How many of you can name a Dutch rock band without googling?
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As an old prog rocker, that's an easy one, but only if I maintain Focus.
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... sounds like hocus pocus to me sylvia. Incredible band, even more so for their time. :thumbsup:
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... sounds like hocus pocus to me sylvia. Incredible band, even more so for their time. :thumbsup:
Still love their sound.
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Don't cheat. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Don't kill me for this: Caught in the act X|
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Still love their sound.
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I've not listened to them in a while, but I've now added them to my spotify playlist for today. Jan Akkerman ... the amount of time I've spent attempting to learn his guitar parts. Another sorely underrated guitarist who doesn't get the recognition deserved.
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I've not listened to them in a while, but I've now added them to my spotify playlist for today. Jan Akkerman ... the amount of time I've spent attempting to learn his guitar parts. Another sorely underrated guitarist who doesn't get the recognition deserved.
The key to learning Akkerman is having mastery of off time-signatures and being able to string three or four different time-signatures together in the space of eight bars. Oh, and being able to play behind the beat while doing so.
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Had to google that. You lose a man point. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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The key to learning Akkerman is having mastery of off time-signatures and being able to string three or four different time-signatures together in the space of eight bars. Oh, and being able to play behind the beat while doing so.
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:laugh: ... in addition to you having to ignore anything you've previously learned about music structure and tonality! I could never (and still can't) get my head around how their tunes are structured, as you said, especially their time signatures. The only way I could even attempt to muddle through the guitar parts was to learn the separate parts, and string them together as a collection of riffs. I'm listening to Moving Waves just now, shocked at how much it sounds like later period Floyd, they must have been listening to this before they made Wish You Where Here.
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:laugh: ... in addition to you having to ignore anything you've previously learned about music structure and tonality! I could never (and still can't) get my head around how their tunes are structured, as you said, especially their time signatures. The only way I could even attempt to muddle through the guitar parts was to learn the separate parts, and string them together as a collection of riffs. I'm listening to Moving Waves just now, shocked at how much it sounds like later period Floyd, they must have been listening to this before they made Wish You Where Here.
I suspect that there may have been ready access to recreational drugs at some point.
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I suspect that there may have been ready access to recreational drugs at some point.
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What! ... a band in the 70's from Amsterdam using recreation drugs :omg: ... tell me it isn't so! :-D
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:laugh: ... in addition to you having to ignore anything you've previously learned about music structure and tonality! I could never (and still can't) get my head around how their tunes are structured, as you said, especially their time signatures. The only way I could even attempt to muddle through the guitar parts was to learn the separate parts, and string them together as a collection of riffs. I'm listening to Moving Waves just now, shocked at how much it sounds like later period Floyd, they must have been listening to this before they made Wish You Where Here.
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I've not heard of Deeexpus, but will certainly give them a listen :thumbsup: Tygers Of Pan Tang ... Love Potion No 9 Raised On Rock is the 1st song that comes to mind (nice chunky rocking intro guitar riff), they're still frequently played on Planet Rock. How many Les Pauls does you friend have? ... any time I've seen any of their pics/footage, I'm always like "Whoaa, nice gibson!" :cool:
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I've not heard of Deeexpus, but will certainly give them a listen :thumbsup: Tygers Of Pan Tang ... Love Potion No 9 Raised On Rock is the 1st song that comes to mind (nice chunky rocking intro guitar riff), they're still frequently played on Planet Rock. How many Les Pauls does you friend have? ... any time I've seen any of their pics/footage, I'm always like "Whoaa, nice gibson!" :cool:
That's funny. For years, Mickey was a Superstrat/PRS guy. They got endorsed by Vigier for a while but Mickey hated the guitar they made for him so now he's rocking out on LPs. You'll be able to hear their new album which comes out this year.
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Don't cheat. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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DeeExpus: a very nice :thumbsup: ... beautiful guitar playing, a melodic style very reminiscent of Joe Satriani (... high praise intended by that statement). I like the mix of vintage synths (analogues + glissando = :cool:) and the twin/double guitar solo stuff. Moving into a very different genre, have you ever heard of a guitarist/singer/song writer called George Ross Watt (who sadly passed a few yers ago)? ... when I 1st stared out guitar playing in the late 80s/90s, hell bent on Hendrix/SRV/Rory etc this was guy to see in town. There's not alot of his stuff out there (... some old camcorder type footage in youtube, a couple of albums on Spotify). I can't send links as I'm at work just now, but if you search Spotify for "Big George and the Business" and "George Ross Watt" - if you can have a listen to a track called "The Storm" from "The Alleged Album" ... haunting guitar playing.
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Had to google that. You lose a man point. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
...just like all the band members, too :laugh:
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That's funny. For years, Mickey was a Superstrat/PRS guy. They got endorsed by Vigier for a while but Mickey hated the guitar they made for him so now he's rocking out on LPs. You'll be able to hear their new album which comes out this year.
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I'll need to look for some footage of them, when you mention them the Les Pauls where the 1st thing that popped into my head. You can't beat a good Les Paul ... I was a strat guy for years, but got a Les Paul 2 years ago, and since then I've even ventured into ES335 territory :omg: ... the strats don't venture out their cases much these days.
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I'll need to look for some footage of them, when you mention them the Les Pauls where the 1st thing that popped into my head. You can't beat a good Les Paul ... I was a strat guy for years, but got a Les Paul 2 years ago, and since then I've even ventured into ES335 territory :omg: ... the strats don't venture out their cases much these days.
See, no matter where I wander, I always end up coming back to strat styles. My favourite is my JEM-777 - large frets but boy does it sound great and I can abuse it however I like and it stays perfectly in tune.
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DeeExpus: a very nice :thumbsup: ... beautiful guitar playing, a melodic style very reminiscent of Joe Satriani (... high praise intended by that statement). I like the mix of vintage synths (analogues + glissando = :cool:) and the twin/double guitar solo stuff. Moving into a very different genre, have you ever heard of a guitarist/singer/song writer called George Ross Watt (who sadly passed a few yers ago)? ... when I 1st stared out guitar playing in the late 80s/90s, hell bent on Hendrix/SRV/Rory etc this was guy to see in town. There's not alot of his stuff out there (... some old camcorder type footage in youtube, a couple of albums on Spotify). I can't send links as I'm at work just now, but if you search Spotify for "Big George and the Business" and "George Ross Watt" - if you can have a listen to a track called "The Storm" from "The Alleged Album" ... haunting guitar playing.
I haven't heard of him. I'll give him a listen.
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DeeExpus: a very nice :thumbsup: ... beautiful guitar playing, a melodic style very reminiscent of Joe Satriani (... high praise intended by that statement). I like the mix of vintage synths (analogues + glissando = :cool:) and the twin/double guitar solo stuff. Moving into a very different genre, have you ever heard of a guitarist/singer/song writer called George Ross Watt (who sadly passed a few yers ago)? ... when I 1st stared out guitar playing in the late 80s/90s, hell bent on Hendrix/SRV/Rory etc this was guy to see in town. There's not alot of his stuff out there (... some old camcorder type footage in youtube, a couple of albums on Spotify). I can't send links as I'm at work just now, but if you search Spotify for "Big George and the Business" and "George Ross Watt" - if you can have a listen to a track called "The Storm" from "The Alleged Album" ... haunting guitar playing.
Stylistically, he reminds me of another mate of mine. The incredible Russ Tippins[^]
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...just like all the band members, too :laugh:
You can't lose what you don't have. :)
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello