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You're Gonna Miss Me (Patreon)

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2019-06-21 16:24:32
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Hello all! I have a psych rock classic for you today from The 13th Floor Elevators. I've been listening to quite a bit of Elevators music recently following the sad death of their singer Roky Erickson, and I thought I'd do a video on one of their best-know songs. Here's a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRCJqd2loYI

It's fun and pretty easy to play so I hope most of you will be able to have a go at learning it. I've tabbed out the basics of the song - PDF below.

The Les Paul series is going to be continuing next week. I'm also planning some future videos. I'd like to do a few non-song based videos soon. Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see covered - techniques, theory, tone, scales...? 

Hope everyone has a good week. Speak next Friday,

Adrian

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Jeff Sims

Thanks Adrian, another excellent choice, seemingly plucked from nowhere. As a suggestion for a tutorial type lesson, I would be interested in a video about the things you need to know to start playing with other guitarists (if that isn't to abstract). Not the type of things you need to join a band and start gigging, but the things that will help to make the jump from being a bedroom guitarist.

Chris Kueny

That's an interesting topic, Jeff. Although it does sound a little abstract if you're not talking about playing with a band. I am unfortunately strictly a bedroom guitarist, but I've been feeling like this is badly limiting my growth. I think that in a big way, playing music only by oneself is not quite playing music for real. Maybe that's putting it too strongly, but it seems like a lot of the joy of playing must be in playing with other people. Quite a while back I was talking to a martial arts buddy who I discovered was learning guitar just like me, and on a Les Paul just like me, and had been using Justin lessons like me. He suggested jamming together, and I was too timid but eventually decided it was a good idea and said yes let's do it. He had been fanatical about guitar, but soon after, he gave it up, said it was too hard and he was messing with some electronic music gadget instead. But I still keep thinking I need to find someone else to play with. For me it seems like the psychological hurdle of not taking it too seriously and not worrying about how well I can do in front of someone else would be the big thing. I can be terribly and painfully self-conscious. And then there's finding someone. It would be interesting if Adrian does have any thoughts about any of this.

Jeff Sims

Hi Chris, yeah, I was just talking about jamming with people, sort of being able to pick up on the thread of what is being played and join in. I believe there are certain 'correct' chord progressions that most songs are based around and, from my time spent with Adrian, I am starting to see the common threads in a lot of solos and licks. I'm not at the stage where I am prepared to trust my ear, so I was wondering if there are some general rules that help everything come together. (I guess the alternative is agreeing with your mates to learn a list of songs independently, then getting together to smash them out, but that doesn't sound very practical)

Jeff Sims

Interesting you should mention the psychological angle. I think if you explain to someone that you are a learner and they agree to sit down and play with you, they would have to be a total dick to make a deal out of it if you couldn't play like Steve Cropper*.

Chris Kueny

Yes, there's no question that my fear of being observed is a pathological thing. So you were thinking of a different angle, more the mechanics of how to make it work with other people. That's still an interesting question.

David Pollock

Hi Adrian, I was wondering if you would be up for a small exploration into the style of Cliff Gallup. Perhaps a Be-Bop-a-Lula/ and some techniques used from Race with the Devil? Cheers, David

anyonecanplayguitar

Hi guys. Yes I think the whole making the leap from being a bedroom player to playing with friends, or in a band could make for a great video. I'll give it some thought and may well try something along those lines. There's a lot of things to talk about and different ways to approach it - the psychology, the practical things like what to play and how, communicating with others in that situation, a bit of chord theory, song structure etc. I'm sure there are many people interested in these kind of questions. So thanks for the idea - will see what I can do.

anyonecanplayguitar

Hi David, yes I love Cliff Gllup and would like to look at some more of his stuff. I did a breakdown of Race With The Devil a while back, but I'd love to return to his style - maybe, as you suggest, an overview of his approach with examples taken from a range of different solos and songs. Will see what I can do.

Mark Franklin

Hi Adrian, wonderful choice of song as always, being from Australia im very fond of the Radio Birdman's cover as well, re your comments above (non song based lessons) I am struggling to make the scales sound melodic and not just scales (if that makes sense,) maybe I should look in your library as there may be a lesson there ? Regards Mark

anyonecanplayguitar

Glad you liked this one Mark. I'll have to check out the Radio Birdman cover. And great idea for a lesson. I think the idea of making scales sound melodic and interesting would make for a great video, and I've not done anything quite like that before. I think it's something many players struggle with. May well do this - thanks!