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Recently, I was catching up on some rolling stone issues I hadn't read. I was reading an article on the band Phish. In the article it described how Phish, infamous for their jams and improvisational playing, practiced for them. In rehearsal, they would in some cases play blind folded, or switch the drum kit from a right handed setup to a left handed, play different instruments, etc... All for the sake of tuning their ears for what each other were playing and to keep themselves from getting stuck in any style or sound. They brought back to life, what originally started as an exercise used on stage by some early great Jazz players called "Don't drop the ball".
So we tried this out ‘virtually’, here at Guitars101 and it went over really well. See http://www.guitars101.com/vb/showthread.php?t=31068 . I’d like to try and coordinate another.
The idea behind this is to get a few volunteers up front in the following categories… Drums, Rhythm Gtr 1., Bass, Rhythm Gtr 2., Lead Guitar, Lyrics/Vocals. First person supply the Drum track, then pass it to the 2nd person for Rhythm Gtr 1. and so on and so forth…
1. Drums
2. Rhythm Gtr 1.
3. Bass
4. Rhythm Gtr 2.
5. Lead Gtr
6. Keyboard
7. Lyrics/Vocals
Lead sheets, tab, etc… should not be expected. This is all by ear and interpretation. One big canvas, being moved over to the next artist to lend their creativity and style. There are a lot of different styles from one participant to another. You may be looking at a piece that is not necessarily your genre of choice… This could be a very cool and interesting thing to some, while scaring the stuffing out of others. Be prepared for that when deciding to participate. Also, be prepared to mix your part right into the track you receive (this wasn’t a problem in the first collaboration). For the sake of the best final product, I am asking that in addition each participant mix a second track with the first couple beats of the click in and their own part. Just incase. If it becomes necessary to adjust a final mix at the end using each persons individual part we can do that. Hold on to that second track as you may be asked to forward it at the end if needed.
Other than that, I’m hoping for a good turn-out of participants. If we’re really lucky, maybe we’ll have enough to start 2 collaborations going at the same time (2 teams) and put them into a friendly battle when they’re complete.
I’m going to be in and out most of the weekend but will try to pop in to see who’s volunteering. Let’s get a lot of volunteers for this one!!!
So we tried this out ‘virtually’, here at Guitars101 and it went over really well. See http://www.guitars101.com/vb/showthread.php?t=31068 . I’d like to try and coordinate another.
The idea behind this is to get a few volunteers up front in the following categories… Drums, Rhythm Gtr 1., Bass, Rhythm Gtr 2., Lead Guitar, Lyrics/Vocals. First person supply the Drum track, then pass it to the 2nd person for Rhythm Gtr 1. and so on and so forth…
1. Drums
2. Rhythm Gtr 1.
3. Bass
4. Rhythm Gtr 2.
5. Lead Gtr
6. Keyboard
7. Lyrics/Vocals
Lead sheets, tab, etc… should not be expected. This is all by ear and interpretation. One big canvas, being moved over to the next artist to lend their creativity and style. There are a lot of different styles from one participant to another. You may be looking at a piece that is not necessarily your genre of choice… This could be a very cool and interesting thing to some, while scaring the stuffing out of others. Be prepared for that when deciding to participate. Also, be prepared to mix your part right into the track you receive (this wasn’t a problem in the first collaboration). For the sake of the best final product, I am asking that in addition each participant mix a second track with the first couple beats of the click in and their own part. Just incase. If it becomes necessary to adjust a final mix at the end using each persons individual part we can do that. Hold on to that second track as you may be asked to forward it at the end if needed.
Other than that, I’m hoping for a good turn-out of participants. If we’re really lucky, maybe we’ll have enough to start 2 collaborations going at the same time (2 teams) and put them into a friendly battle when they’re complete.
I’m going to be in and out most of the weekend but will try to pop in to see who’s volunteering. Let’s get a lot of volunteers for this one!!!
