Jamming

[tigerpiper]

I'm coming with a beginning guitar player, but I want to do some serious jamming on banjo with whomever will have us.

Maybe \"serious\" is the wrong word... but fun and ecclectic. We're in VIP, but have axe will travel is my motto.

I will bring my pipes, too, for the parade, but its pretty hard to jam with strings on the pipes (at least acoustic strings). Drums maybe.

[ajones6]

Heck yeah! You know, I didn't see any banjos at Waka (at least in the camping area)- you should have no trouble finding jam phriends.

[kinderkitti]

Last year folks were jamming in a little pavilion right by the entrance to campground 1 and they had banjos. Also there was drumming at the bathroom by the entrance to campground 1.

[kinderkitti]

We'll be in vip too. Last year Rob didn't bring his guitar because the car was so packed. We'll try to get him to this year.

[ajones6]

i'm not sure how to spell this but is anyone bringing a dij-erie-do?

[tigerpiper]

[quote:fd7274a29c=\"kinderkitti\"] Also there was drumming at the bathroom by the entrance to campground 1.[/quote:fd7274a29c]


What kind of drumming? I don't know if I want to join in drumming at the bathroom!

8)

[Jackstraw]

I've been working on a HOT rendition of Hot Cross Buns, I'll be ready to jam by Waka!!!

[PolyOntology]

i'm not sure how to spell this but is anyone bringing a dij-erie-do?

I'll most likely have my didjeridu with me, along with various percussion instruments and maybe some other stuff.

[ajones6]

heck yeah. I'm on a hunt for all things rare and jam. Rainsticks, steel triangle, finger symbols, whoopie cushions, tamborine, recorder (mini flute), OOOOOooo! Somebody bring a wooden Xielephone (spell?) like they have in elementary school music class! Or those wooden blocks with the ridges that you scrape with another piece of wood- does anyone know what that is called?

[althea]

I know this is kinda bulky to lug to a festival, but I've been in a few drum circles with a hammer dulcimer, and it rocked!

[ajones6]

is that the reggae drum that has different dents in it and looks like a metal trash can?

[Fraunt Trozner]

I dont know how to spell the name of the wooden block that you scrape, but it is pronounced where-o kind of, I dont really know how to give a better example on paper, sorry

[PolyOntology]

is that the reggae drum that has different dents in it and looks like a metal trash can?

I think you're thinking of a steel drum:
http://home.earthlink.net/~gaylesongs/steeldrum.jpg

here's a hammer dulcimer
http://www.rtpnet.org/~hdweb/dulc2.jpg


I dont know how to spell the name of the wooden block that you scrape, but it is pronounced where-o kind of, I dont really know how to give a better example on paper, sorry


I might know what you're talking about...I think there are different names for them. They're used in a lot of Brazilian music and reggae. Sometimes its just called a rasp. In Capoeira we call it a reco reco (pronounced heck-o heck-o), and it looks kinda like this:
http://www.usc.es/xorna/media/capoeira/Imagenes/recoreco.jpg

[ajones6]

yeah! Thanks for the pics! I would really like to see some rare instruments like these at waka. I think i could handle the reco reco. I've been looking for a washboard (think NMA) but I wouldn't electrify it, i'd use it like the reco reco

[RevMasterDudeCrosby]

Jack,
About Hot Cross Buns... Do you know what a hot cross bun is?

(It's when you grab a Ku-Klux-Klansman and stuff a burning cross up his

[RevMasterDudeCrosby]

Oh, and banjo guy. What do you know when the banjo player is drooling out of both sides of his mouth?

(He's on level ground.)

No offense. I'd love to jam with a banjo. I like to sing and pick guitar and dulcimer (though my dulcimer tends to be too quiet in a crowd or with banjo or percussion). I know some bluegrass and country tunes and could try to get you to stretch your banjo with some Clancey Bros. or Husker Du or Boiled in Lead or Neil or Dylan, Dead, Floyd, blues, reggae, random originals...

I think my site is Treetop 123, but I'm getting the pass from a friend so I can't remember for sure. Anyway, if you're banjo in hand and we cross paths, I'll likely be wearing a cap cuz I'm mostly bald - short gray beard.

[tigerpiper]

I will look you up and I will bring my axe.

Hey, I play bagpipes and banjo (not at the same time). I do not take offense to jokes about that, or almost anything else.

Are we less than a month away? Almost!

[Jackstraw]

I was jamming with this girl last night on my acoustic bass, I'm not bringing it to Waka... without an amp it gets drowned by the guitars.

