Blue
09-16-2009, 12:33 PM
Hey Everybody,
I had a really cool thing happen to me the other day. I'm currently backpacking in Australia, picking fruit for work and living at a youth hostel. The money is tight, so I've been going busking (street performing) with buckets to make a little extra cash. On my second day out, these two ladies who are well connected in the local music scene in these little town, approached and complimented me on my playing, saying I have 'soul.' They said they could introduce to a local guitarist who was performing that night a popular night club in town. I went and met him, played for him a bit, and he told me to come back that night, and join him onstage for a couple of songs! It was so amazingly fun. I got someone to videotape a little of it, and here it is. It's us doing a bit of Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds." I do a straight latin-type beat to it, as a opposed to a swung reggae. I find latin playing on buckets way more fun, but I'm still trying to get used to it, and want to get really good at it. There is a busking competition here in Bundaberg (Queensland) where you can win $1,000 dollars! That would allow me to stop working, and go travel. Got to start practicing these buckets! I love them. So fun. Thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGTbXWkuREQ
Curt
I had a really cool thing happen to me the other day. I'm currently backpacking in Australia, picking fruit for work and living at a youth hostel. The money is tight, so I've been going busking (street performing) with buckets to make a little extra cash. On my second day out, these two ladies who are well connected in the local music scene in these little town, approached and complimented me on my playing, saying I have 'soul.' They said they could introduce to a local guitarist who was performing that night a popular night club in town. I went and met him, played for him a bit, and he told me to come back that night, and join him onstage for a couple of songs! It was so amazingly fun. I got someone to videotape a little of it, and here it is. It's us doing a bit of Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds." I do a straight latin-type beat to it, as a opposed to a swung reggae. I find latin playing on buckets way more fun, but I'm still trying to get used to it, and want to get really good at it. There is a busking competition here in Bundaberg (Queensland) where you can win $1,000 dollars! That would allow me to stop working, and go travel. Got to start practicing these buckets! I love them. So fun. Thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGTbXWkuREQ
Curt