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Fellow musician Mark Davis and I had our debut as the Davis Leigh Duo last night at the College Hill Coffee Company. Mark plays guitar and does the other half of the lead singing in 99iQ, one of the two bands in which I play. Both Mark and I would like to play more than the others seem to care to play, so we've talked off and on about doing a semi-acoustic, quiet duo.
Last night, we gave it a shot.
It was definitely different. I'm used to playing in bands, where there are generally at least four people on stage and a moderate-to-large amount of volume produced. I'm certainly not used to latte machines that are as loud as us. I'm not used to the sparseness of the instrumentation (though Devon came by about halfway through the first set and brought a conga drum to give us some percussion accompaniment).
Rule One: the sparser and quieter the group, the more important all the individual parts are, and the more mistakes stick out. I was playing my fretless acoustic bass most of the time, and found that I really had to pay attention to my fingering. Being a little flat or a little sharp was far too noticeable.
But... overall, those who were listening said that it sounded good (and yes, those I asked would have told me if that wasn't the case, too -- at least most of them.) And we'll get better as we do this more often. Also, coordinating two people for practices, gig dates, and everything else is one hell of a lot easier than coordinating four or six.
So we'll see. Hey, if nothing else, it'll give me practice (and more material) for Mpls guitar circles.
Last night, we gave it a shot.
It was definitely different. I'm used to playing in bands, where there are generally at least four people on stage and a moderate-to-large amount of volume produced. I'm certainly not used to latte machines that are as loud as us. I'm not used to the sparseness of the instrumentation (though Devon came by about halfway through the first set and brought a conga drum to give us some percussion accompaniment).
Rule One: the sparser and quieter the group, the more important all the individual parts are, and the more mistakes stick out. I was playing my fretless acoustic bass most of the time, and found that I really had to pay attention to my fingering. Being a little flat or a little sharp was far too noticeable.
But... overall, those who were listening said that it sounded good (and yes, those I asked would have told me if that wasn't the case, too -- at least most of them.) And we'll get better as we do this more often. Also, coordinating two people for practices, gig dates, and everything else is one hell of a lot easier than coordinating four or six.
So we'll see. Hey, if nothing else, it'll give me practice (and more material) for Mpls guitar circles.
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Any chance the Davis Leigh Duo will be playing Chili Con?!
A.