I was pretty busy all day but had time to play "Head Over Heels" by Tears for Fears 3x and then Sweet Child O' Mine 3x....then back to work. What'd you play today?
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Play any cover songs today?
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I've been practicing a few new tunes for my little garage band:
"All Day and All Night" (Kinks)
"Problems" (Sex Pistols)
"Sweet Jane" (Cowboy Junkies)
I'm singing lead on "Problems" and harmony (which I invented) on "Sweet Jane," so that's upping the difficulty a tad.
"All Day and All Night" (Kinks)
"Problems" (Sex Pistols)
"Sweet Jane" (Cowboy Junkies)
I'm singing lead on "Problems" and harmony (which I invented) on "Sweet Jane," so that's upping the difficulty a tad.
haven't played at all today, or in several days now. hmmm. better get back to it.
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Sex Pistols - Anarchy in UK
INXS - Don’t Change
New Order - Blue Monday
Cure - Lovesong
Cure - Boys Don’t Cry
Cure - just like heaven
Depeche Mode - Ghosts Again
It was a fun day
INXS - Don’t Change
New Order - Blue Monday
Cure - Lovesong
Cure - Boys Don’t Cry
Cure - just like heaven
Depeche Mode - Ghosts Again
It was a fun day
Had a long online training seminar at work today. During the break they played some music, and I played along:
Pink Floyd - Money
Journey - Don't Stop Believing
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Two of my coworkers asked me if I played along - of course I did!
Pink Floyd - Money
Journey - Don't Stop Believing
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Two of my coworkers asked me if I played along - of course I did!
I took the day off. Tomorrow will be working on Gypsy, My Girl and a few others for a gig next week.
Something I did for quite a long time was learn a new cover tune every day. It had zero to do with gig prep or a song I would remember. I would bring up YouTube, and pick a song. More times than not, it was usually a song I had never heard before, a cover of a cover, or something that I would normally not enjoy listening to. It was a great learning tool. Hearing how different bassists approached a song, or note and rhythm choices, was a great exercise. Thinking of it now, I should probably revisit the practice.
I have another jazz gig coming up, so I've been working on our originals, as well as Chick Corea's "Spain" and Tony Williams' Lifetime's "Fred". Both are wicked fun to play, esp on fretless.
On “Sweet Jane”, you should check out the Velvets’ original version, there’s an interesting but odd, maybe annoying, vocal harmony on the chorus to compare to. The Mott The Hoople cover from 1972 has sort of the same thing, but faint. It was surprisingly lackluster overall.
Our originals band played "What Was I Made For" by Billie Eilish at yesterday's fundraiser for veterans. It went over amazingly well considering the lead singer has a Joe Cocker voice and two of us get Social Security.
We tried "Pink Pony Club at a gig two weeks ago and had sullen teen girls angry about being dragged to a local joint by their parents get up and dance.
Some songs are really good, but you don't know it until you try to play it.
We tried "Pink Pony Club at a gig two weeks ago and had sullen teen girls angry about being dragged to a local joint by their parents get up and dance.
Some songs are really good, but you don't know it until you try to play it.
Thanks for that. I haven't listened to that in maybe 30 years, time to dust it off.
Lou complimented the band on their arrangement. I’ve heard some VU bootlegs of the song in development, it was slower, but Margo and company made it sound like it was from the third album.
I spent a little time today playing along to Thumb by Kyuss. My band just imploded so I gotta keep my stoner rock skills sharp for whomever needs a nee bassist that only plays one style but does it fairly well.
