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Footloose is a monster!!!

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I’ve been playing this song with my band for about a year now. There’s a couple of nuances that I still need to do better to make me feel that I’ve nailed it 100%, but we rock it pretty well. It’s always a crowd pleaser.
When we were learning it, the singer in the band would consistently forget to come in in parts of the chorus because he was too busy looking at my fingers.
Really fun to play. Ladies on the dance floor love it.
 
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So, I was in a cover band for 17 years! What I found was, some things needs to be note for note and others...not so much. I mean sometimes we spend entirely too much time trying to nail the line, when your own creative take will be just as good, if not better. I have come to the conclusion, borrow or take what you like and then be you the rest of the way. My current band, which is a Soul, Funk, Bluesy outfit does some covers, but mostly originals, have come to the proximity idea. Get close, be creative and have fun. Oh and always, serve the song!
 
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Hi!

mpm32 said:
It was a biotch to learn for sure and I don't note for note it, I tried to get it close. It sure does go over well. When learning it I thought, like others "Who knew Footloose was so hard!"

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That's rockin'! Nice job! I'm going to steal a couple of your licks in order to get a little closer to the original, they're nice licks that you've already stolen so I hope you don't mind. ;)


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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Altitude said:
It's not bad as long as you play it in an open string key. The fast octaves in the chorus are a bitch if you have to fret all of them.
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Not to be argumentative, but I never play open strings unless its to get a sustain from the string while I play something else on frets.
Its like turning control over to the bass.
I like to be in charge of every note I play.

One exception was when my band played "Fast As You".
In that hang in the middle, I would play an A7 above the 12th fret, on my A,Dand G,while holding that, I would hit my bass to make the E ring, and then cross over and do a hammer walk up from the open E with my right hand.
Sounded great and looked amazing.
Like three basses at once.
 
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I met a guy named Vernon Porter in Austin back in the late 80s. He was a monster player, and thought he was even better than that! He was in town playing bass for a great local band called Extreme Heat, but had played for Loggins in the past.

Apparently Loggins runs a very tight musical ship. According to the stories.
 
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THUNDERGODX said:
Not to be argumentative, but I never play open strings unless its to get a sustain from the string while I play something else on frets.
Its like turning control over to the bass.
I like to be in charge of every note I play.

One exception was when my band played "Fast As You".
In that hang in the middle, I would play an A7 above the 12th fret, on my A,Dand G, hit my bass to make the E ring, and then cross over and do a hammer walk up from the open E with my right hand.
Sounded great and looked amazing.
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Hey, whatever works.
 
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