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[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1498472629' post='3324769'] Maybe easier just to pick it up from a video lesson? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFkIkwkt9tw[/media] [/quote]Thanks Kev, I will take a look at the video for some ideas.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1498424274' post='3324557'] It's the way of bands that they end one day. None of the effort you have expended on learning material is wasted - you gave a repertoire, you have become a better player, and you are a valuable commodity to your next band. [/quote]Spot on, as I stated in an earlier reply, I must have learn't about 250+ songs over the last ten years with various bands that didn't last that long, but I don't see it as wasted time, I now have a repertoire of songs to fall back on, and if/when I join another band, there's a good chance I will already know a fair amount of their set, of course I might need to dust the cobwebs off the songs I've not played for a while, but they soon come back to you once you start playing them again.

Wow! I thought it would be one of the Lizzy songs that a lot of bands would have covered at some stage. Still, from our bands perspective, I suppose that's a good thing as we will be playing something that isn't generally covered by other bands. We ran through it for the first time in rehearsal on Saturday, and it worked quite well, I've got most of the runs off, but it's the long guitar solo at the end that I'm struggling a bit with, I'm not looking to play it note for note of course, but having a look at a reasonably accurate tab can sometimes help with improvising. Hopefully someone out there will point me in the right direction..

[size=4]I've literally just got back this Sunday morning from yet another MRI scan, this time for my upper back, neck and shoulder, I've had many scans over the last five years for my lower back, I've got arthritis in both thumbs which causes a lot of pain when playing, I had a trapeziectomy a few year's ago to remove the [font=arial, sans-serif]trapezium, ([i]which is a small bone in your wrist at the base of your thumb[/i]), unfortunately this operation actually made it worse, and[/font] I'm now going deaf due to guitarists refusing to lower their volume in rehearsals. [/size] [size=4]Other than that little lot, I'm fine! [/size] [size=4]I've not suffered with any of the problems you have Mark so I can't really offer any advice on those, but stay positive as most problems ease off enough after a while to allow you to continue playing.[/size] [size=4]Good luck and I hope you recover soon. [/size]

[quote name='steantval' timestamp='1498348163' post='3324043'] Glastonbury is just like a big version of Jools Hollands show - A few decent acts but most of it is utter dross. The presenters follow up by saying every act was amazing or brilliant, it would be great to hear one of them say that was f*cking sh*te. [/quote]Most of the minor acts have been on Jools at least once in the past, and then, low and behold, Jools himself appears. I wonder just how much influence the BBC have when it come to choosing which acts appear.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1498341948' post='3323999'] It's a bit shouty, I switched to the Jacksons a while back. [/quote]I've just done the same

I'm watching the Foo Fighters now, and talk about dragging out a set, good musicians of course, but I'm totally bored!!!

[quote name='julietgreen' timestamp='1498335410' post='3323956'] Hi there and thanks. Well at least one of the maternity leaves was a paternity leave! Band spouse pressure - I bet you get some of that sometimes! This was irksome because I felt like the newbies didn't really have the right to say 'Yeah it's probably time to pack it in!'. The crux was our lead guitarist, though. He was very accomplished and so would be hard to replace. On the other hand, as you say - some time to find a new band. Wow! 250 songs! That's a lot of effort if you haven't gigged them. Still, it gives you a very strong starting point for any bands you do in the future! [/quote]I suppose in truth, over the ten year period, I suppose I probably played about 150 of them at least once "live", but like many bands, a lot of songs only get played in the rehearsal studio until the band splits up due to non-comittment by some members unfortunately.

I feel for you Juliet as I have been going through similar problems, although not with muso's going off having babies as I've always played in all male bands so far. It's just that so many people just don't have the necessary drive, dedication, and commitment to make a band work long term, I've played in around ten bands in the past ten years, and in that time I must have learnt at least 250 songs but only a few ever got played live I'm afraid. I do hope you find another band soon.

Does anyone out there have an accurate tab for Thin Lizzy's Emerald? I think I'm more or less there with it and I'm quite happy with my interpretation, but I would like have a look at an accurate tab to see if I can improve it in any way. Thanks

If the majority of punters don't notice bad tuning and mistakes, I guess we don't need to rehearse or practise anymore.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1496308816' post='3310346'] Getting serious for a moment, and picking up on a couple of comments about being one age while 'thinking' much younger, something really has changed. I'm 60 (but 17 inside) and I have pretty clear memories of my parents and grandparents back in the 60s and 70s, plus of course people like teachers and neighbours and shop assistants etc. When they hit 40 my parents were definitely "middle aged" with all the accompanying cliches. They were already going out of shape physically at depressing speed, their minds were travelling in some pretty deep grooves (I'm trying not to call them ruts), they dressed and acted like their own parents, they were increasingly concerned about behaving in an appropriate manner. My grandparents were in their 60s by my earliest clear memories of them and they were, inevitably, even more so. In his mid-60s my grandfather (after whom I'm named, and who lived in the flat above us) was, quite simply, old. He dressed and moved like an old man, talked like an old man, and already had - at least metaphorically - one foot in the grave. I was amazed that he made it through to 76. Like I say, something has changed. Maybe it's medicine, or lifestyle, or attitude, or everything, but in every way that matters I have a more youthful outlook at 60 than my Dad had at 40. I'm in better shape physically, more flexible and open-minded in attitude, and I still barely think of myself as being even middle-aged, let alone getting old. My parents were unusual people for their time; they were considered to be forward-thinking and perhaps even a bit risque. If I then think about the people the same age as my parents - teachers, neighbours, shop assistants, etc. - it just gets much worse. At one level I find myself thinking - like so many others - where did it all go. But at another level I more often find myself thinking "Gone? Who says it's gone?". [/quote]I've [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#545454]read and heard on the radio recently that up to two thirds of [/color][color=#6A6A6A][b]babies born[/b][/color][color=#545454] in the last year – more than half a million newborns – could live until they are 100.[/color][/font][/size]