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 A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics)
#15784471 - 02/09/12 03:05 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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Alright, so I've been VERY curious about this for some time, and I'm even more curious to see if anyone can relate / debate it.
Long story short, I play guitar, I've played for about 10 years now, and I have a deep love for the instrument. I also have a deep love for LSD lol, and mixing the two has proven to be an amazing experience, time after time. So here's my comment / question....
When I take acid, I can play like no other. My emotions just seem to pour out of my finger tips. The slight tremor from acid proves to be a little difficult when it comes to hitting some of the faster licks, but for the most part, I'm as accurate, soulful, and percise sounding as I am when I'm sober, and most likely, even more so. Simply put.... LSD + Guitar = bliss.
Now, on the other hand.... when I eat some mushies, I can't play to save my life lol. (I should note that I don't really take low doses, pretty much always 3.5 to 5g's) I'm not even exaggerating when I say that a few times while on boomers, I've essentially completely forgotten how to play guitar at all. I literally look at the 6 strings, watch them turn into 12, and just droll on myself... like how a caveman would look holding an iPod or something.
Can anyone else relate to this? Can anyone claim the opposite effects? I suppose this question applies to any musicians in general that like to play while tripping.
*** On a two related notes, drummers.... is it easy to stay on beat while tripping... and two, does anyone jam on lower doses of boomers? If I get some quality answers within the next hour-ish, I may decide to eat just a gram and try playing, but I tend to think low dose mushroom trips are kind of a waste... unless of course its a catalyst for some sweet guitar playing.
Thanks in advance!!
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: Prometheus Rising]
#15784495 - 02/09/12 03:12 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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I find to have a more clear head when on LSD if that makes any sense? Like I have better motor skills on LSD than mushrooms. I find doing even the most mundane tasks on mushrooms can be near impossible at higher doses. Very disorienting stuff.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: CapTrips]
#15784501 - 02/09/12 03:13 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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But I do agree playing guitar on LSD = bliss 
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: CapTrips]
#15784541 - 02/09/12 03:22 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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Thats weird because LSD gives me a hard time just walking 
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 Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: JacksonMetaller]
#15784607 - 02/09/12 03:37 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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I have difficulty playing the guitar on acid and shrooms. Difficulty focusing on it. Whenever I’ve tried to play I just seem to end up sitting there staring at it and wondering all sorts of things about it.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: Alien Invasionism]
#15784639 - 02/09/12 03:43 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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I can play on either, although sometimes the waves from shrooms will interfere. I actually think I play better on 2ci, I swear it effects muscle memory.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: Alien Invasionism]
#15784725 - 02/09/12 04:02 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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whats up guys? drummer here... Mushies always made me feel like amateur or something (not saying im a pro or anything). I could play without much problem keeping tempo but it felt raw, organic and very unplanned. Sparratic I guess. Most of the time I would feel limited to a tribal vibe but I think that's more of a drum thing.
Mushies + Musical Instruments = Loads of Fun...
LSD on the other hand made my playing feel very calculated and logical. I felt like i could plan what I was going to play before I played it much unlike mushrooms. Big 4 way Interdependence improvement... and funny enough tempo seemed like a very easy way to balance the time lapse felt on acid. In other words, Playing made sense of time. also i experienced much more emotional content and thicker emotional reactions to the sounds created when playing on lsd
Both are very very fun. Personally i like jamming on lsd better than mushies but I wouldn't pass on an opportunity to mush jam.
Also if you live somewhere in the sticks and the closest neighbors are far away, JAM OUTSIDE. SOOOOOOOOO NICE. I think the trees likes the sound
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: dirt]
#15784979 - 02/09/12 04:59 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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dirt said:
Both are very very fun. Personally i like jamming on lsd better than mushies but I wouldn't pass on an opportunity to mush jam.