[RevMasterDudeCrosby]

I have a neighbor that plays bagpipes on his front porch regularly. Unfortunately, he plays the same three tunes over and over. It's tolerable from a distance.

Banjo and bagpipes? That's a pretty lethal combo. I tell you what, as long as you don't play the pipes between, say, midnight and 10:00 A.M. we should be able to avoid any serious violence... :lol:

Anybody out there play the accordion? Ever heard of Hamster Circus? Progressive accordion punk band. Oh, yes, it's like a good spanking!

[ajones6]

I play the triangle (ding!) :D

[tiedyekelly]

:lol:

YIPPPEEEEE!!! We're PLAYING BLUEGRASS NAKED at WAKA this year too!

Watch out for a fat naked lady with a guitar! FUN, FUN, FUN!

[rhumbatumba]

[quote:02cadcb206=\"tiedyekelly\"]:lol:

YIPPPEEEEE!!! We're PLAYING BLUEGRASS NAKED at WAKA this year too!

Watch out for a fat naked lady with a guitar! FUN, FUN, FUN![/quote:02cadcb206]

Hey kelly :D
Thanks for sheltering my azz last year.

[RevMasterDudeCrosby]

I'll do that. Actually, I think I read somewhere that the Play Bluegrass Naked contingency will be camped in Treetop. I'll be in 123, and may have to stumble over. Anybody up for a naked bluegrass gospel session with the Rev?

(Hey, is it kosher to wear clothes and toss in some reggae or punk or heck maybe even some tired old rock tunes or something?)

[NoMorePhishInTheSea]

I've been playing guitar for about 6 years now, spent most of the years on electric playing metal but with my recent change in music taste, ive been playing alot more acoustic in the style of keller, dave, cheese..I'll definetly be looking for some jam partners in the campgrounds

[tiedyekelly]

:D

Howdy rhumbatumba!

Which one of the naked people were you? Just kidd'n. You're welcome, nice to know we helped, was it during the storm?

Peace, Love & MANY Groovies
tie dye kelly 8)

[rhumbatumba]

[quote:80989463f6=\"tiedyekelly\"]:D

Howdy rhumbatumba!

Which one of the naked people were you? Just kidd'n. You're welcome, nice to know we helped, was it during the storm?

Peace, Love & MANY Groovies
tie dye kelly 8)[/quote:80989463f6]

Fuhk yeah it was during the storm... Yeah its Jon B. Remember I was one of the many people whose plush ass setup did not survive. Luckily I knew you guys down the road :) Though I couldnt beieve your giant rig didnt go airborne.

It was so sad... I had a futon mat, pillows, munchies KB, and clothes all in my tent. I was sleeping with the tent not staked to the ground when the storm went off, woke up basically to the tent bowing in the wind like crazy. I was doing great, holding the tend down from the inside, that is until the rain fly flew off :( Completely drenching me and my comfy setup. Oh well, I survived. This year I'm bringing tent stakes, and if I hear of rain I am parking my car in front of the tent to block it from the wind.

[tiedyekelly]

I staked the crap out of the big ol 10' by 20' overhead tent.

Because, I have seen it turn into a kite at the Woody Gutherie fest.

[tigerpiper]

If last year was a 100 year thunderstorm, we should be ok.

I got a pig, home in a pen... is going through my head nonstop this morning.

[tiedyekelly]

Wow a hundred year thunderstorm.

I'd believe it, that was the worst storm I've weathered.

I love running into someone that survived the storm, watch their eyes, their eyes always get wide when they retale their tale of the storm.

It was freeken crazy. And I'd do it again anytime !!! Long live Waka!

[tnkrbellup]

Heeheehee, Kelly! I hear ya, girl.....I'd do it again too! I can still see the people crazily running across the field in the downpour trying to reach their tents. Ahhh....memories!

At the time I didn't realize it was as bad as it really was. Silly me! I've lived in KS my entire life....I should know the power of storms by now :roll: . I actually woke up before it started & made a trip to the potty before the rain hit. When our tent started leaking we moved to the tarp covered truck-bed where we sat (helllloooooo!) watching the lightening strike just yards in front of us. I was quite mesmerized by it & I hadn't even been smokin'! It was pretty dang cool. What a night for my second camping experience ever.

I'll have to admit though, this year I'm hoping for perfectly sunny 80 degree weather all weekend.....no humidity, no rain, no 70 mph winds, and NO big-ass storms at 3 am!

