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07-15-2006, 10:17 PM
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^ Tell them they can go **** themselves.  |
07-15-2006, 10:25 PM
| | | | Our guitarist said,
"You want to annoy your guitarist.... then make him listen to you trying to slap and tap and whatever else at the expense of playing something interesting and complimentary to the song. Either that or talk about how much "groove" you have all day and all night."
There you guys go.. straight from the horses mouth. lol |
07-15-2006, 10:29 PM
| | | | He also just added:
"why are you wasting time thinking of these things? don't you guys have to practice your grooves or something?"
Reminder: Don't shoot the messenger. |
07-15-2006, 11:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Midwest | | | In my band, I AM the guitarist, but I like to throw giant curveballs at my band, especially my drummer, because he's far more talented than he thinks he is.
I love to occasionally call out a tune that we've never rehearsed (depending on how with us the crowd is) and just launch into it. I don't do it often, because the crowd either has to be completely with us, or completely against us to the point where it doesn't matter if we screw the song up. But the drummer is pretty solid, regardless.
I also like to throw in random vamps and stops... just to see if he'll follow me. He does.
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07-15-2006, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Woodchuck Nah, you don't wanna do that. If she's the guitarist's girl, chances are, she's been around the block a few times.  | Yuk... you paint a very clear picture.. ouch..where's that soap?  |
07-16-2006, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Dkerwood In my band, I AM the guitarist, but I like to throw giant curveballs at my band, especially my drummer, because he's far more talented than he thinks he is.
I love to occasionally call out a tune that we've never rehearsed (depending on how with us the crowd is) and just launch into it. I don't do it often, because the crowd either has to be completely with us, or completely against us to the point where it doesn't matter if we screw the song up. But the drummer is pretty solid, regardless.
I also like to throw in random vamps and stops... just to see if he'll follow me. He does. | Good boy! That's a good drummer...   Sit...Stay...Vamp...
I hope you gave him a treat afterwards! |
07-16-2006, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Woodchuck Wow, some of us need senses of humor.  | Well since you seem to have more than one you should lend the others out.
"Wow, some of us need a sense of humor."
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07-16-2006, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by haujobb Well since you seem to have more than one you should lend the others out.
"Wow, some of us need a sense of humor." |
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07-21-2006, 03:04 AM
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07-21-2006, 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Bassic83 Good boy! That's a good drummer... Sit...Stay...Vamp...
I hope you gave him a treat afterwards! | lol... Will have to try that too |
07-21-2006, 09:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Brighouse | | | The easiest way to annoy my bands guitarist is easy because he always looks away from his amp so whilst he is playing I just walk past his amp and 'accidentily' knock the volume down. He then thinks it is his guitar messing up and can't figure out why it went off. OH THE JOYS OF HAVING A GUITARIS LIKE THAT
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07-23-2006, 06:58 PM
| | | | Or to piss off an ensemble of guitarist and conductor.... I at the time was playing guitar at uni before I switched to bass. I and two others were playing the guitar 1 parts. The ensemble was sounding **** all through the rehearsal but after an hour we started to get it right. The conductor was starting smile so I thought I better do something about it. I told my mate on my left to play up a semitone and I played down a semitone. I didin't bother telling the girl on my right. Geez the cacophony.... absolute caos... |
07-23-2006, 07:05 PM
| | | | oh, and please do try this.... it really works.
When the guitarist is tuning, hum the note they are playing but up or down a few cents. they'll be livid at not being able to get the damn thing in tune. I did this to a saxophone section too and they couldn't work out why they couldn't play one long note in tune. They started to accuse each other of being out of tune while me and the piano player quietly cried laughing whilst trying to hold it together... tears were pouring from my eyes and my jaw was in agony from the clenching.
So next time your in rehearsal with the guitarist do what I said. You don't have to hum loud at all. the sound waves coming from you will mess with the waves coming from the guitarists amp and the clash will cause the beating of harmonics. You'll see.
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