quoting some of the exchanges of words between band members I've worked with over the years would instantly get me banned from this forum! :x
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Bizarre things people say during practices
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After a few bung notes, the Keyboardist said "you're never more than a semitone away from a note that works".
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Wanting the singer to sound brighter/happier, I say
"A little more Whitney - a little less Mary J. (Blige)"
With a disgusted look on her face, she replies
"I only do Mary J."
"A little more Whitney - a little less Mary J. (Blige)"
With a disgusted look on her face, she replies
"I only do Mary J."
To my guitar player: Dude, you really need to turn down, its hurting everyones ears. His reply: you need to turn up. UGH!
The Roman numerals correspond to the note of the scale, since it's in C, the I chord is C, the IV chord is F, and the V chord is G. The C major scale is C( I ), D( II ), E( III ), F( IV ), G( V ), A( VI ), B( VII ). After the B, there's another C, which is one octave higher than the I.
In spite of trying to repress it, I remembered this gem:
Singer: Hey, you should play with a bow on this one.
Me: Its a bass guit...
Singer: Lots of guys do it!
Paraphrased. It was longer. Stupider. He was always telling me I need to buy things. A double bass bow, a cabinet mic because everyone knows direct in, "sucks." He didn't understand the word, "no."
Singer: Hey, you should play with a bow on this one.
Me: Its a bass guit...
Singer: Lots of guys do it!
Paraphrased. It was longer. Stupider. He was always telling me I need to buy things. A double bass bow, a cabinet mic because everyone knows direct in, "sucks." He didn't understand the word, "no."
That's sort of a paraphrase of Victor Wooten. And he's actually right...
During a particularly difficult rehearsal the mandolin player throws up his hands and cries, "Who do I have to <blank> to get out of this band?".
well that's true.
It's even more true for fretless players, who might be even less than a semitone away.
I was jamming in a band with a naive female vocalist and when she leaned close enough to the monitor one day, it caused feedback. The keyboardist says to her to watch out for the monitor and she says (as she puts the mic right up to the monitor) "You're supposed to be able to do that !"
Worship band rehearsal one day
Other bassist (not plying that week): you need to turn down the amp. Too loud.
Me: is that what your musically untrained ears think or is that what the sound guys says?
Other guy: .....
Other bassist (not plying that week): you need to turn down the amp. Too loud.
Me: is that what your musically untrained ears think or is that what the sound guys says?
Other guy: .....
Guitarist stated at new band practice, "We are three alpha males used to running our bands, we need to learn to compromise"
Let's hope this works out.
Let's hope this works out.
Playing "Hollywood Nights" (Seger)....something is terribly off. I see the guitarist is playing in E MINOR
me: Dude...the song is in E major, NOT E minor
guitarist (irritated): Well there's so much bass that I was trying to brighten it up!
me: Dude...the song is in E major, NOT E minor
guitarist (irritated): Well there's so much bass that I was trying to brighten it up!
