hey guys, thanks for the welcome back and the nice comments. the first couple of months last year, i was literally sitting down at home re-learning how to do even basic chords, much less rhythm and lead work. it was weird..after 18 years it was sorta like the 'muscle memory' thing..re-learning in days or weeks what had taken me months or years first time around. seeing tabs for the first time was huge..wouldn't have gotten back this far without them, just saves a lot of time i used to spend slowing down record albums, learning by ear..sometimes i'd still prefer that for subtle phrasing.
rick..i know of the atomic punks from youtube only, and you're right on..they slay the stuff. there are a few guys i subscribe to as well who are just 'armchair players', but phenomenal..look thru mine and find someone like 'satchbooogy' if i spelled it the way he does..super nice guy to write back and forth with and he kills vh stuff..and all kinds of others that i'm not even familiar with.
'full bug' is definitely one of my faves..and it's so true about his rhythm. when i was young, i focused on his lead playing..this time around, honestly i'm rediscovering rhythm..and how little attention i used to afford it or accentuate it..his songwriting skills are wayyy underrated. i would tell you my all-fave has to be 'i'm the one' though..there are so many damn riffs in it..hu throws in just every technique he used to do at that time, plus the boogie woogie rhythm is par excellance..i've always gotta crank the piss outa that one on the stereo. most of what i posted here is just raw footage of me learning the stuff on cam..much is incomplete and i'm fumbling thru the parts i haven't taken the time to learn. my 'full bug' intro is much improved, but i still have trouble quickly jumping from the first to the second part of the solo with the two-handed run across the strings smoothly. but whadaya expect??! this is ed's *****!!
man, i know very little about cams..i only know we use a little panasonic and it's just using it's internal mic, which doesn't help the sound quality..lol. i'm sure we could set up the audio recording part better in some way. maybe someone will chime in how to help you with that. we're just playing around with no intentions of doing anymore than playing for ourselves and our friends. i hope you do upload some video..would be cool to share videos with you, too..some of these people really inspire you..and some make you wanna toss away your guitar!
