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    I was in a (sort of) band a little while back, but it flopped. People weren't dedicated. Nowadays I just do my own thing, write songs and then record them with added drum programming, no vocals though, my attempts at vocals all suck.

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    I need to start a band. First it will be a cover band but then we start to do are own stuff.

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    There's a method to playing pinch harmonics, although it's easier to show it than to explain it. But here goes, anyway - first, make sure you hold your pick pretty low down, with just the tip protruding (like, just 3 or 4mm). Then, just after picking the note, let the edge of your thumb sort of just only very barely touch the string as your hand moves past it. It helps to bend the string a bit, and I've found that pinch harmonics are easiest to pop off the G and B strings. The trick here is not to think about it, because if you do, you'll try too hard to brush your thumb on the string and it won't work. :P If you ever play regular harmonics (ringing off a note on the 12th fret, for example), you'll know what a light touch is needed. It's the same for pinch harmonics.

    This video is quite long, but it shows you exactly how to do it properly.

    I was in my first band in grade 9. It was pretty grotty, and we only ever played one proper gig and it was barely a proper gig at that, heh. I was in another two bands during high school, and played quite a lot more gigs around town, but nothing special. Then when I was doing my postgrad, I joined a band a bunch of friends were starting up, and that lasted about 2 years or so. At the height of that, we were playing around Cape Town almost every weekend and sometimes during the week too, most often at Cool Runnings and the Armchair Theatre in Observatory, and the Mercury (up- and downstairs). We were actually kinda popular for a while, but after I graduated I went off to America for three months and we just never managed to get stuff going again when I got back. Kind of a pity, I suppose, but it wasn't quite the sort of stuff I really wanted to be playing, anyway. It was loads of fun, though.
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    I know this is the Easiest song in the world to play on Acoustic but i managed to master Oasis - Song Bird
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    Been playing for about 10 years now - in bands for about 7

    My main rig right now is:

    Fender Telecaster '72 Thinline
    Marshall 1962 Bluesbreaker
    As well as a selection of pedals including a Trex fuel tank, Boss DD 20 delay, Line 6 Tremelo, Boss OD3.

    Play in a band called Dance,You're on Fire, which Tinman used to be the vocalist for until you guys started keeping him too busy
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    Wow, nice axe you got there man! The song up on myspace is pretty awesome, not really my style, but still awesome!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Azimuth View Post
    There's a method to playing pinch harmonics, although it's easier to show it than to explain it. But here goes, anyway - first, make sure you hold your pick pretty low down, with just the tip protruding (like, just 3 or 4mm). Then, just after picking the note, let the edge of your thumb sort of just only very barely touch the string as your hand moves past it. It helps to bend the string a bit, and I've found that pinch harmonics are easiest to pop off the G and B strings. The trick here is not to think about it, because if you do, you'll try too hard to brush your thumb on the string and it won't work. :P If you ever play regular harmonics (ringing off a note on the 12th fret, for example), you'll know what a light touch is needed. It's the same for pinch harmonics.

    This video is quite long, but it shows you exactly how to do it properly.

    I was in my first band in grade 9. It was pretty grotty, and we only ever played one proper gig and it was barely a proper gig at that, heh. I was in another two bands during high school, and played quite a lot more gigs around town, but nothing special. Then when I was doing my postgrad, I joined a band a bunch of friends were starting up, and that lasted about 2 years or so. At the height of that, we were playing around Cape Town almost every weekend and sometimes during the week too, most often at Cool Runnings and the Armchair Theatre in Observatory, and the Mercury (up- and downstairs). We were actually kinda popular for a while, but after I graduated I went off to America for three months and we just never managed to get stuff going again when I got back. Kind of a pity, I suppose, but it wasn't quite the sort of stuff I really wanted to be playing, anyway. It was loads of fun, though.
    Thanks azi. Going to start a band soon. Maybe when I do You pop by when in jhb and watch. I want to be really heavy in my sound. I find I progress alot faster when I am angry(which is all the time.)

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    Here is a link to my former (failed) band's myspace page for anyone who's interested: http://www.myspace.com/theicarusascension. The songs on there have no vocals yet (probably never will have) as the vocalist(s) never got around to recording vocals before we decided to call it quits. Also, bear in mind that everything was recorded on my PC with windows sound recorder and I pretty much had no idea what I was doing

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    One thing about Iron maidens songs is there a re a lot of notes to remember. Like sign of the cross.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr Manhattan View Post
    Been playing for about 10 years now - in bands for about 7

    My main rig right now is:

    Fender Telecaster '72 Thinline
    Marshall 1962 Bluesbreaker
    As well as a selection of pedals including a Trex fuel tank, Boss DD 20 delay, Line 6 Tremelo, Boss OD3.

    Play in a band called Dance,You're on Fire, which Tinman used to be the vocalist for until you guys started keeping him too busy
    Funny, although I've been a total metalhead for years and years now, I've always had a soft spot for Teles. They've got such a lovely, warm sound, and a very unique overdriven tone.

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