Are YOU in a band?

[shbaz]

If you have problems keeping the pick in your hand, you're probably not holding it right.. or maybe you need those with the grips.

[Sylpher]

...or you just need to chill out and not over play.

Just as an anal point. Those who claim they can play just as well with a pick as without either have an extremely limited playing style or don't know the difference between picking methods and finger methods.

[shbaz]

Just as an anal point. Those who claim they can play just as well with a pick as without either have an extremely limited playing style or don't know the difference between picking methods and finger methods.

Yep.. when you learn to pick with your whole hand so many possiblilities open up. For example, try to play both rhythm and lead with a pick. Good luck. I can do it, but it's very limited.

The downside to picking with all of your fingers (not in the standard strum style, but really utilizing all of your fingers) is that it is very hard and I can't do it.

[Rincewind]

:o You have a blackface Super Reverb??

http://search.ebay.com/blackface-super-reverb_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8

There are only a couple up right now but a BF SR is a hot item among blues players (Stevie Ray Vaughn loved them).

The picture there was not that good, but yeah, it looks like the one we use.
It's not really ours, it belongs to a friend, who used to be a part of our old band, and who left his amps in the basement where we rehearsed, and still hasn't picked them up...
I knew that it was a very tractable (sp?) object, but not that tractable...

[Ishmael]

I play with a pick. And I don't even drop it very often, only when I overplay... mostly. I bought a big pile of picks after I lost my favourite one, but I haven't used any of those, as I learned to play with another one I bought with the "favourite". A big triangular one... I found my used-to-be favourite a while ago again too...

[Oliver]

I don't drop picks not very too. I just lose them too often. Usually, when I buy a pick, I have to cut some letters or something in it for grip. If I don't, then they just keep falling out of my hand (I REALLY hate when that happens )

Oh yeah, we're talking about bands, everybody says that they're are in one but they don't tell the name
What's the name of the band you're in?

[Ishmael]

My band is not a band yet... I would tell the name, but if I'd do that, I'd give you the website url, but as there is absolutely nothing in the website, I can't do that... Or, if you insist, my, my drummer friend and his bassist cousin try to be a metalband called "Blacksmith". Me and drummer even have shirts with our logo on them

[earlwood]

I play through an old 40W Roland Cube-40 (real popular as a keyboard amp I hear) and a clanky old Phase Shifter that I got from my dad.

I use 2 guitars (and another Squire Bullet that is collecting dust with no strings)

I have a late 70's early 80's Peavey T-60 that handles like a dream, It has a skinny neck (so even though I can't use a metal kaypo, it is easy to play) and is very solid.

I also play a Yamaha acoustic that I have no idea what model it is...but it says "FG-140 Nippon Gakki" on a little red tag inside the cavity.

[Alia]

I'm the crap back-up guitarist/lead vocalist for a bluegrass band and the child of a banjo player and a bass player. 

We suck, but we get lots of gigs and are popular because of the kids.

I play my daddy's '73 Martin D-35. It's shit.

No, no, no, no, I'm not a negative person, no!

[Straggler]

I was asked to join a band, but that band was very crappy having only one instrument. So right now im bandless.

I have a Epiphone G400 DLX (it's ok) with a um....practice amp ...yeah i need a new amp. I also play trombone.

Talking about picking, does anyone here know how to do an artificial harmonic?

[Rincewind]

Ooh, I hate to be a shameless promotor, but it appears that our guitarist has decied to upload all of our songs with Ingnis here, so, if anyone is interested in listening, it's all there... Heh.Ã, 

[landslidepurist]

Yes i am.

www.freewebs.com/geisha

(this has an old mp3)

and

www.geocities.com/tractornoise

(this has no mp3s and virtually nothing of note)

[Al_Ninio]

Heh, sorry to dig this thread up, but...
Bionic Bill, I just heard your song Catch Me (at least I think that was the title), and it was great, simply great.
Have you recorded any other songs?

[Pelican]

I was in a band, sort of. Me and a bunch of mates were gonna make a band, but they got bored with it after a couple of weeks. It's a bummer, 'cos where I live they're quite hot on encouraging young artists/musicians etc., so we woulda had a lot of support.

Can't really do much by myself, I just do vocals. I used to write lyrics too, but not for a while. We did actually record a song, but I can't find the darn C.D. Ah well.

[Spyros]

I got an Ibanez guitar (don't ask me about the model I bought it 12 years ago)
I play in an epic metal of the 80s band called Valor
http://www.valor.gr

[Eggie]

Um...well

To be honest, I'm in the slightest bit musical. I have no natural talent or any real interest in learning how to do anything like this to a proffesional standard.
But my good friend, Alex Walker HAS got musical talent...more, importantly...He has a guitar! So he plays a riff and we collaborate on coming up with silly lyrics.
Now THAT I can do.

And so...the Fried Chicken Song was born.
Album coming soon people.

[fivetrickpony]

I'm not in a band but I play all sorts of instruments like guitar, organ, piano, keyboard and bass. Does that count? I hate music class though, I dropped it after about 7 years of torture, but I still like playing music. Just not learning it.

[placyd]

I'm in a band tooÃ, 
Its a hungarian melodic hardcore band called Fastforward.
I play guitar and sometimes do the vocals...
Check http://ffwd.fw.hu