Gahr
Ambassador of Blues & Brews
Cool! Hoping for sound clips!
Another Audition???
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OP
We meet again Saturday. I have 40 songs to learn....
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Holy moly 40 songs I'd be 13,893 years old b4 I could learn 40 songs
OP
LOL!
It will take me a while to learn for sure...Beatles, Buffalo Springfield, Yardbirds, Procol Harem, and others...all material I have never listened to all the way through.
Goldmember
Ambassador of Golden Yoo-Hoos
Robert, you should shock them with a heavy metal version of the Brady Bunch Theme. It will blow their minds! We used to play that as a standard in my band, Greg Brady's Nightmare.
syscokid
Ambassador of War & Peace
That's all good music! Just a different style! Sounds like a lot of fun.
Relic
Well-Known Member
I always like to remind song list complainers (lol) that it is always about playing for your audience & essentially playing what they & the venue owner / manager wants to here in their establishment. That is the "Job" that the band will be getting paid to do.
There is always a lot of work & forethought that goes into this process & even more so when starting a totally new band.
Footwork & research... You have to know what places hire bands & what kind of music they tolerate & prefer to have & then, find as many happy compromises between the music being called for & or wanted by club owners & audiences & the bandmembers so y'all can be happy enough to be involved with the settled on material in a positive way.
Nothing worse than going to a redneck bar & forcing a square peg into that round mutha-fvking hole if ya know what I mean.
But you've been around as long as I have Robert so I ain't sayin nothing you aint heard already but I am throwing out a friendly reminder about the ultimate goal being achieving success.
Unless these guys are booking some low key laid back venues their sleepy set list has lots of room for some energized uptempo tunage & that my friend is the angle for you to add your 'super tunes' into the repertoire!
Rock On Bruddah!
There is always a lot of work & forethought that goes into this process & even more so when starting a totally new band.
Footwork & research... You have to know what places hire bands & what kind of music they tolerate & prefer to have & then, find as many happy compromises between the music being called for & or wanted by club owners & audiences & the bandmembers so y'all can be happy enough to be involved with the settled on material in a positive way.
Nothing worse than going to a redneck bar & forcing a square peg into that round mutha-fvking hole if ya know what I mean.
But you've been around as long as I have Robert so I ain't sayin nothing you aint heard already but I am throwing out a friendly reminder about the ultimate goal being achieving success.
Unless these guys are booking some low key laid back venues their sleepy set list has lots of room for some energized uptempo tunage & that my friend is the angle for you to add your 'super tunes' into the repertoire!
Rock On Bruddah!
OP
DUDE!!!!
The keyboard player is a trip. he would start sounding the "charge" (as during a baseball game) and then bust out on Pink Panther Theme, so I kicked out the twilight Zone theme...we all had a good laugh.
OP
Exactly....I'm not complaining, it's just so far from what I am used too...so far from what I listened too...
OP
I did roll up full gain for "Immigrant Song" and the bandleader really liked it, so it looks like some shining moments may be on the horizon....
OP
Hey, Guys....
What's up with the Telecaster with the Epiphone explorer headstock shown in the first photo????
What's up with the Telecaster with the Epiphone explorer headstock shown in the first photo????
Relic
Well-Known Member
Well good for you for taking on the challenge & broadening your horizons. I hope it stays fun for you & challenging as well. Growth is always welcome when it comes to us git players. Often we need things like this because it pushes us to listen & learn things we just wouldn't have if left to follow only our own interests & yet, sometimes while traveling into these once overlooked musical areas we often find some really cool & beautiful stuff that even works its way into our personal style.
I truly hope you enjoy yourself in this new adventure Robert.
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Robert, I know a guy who plays all that Procol Harum, Traffic, and that good stuff. I thoroughly enjoyed his show over hearing the same old covers that everyone plays.
OP
Thank you, very much indeed. It's funny...Hotel California is easy for me, but some of these old tunes from the 60's are a real challenge for me...
OP
It's really cool because the bandleader tells me I can play any solo that I want and I am not required to adhere to original arrangement. However, I always do something that is recognizable to the listener...
OP
Bandleader just sent me this:
Sad memory--Buffalo Springfield----Fmaj7-Cmaj7----G -F-Cmaj7--5 solos- and an intro
3 guitar and 3 keyboard---Listen to the melody and do the solo around that--Its in Fmaj7-Cmaj7
2 Times around
No Matter What---Beatles/Badfinger----A-Bm-D-E-------F#m-B-E-A-D-Bm-A-F#mB-E-A-D-Bm-A-G-E
Travelor----G-Am-D------Dsus-Csus-G - an original work
Thats 4 and plenty
See you Saturday
have a great time
Ray
Sad memory--Buffalo Springfield----Fmaj7-Cmaj7----G -F-Cmaj7--5 solos- and an intro
3 guitar and 3 keyboard---Listen to the melody and do the solo around that--Its in Fmaj7-Cmaj7
2 Times around
No Matter What---Beatles/Badfinger----A-Bm-D-E-------F#m-B-E-A-D-Bm-A-F#mB-E-A-D-Bm-A-G-E
Travelor----G-Am-D------Dsus-Csus-G - an original work
Thats 4 and plenty
See you Saturday
have a great time
Ray
OP
Interesting that my SG is so close to this Kat's tone on "No Matter What" and I've never listened to this song all the way through until tonight.
Relic
Well-Known Member
Although I can't see the body (only the Hockey Stick Headstock) but,.. this could be an Epiphone T-310 as pictured below. ?Hummm?
1993 Epiphone T-310
These were found on the early 1990's model & the hockey stick disappeared in '95.
Here's a different pup config below..
It appear these T-310 guitars went to an Epiphone 'Batwing' style headstock in '96...
Get that funky freakhow on yo!
OP