RonnyB
12 posts
Jul 03, 2010
12:39 PM
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Does anyone have a strange place that they have to practice,I just practice in my spare room and the car (away from the wife)?
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TahoeMike00
22 posts
Jul 03, 2010
1:53 PM
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Good question.
The car for me. But not true 'practice'
The only time I really have to practice is late at night (like 1:00AM) so I am thinking of clearing a spot in the garage.
Then doing a sound check to see if anyone upstairs can hear me. (no amp)
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wolfkristiansen
11 posts
Jul 03, 2010
4:24 PM
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In the bed, while I'm makin' love
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Harpist
109 posts
Jul 03, 2010
4:26 PM
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Much of my practice time is spent in bumper to bumper traffic on the Long Island Expressway.
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Buddha
2167 posts
Jul 03, 2010
4:33 PM
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I never practice but I am always playing.
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waltertore
729 posts
Jul 03, 2010
5:06 PM
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like Buddha, I don't practice but I play alot. I have always been this way. I never have tried to learn a riff, technique. they just come via the hours spent playing. Walter
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2,000 of my songs
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Woody
19 posts
Jul 03, 2010
5:58 PM
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I have taken Adam's idea to ...'Learn Something New Everyday' to heart.
I try to learn a new lick everyday. Either a phrase or idea plucked from my head, from a pop song or from a squeaky escalator.....
So, I play every day even if only for 5 minutes...
but DO PLAY EVERYDAY....and it works.
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Woody
21 posts
Jul 03, 2010
6:13 PM
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To answer your question though, I carry
a harp with me (a different key every day) and
practice somewhere (Anywhere) at some point
always...
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Electric Harp....I just love it.
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Old Dog
66 posts
Jul 03, 2010
8:12 PM
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I have a nice place over my garage for longer sessions, but usually I'm doing the car-monica thing.
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I used to be young and foolish. Now I'm not so young.
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Greg Heumann
615 posts
Jul 03, 2010
8:45 PM
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On stage at jams, and in the car.
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/Greg
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apskarp
234 posts
Jul 03, 2010
9:43 PM
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I live in the rowhouse, where we have common warehouse in the yard for 18 houses. It is heated so I can practice there also during the winter. Sometimes I get some audience too when people are getting some things from their stockrooms.. ;) During the summer I also play in the playgrounds while I'm there with my kid - and everywhere really..
But I have to say listening to music, learning about the music theory and all that is part of the practice for me.
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Big Nancy
52 posts
Jul 03, 2010
11:00 PM
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I dont practice... but I am taken by the idea that wolfkristiansen has been practicing in bed for four decades.... still can't get it right???!!!!
Maybe Adam can give him some lessons here too??!!!
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groyster1
183 posts
Jul 03, 2010
11:05 PM
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usually in front of my pc with downloaded jam tracks love swing blues in f with my Bb harp
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wolfkristiansen
13 posts
Jul 04, 2010
12:35 AM
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I anxiously await the video. Adam? Big Nancy? Anyone?
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Mojokane
51 posts
Jul 04, 2010
12:49 AM
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o.k.
...all great comments!
for yours truly...every where...practically.
Even during work when I steal a moment in an elevator. And entertain fellow employees by going through songs "Whammer Jammer" or my favorite "Steady"...and they usually love it. A fairly good indicator of progress>>>> not a good employee habit..and not recommending it to anybody. I do it hardly at all. Because, I can and will catch heat if I do it toooo much. I can't help myself.
And, ofcourse, any stairwell I can get my hands on. Isn't there a "stairwell CD" out by someone?
hmmm...google THAT.
I miss my home in the boonies. No neighbors to be self conscious about...
When there is a gig coming up, I pony up the dough, rent a studio,and go practice by myself...
Not a bad deal for $15 an hour (ouch).
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apskarp
236 posts
Jul 04, 2010
3:05 AM
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I've taken up a habit of playing little blues lick when I participate teleconference call. There's a lady's voice saying "Please say your name after the sound and press the hash key". Then it plays it back and after your introduce it says ".... has joined the conference". My fellow employees like it a lot. :)
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conjob
62 posts
Jul 04, 2010
5:47 AM
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i'm a firefighter, which involves a lot of sitting around waiting for something to happen. i thought this would be a good time to practice, my workmates see things differently, the issue is as yet unresolved.
