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Wants to play The Ventures but live in N.E. PA.
By: Noel Date: February 7, 2012, 7:33 am
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I live in North East Pennsylvania, between Rts. 80 and 78. I'm
starting to get the hang of playing guitar, but I make up for
inexperience with age and determination. I need people to play
Ventures music with if I'm ever going to get better. I'm willing
to travel a couple hours or so to have an opportunity to play
with and learn from better musicians.
My immediate goal is to be get good enough to play something at
the October Jams.
I can also host on Saturdays and Sundays with some advance
warning. I have extra gear, including a bass and amp, and my
son's drum kit, plus a room to play in. Plenty of off-street
parking too.
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Re: Wants to play The Ventures but live in N.E. PA.
By: wstagner Date: February 7, 2012, 8:55 am
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What other musicians would you like to play with? Does your son
play drums?
Which songs are you wanting to learn the most?
Have you ever played around with Ventures midi files? These are
great because with a midi player you're able to turn on/off any
track(s) such as lead, keyboard, drums, bass, etc.
Our band uses midi files when our drummer is MIA (most of the
time).
#Post#: 556--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wants to play The Ventures but live in N.E. PA.
By: Noel Date: February 7, 2012, 2:58 pm
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My son wanted to be a drummer, but without the years of hard
work necessary. So the kit sits. In this he is like me when I
quit guitar around 1965. He will occasionally play Wipeout with
me, but hasn't gotten past the intro and first drum solo.
I'm learning to play guitar now as I learn to play Pipeline,
Telstar, Walk, Don't Run, Perfidia, Wipeout, Rumble (Link Wray),
Peter Gunn (Duane Eddy), Miserlou (Dick Dale) and so on. I'm
having trouble getting up to 155 bpm, which is a typical
Ventures speed. I have a Ventures tune book with CD that I use.
The biggest trouble I have, apart from playing at full speed, is
the solos in Peter Gunn, Rumble and Miserlou. It's like the bass
solo in Wipeout. I don't know how to free play scale-based
solos. It's not a large part of covering Ventures tunes, so I
haven't focused on it yet.
I also have friends who play bluegrass. Yowee! My how their
fingers fly. I'd love tolearn how to play walking chord solos
like Maybelle Carter. Who wouldn't?
#Post#: 559--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wants to play The Ventures but live in N.E. PA.
By: wstagner Date: February 7, 2012, 3:06 pm
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So, have you tried downloading/playing along with some Ventures
midi files?
You can control the BPM in addition to turning tracks on/off.
#Post#: 560--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wants to play The Ventures but live in N.E. PA.
By: Noel Date: February 7, 2012, 3:30 pm
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Never used a MIDI file. Don't really have a place to use my
computer where I practice. I guess I should change my practice
area to allow that. It sounds like a great idea.
Also here's two other things I'd like to learn when I learn to
sing and play at the same time.
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEzSuFShgYc&feature=related
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEzSuFShgYc&feature=related<br
/>Elvis. "Tryin' to Get Back to You." Be nice if I could sing li
ke
him too.
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WpRnjxuBys&feature=related
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WpRnjxuBys&feature=related
Roy
Orbison. Go, Go, Go. Move on Down the Line. This kills me every
time.
#Post#: 561--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wants to play The Ventures but live in N.E. PA.
By: wstagner Date: February 7, 2012, 3:40 pm
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Yes, get setup to play midi files.
follow this link: wstagner.com/band/midi/vkaraoke.exe
HTML http://wstagner.com/band/midi/vkaraoke.exe
to download the file, then installit on yer pooter.
When you've done that, let me know and I'll send you a cupla
midi files.
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Re: Wants to play The Ventures but live in N.E. PA.
By: Noel Date: February 10, 2012, 1:01 pm
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Done! Thanks for reminding me.
#Post#: 591--------------------------------------------------
Re: Wants to play The Ventures but live in N.E. PA.
By: wstagner Date: February 10, 2012, 1:44 pm
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Here's a bunch of LIVE midi files to get you started:
HTML http://wstagner.com/band/vlivemidi/
HTML http://wstagner.com/band/vlivemidi/
They are midis of the live65 version of these tunes. Nice thing
aboot the midis is you can turn off any track including a plaws!
Happy practicing.
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