Recent content by Elfsocks

I can't remember that at all, will have a listen

Yeah, I get that!

I like this; this is about 2 minutes before Yoko started wailing like a horny house cat and ruined everything.

I use a pick by default. I use fingers for playing fingerstyle stuff, obviously (some stuff I'm working on at the mo has chords and tapping whilst holding notes etc so it's easier/cleaner to thumb the E and A whilst tapping the D and G). My brother plays with fingers but he said he wants to...

This is another one, I LOVE the bass & drum intro, but don't don't think much of the song. I actually made a loop of it once so it went on for more than 11 seconds

If you ever listen to Manfred Mann, there is often a bit, just during the fade out where they go into a interesting breakdown/jam; and I'm always gutted because it sounds better than the song!

Was just reading the "songs ruined by solos" thread, and thought I'd turn it on its head with parts you love in songs you otherwise don't. I am sure I have a few. Off the top of my head, I've never really liked Badge by Cream, but when that arpeggiated guitar kicks in on the middle 8, i...

You guys are forensic! CSI: Miami eat your heart out! Love it!

I have just got a student who is quite an interesting case. Comes from a very musical family (dad is a producer and the CEO of a massive label and ridiculously good bass player, uncle is noted jazz player, brother is an awesome drummer). She is a classically trained pianist, flautist and...

This is what I was thinking but probably cos I misread the post!! Still, it entertained me for 23 seconds during my sister's birthday barbecue (bit more of a sausage fest than I was hoping for when she asked if I could host it at my house).

Haha yeah, sorry, I wasn't thinking about the open A, I was talking about a little two not chord transition! It does work, but probably not what you were thinking

Haha no, that's cool, I didn't take it that way. I think what makes it complicated is that there are so many terms, for what in practical purposes, amounts to basically the same thing, that if someone like the OP is trying to figure stuff out, it can end up being more confusing!

I have recently had a thing for Beck, Bogert and Appice. Definitely veering towards Cream (for instance the track "Lady") but a slightly less "raw" sound.

I stopped getting the trembly leg thing years ago, and I can genuinely say I miss it. I think i was desensitised through loads of gigs, but it's something I distinctly, and fondly, remember from my early gigs as a teenager. I get more nervous recording, weirdly. I loved doing gigs but hated...

I tend to pick up my acoustic and fiddle a dozen times a day; I suppose it's kind of a habit, I pick it up as soon as I walk though the door, or boil the kettle, or wait for a phone call. I don't really think of it as practicing, but it's probably keeping the rust of (I suppose like turning over...