RoughMix 147 - Scratch Pop and Ham

The cast about how music is made.... I was playing around with a kind of scratching sound on the guitar and decided to experiment with some other effects. By effects I do not mean anything electronic. I mean doing gimmicky things on the guitar itself, likes this kind of scratch, some popping (where I place a thumb under a guitar string, pull it up and let it snap back to the fretboard) and a few other things. Effects, gimmicks and tricks do not make a song, but they can be tools to help the creative process. My technical abilities continue to grow, but creativity oftens only thrives when something fresh is done or a new approach is taken. This episode takes one listen at approachingly freshly using what I am Pop, Scratch and Ham. In the second clip the effects I use include slapping (which I do with my thumb) slap harmonics and then a combination of these things as well. There are two clips: the first is called "Pop and Scratch", and the second "Ham is OK" (see if you can figure out why.) Shouts to: Casablanca, Morocco; Ghana somewhere north of Wenchi; Cameroon somewhere east of Foumban and to many friends in China and the rest of the world. If you send a short voice mail we can maybe share what you are doing in songwriting with others in the RoughMix community. [ This episode is sponsored by - Add your own phrases that are never good to hear. RoughMix is a member of the blubrry network at blubrry.com Save 10% on your domains with the code "blu6". Website: / RSS Feed: Graphic: (Creative Commons License)

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RoughMix 147 - Scratch Pop and Ham is an episode from RoughMix by Brian Kelley.

This episode is 11:42 long.

This episode was published on Jun 7, 2009.

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