Sosso Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) Axl seems to be a fan of those instruments. Me either, if they add something to the sound. I really like the congas on songs like WTTJ or Mr. Brownstone. And also the tambourine in the pre-2016 version of Don't Cry What do you think about this instruments? Edited March 1, 2017 by Sosso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Boy Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Funny you should mention this, because I was thinking today about a percussion sound on "Anything Goes" that I've always wondered about - during the opening riff you can hear a sort of scraping sound, which I am guessing is a 'Guiro'? It's a great addition I think, gives the song's intro that extra slidey scrapey sleazy sound! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Güiro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 18 minutes ago, Nice Boy said: Funny you should mention this, because I was thinking today about a percussion sound on "Anything Goes" that I've always wondered about - during the opening riff you can hear a sort of scraping sound, which I am guessing is a 'Guiro'? It's a great addition I think, gives the song's intro that extra slidey scrapey sleazy sound! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Güiro Yeah, it's definitly a Guiro. That song would be a nice setlist surprise at the current tour by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 4 hours ago, Sosso said: I really like the congas on songs like WTTJ or Mr. Brownstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cqleonardo Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I think percussion is always a nice thing to add to rock n' roll, I love the congas on Jungle and MB too 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I love the added percussion on Brownstone on the original album version, subtle but adds a nice touch to it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I like it on some tracks, definitely Brownstone. Often live I cant hear Dizzy's percussion on other tracks - sometimes gives me chuckle, poor Dizzy. I've read/heard both Matt Sorum and Dizzy mention how Matt had a deal with Zilldian and when he saw Dizzy just sitting there during songs with no piano he dragged over some percussion instruments to Dizzy so he'd have something to do. Dizzy said he learned from that day on how to play them. So, in some cases Dizzy is only playing since Matt asked him to I guess? Teddy Zig Zag really knew how to rock the tambourine too! Just did a quick search for quotes. Not the best example here and not expansive but heres at least a reference to this fact, and hopefully I can, or others can, find the specific quotes: "With encouragement from GNR 2.0 drummer Matt Sorum, Reed also developed into an auxiliary percussionist..." Read More: Dizzy Reed 101: Everything You Need to Know About Guns N' Roses' Keyboardist | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-dizzy-reed/?trackback=tsmclip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Cavalerra Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Quote The HUB: You’re also a percussionist and I gather that has to do with making yourself useful on songs that don’t lend themselves to a keyboard part. Dizzy Reed: That’s exactly it. When I joined Guns N’ Roses, some of the guys weren’t ready to hear keyboards yet. At that time I was doing what I always wanted to do: I was keeping it very organic-sounding—something you really couldn’t do in the ‘80s. They thought it made things sound “dated.” Matt Sorum, the drummer at the time, he had a deal with LP [Latin Percussion] at the time, and they brought down some congas and he said ‘Here,’ and put them in my corner. I started just beating on them and basically taught myself how to do that in a very short period of time. I definitely wanted to add something to the music. But I didn’t want to just be like a monkey beating on a drum. So I listened to a lot of older rock that had percussion on it and tried to emulate that. I worked on fitting it in where it would serve some sort of purpose. http://thehub.musiciansfriend.com/artist-interviews/artist-interview-guns-n-roses-dizzy-reed Dizzy conga is more clear in pro shot tho, Tokyo DVD RQ is one example. If there's somehow NITL official DVD released, i bet it will be subtly listenable again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) Can someone tell me who plays these maracas during the concerts? I always see them in that corner of the stage but I have no idea who uses them. Edited April 8, 2017 by Sosso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History2010 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Dizzy played maracas back on the old NuGuns tours. So its probably him. But have we ever seen them be used in this tour? I see Dizzy on the keys and bongos throughout the show. But I have never seen those maracas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 (edited) He plays the shaker at some parts of the song. It actually sounds good. Edited July 21, 2017 by Sosso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 Can someone tell me if there is a guide or something of how to play percussion instruments to GN'Rs music? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgeboz Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 On 8/4/2017 at 4:14 PM, Sosso said: Can someone tell me who plays these maracas during the concerts? I always see them in that corner of the stage but I have no idea who uses them. I saw a video of Axl playing them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 On 08/04/2017 at 6:14 PM, Sosso said: Can someone tell me who plays these maracas during the concerts? I always see them in that corner of the stage but I have no idea who uses them. its tracy (roberta's friend) she sits under axl piano and plays it on several songs during the 3 and a half hour set (it adds a fine touch to slither if you ask me!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-p-d-a Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 4 hours ago, Sosso said: Can someone tell me if there is a guide or something of how to play percussion instruments to GN'Rs music? Thanks Some TABs have a percussion layer. For example Rocket Queen "Live Era" on Songsterr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnrcane Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 On 4/8/2017 at 5:14 PM, Sosso said: Can someone tell me who plays these maracas during the concerts? I always see them in that corner of the stage but I have no idea who uses them. I can't remember what song but Axl played them for sure during the beginning of one song at the Miami show this year. I think it was one of the AFD songs. My memory isn't perfect but Axl definitely played them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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