nickguitarmeistro
Nick Bowley UK Plays: Guitar (28 years)
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Igneousiceman: Yeah thanks for listening again! Good stuff. I guess what I've tried to do with my stuff (obviously heavily influenced by JS) is create memorable and interesting melodies, rather than simply play really fast! - I know there are a lot of awesome technical players out there, but what a lot of them lack for me is feel and sense of melody (without sounding big headed!)
Yeah with the composition aspect I tend to base a track around a mode of the scale to give the piece a certain flavour, which does rely on theory, but at the same time, thinking too much about theory ruins creativity a bit, so yeah you need a balance I reckon!
It says you play guitar! what sort of stuff do you do?
Nice to hear from you!
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Sat May 31 '08 10:36:46 am
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Igneousiceman
Is Satchurated Vox JS-DS #009473 UK Plays: Guitar (18 years)
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Nick, that's very interesting what you say about the whole theory aspect.Personally, I just take tackle the guitar from a non theory point of view. Unfortunately that means getting lost now and again! I am learning a few scales though, and that does appear to have helped.
Listening to: Come On (part III) by SRV
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Sat May 31 '08 10:47:42 am
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PhilTheMetalhead
Phil Birmingham, England Plays: Guitar (24 years)
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Starting to get into a band called Edguy now-their lead singer sounds almost exactly like Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden vocalist)
Check em out here
Igneousiceman: That's what I do - I just play what I feel like, no real practice "regime", but scales will help. Pentatonics are useful, but you probably already know it.
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Sat May 31 '08 11:20:00 am
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campbell
paul campbell coatbridge, lanarkshire scotland Plays: Guitar (2018 years)
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The louder the better at gigs i say, loudest i can remember was ZZ TOP at the Milton Keynes Bowl back in 91. Was anyone there?
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Sat May 31 '08 11:41:32 am
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michelle
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I was actually gonna post that ZZ Top was one of the loudest I've been to also! LOL! August 10, 2005 - We had seats up front, and this huuuuuge speaker unit was hanging from the ceiling right above our heads that sent the bass directly into the depths of yer skull and down into yer ribcage. My husband was asking for mercy, but I was lovin' it! It was feckin' great! lol! ZZ Top is by far one of the best bands I've ever seen. Their performance was so incredibly ass kicking, and the music was killer!
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Sat May 31 '08 11:56:08 am
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campbell
paul campbell coatbridge, lanarkshire scotland Plays: Guitar (2018 years)
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MICHELLE- totally agree, one of the best i've seen, that gig at the bowl, you could hear the first support band as clear as a bell from where we parked the car about a mile away. Where did you see them in 05, if it was in the UK i wont be chuffed i missed it.
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Sat May 31 '08 12:08:25 pm
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campbell
paul campbell coatbridge, lanarkshire scotland Plays: Guitar (2018 years)
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Thats ok then. time they visited these shores again me thinks. Funny, when i saw them in MK i was staying overnight in Reading in England.
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Sat May 31 '08 12:15:56 pm
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nickguitarmeistro
Nick Bowley UK Plays: Guitar (28 years)
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Igneousiceman, SRV come on part 3 is a classic! He makes that wah pedal scream! Good choice of track.
Sorry I forgot to say that I'm finishing Fusion at the minute, redesigning the artwork etc. The whole selling my stuff on my website is pretty unsuccessful to be honest, its just great if I can get people to listen online!
The whole jamming and 'using your ears' thing is the thing to do in my eyes rather than get bogged down with theory. But yeah if you learn all the modes ie. phrygian, lydian etc, then it does help with the whole Satch thing :-)
Nick
www.nickbowley.co.uk
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Sat May 31 '08 12:47:42 pm
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Do The Stu
Austin Lewis, III Costa Mesa, CA United States Plays: Bass (25 years)
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The National Spelling Bee finals were last night. Check out this awesome clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL6R2uEMTdM
hybes - You're in Oklahoma, right? Hopefully Joe plays somewhere near you on this tour. If not, what about saving up to take a vacation to California or the New York area and catch two or three shows in a row...?
Zenfish - "If you listen to VH's music, you hear that his musical culture goes far beyond Cream.. maybe you ignore that he was pianist & drummer before playing guitar. & that his father is a jazz musician"
The problem isn't with EVH's fans thinking he's one dimensional. I mean, it's been going on DECADES now since Eddie has done some his best guitar work. If Eddie wants us to know there are other aspects to his playing, he should show us.
When was the last time he came up with a riff like Girl Gone Bad, House Of Pain, or 5150? There are almost hints of that stuff on For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and Balance, but those albums are around 15 years old.
I don't know what EVH's expectations are, but when you've only released three songs in the past 10 years it's hard for fans to think much of anything. I don't feel that he owes the fans anything, but sometimes it seems like he wants the rewards without doing all the work.
lorenzo001 - Hmmm? Click the "Joe Messages" button toward the top of this page and dig through them...Joe doesn't have all that many posts.
...Austin...
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Sat May 31 '08 1:02:50 pm
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hybes
Mark Hybers Plays: Guitar (18 years)
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Do the Stu - I would LOVE to head to New York or Cali to catch a couple shows. I have not been able to have an adventure like that in years. I hope there's enough time when the schedule is released for me to get it worked out. Has anyone heard a time frame when the US tour is getting released?
I got my new Dennon headphones yesterday. My wife told me I look like I have flying saucers on my head! I told her I was trying to be like Jeff!!! She was clueless. Poor thing just isn't a rock and roll fan.
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Sat May 31 '08 1:55:14 pm
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hybes
Mark Hybers Plays: Guitar (18 years)
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by the way, has anyone checked out Candlebox's new cd? Pretty darn good. I've never been into bands that are making political satements, but I always like their music.
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Sat May 31 '08 2:00:36 pm
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michelle
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Hey Zen, if we're going for old cheezy videos, I prefer something like this!
Steve, Billy, & Greg - just like yesterday - only the Dave's have changed to protect the innocent. ;-)
They were a crazy bunch of mothers. lol!
And since we're talking old friends... Shy Boy
And since PG is putting some stank on the fretboard, might as well pull this one up too!!
That one stands the hair up on the back of my neck ffs! lol!
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Sat May 31 '08 2:20:10 pm
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wolf2
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...hey nope! no crazy forearm developer! fouck my arm would blow that thing to pieces like 11 percent of an alternat arm curl goes to your foream actauly 11 percent goest to your shink and 23 percent goes to your foream and the rest to the bicep! .Worked out after I got done and relaxed got clean put clean clothes on I went back down and increased my brabell curl bar to 60 pounds plus the bar yeah it ,did 50 plus the bar 30 times to day like a breeze ,so we increase now for next time I had to go to town for milk and yougurt man came home had supper a yogurt the workout machine routine my bench press is getting like too the 80 pounds plus the bar it did it to day like 23 times at around 30 we increase to 90 pounds plus the bar 30 times I look killer real strong health ,fit as a fiddle healthy as a horse ,and not ed the talking horse 7 pm tonight take my medictation for my schizophrenia thats all good thats all relax for the night little tunes ! chillan like a villan ! later wolf2.
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Sat May 31 '08 3:17:19 pm
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michelle
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ha! It's okay t-bones *pat*pat*pat* lmao!!
Zen, even if I haven't heard those old DLR songs for years, they come back to me fresh like I just heard them last week. I love that stuff! lol! Those were some of the best vids on tv. I remember thinking HOW did DLR find a band as good as VH, and to some points, even better! VH started out great, but fizzled before DLR got the boot. The DLR band was killer!
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Sat May 31 '08 5:47:35 pm
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