Sérgio
Ambassador of CaliZilian Affairs
Guys, this thread doesn't have a video yet but I will certainly record every rehearsal of this song until one day I can repeat what I just did and feel as good as I did today again.
I came home after meeting one of the girls I'm seeing, quite an ordinary day, about 10 pm... and picked up the red strat. Plugged it in, and began fooling around with Voodoo Child's intro, just rocking the crybaby back and forth... Feeling the rythm.
You see this is a very easy song to play badly, and just as difficult to ROCK.
I am a very poor Hendrix player, and improvising ain't quite my thing, I come from classical guitar and I usually play everything very smooth and kinda by the book.
Well, tonight I was inspired by the mojo of this song and oh boy, I squeezed and milked that e-minor pentatonic. I soloed like I never did before, it was almost like having an orgasm, just letting the semen flow and feeling the moment. A simple, but VISCERAL solo pattern.
Every riff I made up on Jimi's stuff just made sense, you know? And hell, I ain't even drunk.
I finished the song with another set of the intro riffs and closed with a thunder sounding E7(#9) with the crybaby off..l put the guitar in the case, lit a cigarette and stood there still, wondering if I was gonna wake up and realize it had been just a dream, 'cause I don't usually play so easy and loaded with feelings.
Man, this song is an immortal Stratocaster anthem, it oozes mojo.
I GOTTA get this on record.
Had to share.
I came home after meeting one of the girls I'm seeing, quite an ordinary day, about 10 pm... and picked up the red strat. Plugged it in, and began fooling around with Voodoo Child's intro, just rocking the crybaby back and forth... Feeling the rythm.
You see this is a very easy song to play badly, and just as difficult to ROCK.
I am a very poor Hendrix player, and improvising ain't quite my thing, I come from classical guitar and I usually play everything very smooth and kinda by the book.
Well, tonight I was inspired by the mojo of this song and oh boy, I squeezed and milked that e-minor pentatonic. I soloed like I never did before, it was almost like having an orgasm, just letting the semen flow and feeling the moment. A simple, but VISCERAL solo pattern.
Every riff I made up on Jimi's stuff just made sense, you know? And hell, I ain't even drunk.
I finished the song with another set of the intro riffs and closed with a thunder sounding E7(#9) with the crybaby off..l put the guitar in the case, lit a cigarette and stood there still, wondering if I was gonna wake up and realize it had been just a dream, 'cause I don't usually play so easy and loaded with feelings.
Man, this song is an immortal Stratocaster anthem, it oozes mojo.
I GOTTA get this on record.
Had to share.
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