Slowl E does it Blues

[VikingBlues]

Been trying to get a bit gritty again.

Hagstrom neck pup - Palmer Overdrive (of course!) - VibroChamp XD on a Hot Rod setting rather than my usual Blackface or clean Tweed voicings.

Slow blues in E - BT from BluesBlast.com - catchily called "hi_slow_e_72" and described as Chicago blues in E, 72 bpm on this page
Backing Track location : http://www.bluesblast.com/jams2003.html

Heres the improv:-
Slowl E does it Blues : http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11954617

For what it's worth there's an uploaded recording first on here - a full tone bend up on the 22nd fret!

Trying to pay attention to Blindboy's suggestions and attempting to play notes with more regard to the chords and an eye on target notes.

[ratfinkdan]

Good one VB, yep getting more of that chacigo blues feel and tone in there, some nice turn arounds and loved the ending, Good job! Yeah I took note of Blindboys suggestions on targeting the tonic note to help outline the changes and playing out of the chord shapes also, some good advice there, I really need to work on that also. Dan

[VikingBlues]

Cheers Dan - I wasn't too displeased with this experiment.

It's also got the advantage of only being 2 minutes long!

Targeting those right notes is an odd one. So much of how successful that is (for me) seems to depend on how well I manage to listen to the music and anticipate where the backing is going - most of the time I have no real idea of what the names are of the notes I'm playing - relying on muscle memory and the way intervals sound.

[Blindboy]

Excellent!
Loved the tone, and the big bends. Particularly liked the ending. Good job on playing the changes. This does get easier with practice. Eventually you won't have to think about it as much.

[VikingBlues]

I'm relieved to hear your comments Blindboy.

I thought I was moving on the right sort of lines but wasn't quite sure.

Eventually you won't have to think about it as much.

Get's my vote - thinking just gets in the way of the creative flow usually.

[vancouverois]

A belated congratulations for this very good one!
Your playing fits very well with the BT.

[VikingBlues]

Thanks VC - first time I've tried the Hot Rod voicing on the VibroChamp along with the Palmer pedal. It certainly gave the right sort of tone to fit the BT. The BluesBlast BTs are often quite raw and live sounding - which I like.

Your playing fits very well with the BT.

That's what happens when I listen to Blindboys advice!

[tytlblues]

Never did comment on this VB, love your tone, and I think this borders on some of your more "Bluesy" styles of play.........what not to like!!!

[MichaelRobinson]

Very bluesy. Do you feel blusey ?

[CarsickPhil]

Hi Viking Blues
Silky smooth and controlled. Sounds wonderful. Great playing and superb tone. I just wonder how you can inject some fierce edge to it here and there. It smoulders beautifully, but it might be nice to crackle and flare up from time to time too.
Cheers
Phil

[VikingBlues]

Do you feel blusey ?

Don't know about bluesy but on the 5th (yesterday) I cerainly did feel blue. First day back at work. A weeks holiday with feeling unwell for 7 of the 9 days, and starting to feel better on the afternoon of the last day of the holiday.

Never did comment on this VB, love your tone, and I think this borders on some of your more "Bluesy" styles of play.........what not to like!!!

Thanks Tytl - the push for better blues playing and sound keeps going but it seems such agonisingly slow progress a lot of the time.

Hi Viking Blues
Silky smooth and controlled. Sounds wonderful. Great playing and superb tone. I just wonder how you can inject some fierce edge to it here and there. It smoulders beautifully, but it might be nice to crackle and flare up from time to time too.
Cheers
Phil

Thanks Phil! I just wonder how I can inject some fierce edge into it too. The only success I've had with that so far is being in a really foul mood, or trying to put myself into that frame of mind - neither of which I enjoy much. Oh well. I'll maybe gradually get there if I have enough time.