The VE8 looks cool for live performance. Lots of obvious functions for making acoustic/vocal sound good and good together. It probably wouldn't fix my lousy playing...
I play solo and I was never really in the market for effects, harmonizer or a looper, but the combination of all three in one box has me intrigued. I'm a fan of Boss/ Roland stuff and the deep programming you can do with them. A lot of people want WYSIWYG and think submenus are a drag.
It's a dilemma as to how reliant a musician can be on technology, sometimes the gear should get top billing.
Ok, spill it. Start naming names!
I used to know a lot of songs. All kinds of singalongs. Beatles stuff and the like. Now I can't remember if my shoes are tied.
American pie:I know 90% of it, I just need to pull it together into a cohesive song
Vincent(starry starry night): I know about 10% of it, one of my all time favorite songs, but I don't get it.
Taxi, Cat's in the Cradle: I've always wanted to do one or both, I know a good deal of both songs, but need to tie things together, Taxi being the more complex of the two.
Time in a bottle: I play a lot of Croce tunes, he's my favorite right after the Beatles. This song is his Stairway to Heaven, overplayed, cliche yet both a standard and a classic. A lot of Croce songs have two guitars playing separate parts that work great together and this is one of them. I've tried different ways of approaching this song solo but have yet to find something that makes me happy.
If You Could Read My Mind:I have a basic version down pat, I just have to add some flourishes or harmonica to dress it up a bit.
LATER!!!