Songs for a scene I am working on

He could have been immersed in Good Time and American Roots music. Albums by John Fahey's guitarwork are nicely evocative. Leon Redbone is a bit quirkier.

Hypoxia said:

He could have been immersed in Good Time and American Roots music. Albums by John Fahey's guitarwork are nicely evocative. Leon Redbone is a bit quirkier.

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Indie chick gets her polly-wolly doodled all day?

JasonClearwater said:

Thanks for posting that, I'm a big fan of the song too. I'm a bit disappointed though - it came from the bloody tuning? I always thought he'd say the inspiration was the rhythms and sounds of India's music and instrumentation. But no, drugs and fucking about with tuning (I'm assuming the drugs, since it was the 70s). 'Sounds a bit like a sitar'.

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You're welcome. I came across it by happy accident.

I don't know if I'm disappointed at the origins of the riff or not. Maybe I grew up with too much hippie nonsense about Indian culture and music so that I'm a bit relieved it wasn't the outcome of a six month spiritual retreat in Goa, but just some musical doodling around? Even great artists 'waste' time fiddling about with stuff until it feels/sounds right - I find that comforting.

electricblue66 said:

I've not seen that doco, many thanks. Love Jimmy's coat! The first time I seriously listened to Jack White, I thought, he's the first guitarist to come anywhere close to Page, riff wise.

I could never quite figure out why Keith Richards became known as The Human Riff- Page had many more memorable ones, I reckon.

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Yes, doesn't he look just the best? Those shirt cuffs?? Beautiful.

I can remember the first time I heard Jack White playing on the radio. It grabbed me by the throat. It's only recently I've let myself look at interviews of him (you know, in case you find out that someone whose music you love turns out to be an ass?) and love the way he talks about creativity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH4NhlxSrOw

Sara2000Z said:

Yes, doesn't he look just the best? Those shirt cuffs?? Beautiful.

I can remember the first time I heard Jack White playing on the radio. It grabbed me by the throat. It's only recently I've let myself look at interviews of him (you know, in case you find out that someone whose music you love turns out to be an ass?) and love the way he talks about creativity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH4NhlxSrOw

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Something else to think on. I could never decide what to do with my music or my writing, so I got a job instead. Still can't decide. Honestly was, too many options.

I'm getting strong vibes for one of the following:

Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer
Bill Joel's Tell Her About It

or, if he's at all cool

Frank Zappa's Peaches En Regalia

JasonClearwater said:

Something else to think on. I could never decide what to do with my music or my writing, so I got a job instead. Still can't decide. Honestly was, too many options.

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Isn't the crux of the issue the apparent need to 'decide'? Why does it need to be a choice, I wonder? I mean - of course, we all have to earn a living. But let's assume that we have the energy and compunction to do more than just that. Can't we give our time to as many different outlets as we can manage, without feeling the need to specialise in just one? I don't know. I want to say yes to that. But then I also know you only get good at something the more you do it. Hm.

Sara2000Z said:

Isn't the crux of the issue the apparent need to 'decide'? Why does it need to be a choice, I wonder? I mean - of course, we all have to earn a living. But let's assume that we have the energy and compunction to do more than just that. Can't we give our time to as many different outlets as we can manage, without feeling the need to specialise in just one? I don't know. I want to say yes to that. But then I also know you only get good at something the more you do it. Hm.

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Yeah, to make it in music, you need to dedicate yourself to it properly. Same with writing, if you want to succeed, you have to treat it as a business. Otherwise, it'll always be just a hobby.

JasonClearwater said:

Yeah, to make it in music, you need to dedicate yourself to it properly. Same with writing, if you want to succeed, you have to treat it as a business. Otherwise, it'll always be just a hobby.

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Yes. My son earns a living from his music. It's 110%, or it's a side interest and you need a paying job. It's not easy.

Making any sort of music for livable money is terribly hard work with years and years of preparation. Overnight sensations may take two decades to get there. (Cf. the Four Seasons.) Yeah, whiz kids / prodigies exist. Most don't last. Burnout happens. And the music business on many levels is rather corrupt. Frank Zappa despaired of the rock biz till he collaborated with classical conductors and found the orchestral biz even worse.
A well-connected band I left (young) had a genre-changing monster hit, a second album, then nada. Back to the carwash, kids. I ran into the lead singer a few years later, waitressing. Oy.