neilpanda Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 This summer Im planning to perform more. So Im planning a summer unplugged tour. Ive been planning to go around the parks around my town and play some music. Ive already contacted city hall about it. Im pretty excited. (thats what I got the harmonicas for) Anybody ever play these kinds of shows? Beastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 This summer Im planning to perform more. So Im planning a summer unplugged tour. Ive been planning to go around the parks around my town and play some music. Ive already contacted city hall about it. Im pretty excited. (thats what I got the harmonicas for) Anybody ever play these kinds of shows? Beastie That's my plan for when the weather gets warmer. Got my harmonica, got my guitar and it should be a blast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 So, are you busking for dollars?, or just communing with nature whilst you pluck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 So, are you busking for dollars?, or just communing with nature whilst you pluck? Tell em you are communing with nature, but if people give me money, I ain't saying no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpanda Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Tell em you are communing with nature, but if people give me money, I ain't saying no ahaha I was actually just about to say that before I saw your post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Yes I never did it much until this past year when I was asked to accompany a young guitarist singer for a benefit show. That one off led to a few other coffee house gigs. Enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 No, I'm addicted to power and amplification. Although, I do like watching others do unplugged, I'm a closet blue grass fan. There is just something so cool about banjos, fiddles and acoustic guitars pickin' away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Yeah, I miss my little one man acoustic show. Playin' Coffee Houses and Book Stores around town. Not like every weekend or anything close, the Electric Rock Band is doing so well (better than I ever could have hoped) that my Acoustic stuff has been neglected. It is way more personal and intimate than electric music, specially when you draw in a little crowd. The can hear every little nuance between your fingers and the strings, the sound that meets their ear is from your guitar and voice, not recreated out of electricity and paper. It's like shaking hands with an audience as opposed to just saying, "Hello". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Even in the 60s you didn't do bluegrass or acoustic stuff in most venues without a PA, at minimum, because nobody could hear you. That's one reason I always lobby younger pickers toward a PA before they get the $10 million tube stack 9,230 watt amp. They're more likely to get a small gig where the PA is still required than the one where they _need_ the stack. That's especially true if they play any acoustic at all. There's another technical reason why unplugged is better with some sort of amplification, and that's because if you've gotta bang on a guitar to be heard, you've gotta use an instrument and a technique that works with that kind of playing. That's why Mother Maybelle had that big old Gibson archtop and incredibly heavy strings and beat on it with thumb and fingerpicks with what's now known as the Carter Family Scratch. It's where the big Martin and Gibson boxes came from and the reason for the pick guard. Me? I'm pretty gentle. I don't play classical guitar style venues, and if I took an unamplified guitar to most of the saloons around here you couldn't hear the guitar more than 3 feet from the sound hole anyway. You need a PA and two mikes or an A-E and one mike... So... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I love busking enjoy it a lot more than playing on stage. love the small groups of people and the ability they have to interact with you comfortably, sometimes the take is weak and sometimes it's amazing how generous people can be. I play a couple of large street and art shows a year and really look forward to them. I even do some acoustic unplugged stuff mixed in when I'm performing at the hotels especially in small pool area bars again it get's you closer to the audience and I love the give and take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 This summer Im planning to perform more. So Im planning a summer unplugged tour. Ive been planning to go around the parks around my town and play some music. Ive already contacted city hall about it. Im pretty excited. (thats what I got the harmonicas for) Anybody ever play these kinds of shows? Beastie Yes......in parks; only as planned. Yes I never did it much until this past year when I was asked to accompany a young guitarist singer for a benefit show. That one off led to a few other coffee house gigs. Enjoyed it. Coffee type gigs are OK..... No, I'm addicted to power and amplification. Although, I do like watching others do unplugged, I'm a closet blue grass fan. There is just something so cool about banjos, fiddles and acoustic guitars pickin' away! Darn you Cabba..I've been tryin' to here your music full core...got links ??.....Cabba unplugged sounds good...links ?? Yeah, I miss my little one man acoustic show. Playin' Coffee Houses and Book Stores around town. Not like every weekend or anything close, the Electric Rock Band is doing so well (better than I ever could have hoped) that my Acoustic stuff has been neglected. It is way more personal and intimate than electric music, specially when you draw in a little crowd. The can hear every little nuance between your fingers and the strings, the sound that meets their ear is from your guitar and voice, not recreated out of electricity and paper. It's like shaking hands with an audience as opposed to just saying, "Hello". Yup..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I'll definitely agree about the smaller venue being much more personal. Never particularly cared for a stage with lighting so you didn't know whether anybody showed up in the audience. I still like a bit of a PA, though... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Ive busked and done a few eric clapton unplugged songs. Went down ok I think, but tbh I dont think many people recognised the songs because the clapton unplugged album sounds so different from the normal version. Take layla for example. Its way differnt when unplugged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Best thing to do is ask some names or a thing and make up a song with the audience. Just have a couple of generic chord progressions, maybe a chorus kind of ready to go and its a blast. Especially when the crowd is drunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Darn you Cabba..I've been tryin' to here your music full core...got links ??.....Cabba unplugged sounds good...links ?? http://www.myspace.com/hallowsevemusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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