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Venting Spleen - A Blues in C
Venting Spleen a Slow Blues in C.mp3 - (4.54 MiB)
Damn HBL - sorry you've obviously not had a good week - hope you find something good from picking up the guitar again. I think I'm needing a split personality - the gentle me for my melodic stuff, and my alter ego for hitting the bluesy stuff. What I need is one of those drinks in those horror films where the character dissapears behind the couch and the reappears like a wild man!Blindboy wrote:more aggressive and "bluesy" than I've ever heard you play.
I think you would find it's worth much more to me than you might possibly imagine. Very much appreciated.Blindboy wrote:For what it is worth, you got my "blues" stamp of approval.
Fantastic! One of your best uploads ever! 
12bar wrote:
That's the right way - let it go!
Many thanks - and a lot of it is down to all you guys here - the right hints and advice at the right time and hearing recordings uploaded here as an exemple of how blues should sound helps a lot - as does the friendly encouragement. 
Me too - it's a weird feelingMojoJim wrote:I heard phrasing throughout this piece that I hadn't heard from you before.
as if something's taken me over or as if the guitars playing itself using knowledge that I don't have. And in that regard ....
MojoJim wrote:More like that! More like that!
I will try more like that .... if I can. Every time I heave myself up on to the next step of this wonderful blues staircase I wonder - can I do that again and how the heck do I top that? And wonder what if it's a one off fluke? *2WheelsOfBlues wrote:But the goale is going higher and higher
So glad I summoned up the courage to go with them. I didn't really think of the PRS as being an obvious guitar for blues - but it seems to have the right sort of voice if I need it.To be honest I didn't choose the BT with any care - it was just the first one which seemed to have a bit of grit to it that I found. That lack of research was probably a good thing - I'd have probably not used it if I'd known about the imperfections in the BTs recorded sound later on in the piece.Strummer07 wrote:Its not a BT I would have chosen , but it seems to have brought out the very best in you !
Hah - I think I'm stuck with that 'smooth' element whatever I do. But I think I'm OK with that - like a 'sweet and sour' dish - variety for the taste buds.DeaconBlues wrote:Gritty and smooth at the same time.
..........love the new found style and bluesyness!!!!!
like it Viking Blues. Nice sound. 
Michael, Tytl, B2M, ElMano - cheers to you all and many thanks for the kind comments. Much appreciated on a day when kindness has been in very short supply. Thank you for listening and encouraging this ageing wannabe blues player.That's a very good description. It's no wonder the guitarist often looks exhausted at the end of a night if he has to channel the sort of feelings I was having on this recording.Bluez2move wrote:I've learned that playing the
Blues is like "method acting"
You have 2 develop the ability
2 tap the emotions that cause
this type of playing, then channel
them in2 5 min chunks all night on stage
I think that's what made the thought of trying to do anything like that again successfully even more scary tham with any of my previous leaps forward.tytlblues wrote:Very uncharacteristic
Though I always get some doubts at that stage. I've managed to revisit that BT and although not hitting the same peak am encouraged it might be feasible to hit those sort of heights again ....... maybe. - shame the BT has those recording flaws. 
