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  • This topic has 15 replies, 11 voices, and was last updated 1 year, 11 months ago by Guido.
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    • December 26, 2023 at 1:37 pm #359492
      Liam Innes
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        Hello friends.

        I must have listened to the Revolver album 1000s of times since I first heard it many years ago.

        Quite a clever chord progression and an awesome Bass line by McCartney in this one.

        I didn’t even look at the backwards guitar part so I’m doing just the bass and acoustic this time.

        I know that it’s all been said about them countless times before, but I honestly don’t think there will ever again be a band that will quite match their genius.

        Please enjoy and thanks for watching.

        Liam.

        I’m Only Sleeping

        “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. “

      • December 26, 2023 at 1:45 pm #359493
        Ken
        Participant

          I am with you on the revolver lp. Very nice acoustic and bass, on a great tune.
          Thanks

          Ken F

          • December 27, 2023 at 2:11 am #359511
            Liam Innes
            Participant

              Thanks Ken

              “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. “

          • December 26, 2023 at 1:52 pm #359494
            David L
            Participant

              Terrific job on such a classic song. Well done, Liam. My brother was at their Shea Stadium concert. He couldn’t hear a thing over all the screaming.

              • December 27, 2023 at 2:14 am #359512
                Liam Innes
                Participant

                  Thanks David.

                  Man he must have felt cheated!

                  At least he actually got to look at them 😉

                  “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. “

              • December 26, 2023 at 1:57 pm #359495
                charjo
                Moderator

                  Nice job, Liam. Do you have a go to source to learn your song parts or is a good portion just using your ear?
                  John

                  • December 27, 2023 at 2:10 am #359510
                    Liam Innes
                    Participant

                      Thanks John.

                      Almost always YouTube.

                      Even if I know the song I’ll watch either a cover or a lesson of the parts or whole song.

                      Makes it miles easier nowadays as I’m sure you’ll remember having to thumb through song books whilst repeating parts over and over on a CD or even cassette.

                      My Dad used to have to go to the local library and get the actual sheet music and try and match it up to the vinyl lol.

                      Thank god for technology….

                      “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. “

                  • December 26, 2023 at 3:32 pm #359497
                    Richard W
                    Participant

                      Nice playing, Liam. Such a great song. Yeah, Revolver has a special place in my heart too.

                      I enjoyed your visuals during the mini backwards solo, really cool.

                      • December 27, 2023 at 2:18 am #359513
                        Liam Innes
                        Participant

                          Thanks Richard.

                          Yeah it’s one of the few albums I’ve kept coming back to and I always find something new every time I hear it.

                          The visuals are lifted from the music video on YouTube –

                          Check it out if you get a minute it’s really well done and worth a look.

                          “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. “

                      • December 26, 2023 at 6:09 pm #359504
                        JoeD1
                        Participant

                          You really played this quite well Liam. I liked the video too!

                          Joe

                          The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
                          Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
                          --Graeme Edge

                          • December 27, 2023 at 2:19 am #359514
                            Liam Innes
                            Participant

                              Thanks Joe.

                              “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. “

                          • December 27, 2023 at 5:00 am #359515
                            Jean Luc G
                            Participant

                              Nice playing !

                              jean luc G

                            • December 27, 2023 at 1:42 pm #359521
                              John H
                              Participant

                                Revolver is my favorite Beatles album. It was lying around the house back in the 1960s from my older siblings. I probably fired it up on the old turn table 10 times before I was 10. I was addicted at 5.

                                Nice and enjoyable video performance on this Liam. Always a pleasure.

                                John

                              • December 27, 2023 at 6:12 pm #359523
                                San Luis Rey
                                Participant

                                  Really nice Liam! The band that changed the world!

                                  Mike

                                • December 27, 2023 at 8:55 pm #359525
                                  Dave O
                                  Participant

                                    Nice playing!

                                    It's all about the journey, not the destination.

                                    https://soundcloud.com/david_ohm
                                    https://www.bandmix.com/drwho/

                                  • December 28, 2023 at 9:00 am #359534
                                    Guido
                                    Participant

                                      A very nice song in a pure John Lennon’s style, very well played, Liam! Very good and steady acoustic guitar rhythm strumming, very precise and with the correct and beautiful rhythm variations. A good strumming is a often underrated – but essential for a nice rendition of a song – skill. Then very nice bass parts (not an expert, but I guess they’re very tricky, like many McCartney masterful lines). Very good job!

                                      Guido

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