Tonight I finished playing Flashdance at Central Bedfordshire College and I had a great time. It was pretty tricky given the amount of time to prepare amidst all of the other things that I’ve been engaged with recently, and also not least because I was covering both guitar parts and amalgamating them into one. We also had to transpose a couple of tunes down a tone on the fly which was a nice extra challenge!
The show was mainly electric guitar with 80’s tendencies, so I made use of my Small Clone chorus to colour my sound. I was also able to throw in a few shred-type hat-tips to nail the 80’s vibe!!
There was also a portion of acoustic guitar which I covered on my trusty Line6 Variax acoustic, and it was great for the strumming, picked and fingerstyle arpeggios. Some of the changes from electric to acoustic were fairly tight but we made it just in time all the time!
My attention is now turning to Jesus Christ Superstar which runs next week. The band call is on Sunday and I’m looking forward to it. Come down – it’s going to be a good one!