OldTelecasterMan
Well-known member
I am really getting the bug (so to speak) to play out live again. It has been over two years not stepping on stage and getting, as John Mayor said "That feeling of flying". I'm a fan (small case) of John but I would listen to many other guitarists over him. Much of what I have seen of him live really looks pushed. He plays very well but he never looks or sounds like he is having fun. When he is not just regurgitating what is on the recording, which he does flawlessly, it always looks as though he is searching for something that he thinks the audience will think is cool. In doing this search he ends up doing little syncopated riffs that never end up in a complete sentence, so to speak. He never tells the story. It is as though he can't jam. He can't just have fun.
The Crossroads video of John Mayor and Keith Urban really showed this. Keith found chords and leads in John Mayor's songs that were very cool. From the look on John's face he was quite taken with it.
IMO. All the Music knowledge, understanding of theory in the world and technical ability don't make someone that everyone would want to listen to.
Super board in California. Oh yea.... Mark V... I'm going to heat up my Mark V tubes today maybe record something. I have some song bits I want to lay down. I also just purchased a Drum Kit (5 piece Pearl white Gretsch with double offset kick pedal and Custom "A" Zildjian cymbals and mics) so I'm learning how to make real drums sound good in a recording or at least not sound crappy.
The Crossroads video of John Mayor and Keith Urban really showed this. Keith found chords and leads in John Mayor's songs that were very cool. From the look on John's face he was quite taken with it.
IMO. All the Music knowledge, understanding of theory in the world and technical ability don't make someone that everyone would want to listen to.
Super board in California. Oh yea.... Mark V... I'm going to heat up my Mark V tubes today maybe record something. I have some song bits I want to lay down. I also just purchased a Drum Kit (5 piece Pearl white Gretsch with double offset kick pedal and Custom "A" Zildjian cymbals and mics) so I'm learning how to make real drums sound good in a recording or at least not sound crappy.