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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2005-02-20

From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2005-01-12:

"Guitar face is a spur of the moment thing, something you have no awareness or control over," Campbell said.

"Guitar playing is ... all about energy, transferring your spirit to a hungry crowd through six strings and a wall of amps. You can't help sharing what you feel with a look, whether it's serious or maybe a little silly."

-- Les Campbell (aka Angus McFoghat), a sound and recording engineer from Nicholasville, Ky. and winner of Mag Rack's best amateur guitar face contest. (http://www.magrack.com/index.jsp)

[http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/01/06/Arts/hendrix050106.html]

(Submitted to the mailing list by Mike Krawchuk)

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Guitar Face

posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 10:41am on 2005-02-20
Yeah. Like when you grin madly, put out your tongue, nod your head, and spontaneously dance . Or some combination thereof. I don't think you have any idea you're doing any of those. But it's cute. And it's obvious what's going on. You're in the groove.
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 06:26pm on 2005-02-20
I think I'm usually aware that I'm dancing, and sometimes realize I'm nodding my head. Not sure about the grin (but I know that rocking out on a set of reels does make me feel pretty good) ...

#blink# I stick out my tongue??

I should watch more video of myself sometime.
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posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 07:31pm on 2005-02-20
You do put out your tongue. I've told you this. Sort of like Mel, not far, and only sometimes. Kind of a concentration gesture. I'm sure that if you knew you were being filmed, you wouldn't do it. And the manic look in your eyes gives all away. Part of your adorableness. :-)
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posted by [identity profile] force-of-will.livejournal.com at 04:05pm on 2005-02-20
I "talk" while I play. I mean my face makes all the motions that I'm talking, my jaw moves and my lips flap about, yet I don't say anything and am oblivious to the event until someone points it out.

Will
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 06:23pm on 2005-02-20
So ... if you sing while playing guitar, do the talking motions work out of sync with the lyrics so that you look like a badly dubbed foreign movie?

(Okay, I obviously need to go back to sleep.)

Actually, that's fascinating. Has anyone who reads lips told you whether the motions correspond to anything intelligible?
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posted by [identity profile] force-of-will.livejournal.com at 01:13am on 2005-02-21
Heh, I don't have any more trouble playing and singing than anyone else from what I can tell.

I don't think I'm saying anything intelligible. From what I can tell from what others tell me it would seem to be more like mumbling (or grumbling) than anything else.

Will
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