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If this happened at one of my gigs I would absolutely cry...
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It isn't about what you want/like to play. It is about what the crowd wants to hear and will react to. Period.
Even this half-baked attempt at AC/DC with poorly played bass got a great reaction. My advice, learn this song well and play it.
You just need to leave your ego at the door and realize, it isn't about you.
My last band could get no gigs because the "leader/singer" never learned this lesson. Wanted to play all obscure Hard Rock songs (which are fun to play) rather than what the people wanted to hear.
So I quit per TB policy.
Even this half-baked attempt at AC/DC with poorly played bass got a great reaction. My advice, learn this song well and play it.
You just need to leave your ego at the door and realize, it isn't about you.
My last band could get no gigs because the "leader/singer" never learned this lesson. Wanted to play all obscure Hard Rock songs (which are fun to play) rather than what the people wanted to hear.
So I quit per TB policy.
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We used to play a lot of AC/DC in our cover band and, quite frankly, it was boring me to tears. Oh boy, when we played "The Jack" it was tempting to just record the bass riff on a looper and then disappear for a coffee and a sandwich. In fact, the rhythm guitar and drums could have done the same thing. But I have learned that successful entertainment is all about playing what the crowd love, with a smile on your face. No matter how much it annoys you.
Cliff Williams actually adds more fills to many of the AC/DC songs when they play them live. Nothing that says you can't tastefully do the same. I did when we played them.
Amazing how effective sliding up to the 12th fret A note and changing octaves can be.
Amazing how effective sliding up to the 12th fret A note and changing octaves can be.
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The lead guitarist in the OP's clip is Aaron Tap, a long time Boston rock guy. He's the bomb: amazing musician, songwriter and singer. He used to have a Bee Gees tribute band with his wife dedicated to the earlier, pre- disco era and the harmony vocals were unfathomably awesome. Great guy, too.
Dude, that was probably the most awesome ting I've ever seen..................
I would absolutely LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
I would absolutely LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
s0c9
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Tears of joy I would hope!
That your audience is that into doing what you are doing.. jokingly or not.. is freaking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi,
I'll tell Art you said so.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
lulz..yeah he must workout
And considering it was spontaneous, and appeared to be caught a little off guard, he nailed that solo better than most cover bands i've heard play than one.
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I'd be pissed that the bass player couldn't play that song. Even if he's never heard it before, you just listen to the chords the first time around then jump in on the second verse. But that's not really possible since every human on Earth has heard this song at least ten thousand times. No excuse for not knowing this one!
Beautifull... music is emotions, no more, no less. I remember to be playing Come Back to Me from Uriah Heep in the week that Trevor Bolder has passed away, impossible to me avoid or hide the tears. It was amazing to feel alive due are really feeling the music, any note, like feeling the taste of each single note... total connection between vibrato and heart...
That was a moment in life for me.
After a lot of people congrats me about and I felt great as human being and musician.
this is the new generation, that go to shows and sing along at high volumes for the whole gig. SHUT UP AND LISTEN !
Even at Pearl Jam they all sing along so I can't hear the band, it is really really annoying.
why pay good money and then sing loudly so you can't hear the band at all, what is the POINT?
Even at Pearl Jam they all sing along so I can't hear the band, it is really really annoying.
why pay good money and then sing loudly so you can't hear the band at all, what is the POINT?
People are alive and looking for emotions. My opinium...
While I'll agree that having a crowd sing for a whole gig is too much, I'll say that some crowd participation is an awesome feeling. You get to experience live music at an energy level that can't be easily matched. Take some Alestorm for example. Good Ole Scottish Pirate Folk metal. If you're not participating at one of their shows, you're missing out.
yes indeed, i grew up buying live albums for this same thing. Hearing the crowd sing the chorus or whatever is great. But now they sing along for the whole show.
And they watch it thru their iphone's screen ***?
And they watch it thru their iphone's screen ***?
amazing!
OP, i would trade 2 dozen of my usual lower east side NYC avant frejazzbo art-prov gigs with 4 attendees (2 of whom are usually the space owner and his/her assistant) for a spontaneous, packed, FUN chick-heavy sing-along like that, any day.
great stuff.
OP, i would trade 2 dozen of my usual lower east side NYC avant frejazzbo art-prov gigs with 4 attendees (2 of whom are usually the space owner and his/her assistant) for a spontaneous, packed, FUN chick-heavy sing-along like that, any day.
great stuff.
Here's the deal. The band except for the bass player are going to get laid. Man, I live for moments like that.
