gave it a listen, though the sound quality is a little bad
1)loved the way the sax comes in...sounds really cool
2)totally awesome guitar playing there, i was blown away by your solo, im not lying, i musta listened to it like fifty times, over and over again...i think its the way you move, says alot about how youre feeling the music...
3)i like the way you mellow it down after your solo and how the sax picks it up again...

im guessing after the feedback you started a new song?


conclusion, id pay to come watch your show... 8)
just the sound aint so great in the vid

Very cool. ?

??? Holy cow that solo :O and you're still in school? Is that Northwood? Hard to see the badge on the blazer...btw what is the number of your guitar teacher!!

Thanks so much guys ? yeah sorry about the quality....

No haha I'm not in school anymore! not with that hair anyway ? Its Kearsney.

It was a concert at the school to celebrate old boy Terrence Reis who's now Knopfler's replacement in Dire Straits and we opened for him (see his Suhr guitar behind the sax player in the clip) and both myself and the sax player are old boys, so it was kinda fitting to wear the blazers etc... I'm first year at UKZN and my teacher is Demi Fernandez, who is a flamenco monster. His chops are jaw-dropping...

That bit at the end was Extraction by Greg Howe. A masterpiece. thanks for your words ?

Sebastian wrote: I'm first year at UKZN and my teacher is Demi Fernandez, who is a flamenco monster. His chops are jaw-dropping...

Any chance you could sneak me into a lecture or 5? Im third year chemical engineering at UKZN but I have a lot of frees during the day at the moment ?

Wesley (Kalcium) Ward wrote: Any chance you could sneak me into a lecture or 5? Im third year chemical engineering at UKZN but I have a lot of frees during the day at the moment ?

haha we do two-at-a-time lessons, so if you could get in undetected you'd be more than welcome!!! ?

btw my dad is a chemical engineer. Apparently its LOADS of work. respect ?

Hey Seb,

Some really epic playing there man. How about you give me some lessons?

Cheers,
Shaun

Great Sebastian... Haven't seen you yet in the Durbs circuit... I'm sure we'll meet someday though.

Joe Moore wrote: 8) , Hey Sebastian , I saw you jam at Wilsons Wharf about 2 1/2 years ago with some blues guys.....( the day you got your Laney head and cab :-\ ). I recognised your potential then and do so a lot more now. Keep your passion going dude , you will be famous one day ? .

My only comment about a great piece : Your synchronised solo with the sax would sound better in harmony with each other , ( the last bit was ne').
This is a great party trick that normally impresses the general public ....imo ,of course :-[

Joe, thanks for your kind words ? I remember your comments on the sound I got out of that laney a year and a half ago, and took them very constructively, thanks ? My eventual solution was to swap the laney for a big old 100w marshall. The Marshall's name is Belinda and we get on really well ?

As for the synchronised bridge, VERY glad someone brought that up!! To me, everytime I hear major-sounding melodies harmonised, it just reminds me of those chinese-shredder-type guys on Youtube who compose cartoon-sounding happy music and then shred the hell out of the major pentatonic! (I hope someone knows what I'm talking about :-[ ) So we just harmonised the end of the phrase for effect, and rather chose to play EXACTLY the same inflections like slides, vibrato's, phrasing etc... Sounds REALLY tight when we get it right, and the clip doesn't really show that....

Pete, I know, we haven't managed to really play a lot yet. In Durban, Jazz places are wary of us being too rocky, and the younger-generation oriented rock places think we're too jazzy, so we take festivals if our videos impress the organisers!! But we've only been going for three months, so hopefully that'll change...

@Shaun, Bro just pm me your cell and I'll give you a call. As soon as my music exams are over in mid-November i'll be free for quite a while and would be more than happy to give lessons ?

Sebastian wrote:
@Shaun, Bro just pm me your cell and I'll give you a call. As soon as my music exams are over in mid-November i'll be free for quite a while and would be more than happy to give lessons ?

Thanks, wll do. Feeling like I'm practising the same old stuff and a bit stuck in a rut!

shaunf wrote:

Sebastian wrote:
@Shaun, Bro just pm me your cell and I'll give you a call. As soon as my music exams are over in mid-November i'll be free for quite a while and would be more than happy to give lessons ?

Thanks, wll do. Feeling like I'm practising the same old stuff and a bit stuck in a rut!

Make it a 2 person lesson? I'll pm as well but Im going away for december and jan so if you're free for a while next year feb some time that'd be awesome, and if Im free...stupid chem eng haha it is loads of work :/ haha

ChemEng seems a gas...

I'm looking forward to Law a UKZN next year ?

Wesley, do you play in a band at all?

I really enjoyed that! The drummer could swing a little more but I'd pay good money to see you guys. Do you have any other brass? I reckon a little trumpet goes a long way (but I'm just on that kick right now ? )

Jack Flash Jr wrote: I really enjoyed that! The drummer could swing a little more but I'd pay good money to see you guys. Do you have any other brass? I reckon a little trumpet goes a long way (but I'm just on that kick right now ? )

We've discussed getting in a brass section for big gigs... Judge, the sax player, plays in the KZN wind band and is majoring in comp. and arranging, so he'd be more than able to get guys in and write parts for them... thanks ?

Wesley, would be more than keen. Will stay in touch ?

Danny B wrote: ChemEng seems a gas...

I'm looking forward to Law a UKZN next year ?

Wesley, do you play in a band at all?

In a cover band which is kinda just because I saw the opportunity and would rather be in some sort of band than nothing. Its got vocals, sax, trumpet and trombone, the keyboard player is pretty useless and theres no drummer (back tracks :/) luckily I recently found a bass player so im not the entire rhythm section anymore...woot! Would love to be in a proper band though, doing originals, no back tracks, at the moment we havent done more than practise once a week for 1.5 hours. Needless to say I spend about an hour a week on practising band songs and the rest of my time playing other stuff ?

Congrats!!!

Great tune and wonderful playing

Good luck?

Thank you kind sir!!

For anyone who's interested, here's another....

This one features the sax player, and me attempting bebop at the beginning ?

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Hey guys,

for those of you going to Splashy Fen this year, note that we're officially on the bill as "The Sir Walrus Band". (name change induced by trademark conflicts in the states...)

look forward to seeing as many of you as possible there ? !!

http://www.reverbnation.com/thesirwalrusband