On the Yahoo site that was started by Brad, one of the members of the new club felt that a BIAB backup might be kind of cheesey, and I'll grant you, it doesn't have the organic feel of bluegrass acoustic instruments-but there are a number of folks in this thread that have been to the San Jose steel guitar jam, and I think for the purpose of highlighting the dobro,and concentrating on the task at hand, as it is with steel-it's a pretty cool option.
I think the BIAB takes all the extraneous stuff out of the equation-having a small band that knows a lot of tunes, having to play well together, in time-all that sort of thing-that can be easier said than done. And it also prevents the dobro-only orchestra scenario.
And space can often be at a premium, so the little guys in a laptop, with one speaker don't take up much room.
I'm not suggesting that it be utilized for every meeting-but it might be kind of a cool thing on a quarterly basis.
Didn't seem too cheesey at the steel jam for Bobby Black and Jay Dee Maness...
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This sounds great guys (and Brad is the man in charge at this point). I just wouldn't want anyone to get hooked into playing the same 1-4-5 type stuff for hours on a six string and lose their enthusiasm for the program. If you're playing rhythm on "Flatt Lonesome" and there are about 14 dobroists in the room taking turns on breaks, it could get old fast.
Alan, I was just trying to make a suggestion for a possible theme to the jam/meetings a few times a year-you used the word "need" in your reply, which sort of implies that I'm trying to say that BIAB is some sort of necessity-of course it isn't.
Eric-you were at the steel jam, and I know the week before you offered to put a backup band together for the occasion, but it was getting pretty late in the game.
It seemed like when you and I were talking, and taking in some of the playing-it wasn't like BIAB was grating on anyone's nerves or there were any comments like "this BIAB thing is just SO uncool."
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Alan, I was just trying to make a suggestion for a possible theme to the jam/meetings a few times a year-you used the word "need" in your reply, which sort of implies that I'm trying to say that BIAB is some sort of necessity-of course it isn't.
Eric-you were at the steel jam, and I know the week before you offered to put a backup band together for the occasion, but it was getting pretty late in the game.
It seemed like when you and I were talking, and taking in some of the playing-it wasn't like BIAB was grating on anyone's nerves or there were any comments like "this BIAB thing is just SO uncool."
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I can play the guitar part or the banjo part for hours on end without getting bored. How could I when I get to listen to all that interesting Dobro ? As long as I can play a few numbers myself on Dobro I'll fill in for the rest of the day on whatever you need.
But record it ! Who knows what magic will happen !
But record it ! Who knows what magic will happen !