Hi,
I was wondering about those TGP members who play solo.
It could be solo instrumentals, or playing and singing.
First of all, I'll start with what got me into it? I guess it was through learning solo pieces on guitar, mainly via Fingerstyle Guitar and other tabs. It was liberating, and really cool, to play self-contained pieces instead of what I'd been mostly playing, which was just parts.
On a more negative aspect, bands can be tough to keep together, which can be disheartening. People have personality conflicts, they move away, they're too busy. It's the same thing for me, too, but the basic thing is I like the idea of not having to depend on anybody to play music.
There's even more reasons why- one being the amount of open mic scenes going on in all the coffeeshops here in Victoria, BC Canada, and even just being able to serenade my girlfriend without playing a guitar part that sounds lacking by itself. And, you can play with other musicians without having to try and keep a full band together; for instance, you can just play with a bass player or something.
And to add to that, solo guitar playing got me into different avenues of guitar, to make it sound fuller or different- playing fingerstyle as opposed to with a pick, baritone guitar or tunings, altered tunings, playing through bass amps, looping, more of a focus on songwriting and certainly a different way of arranging music.
There's also a lot of cool players out there too. Bruce Cockburn and Joni Mitchell have been two fellow Canadians who can do so much with guitar and voice. Then you have instrumentalists like Don Ross, Andy McKee, and so many others, and Michael Hedges who was the starting point for a lot of cool things...
Thoughts?
I was wondering about those TGP members who play solo.
It could be solo instrumentals, or playing and singing.
First of all, I'll start with what got me into it? I guess it was through learning solo pieces on guitar, mainly via Fingerstyle Guitar and other tabs. It was liberating, and really cool, to play self-contained pieces instead of what I'd been mostly playing, which was just parts.
On a more negative aspect, bands can be tough to keep together, which can be disheartening. People have personality conflicts, they move away, they're too busy. It's the same thing for me, too, but the basic thing is I like the idea of not having to depend on anybody to play music.
There's even more reasons why- one being the amount of open mic scenes going on in all the coffeeshops here in Victoria, BC Canada, and even just being able to serenade my girlfriend without playing a guitar part that sounds lacking by itself. And, you can play with other musicians without having to try and keep a full band together; for instance, you can just play with a bass player or something.
And to add to that, solo guitar playing got me into different avenues of guitar, to make it sound fuller or different- playing fingerstyle as opposed to with a pick, baritone guitar or tunings, altered tunings, playing through bass amps, looping, more of a focus on songwriting and certainly a different way of arranging music.
There's also a lot of cool players out there too. Bruce Cockburn and Joni Mitchell have been two fellow Canadians who can do so much with guitar and voice. Then you have instrumentalists like Don Ross, Andy McKee, and so many others, and Michael Hedges who was the starting point for a lot of cool things...
Thoughts?
