Playing along with the TV
How many of you practice while watching TV? How many of you play along with the music that is ON the TV? Are you adept at finding the right key to play along in...playing jazz or blues licks to a commercial melody? Grinding out power rhythms to evening World News program theme songs?
I once read that Eddie Van Halen used to play in front of his TV constantly while it was on. Noodling and practicing while he watching programs. He said it got his mind away from figuring things out mentally and allowed his subconscious to take over. Playing along with whats coming out on the TV is a different take on this idea but it does yield some good things and funny laughs and smiles from your family. Needless to say you must be in tune to a standard tuning mode in order to do this correctly.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz