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[RadicalDreamer]

There are a lot of musicians here. I figured this would make a great topic. I'm not very knowledgeable in this area of interest but I hope I'll learn something.

Do you guys have favorite scales? Do you have favorite chord progressions to produce certain emotions?

Favorite Genres? What is it about the composition of the music you enjoy?

Equipment? I have a Stratocaster and I use my computer as an amp

VSTi plugins rock
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[YofterMofter]

Great topic indeed!

Favorite scales: major, dorian (it's so celtic! )
Favorite chords: sus2, sus4
I don't have favorite progressions, but I tend to like songs that sustain the subdominant (IV), and I dig modulations.
Too much minor makes me want to puke; overusing minor chords and scales is a cheap and repulsive way to get an emotional effect.

Favorite genre: anything that moves me, be it country, bluegrass, folk, jazz, blues, baroque, rock, pop, reggae... I'm listening to Robert Cray right now.

Main guitar is a Squier Standard Fat Tele (her name is Cassie), main amp is a Roland Cube 30 (it really does anything I want), and I have a single ended tube amp that was originally a VIDEOTON tube radio, (but I modded the heck out of it and put it in an cab with an 8'' speaker - basically something like a Champ - with a VOX tone stack! )

VSTi plug-ins: AmpliTube was o.k., but Guitar Rig 2 is awesome!

(Some blues I played.)
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[Kyle]

It all depends what you wanna turn into.

Just always imagine something cooler than you can actually play.
That way, you'll always be getting better and closer to your own idea of what sounds cool.
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[IanMalcolm]

I play a Taylor 6-string. Had her for about 5 years...she's my baby.
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[ericj]

Favorite Chord: maj7 almost every time. Talk about calming and resolved... I love it. But a dom7 gives plenty of tension when necessary too.

Favorite Scale: Hmm, lately I've really hooked on the harmonic minor because it's just so middle-eastern sounding! Also, though it's so overused, it's hard to beat a good ol' pentatonic over nearly anything. Use the major pentatonic for happy feel-good songs, or kick into the minor pentatonic for some killer rock or blues. The copious use of minor pentatonic used on Pearl Jam's "Ten" album and the blues scale on old Delta Blues tracks were the single most motivating factors for wanting to learn guitar at such an early age.

For me, playing alone and playing with other musicians give a totally different vibe. I prefer playing with other musicians because then it becomes a conversation of musicality. Playing alone is great too, but is more like a monologue. The dynamics between musicians that are really tight is just amazing though--such a rush to experience it. Even amazing to observe it! (Listen to Coltrane or Davis recordings to get a huge dose of this dynamic).

Good thread!
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[YofterMofter]

I don't use picks.
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[RadicalDreamer]

[Kyle]

[YofterMofter]

[Conn_Man]

[Internal_Asylum]

I have about 7 songs of miles.

Blue in Green is just....... ( Coltrane is on that to If i'm not mistaking)

All Blues is pretty nice.

That man was just genius.

Anyone like Thelonious Monk?
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[Kyle]

Excellent idea, YofterMofter!
Nice quiet background....
I really your turnaround at 41-43 seconds.

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My mic in front of my amp wasn't on for some reason,
so the room mic is what picked it up.

This is the
~ Fender Toronado
~ Peavey Bandit 112

http://typeme.net/images/similarminds_bandit112_room-mic.mp3

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Conn_man,
I used to play trumpet/cornet, but never tried french horn.
Which is easier for you, french horn, or trumpet?
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[Conn_Man]

[Uchtungbaby]

Funny you should ask these things.

I have a dream of creating music using everyday objects to mimic the sounds of professional instruments. For example, I can create a rubber band harp by stretching some rubber over half a tin can. The sound is actually quite good and is somewhere between a zylophone and a stringed instrument.

My voice always is just off key, so the rubberbands will work nicely.

There are other instruments and sounds which make up my day that I would like to include in the piece as well. Birds that sound make a saw sound, and other thumps and bumps.

The song I'd like to sing to it all is 'Goodbye Girl' by the UK Squeeze.

One day I will do it. I will collect all the sounds and mix them together quite literally in a rubber band, and then add my voice.

I think Goodbye Girl is one of the few songs that work beautifully with a voice that is totally off scale.
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