From aristontyler@hotmail.com Mon Nov 19 18:27:40 2001
Subject:Re: i'm the new girl, looking for teacher

Amanda,

It's perfectly o.k. to want someone to teach you. You can only learn from
people better than yourself. Not all great musicians are self-taught, and
not all self-taught musicians are great (I'm the perfect example of the
latter). I wouldn't rely on your teacher completely, though, and I would be
very clear with him/her about what it is you want to learn to do. The
advice from some of the previous posts can be very helpful in that regard.

Don't hate me everyone else, but it is always best to know what the chords
and scales are that you are playing. How else do you communicate with a
band? Theory is important, not just mimicking others.

Also, I didn't realize all Hammond players were supposed to move to the DC
area. I feel isolated down here in Atlanta :)

Guess I'll just stay home and play some sad ballads.

Best of luck Amanda, and have fun in DC everyone!

-Ariston

>From: kleiny412000@yahoo.com
>Reply-To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
>To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [CWSG] Re: i'm the new girl, looking for teacher
>Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 22:38:53 -0000
>
>I do play some by ear. When I listen to my organ influences, there
>are often times that I have no idea what they are doing with their
>hands to achieve sounds that I would like to model and add my own
>flourishes to. I feel like there are some fundamental techniques
>that I would probably best learn if a real live person showed me what
>to do. Most of the music I play with my band is riff-based-- slow,
>heavy, groovy. I think I could add some things to fill out our sound
>more since we are only bass, organ, and drums.
>
>If you are curious what we are playing now, check out some mp3's at
>
>www.mp3.com/apes
>
>We also have pages on our record labels home pages but they just link
>to the mp3 site.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Amanda
>

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