Also if you live somewhere in the sticks and the closest neighbors are far away, JAM OUTSIDE. SOOOOOOOOO NICE. I think the trees likes the sound
Very well put. I was really hoping for the input of a dummer. If I could play anything other than guitar it'd be the drums. And as a matter of fact, I DO live pretty much out in the boondocks. Some nights in the summer, Ill drag my 40w blue jr. outside, turn up the volume reverb real high, and just play some bitter sweet summer blues for hours. Closest neighbor is about 1/4 mile, havent had a complaint yet lol
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: Alien Invasionism]
#15785321 - 02/09/12 06:17 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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I have difficulty playing the guitar on acid and shrooms. Difficulty focusing on it. Whenever I’ve tried to play I just seem to end up sitting there staring at it and wondering all sorts of things about it.
This is what happens to me. I can feel the creative potential running through my brain, but it becomes a physical issue. I can't seem to get it out of me, I guess. Same thing happens with drawing. I get the urge to draw, but I can't get it out of me. It's like there's something I'm trying to achieve, and there's a block in the way. 
I've played guitar for something like 4 years now, and I have trouble playing on any drug. I've got to give it a go on acid again, though. Maybe next time I dose alone. Lately, I've been dosing with a group of three other people, so maybe that's part of the issue.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: VicariousGreg]
#15785504 - 02/09/12 07:01 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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I find guitar a great form of creative expression on drugs, new perspective for different and new musical ideas.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: Q-man]
#15788342 - 02/10/12 12:06 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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I can testify to this. Mushies give me an immense appreciation for the music I do have, but my own place as a musician seems all but maxed out. DMT was the same way. I even had a repeating thought loop - "musician, compose thyself!" Lol
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: Prometheus Rising]
#15788715 - 02/10/12 01:57 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Yeah, it sure works. I've taped hundreds of hours of psychedelic guitar practice - there are incredible songs buried in there, tripping or not. What I found most interesting was that listening to it while straight invoked the same head spaces I was in while playing. Had to work on that for a while until I was sitting out on the porch just bending microtones and suddenly my Oregon river landscape looked like ancient Chinese drawings. Whoot!
Mushrooms only improve my coordination and dexterity, plus I can sort of step back and watch my hands work, getting better by the intensity of the practice session. A couple hours into the trip, though, earlier it isn't really possible, although music SOUNDS wonderful.
Plus - oh yeah - BIG PLUS - my creativity in general goes through the roof - so I'm improving very complicated songs that I've never heard before while shroomed. Just thought I'd toss that in.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: PrimalSoup]
#15789092 - 02/10/12 03:14 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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A little bit of variation for you guys:
playing a brass instrument (e.g. trumpet) while stoned or shrooming is an incredibly strange but beautiful experience because you become intensely aware that your vibrating lips are causing this huge resonance and amplification and causing the entire instrument to vibrate. Its really incredible. You can just play slow pretty long tones and its this emotional beautiful experience. But its also kind of hard to concentrate on actually playing a "real song" rather than just improvising and going with the resonance.
So strange how different it is from sober playing.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: gornyhuy]
#15808010 - 02/14/12 11:21 AM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: dirt]
#15808229 - 02/14/12 12:38 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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I find it harder to play on mushrooms, sort of like on alcohol. It affects my motor skills too much. There's a lot more emotion in the playing though, so slowly strumming or picking some chords "sounds better".
The real question to ask would be; does it actually sound better? Do you actually play better? For that, you'd need a sober spectator, capable of understanding the emotional and technical aspects of guitar playing. If you don't have that, it's all subjective.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: gornyhuy]
#15808242 - 02/14/12 12:41 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Similarly to the brass instrument thing, when I am on shrooms I usually grab my classical guitar, and just play the same notes over and over, sometimes resting my head on the body of the guitar to feel the waves of resonance washing over my self. It is wonderful.
Can you imagine what it would be like to play a didgeridoo in that state?
