Here is an article about the new trend in nightclubs; inviting patrons to show off their Guitar Hero and Rock Band skills as the the game’s sound is pumped through the house system and the graphics are displayed on big video screens.
It got me thinking and maybe somebody has already tried this; why not have karaoke for guitar players? I mean real guitars. Have a good sounding rig on stage, some tracks of familiar songs, with the solo spots left open, and players could take turns having a whack at their fave tunes. For that matter, you could do it with other instruments as well. Instrument karaoke.
Just a thought.
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Kenski wrote,
It might work, given that you don’t seem to be able to throw a rock without hitting a guitar player these days :-)
Dunno whether you’ve heard of this one…
Over here we have a few bars where you iDJ (I just made that up… they probably call it something else!) You turn up with your iPod and hook it up to the sound system. If people like what you’re playing, you stay on. If people don’t, you get kicked off and the next guy takes over.
We used to go to a pub near our old place in London. The guy behind the bar was into the same music as me, so I’d burn CD’s and he’d play them while we sat at the bar and drank ice cold beer… On a good day you’d get people dancing in the back. On a bad day, the place would clear out. Actually, I secretly preferred the bad days!!!!
Kenski’s last blog post..Get Well, Gregg…
Link | April 18th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Pribek wrote,
Haven’t seen the DJ thing, Kenski but, it’s rare occasion that I step into a bar these days unless it’s a gig. So, I’m out of the llop. Sounds like a good idea though.
“On a bad day, the place would clear out. Actually, I secretly preferred the bad days!!!!”
I can relate to that. Back in the drinking days, the places I looked for were the ones with long, dark corridors leading to the entrance. The ones with no windows looking in, you know?
Link | April 18th, 2008 at 10:15 am
J wrote,
Sousaphone hero! I remembered seeing this a while ago and dug it out:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/activision_reports_sluggish_sales
J’s last blog post..Theramin Cat
Link | April 18th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Pribek wrote,
“Players may also choose from 27 different fat-guy characters who can be customized with Alpine hats, epaulets, and a mustache editor with a wide array of options.”
sweet
Link | April 18th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Trend Spotter Cocker Spaniel wrote,
http://home.mindspring.com/~stlska/chicago.html
(if you need to, please read the rest from 2002 Sun Times Article at link above)
This article and your trend spotter above made me think about a day trip we took to San Antonio River Walk in December. Wife and two kids with Pat2’s best friends, Christian and Parker, and their parents.
I spent four years in SA, ‘73 to ‘77 Trinity Univ, and haven’t been back since. That is 30 years ago. Some things changed, but really its a case of most things changed hands. The themes today are kind of psuedo Mex-Tex something… I really don’t know.
In the ’70’s we Bongo Joes, Beacon Tap, Bwana Diks, Crystal Palace, Hog Ear Music… sort of Mojo Themed.
However one Irish bar, Dirty Nellies, still exists as it pretty much did, and still has a piano player ripping the keys and singing Irish ditties, that the kids got a super big kick out of:
Oh, I got an Aunty Sissy
And she’s only got one titty
But it’s very pointed
And the nipple’s double jointed
chorus–
Did you ever see..
Did you ever see..
Did you ever see,
Such a funny thing before?
I’ve got a cousin Daniel
And he’s got a cocker spaniel
If you tickle’im in the middle
he would lift his leg and piddle…
And others like “Eskimo Nell; The German Officers; Oh, you Zulu Warriors; and Wild West Show” You get the picture.
How can we get a sexual healing that will link the brilliance of the immediate past mojo to this emerging techno barbaric trend? Good parents want to know, where can we take our middle schoolers, and have fun like we used to?
I really think a good Bier Garten is needed. Screw Gatti Town, and Chuckles Cheeses…! Can we start our own franchise of family fun beer gartens,,, guitar fad, cricket centers, pub planet?
Still Eat up– MooPig
Trend Spotter Cocker Spaniel’s last blog post..Frankfurter Lyard WrPight; Moon_Pig
Link | April 20th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Pribek wrote,
All I know is you got to keep an eye on those Bier Fraus or, they’ll steal you blind.
Link | April 20th, 2008 at 2:11 pm