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Inspector #20

Inspector #20

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Good Morning, Fellows...

I am using 'Watchtower,' 'Ace Of Spades,' and a 59 second instrumental I wrote in 1984 in honor of Randy Rhoads called 'Panorama' on my upcoming CD. There will be one more cover on the CD and I am really excited to be doing it - 'Road To Hell' by Rory Gallagher. I might add another cover song to the mix, but I am not quite sure just yet.

Road To Hell will be a real challenge. My session drummer colleague is going on vacation and our band's drummer has reservations about drumming to anything that mentions Hell or The Devil, so I will need to either hire/collaborate with a new drummer through the studio - or - take over the drumming tasks on my own. I've been practicing on an electronic drum set here and there (as I can practice in relative quiet) and I am pretty confident i could rehearse it enough to pull it off, but I am not a natural drummer virtuoso.

When Kelli died, we had over 15 songs we had been working on. My plan is to move forward with those songs and complete the CD effort posthumously.

Of all the covers I have thrown out recently, which (besides Watchtower, Road To Hell & Ace of Spades) do you feel is most worthy to appear on the CD???

Keep in mind that most of these demos I post were created for our singer as a rehearsal track, so my vocals should be considered 'scratch tracks' at best.

Your thoughts on this would be highly valued, Tone Bros....
 
gball said:
Maybe...something from this century?
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My musical pal just signed on to a Thin Lizzy tribute band. He's making $1,400.00/week working 5 nights a week. May favorite job EVER was in an Eagles tribute...and I earned about $1,200.00/week doing that, albeit it was temporary until their guitarists recovered from surgery...
 
Robert Herndon said:
Good Morning, Fellows...

I am using 'Watchtower,' 'Ace Of Spades,' and a 59 second instrumental I wrote in 1984 in honor of Randy Rhoads called 'Panorama' on my upcoming CD. There will be one more cover on the CD and I am really excited to be doing it - 'Road To Hell' by Rory Gallagher. I might add another cover song to the mix, but I am not quite sure just yet.

Road To Hell will be a real challenge. My session drummer colleague is going on vacation and our band's drummer has reservations about drumming to anything that mentions Hell or The Devil, so I will need to either hire/collaborate with a new drummer through the studio - or - take over the drumming tasks on my own. I've been practicing on an electronic drum set here and there (as I can practice in relative quiet) and I am pretty confident i could rehearse it enough to pull it off, but I am not a natural drummer virtuoso.

When Kelli died, we had over 15 songs we had been working on. My plan is to move forward with those songs and complete the CD effort posthumously.

Of all the covers I have thrown out recently, which (besides Watchtower, Road To Hell & Ace of Spades) do you feel is most worthy to appear on the CD???

Keep in mind that most of these demos I post were created for our singer as a rehearsal track, so my vocals should be considered 'scratch tracks' at best.

Your thoughts on this would be highly valued, Tone Bros....
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Without a doubt....
Blue on Black!
 
Robert Herndon said:
My musical pal just signed on to a Thin Lizzy tribute band. He's making $1,400.00/week working 5 nights a week. May favorite job EVER was in an Eagles tribute...and I earned about $1,200.00/week doing that, albeit it was temporary until their guitarists recovered from surgery...
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Hey I'm always happy for people when they can make good scratch doing something they like doing. There's clearly an aging Boomer audience for the nostalgia acts, but for me personally, when I go out I want to hear, A) the original artist doing their music or, B) something I've never heard before (preferably B). Nothing will get me to leave a venue quicker than a cover band, and I actively avoid several of my favorite watering holes during the hours that they promote having cover/tribute bands.
 
gball said:
Hey I'm always happy for people when they can make good scratch doing something they like doing. There's clearly an aging Boomer audience for the nostalgia acts, but for me personally, when I go out I want to hear, A) the original artist doing their music or, B) something I've never heard before (preferably B). Nothing will get me to leave a venue quicker than a cover band, and I actively avoid several of my favorite watering holes during the hours that they promote having cover/tribute bands.
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I can totally understand. I never go and listen to music. I prefer to go play...
 
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