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: dirt]
#15808247 - 02/14/12 12:42 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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I love playing guitar on acid.. As I sit I feel each note as of ahead of time, I know where to take my playing, I have more options. My fingers will feel really light and almost not there as the connection between the fretboard and my brain become subliminal. No longer am I thinking of what to play, I just sit back and let it flow. This is one of the truest forms of self-expression in my opinion. The sounds someone makes on an instrument in the midst of the throws of psychedelia cOme from the sould directly. Also been getting into DJing and producing psy/ambient/dub music. Synthesizers and turntables are a whole new ball game, and amazing their selves.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: brickwallnomad]
#15808287 - 02/14/12 12:51 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Also been getting into DJing and producing psy/ambient/dub music. Synthesizers and turntables are a whole new ball game, and amazing their selves.
Hey, exactly! What about making electronic music while tripping? Is it impossible given the technical skill required? Do you basically just make one sound and stone on that for hours, or can you actually make something comprehensive?
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: brickwallnomad]
#15808312 - 02/14/12 12:57 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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i play really well on acid, i cant play or do i want to on mushrooms most of the time.
i believe in lsd and music, nothing sounds better, lsd is like a lubrication, mushrooms are not.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: brickwallnomad]
#15808339 - 02/14/12 01:04 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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I love playing guitar on acid.. As I sit I feel each note as of ahead of time, I know where to take my playing, I have more options. My fingers will feel really light and almost not there as the connection between the fretboard and my brain become subliminal. No longer am I thinking of what to play, I just sit back and let it flow. This is one of the truest forms of self-expression in my opinion. The sounds someone makes on an instrument in the midst of the throws of psychedelia cOme from the sould directly.
This is what I was gonna say. It really feels like the music flows with creativity. I tried playing on LSD on Sunday and I was amazed at how much of a trance it can put you in. It just happens, almost without effort. I find that it comes out better if you just let it flow without trying too hard. Simply wonderful.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: Qualophile]
#15808370 - 02/14/12 01:11 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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The real question to ask would be; does it actually sound better? Do you actually play better?
From my tapes? Yes. I've gone back to learn songs that I recorded first while shroomed, nothing like (ahem) learning from the best.
But true, you need a sober spectator. Fortunately my SO is one of those, and a fellow musician, and has commented favorably on my playing while shroomed. 
And again, this isn't while peaking, this is later on in the trip when focus returns.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: PrimalSoup]
#15811763 - 02/15/12 12:38 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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Most definitely after the threshold has been reached.
On shrooms I feel more need for attention, unfortunately even when I am alone...which is why I don't play much alone now, possibly because they are the only Psyche I've been accustomed to lately.
It's been years a part and a few each time. Possibly a good thing because the experiences have always been overwhelming and life changing with those lucky times with lucy.
Acid has made me feel like I am on top of everything, even while I'm peaking. I've never been able to abuse it like shrooms (not more than two hits at a time, and only two times, with only 6 single hit trips during the past six years) because it's so scarce for my lifestyle, being a factory worker for six years sadly and unfortunately right after high school.
So hard to meet chicks, and people like me. I know school will change everything. I also have this strong feeling that starting a band with the right people will be just as beneficial, no cancel that, way more rewarding to the grid. All because of my acid trips.
Shrooms make me more foreign and emotionally enthralled by people that are in my life that have influenced. Possibly because I've done them so many times, or possibly because that's just what they are. And I've respected them for that fact because I've only done them alone in the past two years. Well except for the recent tool concert I was so blessed to experience, alone on shrooms...uh so maybe that still counts.
Sorry to get off topic. I almost decided to start a novel. My two sense about the whole topic with you fellow mushed musicians is that shrooms make you second guess when creativity is involved where as acid just makes you do it and do it.
Shrooms aren't as advanced as LSD in my opinion, but it's definitely more strange at times.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: PrimalSoup]
#15811799 - 02/15/12 12:51 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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Ah man I'm definately a beast when I'm on acid playing guitar. I can do it on shrooms to though but there is something magical about LSD and the electric guitar for me. It's like I can improvise the most awesome shit from out of nowhere like it comes from somewhere else. I'm always better on LSD. On shrooms I wouldn't say I'm better but they don't really make me suck.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: ILikeACID]
#15812073 - 02/15/12 02:55 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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I actually prefer playing guitar on shrooms to LSD.
