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Jun. 29th, 2005 11:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jfbThis morning I had the Blue Nile's "Heatwave" running through my head, specifically the little interlude:
Anyway, enough of that and I had to try to play it. So I picked up the electric guitar and found some chords that sort of work--one of the great things about that song is that it's like it doesn't even have chords, it has, like, chordal textures built up from the interplay of all these different sounds. So yeah, I had to dumb it down to fit onto a guitar. For the freeform sections, I used my recently resurrected technique of fretting a chord and then tapping on the strings with a Pilot Precise V7 rolling ball pen--the absolute best pen to write with, and, I am now convinced, the best to play guitar with as well.
So that's what I did at the open mike tonight. And a mostly unsuccessful rendition of Whiskeytown's "Avenues", and "Four Days Low", a former mandolin song which I actually wrote at this very open mike one night because I needed something to match my bad mood, and which has barely been heard since.
It's been demanded that I play accordion at the open mike next week, so I'm going to see if I can work something up.
Will I tell you?I quote this mostly so I can share my theory with you Frou Frou fans that "The Dumbing Down of Love" pays homage to the Blue Nile. As we all should.
Will you listen?
If I tell you,
What will happen?
Anyway, enough of that and I had to try to play it. So I picked up the electric guitar and found some chords that sort of work--one of the great things about that song is that it's like it doesn't even have chords, it has, like, chordal textures built up from the interplay of all these different sounds. So yeah, I had to dumb it down to fit onto a guitar. For the freeform sections, I used my recently resurrected technique of fretting a chord and then tapping on the strings with a Pilot Precise V7 rolling ball pen--the absolute best pen to write with, and, I am now convinced, the best to play guitar with as well.
So that's what I did at the open mike tonight. And a mostly unsuccessful rendition of Whiskeytown's "Avenues", and "Four Days Low", a former mandolin song which I actually wrote at this very open mike one night because I needed something to match my bad mood, and which has barely been heard since.
It's been demanded that I play accordion at the open mike next week, so I'm going to see if I can work something up.
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beneath another star
Date: 2005-06-30 05:24 pm (UTC)* not the Eurythmic Dave, but the fusion keyboard guy
Re: beneath another star
Date: 2005-06-30 05:27 pm (UTC)