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Ant138
477 posts
Jul 04, 2010
5:55 AM
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I practice in my small spare room/office but i always carry a harp around with me just incase.
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Silvertone
26 posts
Jul 04, 2010
6:58 AM
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I practce in a couple strange places,under and inside a 115' railroad bridge, and inside a concrete grain silo once in a while.
http://www.weirdnj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=98&Itemid=28
The natural reverb here is great!
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harp honkin
59 posts
Jul 05, 2010
7:41 AM
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Every where I carry a harp all the time
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groyster1
186 posts
Jul 05, 2010
9:46 AM
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good idea harp honkin practice when you are stuck in traffic and since adams you tube lesson were in a car,why not?
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jodanchudan
87 posts
Jul 05, 2010
10:31 AM
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At home until someone snaps. Then in the car.
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Spider
7 posts
Jul 05, 2010
1:24 PM
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If you ever see a mailman sitting at a traffic light wailing away on his harp, that's probably me. I always keep one handy.
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Kyzer Sosa
692 posts
Jul 05, 2010
9:21 PM
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in the basement when the kid's asleep, the only other place I'd prefer when he isnt, is the bathroom
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DeakHarp
78 posts
Jul 06, 2010
7:58 AM
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Im with walter it comes to me from playing gigs constantly .....
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DeakHarp
79 posts
Jul 06, 2010
8:02 AM
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But i still remember the old days hanging in my PU at the waterfront .. Jamming to James Cotton and Muddy Waters ... At the Kill Van Kull .. Sepperating NJ From Statten Island ... Sewarren NJ ... and when i was a Limo Driver in NYC .. i Jammed to tunes waiting on another Fare....
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beltone
31 posts
Jul 06, 2010
7:04 PM
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Minnesota Fats said it best: "It is not practice if it's not for money, so I don't practice, I just play."
I like woodshedding in the car, no dog to howl, no wife to comment. Office is good with the door closed and always good to record what you are practicing so you know how it was or wasn't.
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toddlgreene
1513 posts
Jul 07, 2010
5:08 AM
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Practice? What's that?
On the rare occasions I actually have time, it's usually in my bedroom, or in the car on the way to a gig or band rehearsal.
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earlounge
120 posts
Jul 07, 2010
2:39 PM
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@Silvertone - That bridge is close to where I live. Do you actually go in there?
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MP
615 posts
Jul 07, 2010
4:15 PM
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far away from the dog.
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Big Nancy
53 posts
Jul 07, 2010
11:22 PM
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I remember that Deak!!!
When I used to practice and hold a day job... it was in my cab.... no bluetooth in those days ... just Golden Melodies!
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Last Edited by on Jul 07, 2010 11:27 PM
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Silvertone
28 posts
Jul 08, 2010
5:55 AM
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@ earlounge,
I havent been inside the upper arches in a long time. We used to take guitar and snare drum up years ago. Now i just pull in under the center arch and setup w/ a roland microcube on the tailgate. The amp is totally un necassary but....you know.
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nacoran
2371 posts
Jul 08, 2010
11:06 AM
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Does anyone remember what the thread was with the pictures of everyones' 'woodsheds' was called. That would be a good link to put in this thread.
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waltertore
744 posts
Jul 08, 2010
12:10 PM
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When I was starting out, I played in abandoned building that were destroyed by the Newark, NJ riots. I had a cool circut of different building. Stairways were my favorite place to play. I found reverb could be changed by the height, material of each stairway. I love playing around with natural reverb sites. Occasionally I had to deal with rats and a junkie or two. I named my first band "the stairway blues band". I also enjoy the sound of underground parking garages and the train stations on the erie lackawana railroad line. I have been kicked out of most of them for tresspassing/disturbing the peace. I never did pratice anything, just played. I still find it impossible to pass up on a good natural reverb site if I have a harp on me, and still tend to get kicked out before long. 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
2,000 of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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