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my songs of today
my songs of today
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waltertore
2486 posts
Aug 14, 2012
5:42 PM
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Here are some from today. Walter
another night in a funky bar
I can worry my whole life
programmed to please
feel what you feel
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
4,000+ of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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Hobostubs Ashlock
1926 posts
Aug 15, 2012
11:54 AM
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I was looking at the forum and thought I aint checked out any your songs lately,So I listened to the funky bar song,
It it really impresses me how you do the everything,the drums are a slow but in time ,the harp is doing alot for being in a rack,and seeems like is faster than the drum beat ,but still in time,I find it hard to do that have to different types of timeing going on at once but your a old hand at that;-)
Yea I still believe theres oportunities,to play live,You just not out there like you was having to hustle gigs,Im not saying your wrong,You seem to be doing whats you have worked hard to achieve.
Everything changes but live music lives,its different but still some things are the same.Do you still practice martial arts? I just emailed my old instrutor,I saw him at a grandmasters pic on FB,Ive been thinking about starting training again,
Not to fight but for inner peace and to get back in shape.anyways Ill allways enjoy your music and the arguments we can have and the lessons you teach us with your view ,exsperience and spirit;-)
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Hobostubs
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waltertore
2487 posts
Aug 15, 2012
2:18 PM
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Hobostubbs: thanks for the feedback! I like the drums to drag and the the tension created with the other stuff is what I find missing in much of music today. Todays stuff is super slick, technical, and often real fast, but you can tell the players didn't learn it from the old guys. When it does drag it is so sterile it loses its impact IMO. There are very few players out there today that know how to naturally drag a beat and still have it swinging- like guys like Jimmy Reed did. Those old guys shared that secret thing that one can't get from watching videos and paying people to show you stuff. It is a spiritual thing. I agree live music is still alive. What I find sad is that it is being overtaken by people that will pay to play, play for nothing, or play for barely a dollar. I guess the market sustains what is in demand.......... I often see here how people get so excited for the events with big names where they get to play as well (pay for the privilige). The traditional way is the learners listen and digest, go home and blow their butts off because they got inspired. Once they get good enough to keep up, they work their way into the scene. That seems to be about extinct. Now it is- come one come all, come sit in with me, I will take your dollars and smile while you play. It is more reflective of our - I want it all right now - society mind set.
I still practice martial arts but nothing fancy and it is more of a mental exercise at this point in my life.
I post my stuff like this with hopes it will reach some young minds and get them researching how most all the arts were taught for centuries. there is something there that the techno age will never touch and I really believe a revival, fall back to the past, will occur at some point. I hold lots of hope for the future of live music but tell it like it is. I am not a touring pro and don't need to make everyone my friend so as to sell my products, be in the in crowd, and be acknowledged as a somebody. I never did fit in the in crowd in the blues scene once the old black guys died. My peers tend to have a business, don't offend anyone, approach. I like the old guys. they said it as they felt it. Keep on your journey! Walter
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
4,000+ of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
Last Edited by on Aug 15, 2012 2:20 PM
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Hobostubs Ashlock
1928 posts
Aug 15, 2012
2:38 PM
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i hear ya pay to play sucks I wont do it I had someone ask me if I wanted to do it ,they were a middle man trying to make some cash,I thought your crazy I cant even by me a beer for tonight and your wanting me to pay to play
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Hobostubs
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waltertore
2489 posts
Aug 16, 2012
4:16 AM
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Hobostubs: Goood for you! I remember when some clubs started giving drink tickets. That felt like an insult. The traditional music club, that was founded for musicians/music lovers would never do such a thing. It would be like coming to my house for a party and I gave you 2 free tickets for drinks and then I charged.
The traditional music/music lovers clubs are almost gone. These were places where no one played for free. The owners would see that as an insult as well. A guy hones his craft for decades and you want it for free? Those clubs would also never let amatuers up to play as headliners. So the bulk of people calling themselves club musicians today would never get on those stages. It was an exclusive club for full time, established players, and there were enough of them to keep a guy alive playing his music.
The clubs today are more and more dedicated to things other than live music with music being a side show. I don't mean side show in the sense of a freak show but in the sense it is not the main reason for opening the club.
I truly believe the dedicated music club will come back again in mass because the human being is touched in a setting where live music is the focus in a way no other set up can touch. This techno craze will lead people back to the root much like fertilized growing has led back to organic, mass exodus of local manufacturing has led back to "buy local", etc. These movements began with people talking like I do - the current scene is just plain no good and we have to get back to the root. Talk is where every movement starts..... Walter
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
4,000+ of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
Last Edited by on Aug 16, 2012 4:20 AM
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waltertore
2490 posts
Aug 17, 2012
5:37 PM
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Here are some from today. Walter
how satified are you
art unfiltered from the soul
cold stove souls
I figured everybody was inspired
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
4,000+ of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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waltertore
2495 posts
Aug 19, 2012
6:54 PM
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here are some from today. Walter
earpugs in of selfishness
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
4,000+ of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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