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Remember the Nights, The Motels. I'm a classic rock/hard rock/metal guy. So..
Also, My Sharona
Also, My Sharona
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Your secret song
- Thread starter Chris cook
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I like to warm up with a few bars of Bring Down the Birds/Groove is in the Heart. Can't imagine anyone I know wanting to play it with me.
I secretly learned "Hopelessly Devoted To You" off the Grease soundtrack....I just love the smooth flowing line.
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Groove is in the Heart, is probably the best club song of all time!
Kinda funny, I went to like this post and TB asked me if I was sure I wanted to like it.
I play hard rock / metal with a southern rock flair. However one of the best bass lines in one of the best songs ever written.
I moved to the east coast a few years ago, and all anyone has heard me play is grunge and metal.
They'd probably surprised to know at home I'm just as likely to spend a couple hours working through classical music on my bass. Maybe more surprised to find out I'm a pretty solid lead guitarist - as long as we are talking about surf rock. I have a couple party gigs lined up later this summer, so that one will come out.
They'd probably surprised to know at home I'm just as likely to spend a couple hours working through classical music on my bass. Maybe more surprised to find out I'm a pretty solid lead guitarist - as long as we are talking about surf rock. I have a couple party gigs lined up later this summer, so that one will come out.
Cygnus X-1 Book II, off Rush's Hemispheres album, on a fretless Jazz.
I warm up playing YYZ.
Gets 'em, everytime.
I was a metalhead/prog rocker in high school. I had two secret genres: disco and what is now termed "yacht rock".
I went off to college and "came out of the closet" with those two and suddenly was getting more work than I could handle. Guess those were everybody's secret genres.
I went off to college and "came out of the closet" with those two and suddenly was getting more work than I could handle. Guess those were everybody's secret genres.
I have a bass solo slap rendition of George of the Jungle theme that I busted out a few times during shows.
Yeah. I'm not a big Beatles guy, or Wings guy, or anything Beatles related pretty much, but I tried to play and sing that song for years. Like Paul does. I CANNOT DO IT. Paul has my respect.
I like to think that nothing would be surprising, but:
Dyson Sphere by Alkaloid
Rhayader by Camel
Terra's Theme by Nobuo Uematsu
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People are pretty surprised that I can play "Country Girl (Shake it for Me)" by Luke Bryan on my bass, because I'm not a country music guy at all.
I figured I'd learn it since a lot of students I work with enjoy country and love that song, and I'm glad I did because it's a fun (and surprisingly challenging) song to play that increased my respect for country music and its players.
I'm known more as a punk/metal guy, but I enjoy playing pop songs as well. It's great playing tunes that my students enjoy and seeing them jump up and dance.
I figured I'd learn it since a lot of students I work with enjoy country and love that song, and I'm glad I did because it's a fun (and surprisingly challenging) song to play that increased my respect for country music and its players.
I'm known more as a punk/metal guy, but I enjoy playing pop songs as well. It's great playing tunes that my students enjoy and seeing them jump up and dance.
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I suppose my "secret song" is my own solo arrangement of Chaplin's "Smile". It's one of the "party pieces" I solo on (party pieces being those show-off things you haul out when you want everyone's attention at a party). I also do "Over the Rainbow", "Something" (Beatles) and "Somewhere" (West Side Story). I got to thinking that since I have Something and Somewhere, I need a song called "About the Same Time". Should earn me some kind of award. The video will feature pepperoni.
Almost forgot - one that gets attention is the theme from the Andy Griffith Show. And the the TV ad theme for MarineLand. And Amazing Grace, all on harmonics like Wooten does.
Almost forgot - one that gets attention is the theme from the Andy Griffith Show. And the the TV ad theme for MarineLand. And Amazing Grace, all on harmonics like Wooten does.
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Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
That was going to be my second choice. Had to learn it for my last band and wound up digging Nathan East’s bassline a lot more than I thought I would. We actually used to do a bit of a mashup where we finished the song up with a bit of Nirvana’s “Smell Like Teen Spirit”.
That used to drive people crazy. It surprisingly worked really well.
