jps wrote:Is Audacity Mac friendly?
Kopfjaeger wrote:I normally don't like a lot of distortion, a bit of grit is fine, but for this song I'm going to have to do something with my sound. I think my Dunlop Swollen Pickle will fit the bill, Thoughts Joshua?
jdogric12 wrote:To help you learn the material, write your own charts. Even though you probably don't want to use them at the gig* writing it out will help you memorize much better.
*I would use charts though! I don't like the look of music stands on stage, so I write each song to fit on one page, in big thick black permanent marker. Just chords and bar lines. Sometimes I write in Roman numerals and jot down the key at the top, in case anyone wants to change the key. Occasional marks to remind me of stops or special licks and rhythms or soli. Then you can place them on the floor in front of you and still see them (hopefully) in the dim stage lighting of a typical gig.
For the detuning issue, here is my 2 cents. The only really useful note down there is D. On rare occasions C. So I would try to get the set list grouped so that your "low" songs are all together. have a tuner running inline, and change that E to D for that portion of the show. As far as the EbAbDbGb is concerned, as long as your E is detuned to D, you have all those notes available. You just may not be able to play as many open strings as you'd like. But open strings are a crutch anyway!
Good luck with it all!
sloop_john_b wrote:jdogric12 wrote:To help you learn the material, write your own charts. Even though you probably don't want to use them at the gig* writing it out will help you memorize much better.
*I would use charts though! I don't like the look of music stands on stage, so I write each song to fit on one page, in big thick black permanent marker. Just chords and bar lines. Sometimes I write in Roman numerals and jot down the key at the top, in case anyone wants to change the key. Occasional marks to remind me of stops or special licks and rhythms or soli. Then you can place them on the floor in front of you and still see them (hopefully) in the dim stage lighting of a typical gig.
For the detuning issue, here is my 2 cents. The only really useful note down there is D. On rare occasions C. So I would try to get the set list grouped so that your "low" songs are all together. have a tuner running inline, and change that E to D for that portion of the show. As far as the EbAbDbGb is concerned, as long as your E is detuned to D, you have all those notes available. You just may not be able to play as many open strings as you'd like. But open strings are a crutch anyway!
Good luck with it all!
Great advice here! Tha' Dog knows!
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