.
They’re a bit up-temp, though, so it may be a good challenge to improve your chord changing speed. :)

Dylan’s Blowin’ In The Wind is another nice one, a lot like Leavin’ On A Jet Plane, actually. If you can play that by now you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how easy Blowin’ In The Wind is.

]]> By: vipnyc http://www.vipnyc.org/2007/11/05/my-first-real-six-string/comment-page-1/#comment-3703 vipnyc Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:30:44 +0000 http://www.vipnyc.org/2007/11/05/my-first-real-six-string/#comment-3703 <em>Technique</em> was one of the handful of CDs I brought with me to <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/" rel="nofollow">CMU that summer</a>. That and Depeche Mode's <em><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/125227/violator" rel="nofollow">Violator</a></em> were on constant boombox rotation. Jam session... some day. I'll bring the wine. :) Technique was one of the handful of CDs I brought with me to CMU that summer. That and Depeche Mode’s Violator were on constant boombox rotation.

Jam session… some day. I’ll bring the wine. :)

]]> By: rockthing http://www.vipnyc.org/2007/11/05/my-first-real-six-string/comment-page-1/#comment-3699 rockthing Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:16:03 +0000 http://www.vipnyc.org/2007/11/05/my-first-real-six-string/#comment-3699 Wow, looks good. I can't believe New Order would have ripped off John Denver! Now they can't re-release the song without editing it!? That's terrible. Maybe the reason that was their last great album was due to the trauma induced by the litigation.... I doubt there's much cross-over potential between John Denver fans and New Order fans anyway. I can't think of what guitar break that is, though. I learned the song from listening to the Peter, Paul and Mary version. I've played that song many times. It's nice, but I don't remember a guitar break. I play it, probably the way you play it from the fake book, in the most basic arrangement possible... I can't remember the last time I played it all the way through. I always forget the words. Here's what I'm playing these days, http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=39984&d=1198585200 http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=39986&d=1198585411 Looking forward to our first jam session :-) Wow, looks good.

I can’t believe New Order would have ripped off John Denver!
Now they can’t re-release the song without editing it!?
That’s terrible.
Maybe the reason that was their last great album was due to the trauma induced by the litigation….
I doubt there’s much cross-over potential between John Denver fans and New Order fans anyway.
I can’t think of what guitar break that is, though.
I learned the song from listening to the Peter, Paul and Mary version.
I’ve played that song many times. It’s nice, but I don’t remember a guitar break. I play it, probably the way you play it from the fake book, in the most basic arrangement possible… I can’t remember the last time I played it all the way through. I always forget the words.

Here’s what I’m playing these days,

http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=39984&d=1198585200

http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=39986&d=1198585411

Looking forward to our first jam session :-)

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