[Hi From Virginia (For Now)]

I am bidding you all farewell......it seems we are worlds apart in musical tastes......not much into la la tunes and folky things -- my music is liked by most

people who hear it before I bring it out to the internet.....and with so few responses we are just waisting each other's time

 

I have always played experimental music/jams and worked with people who understand and contribute amazing things.....

Take no offense, keep playing and writing, but I am out the door!!!!

 

LW

[Hi From Virginia (For Now)]

Thanks for the welcome - I appreciate it.....one experiment posted but no takers yet......

I don't compose songs I guess - sometimes I'm not sure if it is really music but more of a 

sound 'painting' and other times just a simple thing to strech out with on my guitar.....

 

I'm not trying to get published or make money though I wouldn't complain if it happened.

 

 

LW

[Guitar Picks]

I like De Andrea Pro Plec little teardrop picks -- I have used teardrop picks from day 1

[What Got You Into Music?]

A 2lb coffee can and a pair of chopsticks (poor kid living in the projects) -- My mom was a total jazz freak, I liked trying to play drums -- Her radio was always on KJAZ -- I went on to play bass and guitar when I grew up and could afford the instruments.....

[How Many Guitars Do You Own?]

I am a lefty

 

I have 7 Strats

2 american rightys -- stock - a '72 (3 bolt neck CBS) and a 2012 American Standard

2 mim rightys - one HH, the other HSS

1 mim lefty -- stock

2 righty squiers a stock Standard and an SE with P90's both with full size bodies

 

2 basses

1 mij lefty jazz bass

1 korean Spector lefty Legacy 4 bass

 

1 Ibanez acoustic

 

Last summer I sold/traded off 12 different guitars and

went back to a familiar feel - upside down Strats

[Hi From Virginia (For Now)]

I just found this site - I don't really write songs - I am a free form guitar player who occasionally

finds a lucky collection of notes to jam with...I recently found myself with a program (sonar 7) to mess around with

and there's where my jams are created....I have posted a couple on 'strat-talk' and sound cloud but no one seems

to care about what I am doing -- maybe with good reason, I don't know because there is no feedback at all.

 

I don't mind genuine critique and getting flamed by bad stuff -- Most of us know not to judge ourselves

I have been told how good I sounded on to me was a bad day, and thought I was smoking and nobody cared.....

And no, I don't need to keep my day job, I am retired

 

So I am turning to you, who know how to write and record with more skill than me, even though I am a bit of an old fart

I like to experiment, try new things and explore new ways of finding sounds - I started playing drums, then bass and

then guitar since I was a kid.....I never really wrote the tunes or lyrics, I was just happy to play leads or what was needed

to fill out what was happening....

 

I am originally from San Francisco -- that is also my musical background -- the heyday of the Haight -- that style has

influenced me most all my life....I'm not claiming to be a great player or skilled in technique. I just play what I feel at

the moment it is happening.

 

For the last 3 years I have been playing in my church praise team - not much room to go crazy there so I have to do it

in my virtual studio.....I'd like to post or link a couple of thing here if that's alright with you.....