[toejam]

[quote:38078068ca=\"ajones6\"]heck yeah. I'm on a hunt for all things rare and jam. Rainsticks, steel triangle, finger symbols, whoopie cushions, tamborine, recorder (mini flute), OOOOOooo! Somebody bring a wooden Xielephone (spell?) like they have in elementary school music class! Or those wooden blocks with the ridges that you scrape with another piece of wood- does anyone know what that is called?[/quote:38078068ca]

's called a \"Guiro\" and is pronounced like WEE ROW,
or \"We're Oh.\"

x y l o p h o n e

i'd bring either if i had them.
just guitar for me and maybe a hand drum.

[keef]

hell yea thats all ima be doin when there are no shows goin on..i dont plan on sleeping much so if you hear a someone jammin the bongo very early in the morning..good chance itll be me :)

[greasyparar]

I play mostly bluegrass guitar, im taken i train down there so i wasn't planning on bringing it, but if you beautiful people can guarentee a good jam, or a ride from ohio, illl definatly hall the axe down there!

[lucidvision]

Hey if anybody wants to start a blues/folk/whatever jam, I play a pretty mean harmonica.

[greasyparar]

count me in

[rambler_17]

good to hear there's room for banjo's at waka...i'll definetly be bringin mine. gotta start counting down the days, i can't wait for the fest.

[S.T. Snizzle]

i have this thing that i think is an ahoko or at least its like one, i think it sounds pretty cool, just some nutshells tied to a stick with string

[PolyOntology]

does it sound kind of like rain? if so i have one of those..sort of..my dog kinda destroyed it a little.

[RevMasterDudeCrosby]

Let's get something happening in Tent City on Wed. night before the amps plug in for four days!

If folks want to pick a spot I can get there. I'm at Shady Lane 263 in Campground 3, but I'll ride to C1 or VIP if someone wants to jam.

I know a buttload of songs (though admittedly, many are a bit obscure) and can lend some structure in the singing and rhythm department, and do especially well if there are some good lead players, whatever the instrument. I would drool for a slippery fiddle player willing to stretch from bluegrass to punk, blues to folk, rock to reggae. I'm not picky, though, and will jam with anyone as long as the vibe is good and the energy focused enough to make us smile.

[allterrainhiker]

I can keep a solid beat on any hand drum. I'm bringing my djembe, maybe a frame drum and a set of bongos that I can't tune that well bud if you hit them hard enough on the edges you'll fit right in. I also have a PVC didjeridoo with beezwax covering the mouth piece. I can't play it for longer than a few seconds but I might bring it if there's room.

other than that i've been told i play a mean squeeze box :wink:

[RevMasterDudeCrosby]

drums and didg or cool

got great memories of realizing a didg player was droning in D and then jamming a spacewarp style acoustic morning dew with an orchestra of guitars by a lake near the Oregon Country Fair.

yeah baby

[PolyOntology]

speaking of spacey stuff...I just posted a drum/sampler improv thing I recorded last summer on my myspace thing, you can check it out here: http://www.myspace.com/polyontology

you can hear more mp3s of me and my friends here: http://www.artistlaunch.com/metapneuma

[RevMasterDudeCrosby]

Poly,

I'm listening to your 9/11 recording as I type. Gotta appreciate a band that is willing to lay back and not rush it. Pretty out there. I like it.

[RevMasterDudeCrosby]

Oh, and by the way, I would link you up to some of my sounds, but recording devices tend not to capture what I play. I mean, being one of the legion of the living dead, and just as our images do not appear in mirrors or on film, I do not \"appear\" on tape or digital recordings.

I'm not kidding.

[BoxOfRain]

I'm definitely bringing one of my guitars and a djembie. Lookin forward to some great jammin out!

[PolyOntology]

ah i missed your comment Rev, thanks!

[well_known_stranger]

there looks 2 b a bit a people in on this jam,,,but i'm down. i play guitar, been playin about 6 years now. more of a lead guitar on electric but i can put it down on acoustic pretty good. i only know a handful of songs, i just like 2 play my own stuff.

where's this takin place exactly?

[lucidvision]

Anywhere and everywhere, man. At all times and in all places. Alpha and Omega type ****. You dig?

[well_known_stranger]

Definately, i'll just stroll around wit my guitar on my back. if u see any1 like that, yell.

[lucidvision]

I'll be sure to do that. By the way, if anyone has a set of bagpipes, I would be pretty psyched if they would be kind enough to bring them for the parade.

