Post #464203 by tiki mick on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 7:45 AM

On 2009-06-23 23:26, squid wrote:

On 2009-06-23 11:39, bigtikidude wrote:
Wow!!! thanks Guys.

its good to know that some people care about what I am doing.
and for you to post it publicly means a lot to me.
I do get support from some people off line sometimes, but they don't say it on TC.
I was blown away how many people posted in the Bob Bogle passing away thread,
saying that they liked surf.
yet none of those people come to surf, and or tiki music events.
hmmmmmm

Lucas, I would love if you would come to the event I am doing,
its fairly close to where we live.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

I too support your efforts since you have been kind enough to make your own threads about the surf shows. I don't care for surf music (except maybe The Rapiers) and you most likely won't see me at a surf show unless it's to support a fellow musician. But I do get the tiki connection.

So in the spirit of "Tiki Music" being all-inclusive, look for my upcoming Uruguayan psych-artpop-garage-jazz concerts thread coming soon!

Anybody got some ear plugs I can borrow for Oasis??

But wouldn't you agree that something done well, even if not exactly your cup of tea might be worth checking out at least once?

I really don't like the band, Journey, and never have. But I had a chance to see them with the new Filipino singer, Arnel Pineda, and man I was impressed! I am just using that as an example, of course.

I too, am not a major fan of surf music. Though, growing up here in socal I have been exposed to it pretty much my whole life. I had a couple of friends in high school that were in a major HB surf band back in the day. And of course, in my first rock band when I was 12, we covered walk don't run and pipeline (Like I am sure all bands eventually do!)

What I don't like about it is the somewhat repetetive nature of it, the lack of strong melodies, the lack of vocals, and the fact that a lot of the musicians involved in it have a basic skill level at best...not all, but a lot that I have heard. It's basically 2-3 chord music, which can either be a good thing (Like in the Blues) or a boring thing, depending on one's mood.

What I do like about it is the sense of style, the tone of the instruments. I mean, who doesn't really like a twangy guitar drenched in reverb? The music evokes a time and a place to me that is good. Instantly recogizeable. And some bands, like the Dynotones and the Eliminators or Glascow Tiki shakers, have taken this to a very professional and tight level.
That Glascow tiki shaker guitarist would be a good guitarist in any type of music, for example.

For me, the key lies in blending that tone and attitude with other types of music. A good example of a guitarist doing this would be Jim Bacchi, of course.