Older Guitarist Looking for Playing Partner

Gresham OR

Description

Older guitar player (62) looking for a playing partner. Doesn't necessarily have to be another guitar but should be something that works well with guitar for melody, harmony and rhythm. Vocals would be great as mine are... questionably acceptable. Me: On a skill-set scale of 1 to 3, I'm a firm 2. In spite of playing 42 years, practically everyday, I should be a lot better than I am, but it is what it is. I'm a good rhythm player, can play some leads, know the basics of scales, chords, tones, etc., and have been in bands. Ideally, I'd like to be the worst player in the room as my work ethic that will see me through. I'm big on collaboration and enjoy that part of the process the most --rivaled only by the moment one smiles, immediately after playing a perfect song. But it's often about the journey more than the destination. I play covers and while I like playing them as they originally are, I also like to change them up a bit. Sometimes due to skill (survival!) and sometimes, just 'cause I want to. Different keys, different tempos, etc. My musical taste runs the full gamut. Rock, (light, easy, heavy, 60s-90s, pop), country, folk, blues, whatever. I just like good songs and I like to mix it up as much as possible. That said, I do mostly play age appropriate music for the most part, though I listen to a lot of new stuff on Sirius. This week, I'm playing some Fleetwood (Monday Morning, Gold Dust), Loggins (Footloose, Danny's, Pooh), Lynyrd Skynyrd (3 Steps), Beatles Get Back, Don't Let me Down (just watched the new doc), Talking Heads (Take to River, Wild Life), Eagles (Easy, Already, Tequilla), Robert Palmer, Doobies,...this is sounding like an Oldies Review, but it's what I've been doing this week. My vision is an acoustic &/or electric &/or mixed arrangement kind of thing playing an entertaining list of songs. Some technical and fun (for us) and some just easy and catchy, for them. This is a non-dance thing. I don't want to limit anything and I like playing the electric more than my acoustic. I have good gear and can get a wide range of appropriate sound. I also have space but would appreciate a change of scene once in a while, too. I talk. I have a great sense of humor. I work for a non-profit. I'm vaccinated and boosted and I'm Blue. You: You talk. You have a great sense of humor. You're vaccinated and I don't care what your political or religious affiliations are because we're not going to talk about them. At all. If you feel like you have to, then I'm not the right playing partner for you. You are a reasonably competent player looking for another reasonably competent player. You can play some leads &/or fills and people think you're amazing but you know, deep down in, just how far short of the great players you really are. (and you sometimes think, "if only I could shred...") You understand some music jargon like "verse" and "chorus", know your chord names, and, you can generally collaborate and converse in musical terms. Or at least describe something through short rain dances and the word "Groot." You can innovate and you learn quickly based on your past experience. You know 500 songs and can't think of one of them right this minute. But once you're rolling, you can move smoothly from one song to another. True, some of them are might be barely acceptable for public consumption, but a handful are pretty good. You can sing but it might not always be pretty. But you do like to sing. It's just those damn high notes... You have originals and you're looking for someone to add flavor to those. One or two that are truly good, sure. Otherwise, I'm not your guy. Together: We beat the "intermediate" thing through synergy. Our combined parts equate to more than we are as individuals. We push ourselves to be better for the sake of us. We share song parts, often within the same song. We figure our what sounds good, and what we can get away with, what is musical, and then we work toward that end. We crash and burn, we laugh, shrug it off and try something else. Then, on to the next song. We play repetitively. Our aspiration is to make us better --good even. But maybe, far off in the distance is a coffee shop, lounge, pizza joint, friend's living room or a even a DAW and a YouTube account. I dunno; it's just not a pressure point right now. This is suppose to be fun, creative and learn-ful. Of special note, our music covers our vocals -OR- our vocals cover our music. We find solutions. We play once a week on any given weeknight other than Mondays. whew. That's about it, you've finally reached the end of this long message. Sorry 'bout that. Looking forward to hearing from someone in the outer East Multnomah area. PS: I won't reply for a couple of days. And not at all to those that have little to say.