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Hi all,
I’m brand new to the forum & very excited to be a part of this community!I’m from Guyana and grew up in the early 70’s listening to early Jimmy Cliff, Toots, Ethiopians, and others, as well as calypso & soca, rock, soul, r&b, early country. First reggae album I heard was Legalize It, and I wasn’t yet a teenager.So a fairly sizable amount of reggae has poured into my ears over the decades. Since moving to US, I “discovered” blues & jazz. I’m also a fairly recent fan of musica de Brasil, as well as salsa, son, etc. Many more genres of interest. Baden Powell! Django Reinhardt! Hugh Masekela!
This year I decided to try to generate some sound of my own, SO it was great to find this site exists, and run by a member of illustrious Berklee College of Music, no less, as well as other top notch pros! YOW!
So I’m very excited indeed and can’t wait to nail my reggae CHOP! (and chops) and take it from there! 2025 is turning into quite a year for me, musically!
Thanks Matt & rest of the team! I can’t wait to dig in and see what y’all have in store! ROCKERS!!!
Gear: acoustic, strat, 5w amp, no pedals (yet).
Greetings Noel,
Thanks for sharing your story! And thanks for being part of the A of R community. I know the forum is rather slow in picking up steam so again, thanks for sharing. Please send a link to your music, a band video, your performance dates.
Keep on skankin!
Matt
Hail up Matt, & great to hear from you!
Yeah it would be great if the forum is active and buzzin’ like a beehive! I’m at home woodshedding my early beginner guitar chops (reggae, rock, blues) so nothing to share so far. Looking into some gear to record myself, if only to hear how I sound when I’m practicing. I’ll probably use Garage Band.
BTW, I’m VERY happy with how my guitar chop & double chop are coming along. It’s surprisingly “not easy” but thanks to GREAT explanations from Tuff, I’ve come a long way since I signed up for the course! My sound makes me think of Marley’s scratchy guitar on the Rasta Revolution album, one of my faves from back then and still so. Not a bad sound to try to emulate, eh?! I may try to keep that scratchiness as my signature.
Keep in touch.
Noel
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