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HERE'S The page for Music questions only. You can ask all kinds of tech
questions, guitar, composition, it's meant to be informative. You know, Music Talk.
Pooh's Pub
Hi Kevin,
First congratulations on your great career. I went to Berklee in the late 70's-early 80s and saw you many times at Pooh's Pub and elsewhere in Boston. You were always very nice to talk to and generous with your time. Here's my questions: I've never stopped playing, but could never master the pick and now play without one - using my thumb and index finger to play single lines. But it's hard to play fast lines cleanly. I know you've answered some questions about playing without a pick, but I'd like to know if you threw away the pick because it was unnatural to you or did you just start playing without one and the thought of playing with a pick never crossed your mind? Or were you trying to get a certain sound? What the whole story behind that? I always wanted to know. All the best. Michael Karath
Thanks for coming to P.Pub. We had a wonderful time down there. Lots of music and fun. I played with a pick for the first seven years. Then I played a couple of years with a pick and my middle finger. The pick mostly going down abd the middle finger going up. Well, after tha I stopped using the pick and continue you play basically with the thumb going down and the middle finger going up. I use the other fingers in various ways depending on what it is I want to do for rhythm. The main thing I learned is that it does not matter what technique you use as long as it feels good to you and enables you to express what you want to on the instrument.
" the children."
Kevin, You often speak
of encouraging and
being there for " the children."
Now that you are 50, at what age do you see others as no longer being children and you no longer have interest
in them as children.
Elizabeth
I am not there for every child, no matter the age. There are times when there is no time. One show does not make or break anyone. I will say this much. I am so glad that certain people did not come to my first gig. Somehow when they did see me perform for the first time, It all happen very naturally and lead to the next and the next and so on. It's a journey and we meet many opportunities along the way. Have I answered your question?
your practice routine
i'll be brief i know your busy. your playing brings me great joy. i was wondering what your practice routine was like when you were a pup, i.e. how many hours a day. warmest regards - Owen
I practiced anything that made me better. Scales- starting on different fingers. Chords- many different inversions.Chords that just sounded pretty,dissonant, chord clusters (maj/min intervals within the chords) Copied my favorite solos-from Oscar Peterson to Terry Kath. Most of all I had the guitar in my hands 5 hours a day for years and years. I figured out just what I should practice. That is one of the most important things. Perhaps THE most important. What should you practice. Second most important, your practice sessions must connect to each other.While the ideas of your previous session is still "warm in your mind AND in your hands, start your next session. It's like a body builder connecting each workout while. If you wait too long, you will have lost that thread that makes it all unified, strong, cohesive. It makes a tremendous difference in your ability to retain things and the rate in which you progress.
you're into hiphop?
Yo Kev, didnt even know that one of my heroes had a website! I was just wondering if you're into hiphop? If so, who is your favourite MC or group?
Yes I like hip-hop and I love how it is bringing youth together. Well I'm old so I'm still a PE type of guy. I really like Nelly's groove. Gotta edge to it. I wish the musicianship was better, just like I wish it was in rock music too. But I guess it isn't necessary to get their points across.
less talented people do well.
I'm a bassist living in Mexico, and retired. I returned to the bass after a very different career, and down here I'm meeting and playing with a lot of talented and also retired musicians. Why is it that there are so many incridible guitarists and other musicians in places like Memphis or Nashville who never make a living in music while less talented people do well. I was just amazed at the talent I saw in street corners in Memphis and wondered if you had an opinion. I enjoy your music and style very much
Music is one thing and business is another. It's called the music business and right now, it's more about the business. This is not the age of the Artist. We don't count as much as we have in the past. It's sad. Those that have a talent for business will do better at this point. Those who have both will do the best. There was a time when an Artist was respected. That is not this day. This does not only pertain to music. It is pervasive in all the Arts today. It can also be seen in the absence of spirit in our society. The Arts or Spirit is the blade of grass sticking out of the block of cement. This society is looking for what can be held in hand, not what can be held in the heart. So what does the Artist matter? We are not material enough to matter.
