ampage Tube Amps / Music Electronics	For current discussions, please visit Music Electronics Forum.

ampage archive

Vintage threads from the first ten years

previous: anonymous After reading the other replys, I h... -- 1/2/2000 4:32 PM

Re: New Thread - Does the audience care?

1/2/2000 8:44 PM
Farrow	Re: New Thread - Does the audience care? You know, I never thought about it from that standpoint before, but here's a shining example: My band traded some gigs with another band from a nearby town, and they covered "Just What I Needed," by the Cars. Maybe you're familiar with it? Well, you know the synth hook in the beginning? "whee-doo-dee, doo-whee-doo-doo-doo-dee?" Well, he used a B3 patch from his Kurzweil and the song just sucked from there on out. Another band that we opened for played Tom Petty's "You Got Lucky," which starts off with drums and keyboard (DX7 I think... I play the part on my trusty Farfisa VIP600.) but these guys used a guitar. Sounded horrible and the audience rally noticed. Good point about the sound making or breaking the song. I tried to replace my Moog with one of those Micro-synths (guitar pedal) and it's much easier to get a useable sound out of the Moog, plus the Micro-Synth doesn't have true bypass and it really kills the sound of your guitar. Farrow http://surf.to/pharaohamps

1/2/2000 8:44 PM

Farrow

Re: New Thread - Does the audience care?

You know, I never thought about it from that standpoint before, but here's a shining example: My band traded some gigs with another band from a nearby town, and they covered "Just What I Needed," by the Cars. Maybe you're familiar with it? Well, you know the synth hook in the beginning? "whee-doo-dee, doo-whee-doo-doo-doo-dee?" Well, he used a B3 patch from his Kurzweil and the song just sucked from there on out. Another band that we opened for played Tom Petty's "You Got Lucky," which starts off with drums and keyboard (DX7 I think... I play the part on my trusty Farfisa VIP600.) but these guys used a guitar. Sounded horrible and the audience rally noticed.

Good point about the sound making or breaking the song. I tried to replace my Moog with one of those Micro-synths (guitar pedal) and it's much easier to get a useable sound out of the Moog, plus the Micro-Synth doesn't have true bypass and it really kills the sound of your guitar.

Farrow
http://surf.to/pharaohamps

Replies:

Hi I never said the audience doesn't c... -- 1/3/2000 7:09 AM
Gene F You gotta pick your covers carefull... -- 1/3/2000 7:14 AM