Bannedjoe
Well-known member
I guess there's some of us here that play, or like myself, used to.
I thought it might be fun for those of us to showcase some stuff after reading Northernrednecks post.
In the past I have played in a band or two, but nothing wildly successful, with a paid gig here and there.
But I found bands to be too complicated with too many wheels, cooks, egos, and the intricacies of relationships.
I started out self taught, with only a couple lessons to get me started.
My folks were raising us all Catholic, and at one point I guess the church realized too many Dad's and their wallets were staying home on Sundays to watch football, so they came up with the Saturday evening mass.
This was a much more casual setting that no one had to dress up for, and hence started the guitar mass thing.
I figured if I was going to have to go to church, I might as well try to enjoy it, so I joined the church guitar group.
That was when things took off for me playing and learning the guitar.
Fast forward many years, and a few attempts at bands, the wife and I opened our BBQ joint.
We installed a stage, and filled it with equipment, including lighting.
About once a month or so I would hire in performers to entertain, and we also had one Saturday every month where a local bluegrass band played regularly.
It was at this time I taught my wife to play bass, and when the moon and stars lined up, and the room was all fed and content, sometimes we would entertain for a short while.
Other times an occasional player would be dining there and wish to perform, and we'd let them. It was all rather fun.
During that time I joined a forum based around home recording and met a fair amount of musicians who would record something, then send the file to someone else to add to.
Sometimes the collaborations became quite involved.
Most of my recordings are now aging 7 plus years, and it's been about that long since I had the desire to even play.
But anyways, here's a place to post up what you got if you feel like it.
The following song I'm sure you know.
My wife played bass, a friend in Ohio added the drums, I did the guitars, vocals and mixing on my computer using a really great studio program called Reaper.
So without further ado:
https://soundcloud.com/bbqjoe/hooked-on-a-feeling-9-8-12-1
I thought it might be fun for those of us to showcase some stuff after reading Northernrednecks post.
In the past I have played in a band or two, but nothing wildly successful, with a paid gig here and there.
But I found bands to be too complicated with too many wheels, cooks, egos, and the intricacies of relationships.
I started out self taught, with only a couple lessons to get me started.
My folks were raising us all Catholic, and at one point I guess the church realized too many Dad's and their wallets were staying home on Sundays to watch football, so they came up with the Saturday evening mass.
This was a much more casual setting that no one had to dress up for, and hence started the guitar mass thing.
I figured if I was going to have to go to church, I might as well try to enjoy it, so I joined the church guitar group.
That was when things took off for me playing and learning the guitar.
Fast forward many years, and a few attempts at bands, the wife and I opened our BBQ joint.
We installed a stage, and filled it with equipment, including lighting.
About once a month or so I would hire in performers to entertain, and we also had one Saturday every month where a local bluegrass band played regularly.
It was at this time I taught my wife to play bass, and when the moon and stars lined up, and the room was all fed and content, sometimes we would entertain for a short while.
Other times an occasional player would be dining there and wish to perform, and we'd let them. It was all rather fun.
During that time I joined a forum based around home recording and met a fair amount of musicians who would record something, then send the file to someone else to add to.
Sometimes the collaborations became quite involved.
Most of my recordings are now aging 7 plus years, and it's been about that long since I had the desire to even play.
But anyways, here's a place to post up what you got if you feel like it.
The following song I'm sure you know.
My wife played bass, a friend in Ohio added the drums, I did the guitars, vocals and mixing on my computer using a really great studio program called Reaper.
So without further ado:
https://soundcloud.com/bbqjoe/hooked-on-a-feeling-9-8-12-1