whats goin on gangsta
Yo eubanks, whats goin on gangsta, I was looking up some stuff about different strings and it lead me to dadario, then to featured artists, well yeah here I am.It's funny cuz I almost never watch leno but when I do I always tell my gf, that guy is one of the best in the world, no joke! I was reading on this "music talk" section and man, mesa boogie?I thought they only made triple rectifier's hahaha =] But I wanted to ask yeah a few things
1. Sativa or indica? (spelling)
2. Les paul or fender? (if your like there both great in there own way, if you were on a desert island senerio)
3. Brat distortion or Ds-1?
4. what year is your brat?
Keep up the good work. I just caught that baked potato show meaning I'll be there! Take it easy.
randy (groove)
Thanks for taking the time to holla. 1.You know i don't gert down anywhere near as much as people think I do. So whatever you bring is cool. I'm just takin a quickie and passin. 2.Les for the thick ones and fender for the skinny ones. I'm versital like that. 3. RAT is cool, ain't none of 'em the bomb. I use it on the show but on my own gigs, I had to have something made. 4. Old as shit.
Hit me back sometime.
Virgin gig.
Kevin, Do you remember
what it was like to get
your first gig? Check
out Tiffany, Industry
and Jazz Cafe, Culver,
City. 9pm.
Yes I remember my virgin gig. It was a fashion show in Philly. Don't make me remember it. Yikes.
What gauge strings
Hello Kevin,
I noticed you use a martin acoustic guitar . What gauge strings do you use on it
Thanks Joe
It was special made for me. I use a 13 on top and something in the low 50'son the bottom. I'll have to check. You know that's something that after so long, I don't even remember unless I check. All of that kind of thing is so personal to each person and to the guitar. Not to mention as I am getting older I am wanting a slightly smaller neck and slightly lighter strings to sustain the longevity in my left hand. I would have never thought that would be a factor.
ive been thinking
Hey Kev, ive been thinking a lot about everything. A career in music that is. I had considered being a teacher, but when I took theory classes at my high school, I saw how things went. It just wasnt me, if you know what I mean. I just felt I wouldnt be happy doing it. It wasnt the type of environment id like to be in. (id prefer to be hands on with my guitar) Its really tough figuring everything out. Sometimes I try to think of what else I could do other than music, but there isnt really anything I feel interested in. I sometimes think maybe its all just some sort of crazy dream, maybe im asking for too much. Maybe im not being realistic. I know this is something I have to answer for myself, but I was hoping maybe you could help me see everything from a different point of view. So many decisions it sometimes seems too easy and I think that may be what is that is clouding things up for me. Thanks for everything, Louie.
You haven't told me your age and maybe it doesn't even matter. You sound exactly like me when I was 17 or 18 years old. At the time i was attending Berklee College, majoring in education. That is studying to be a teacher. Then I realized i felt the same way you did. Just wasn't me. Keep in mind that since that time I have taught many places on and off. Europe, Canada, Rutgers University, private lessons as well. So it was a good thing I did learn theory and lots of technical material, for myself as well as being able to teach other. I guess what I'm saying is that you can do both. One does not prevent the other. It all depends on the person and the passion. You can do whatever you want to, provided you really want it. It sounds to meas if you do not know what it is you want. In the mean time it may be a good idea to develop your skills on the guitar and in theory. It cannot hurt you unless you have a nature that feel the tech side of music is damaging to the creative side. I completely understand that. In that case play your guitar and play with other musicians and find your way to getting out there and playing. If you are passionate and can make people feel good, can get along with others, you will have a chance, a good chance to do get what you want. You must ask yourself, what is it that you want. Maybe you do not know the answer just yet. That's ok too. Some people pretend they know and head off in the wrong direction and spend their precious energy on things that will not make them happy.
guitars
Kevin Eubanks. What is the guitar you use on the Jay Leno Show? Thanks.
If you go to the guitar page on this site you will lots of guitars made by Abe Rivera for me.
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