Practice #4?!
This week's practice was incredible. We nailed every single song except Animal by Pearl Jam. We especially needed this because our last practice was less-than-stellar. Everyone was groovin' and rockin'. There were a few mistakes here and there, but when they would happen we would correct them and play it again. It was out of control how good some of the songs sounded. I can't wait to play out. Right now we're at 16 songs.
We don't have practice next week because Dan is on a cruise, so that kinda sucks because I wanna rock some more, but it's kinda good because it gives me time to practice our next two songs - Mr. Brightside by the Killers and All Right Now by Free. Everything pretty much rests on my shoulders on those two songs. The main riff of Mr. Brightside is really high on the fretboard and an uncomfortable fingering, so I'm gonna have to get used to that and the I'm all alone on the solo to All Right Now. I'm out there in front of everyone and if I hit a sour note it'll be noticed. So now I have to endure the laborious task of practicing through repetition - the worst kind of practicing there is. You play the same riff over and over again until you know it so well that your eyes begin to bleed. That's really the only way with those songs.
My dad's been kinda bummed because he was just kicked out of one of his other bands: Mr. Blonde. He wasn't kicked out because he sucked; oh no, he was kicked out because he didn't want to stay in the basement and actually wanted to play gigs. He was that band for almost two years and they played only six shows. They're so amazing too. My dad loved being in that band because he got to play some of the most technically demanding songs he's ever played in his life, but he hated the band because they never wanted to get out and play. So on Sunday the guitar player called him up and told him he was out because they didn't care if they never left the basement. Dicks.
We haven't been able to decide on a name for this band. I think we need to get one within the next couple weeks because we could be ready to do a small gig soon. Dan and I have been brainstorming some names up without being able to decide on a single one. I opened up the floor for suggestions to my friends over at the Ginocide.com Forum to see if they could come up with anything good. There are some pretty funny ones, but really not too much we can work with. I'm kinda diggin' the Creeps right now.
Green Day - Geek Stink Breath
Pearl Jam - Animal
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Mountain - Mississippi Queen
Jet - Cold Hard Bitch
Buckcherry - Lit Up
Toadies - Possum Kingdom
Candlebox - You
Pearl Jam - Alive
Velvet Revolver - Slither
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
Guess Who - American Woman
The Strokes - Last Night
Sublime - Wrong Way
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
We don't have practice next week because Dan is on a cruise, so that kinda sucks because I wanna rock some more, but it's kinda good because it gives me time to practice our next two songs - Mr. Brightside by the Killers and All Right Now by Free. Everything pretty much rests on my shoulders on those two songs. The main riff of Mr. Brightside is really high on the fretboard and an uncomfortable fingering, so I'm gonna have to get used to that and the I'm all alone on the solo to All Right Now. I'm out there in front of everyone and if I hit a sour note it'll be noticed. So now I have to endure the laborious task of practicing through repetition - the worst kind of practicing there is. You play the same riff over and over again until you know it so well that your eyes begin to bleed. That's really the only way with those songs.
My dad's been kinda bummed because he was just kicked out of one of his other bands: Mr. Blonde. He wasn't kicked out because he sucked; oh no, he was kicked out because he didn't want to stay in the basement and actually wanted to play gigs. He was that band for almost two years and they played only six shows. They're so amazing too. My dad loved being in that band because he got to play some of the most technically demanding songs he's ever played in his life, but he hated the band because they never wanted to get out and play. So on Sunday the guitar player called him up and told him he was out because they didn't care if they never left the basement. Dicks.
We haven't been able to decide on a name for this band. I think we need to get one within the next couple weeks because we could be ready to do a small gig soon. Dan and I have been brainstorming some names up without being able to decide on a single one. I opened up the floor for suggestions to my friends over at the Ginocide.com Forum to see if they could come up with anything good. There are some pretty funny ones, but really not too much we can work with. I'm kinda diggin' the Creeps right now.
posted by Gino at 2:50 PM
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