Officially going into day two I find myself reminded of a few things  while, having my morning coffee. Having been in or around the music industry for what I personally consider, way to long. I always found myself worried about playing everything just right and not missing a note. Well, I am here to officially say... "Screw every little note. Forget rests, maybe I always personally thought there should be a bridge there. As a matter of fact... FORGET MUSIC. FORGET KEYS, AND TEMPOS. I want to make my own rhythm, I wanna switch the whole thing up. I wanna be.... well FREE"

I am glad I'm not sitting in front of sheet music. I have to admit, even coming into this yesterday I was thinking about transposing everything piece by piece. And the truth is maybe I will look into a few things I can't figure out. But, the beautiful thing is, I don't have to. With my new cbg I don't have to do anything I don't want to. It doesn't have to be perfect. No one will make me clap out beats if I play something and hold a note a bit longer than it should have been.

Oh and I bought a table top amp from eBay. I jammed on it all night. Now, my boys think I'm nuts but, I quickly realized that being the mom with facial piercings and dreads kinda already made me the Crazy Mom. Not to mention the Banana Farm I live on. So, In all actuality I'm just holding up appearances. *big grins*

So yesterday on my first day I learned a cool little bluesy bridge and part of Bad To The Bone, Thanks to LJ. And who knows what I might learn today. Lots of people here have been welcoming and given me tips and links to places to learn stuff so, I'll go through those today. I feel really lucky to have found a support system to help me along this new and cool path.

Oh and my question for today. Can one hook up a mic to one of these portable table top amps? Or does a vocal amp have to be cleaner? Oh heck, does cleaner even matter?

Peace, love and Really Cool Noise, Earth

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Comment by EarthLvr71 on May 2, 2014 at 8:15am

Yeah, from the back of a cruiser. lol.

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on May 2, 2014 at 6:39am
Eat a banana. Plug in the mic. Then eat the mic. Plug in the banana. Scream like a banshee, moan like the wind. Howl like a wolf, cackle like a witch. Then do it backwards.

Once you have completed these meaningless tasks, sit down and start playing whatever comes into yer head. Then howl some more. Eventually, someone may come to see about you, and be transfixed with awe and wonder.

Then do it again, for good measure.

Having fun yet? >:- E
Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on May 2, 2014 at 5:23am

Plug the mic in and scream.  Blame it on the bananas.

Comment by Clock The Wolf on May 2, 2014 at 1:08am

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