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Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes

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This has something to do with guitar but you dont need to be a guitarist to answer this. Heres how it all began, I wanted to join my churches youth praise team and the leader guy is like 50 something and the rest of the group is all kids. They dont exactly play hymns, but they play only christian songs. Now, I play electric and the leader guy(the 50 years old) is the electric guitar player, he plays it on a clean tone of course. I.....well....forget it...I play profficiently, I dont like it, but I practice off of metal just to get good. And when he showed me the songs we would be playing I immediatly asked him if there were any lead parts I could play. Well, needless to say, he got offended and without ever hearing me play(save playing the super mario theme once) he told me I was "a long way from playing lead". Now, I watched him play lead, he even did a "solo" and it was pathetic, he had to scrunch and tense all his muscles to get this weak trinomial out, I went homeand did the same with ease at aboyut three times his speed. Prety much, hes one of those guitarist that hasnt improved in thirty years. So, I was mad of course at the statement, and my dad(who happens to be his best friend) told me to prove my skill to him next thursday(thats when there practice is). So im going to come up with a song but first I need to decide what style of song should I play, whats going to impress this guy?Hes been playing Christian *coughnooffenceGodbuteasy* music all his life.
 
Play whatever best showcases your ability (show the agility and flexibility of your fingers, and your ability to keep/change tempos, alter dynamics well, and do random technically challenging stuff). Just find some cool, tricky solo to play -- or make one up, if you can't find one.
 
wanna impress him, me or anyone? try stairway to heaven :p, ranked #1 guitar solo of all time
 
play something technical but yet has emotion, so dont just noodle around in some mixodylian scale for 10 minutes using only 32nd and 16th notes. try to put passion into your playing. i mean, it is a church and the more emotion you can use the better.

so in short, dont show off to people who dont care.
 
King Flevance said:
If you really want to impress him, have him pick the song. Let him know he can pick any song he likes.
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Thats actually pretty brilliant.......
 
OMG, I know just what to do! Ready?

Get 3 of your best friends. Its great if they know how to play, but better yet if you have to teach them yourselves. After many heartfelt moments of personal introspection and having almost given up several times, you guys rally together. Through prayer, hard work, non-homosexual male love, and grit, you form a kick-ass band. You call yourselves "Rock of Ages".

You then, secretly enter a "Battle of the Bands" in which you know the 50 year old geezer is playing. For the contest, you all wear black hoods to mask your identities and call yourselves "the Black Knights". In the climaxing moment, where your blistering solo of a song by Petra, circa 1983, puts you over the top and wins you the victory, you'll see the old guy crying in respectful admiration of your bands talent and choice in covering historic Christian rockers!

JUST THEN! You take off your hoods and reveal, NEIGH, CAN IT BE TRUE? That you are the band "Rock of Ages" and you are that scrawny kid he harshly judged and blew off just days ago! Then as he asks forgiveness and offers you the lead spot in the choir band, you tell me, "no thanks, I have a higher calling" and you sign a big contract w/ Word Records and go on a tour opening for Jars of Clay!

BOOYAH

I know this to be true, I saw it on an Afterschool Special once, so I know it will work for you.

Good luck.
 
MobBoss said:
Because...as in all things....you pretty much get what you pay for.
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The best things in life are free. ;)
 
.Shane. said:
OMG, I know just what to do! Ready?

Get 3 of your best friends. Its great if they know how to play, but better yet if you have to teach them yourselves. After many heartfelt moments of personal introspection and having almost given up several times, you guys rally together. Through prayer, hard work, non-homosexual male love, and grit, you form a kick-ass band. You call yourselves "Rock of Ages".

You then, secretly enter a "Battle of the Bands" in which you know the 50 year old geezer is playing. For the contest, you all wear black hoods to mask your identities and call yourselves "the Black Knights". In the climaxing moment, where your blistering solo of a song by Petra, circa 1983, puts you over the top and wins you the victory, you'll see the old guy crying in respectful admiration of your bands talent and choice in covering historic Christian rockers!

JUST THEN! You take off your hoods and reveal, NEIGH, CAN IT BE TRUE? That you are the band "Rock of Ages" and you are that scrawny kid he harshly judged and blew off just days ago! Then as he asks forgiveness and offers you the lead spot in the choir band, you tell me, "no thanks, I have a higher calling" and you sign a big contract w/ Word Records and go on a tour opening for Jars of Clay!

BOOYAH

I know this to be true, I saw it on an Afterschool Special once, so I know it will work for you.

Good luck.
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thats classic
 
Ecclesiastes said:
This has something to do with guitar but you dont need to be a guitarist to answer this. Heres how it all began, I wanted to join my churches youth praise team and the leader guy is like 50 something and the rest of the group is all kids. They dont exactly play hymns, but they play only christian songs. Now, I play electric and the leader guy(the 50 years old) is the electric guitar player, he plays it on a clean tone of course. I.....well....forget it...I play profficiently, I dont like it, but I practice off of metal just to get good. And when he showed me the songs we would be playing I immediatly asked him if there were any lead parts I could play. Well, needless to say, he got offended and without ever hearing me play(save playing the super mario theme once) he told me I was "a long way from playing lead". Now, I watched him play lead, he even did a "solo" and it was pathetic, he had to scrunch and tense all his muscles to get this weak trinomial out, I went homeand did the same with ease at aboyut three times his speed. Prety much, hes one of those guitarist that hasnt improved in thirty years. So, I was mad of course at the statement, and my dad(who happens to be his best friend) told me to prove my skill to him next thursday(thats when there practice is). So im going to come up with a song but first I need to decide what style of song should I play, whats going to impress this guy?Hes been playing Christian *coughnooffenceGodbuteasy* music all his life.
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I'd be very careful exactly how you play this game, because if you blow him away he may well take it as an inult to his pride and bear a grudge, if you can gradually bring him to realise your skill without a percieved mockery of him then it will work out a hell of a lot less damaging to all in the long run, if it were a virtual stranger maybe showing his ass up would teach him a lesson, but he has familial ties. I urge caution.
 
I used to like him, in fact, we used to be pretty good friends. I saw him as this kind of quasi-guitar guru that i could look up to. And you know, he would kind of brag about his skill too, but I and many others thought he had a rite to. Then when I saw him go into that trinomial during the solo and tense up like my mad it pretty much hit me that I could smoke this guy easy and hes not nearly as good as he is made to seem.
 
hehe yeah show him up I mean pride is not often pleasant to see in anyone especially false pride, but carefully, he is your dads best mate after all. Could be messy if you fall out with him. Make it a carefully considered strategic campaign not a battle:D
 
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