Re: The Well XX - The Well Is Hell / I'm A Rebel So I Rebel
How long have you been snowboarding? Just riding the slopes and cruising, or are you doing any big jumps? If you do the latter, what's the trick you're most proud of?
Can you name one single band or artist that you think should be obligatory listening for us kids, and the reason why?
Can you elaborate on an experience you've learned a lot from which you think others can learn from as well?
Did you first start out on guitar or bass? Was it difficult when doing the transition to the other instrument?
I started snowboarding back in the mid-to-late 80's. I bought my first board from a shop that had it as a novelty (Burton Cruzer 165 V-Tail). There were a handfull of mountains we could ride at back then, and all of them required a $10 fee to be "certified" to ride there.
I'm a cruiser....being a large dude the notion of going far off the ground is a little scary. But the thing I am proudest of is riding in soem VERY hairy conditions out on Colorado with a buddy of mine that had been out there long enough to be a local. He took me on a tour of A-Basin that would have killed most folks I know of.
A "necessary" band changes so much. At one time I would have said KMFDM because it drove home how incredibly unimportant a guitar player can be with the world of sampling and looping. I've never felt so charged up about music and so small as when I listen to them and realize that I can be easily replaced.
As far as experiences go, years ago I was in a band that used to have a"no guests" policy. We were playing a bar one night and some event emptied into it. We took a break and everyone in the band started getting pestered to have one person in the group come up and sign a song and play harp. We all did as we'd agreed and refused to have the person up. Middle of the first song back on stage the crowd starts chanting "Let Him Sing!!!!" By the time the song ended we realized that if we didn't let him up on stage we weren't going to get out alive.
We let him up there and he just slayed....sounded like Otis Redding and played a mean harp and our jaws just dropped. The band fell apart halfway through the first verse because we'd realized how great he was but did manage to pull it all back together. he politely thanked us when the song was done and we went on with the set.
I learned that night that no rules are ever set in stone when you're gigging.
I started on bass and moved over to guitar. Most of it was the result of whatever my borther managed to leave behind when he went to college.
Transitioning isn't tough, but it does require me to change my mindset and really just not pick up the other instrument for awhile when it's going on.
