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If you watched the CMA last night did you catch George Strait's performance? he choked up on a phrase and it looked like he hacked up a lunger & spit it on the stage. Happened very quick. Bet he wishes he could redue that one.



Here in WV, we call that "hockin' a lugie". Oddly enough, I've never watched a CMA program in my life, even tho I'm a fan of a lot of the old and some of the new country music. No particular reason, other than I never notice it's on.

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I bet you're not piece mealing a measure at a time either.



I definitely might do one solo, (32 measures), at a time. Playing 128 measures, plus an intro and ending, of that stuff is way out of my reach at this point in my life. The wrist of my right hand couldn't handle it. That wouldn't have been acceptable to me before, but it would now.

Now if I was playing a "standard" song, and not some ridiculously difficult 128 bar solo, then a "one take" track isn't out of the question.

The tools available today could be "abused" by someone without any real talent, but they can also be "used" by real musicians.

We don't need to make recording a song any harder than it already is, especially if you're playing all the instruments and singing all the vocals and writing the songs, which is what I usually do. But I can't play drums, although I might take a crack at one of those "cajon's" Scott talked about. Look's like fun.

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And you don't have to be playing and singing all of the parts to justify using the tools now available. It's just a recording, .... or a "painting", if you will. The tools were made to be used, and or abused. Let's lighten up and contribute whatever each of us have to contribute. Then people can listen to it, or as Charlie mentioned,
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99% of what we record (may be more than that) is going to be listened to very, very, very infrequently.

so THEY will probably NOT listen to it. (Wow! That part sucks, ........ all that work and nobody wants to hear it ??? ................ Yep).

Unless we look like Taylor Swift, most people don't want to hear us sing or play. We do it for ourselves and other musicians. (I kinda hated to post that last part, but it's true, whether we want to admit it or not.) That's why I've always said that I write and play for myself. If anyone wants to listen, they can. If not, that's okay too. That's why I rarely do covers. My music, or no music. No requests. LOL.

Obviously, this isn't a good approach for a "working" musician. So you have to choose between playing stuff you don't like, and playing what you want to play.

Last edited by bobcflatpicker; 11/11/10 06:40 PM.