It's like a sort of style develops out of the tripping mindset and I have a wider range to play around with things while staying within the style with shrooms than I do with LSD. Like LSD makes me easily distracted and I find myself wanting to jump all over the place before I get too deep into anything. But the deeper I go into playing within a certain style the more intricate the riffs and the melody become.
Also I've played drums for about six years. Really interesting and foreign rhythms come easily while tripping until I start thinking about what I'm doing, and that trips me up and I lose it. I prefer shrooms for drumming too. Djembes and tablas ftw.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: OnePerEyeM8]
#15812207 - 02/15/12 05:17 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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I thoroughly enjoy playing my Saxophones whilst tripping =)
The flow of the improvisational process in jazz music requires musicians to practice to a point of such musical knowledge, that when you are around 2-3 other jazz musicians (Or any musician for that matter) your instrument becomes an extension of your consciousness and a dialogue begins that is completely new and exciting.
The state of mind required for this is a perceptive one, and psychedelics amplify this state imo
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: UnifiedField]
#15812307 - 02/15/12 06:18 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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I played guitar on shrooms once. It was incredible to look up the neck while I was playing but I couldn't play for shit while I was tripping. I also broke the B string that day.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: blubfishy]
#15812324 - 02/15/12 06:25 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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Play guitar and clarinet pretty well. Guitar is definitely a joy to play while tripping on anything for me, though I never try to do anything fancy. Usually just mellow, slow stuff but man it hits the spot when you're bubbling around the noodle. Well, actually, maybe not 2C-I. Now that I think about it, it's usually felt a little odd whenever I've tried on that. The clarinet is no bene on anything, hahaha. Better left to sobriety.
What I really enjoy though is getting down on some electric drone synth stuff, though. That's where it's at for me when I really wanna jam while tripping. Plus I got enough of that stuff to get everyone that's there to get in on it, too.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: Teliis]
#15812638 - 02/15/12 08:09 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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The clarinet is no bene on anything, hahaha. Better left to sobriety.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: UnifiedField]
#15812869 - 02/15/12 09:24 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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I find I'm a better song writer. As far as playing better I don't know?
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: Silent_Vinny]
#15813387 - 02/15/12 11:30 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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My two sense about the whole topic with you fellow mushed musicians is that shrooms make you second guess when creativity is involved where as acid just makes you do it and do it.
Have no acid experience but gotta disagree... "Second guess"? Don't know what that means. I just do it, straight or shroomed. Maybe it's experience, I trip a lot on shrooms, and started playing electric guitar years ago, with a whole lot of my practical knowledge being gained while tripping. And then accessed any old time. A lot of it is muscle and nervous system memory - you train your spine to coordinate what you need to do, and then your brain thinks "play this" and you do. Ambidexterity probably helps as well - I'm not naturally but have gained a huge amount over the years.
Another aspect to this thread and what you're saying as well - I play in a performing Renaissance group and quite often I'm at rehearsals shroomed (in the comedown phase). It can really make a difference on the plus side I've found. But then I'm extroverted to a fault, so go figure. Whatever happens I pretty much roll with it.
Also, I trip alone, for almost fucking ever, and it aids the full spectrum of my creative activities, including serious fiction writing (have quite a few novels complete in narration).
Trip you well. 
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: PrimalSoup]
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I don't play a musical instrument but I'm a rapper and I like to freestyle a lot as in just pure and simple make it up on the spot and on shrooms I can freestyle quite well but sometimes it can be difficult but either way it is very fun
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: PrimalSoup]
#15813589 - 02/15/12 12:24 PM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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And again, this isn't while peaking, this is later on in the trip when focus returns.
