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What is your warmup song???

vrussell

vrussell

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Mar 5, 2012
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Greenville, SC
#1
Every time i do a sound check i like to play a song. I feel its give the sound guy a good feel of what i sound like and he/she can make me sound better. So what are your warmup songs?

my top 3 warmup songs:
Fire -jimi hendrix
locked out of heaven - bruno mars
to young to die- jamiroquai
 
#5
For warm up I start with a couple scales and then I usually play various sections of some of our originals with long reaches and fast runs which need to be in time with the guitar. I try to play any solos that are in the set list. I also often play the chorus of Fire because it's in our setlist a lot of times and has some dexterity and rhythm challenges. I will mentally try to get into a groove place as well. Never a full song. Save that for the soundcheck.
 
#6
Another thought. There is a tendency to just noodle and play your favorite licks or patterns. I try to force myself out of that mode and be deliberate about what I do. It's also confidence building to play the hardest parts perfectly before going on stage.
 
#10
I slowly play chromatically up from the low E so that the sound guy can listen for any resonances in the room and take care of EQ'ing them before we start playing. I'll listen for any strong resonances and see if I can help him tweak them out. Once the bass is EQ'd, the drummer and I will play a little funk groove for a few bars so the soundman can get our levels evened out.
I know that sounds boring, but that is what a soundcheck is really for.
 
#11
Typically we launch into "What I Like About You" by the Romantics. Very basic E-A-D-A progression, but gives the sound guy a taste of how loud we'll play.

It also gets us all fired up, so it's more of a group energy warm-up than a straight technical warm-up.

There's also something wonderful about watching everyone in the club dancing even during your sound-check.
 
#14
F-Clef-Jef said:
I slowly play chromatically up from the low E so that the sound guy can listen for any resonances in the room and take care of EQ'ing them before we start playing. I'll listen for any strong resonances and see if I can help him tweak them out. Once the bass is EQ'd, the drummer and I will play a little funk groove for a few bars so the soundman can get our levels evened out.
I know that sounds boring, but that is what a soundcheck is really for.
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That actually is not a bad idea playing chromatically. I might try that. :)
 
#16
For about 9 years my band used US Blues (Grateful Dead) for our sound check tune. Gave all 4 lead vocals and guitar leads throughout. The last 5 years now we have used The Weight (Dead version) for sound checks. It has all the lead vocals, harmonie's staggerd vocals, lead guitar's a nice bass part and plenty of drums to fill out the sound check.
 

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