What we "know"
After three practices with Nick, our new bass player, and only one of them being with drums, here is where we stand with our song list so far.
I'm pretty excited about tonight's practice. We normally keep a routine of learning 2-3 new songs a week, but I think we need to slow that down and work on what we've got. I'd say I would be comfortable playing maybe only two songs on the above list in front of people. Once we solidify that list, we'll have 14 songs that we can play out, which is plenty to open for a band. Then once we've got 14 solid songs, we can start learning new ones in order to be ready to play out solo. Assuming we get at least two opening band gigs, I'd say we'll be ready for solo gigs by the summer. As my fellow blogger, Khalid, would say...
BAM!
Songs we can get through, but most of them still need work
Jet - Cold Hard Bitch
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
Mountain - Mississippi Queen
The Strokes - Last Night
Sublime – Wrong Way
311 - Down
Toadies - Possum Kingdom
Pearl Jam – Alive
Candlebox - You
Velvet Revolver - Slither
Songs we're working on for the first time as a band tonight
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Buckcherry - Lit Up
Green Day – Geek Stink Breath
Scissor Sisters – Take Your Mama
I'm pretty excited about tonight's practice. We normally keep a routine of learning 2-3 new songs a week, but I think we need to slow that down and work on what we've got. I'd say I would be comfortable playing maybe only two songs on the above list in front of people. Once we solidify that list, we'll have 14 songs that we can play out, which is plenty to open for a band. Then once we've got 14 solid songs, we can start learning new ones in order to be ready to play out solo. Assuming we get at least two opening band gigs, I'd say we'll be ready for solo gigs by the summer. As my fellow blogger, Khalid, would say...
BAM!
posted by Gino at 10:18 AM
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