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Ohh, that makes sense  whenever I'm coming down, all my reflexes seem better, and mind is more thoughtful etc. Makes for some great playing tbs.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: Qualophile]
#15813780 - 02/15/12 01:17 PM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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Depends what kind of music I'm playing. I can't play any sweeps/taps/technical stuff AT ALL when I'm tripping, but when I play my acoustic (especially when tuned in DADGBD) I can play my heart out. I've come up with some interesting chords as well. I pretty much let go of all the theory I know, and just play what sounds good.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: Qualophile]
#15813960 - 02/15/12 02:02 PM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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Ohh, that makes sense whenever I'm coming down, all my reflexes seem better, and mind is more thoughtful etc. Makes for some great playing tbs.
Oh yeah, if I was trying that while peaking "where does this go? what does this do? where did my fingers go...?"
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: PrimalSoup]
#15814023 - 02/15/12 02:18 PM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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Mushrooms and drumming..... Music and mushrooms
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: sanchothestoner]
#15814066 - 02/15/12 02:36 PM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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sanchothestoner said:
Depends what kind of music I'm playing. I can't play any sweeps/taps/technical stuff AT ALL when I'm tripping, but when I play my acoustic (especially when tuned in DADGBD) I can play my heart out. I've come up with some interesting chords as well. I pretty much let go of all the theory I know, and just play what sounds good.
I'm personally fond of D minor: DADFAD. Oh man, open tunings are a blast!
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: bolton-liberty-cap]
#15814068 - 02/15/12 02:36 PM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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bolton-liberty-cap said:
I don't play a musical instrument but I'm a rapper and I like to freestyle a lot as in just pure and simple make it up on the spot and on shrooms I can freestyle quite well but sometimes it can be difficult but either way it is very fun
My freestyle sessions during trips have improved my skill in general more than anything.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: gornyhuy]
#15814134 - 02/15/12 02:53 PM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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gornyhuy said:
A little bit of variation for you guys:
playing a brass instrument (e.g. trumpet) while stoned or shrooming is an incredibly strange but beautiful experience because you become intensely aware that your vibrating lips are causing this huge resonance and amplification and causing the entire instrument to vibrate. Its really incredible. You can just play slow pretty long tones and its this emotional beautiful experience. But its also kind of hard to concentrate on actually playing a "real song" rather than just improvising and going with the resonance.
So strange how different it is from sober playing.
whoa I think I'm getting a contact high from your description. jk
But really though, the textured sounds that come out of a trumpet are amazing. Never played it myself but really enjoy listening.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: dirt]
#15816195 - 02/15/12 09:20 PM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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A similar thing happens with electric guitar, distortion, and looping. It's insanely cool to build soundscapes that way and then riff over them.
Uhm, preferably at neighborhood rocking volume.
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: PrimalSoup]
#15820509 - 02/16/12 07:00 PM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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I'm definitely gonna spend a good deal of tomorrow jamming. Never jammed while candy flipping! Well... I've never candy flipped at all, actually. 
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Re: A question for fellow guitarists / musicians in general (in relation to psychedelics) [Re: sanchothestoner]
#15820711 - 02/16/12 07:49 PM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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Drummer, guitarist, bassist (in that order).
A good percentage of my trips revolve around creating music in some form or another, so I'll weight in my 2 cents.
Acid is good for playing with a lot of energy. I feel my stamina and endurance goes up to almost inhuman levels... I can down pick challenging riffs at lightening speed for literally hours on end before I even begin to feel fatigued. On acid I want to play everything with as much intensity as humanly possible often to the point where I am slamming the frets on my guitar and slapping the shit out my bass. Mushrooms are better for the creative process... I feel a deeper emotional connection to the riffs I write, and the end result is something that is more meaningful and expressive. On mushrooms when I play a riff I find myself envisioning a story to go along with it.
Basically acid puts me into the mindset of an unstoppable performer, but mushrooms put me into the mindset of a composer.
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