[Jager360]

How can all you freaking people afford VIP tickets? They're like 400 dollars EACH. Jesus holy damn, maybe I'm just more broke then I thought.... :roll: Hey, all you rich people, gimme money.

[Sunflower]

[quote:5721d302e9=\"Jager360\"]How can all you freaking people afford VIP tickets? They're like 400 dollars EACH. Jesus holy damn, maybe I'm just more broke then I thought.... :roll: Hey, all you rich people, gimme money.[/quote:5721d302e9]

Get a job, hippie! :wink:

[well_known_stranger]

VIP tickets r overpriced n jobs are overrated. :lol:

[lucidvision]

I didn't buy VIP, and I'm not going to let that get in the way of my jamming.

[Sunflower]

Yeah, I'm not in VIP either. One of these years maybe but 2006 isn't it.

[Yeho]

i'm bringin my clarinet. :)

[Crayfishandy]

We'll have some musicians camping at our camp, 1 of them being myself, everyone is welcome to stop by and jam. that is if were up for it (a.k.a. coherent) It's probably best to stop by and check to see if were up for it, just so you don't have to lug anything over to be turned away, don't wanna have to do that ;)

[TheAlbinoCatWithAThirdEye]

Well, I'm hoping to bring some drums and a tambourine, and maybe my guitar (but it's kind of crappy-- Johnson acoustic electric) but for the most part I'll be that tall chick with the short hair DANCING her legs off and listening to music rather than playing it. :D

[laughingflyinglemur]

I'll jam for ya. I'll be in upgraded (I hope) on Wednesday night looking for jams. That's the night for campground jams. Come Thursday there's too much else going on. I tried to get into VIP for a Wednesday jam, but I was turned away, so I returned to upgraded and just started picking until I was invited into another jam.

Who's up for a Wednesday, down-home, camp jam?

[bogmonkey]

[quote:4bc8079689=\"laughingflyinglemur\"]I'll jam for ya. I'll be in upgraded (I hope) on Wednesday night looking for jams. That's the night for campground jams. Come Thursday there's too much else going on. I tried to get into VIP for a Wednesday jam, but I was turned away, so I returned to upgraded and just started picking until I was invited into another jam.

Who's up for a Wednesday, down-home, camp jam?[/quote:4bc8079689]

I am bringing a \"bag o tricks\" for jamming, along with my drum. I have a little percussive stash (frog, cowbell, earth-bell, wood blox, etc). Ordinarily I play keyboards, but in a festival setting thats not gonna werk! I will also use my voice to make \"jam sounds\" as well. I hopre to connect with a few on-site jams when I am not jamming to the bands...

Cheers

Bog

[laughingflyinglemur]

You should get one of those keyboard flute thangs like Pablo Moses plays. You can get 'em pretty cheap and they sound righteous in the woods.

[April Green]

In our camp there will be some Harmonicas, Guitars, and a Synth. We found a couple of jam circles last year, and had a great time.

[~dave~~wave~]

You should get one of those keyboard flute thangs like Pablo Moses plays. You can get 'em pretty cheap and they sound righteous in the woods.

Its called a melodica, made by Hohner, as played by the late, great Augustus Pablo.

They are indeed a lot of fun for a keyboard player wandering the woods.
Pablo would jam over reggae rhythms in minor keys to get his patented \"Far East\" sound.

To see the legend in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiaekG1Q0UE

[Pauly's Cheese]

Thanks for the link, dave!!! I fixed it so you don't have to copy and paste 8)

That thing is supersweet 8)

[laughingflyinglemur]

[quote]You should get one of those keyboard flute thangs like Pablo Moses plays. You can get 'em pretty cheap and they sound righteous in the woods.

Its called a melodica, made by Hohner, as played by the late, great Augustus Pablo.

They are indeed a lot of fun for a keyboard player wandering the woods.
Pablo would jam over reggae rhythms in minor keys to get his patented \"Far East\" sound.

To see the legend in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiaekG1Q0UE[/quote:b96bce2db0]

I was spacing. You're right. It is Augustus Pablo. Thanks for the clarification. I highly recommend his East of the River Nile cd.

[~dave~~wave~]

[quote:74dbf11c08=\"laughingflyinglemur\"][I highly recommend his East of the River Nile cd.[/quote:74dbf11c08]

Jah love

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w279/ukeflyer/nuggets0415.jpg

[Amygdala]

I'll bring a trash can lid and we can go \"experimental\"

Or I'll invent my own instrument like \"That 1 guy\"......I think that prolly took him more than 40ish days.......


better yet, beans in stapled paper plates! like jammin in 1st grade!