We were playing with the Pink Floyd song again and I was able to pick out some chords that worked under the solo parts and even modify one that sounded good to make it flow into the next chord smoother :-))
We were doing G-Em-G-Em-G-A and then i changed from A to A7 because it sounded better to me coming back into G. Tyler could probly explain to me why it flows better that way, but for now I'm just tickled that I'm learning to hear some of the stuff I wouldn't hear before. The words 'listen to the song for the strumming' no longer totally defeat me. I'm quite proud of my accomplishments right now.
I pretty much have the song arranged for two guitars now and i just have to get up to speed on the solo part if I want to be the one doing it at a show.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
I just jumped in!
Had R to myself this week and we worked on Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here because I'm working on it at home and Yellow Submarine and Duffy's Mercy. And fiddled a bit with Groove is in The Heart. Just kinda wandered through them, didn't really play the whole thing.After the lessons part was over and we went downstairs we jammed on a Chicago song that i think was "25 or 6 to 4" to warm up, and someone sang the Pink Floyd song while i played it while we waited for the singers to come down. We played Squeezebox, Mercy, What's Up and closed with Rockin in the Free World. I can't believe i just jumped into the jam though, watched the bass player for a simple base line and then just jumped in! It was a bit chaotic but not in a bad way. We got T shirts this week too! Pretty cool.
Friday, January 09, 2009
Hey, let's try ____!
We almost thought it was going to be just me for a while there this week, both drummers and a teacher couldn't get there because of flooding. But the girls showed up and then B, but he didn't have his guitar and he didn't feel right to me (damn empathicness). Turns out he just came for his amp, his deployment's been moved up from March to February and he's going to go spend time visiting family before he leaves. He’ll be gone 14mo. So all us girls had to hug him and most of the guys walked out to the car with him and did whatever it is guys do when they want to say "Hey i care about you, stay safe buddy" and then we played "Squeezebox" several times to warm up. Teacher on drums, one of the girls on bass and the bass teacher playing the crappy Squire (that was funny). Messed around with it, turned it slightly reggae for a bit, (didn’t sound too bad that way), then played "Free Fallin" about 3 times and dicked around with extending that one too.
They talked me into playing "Some Kind of Wonderful" with the bass teacher calling chord changes for me since i was the only 6 string... (I was reluctant because I'd be the only guitar and i don't know the song well...but it went better than i thought it would with me on lead). We messed around for a bit and then it was "hey let's try _____ it's only 3 chords". Someone brought the laptop down and we played 4 NonBlonde's "What's Up" and DeLites' "Groove Is In The Heart" (two chords for me, teacher on the bass line and another on keys). It was funny after that time with him telling us we shouldn't use my chord charts to see him and the girls huddled around the laptop though. Sometimes the changes in players is fun and sometimes it’s unsettling. We had me, the girls, and three teachers… pretty much only me and the bass teacher on guitar this week, but we did make it work better than I thought it would. A is taking a break and B will be gone for over a year. I’m going to have to deal with the fact that this is more of a jam session than a working band situation, people are going to come and go.
Never in my wildest dreams did i ever think I'd be able to stand in with a band, have someone say "hey, let's try ____ it's G, Am and C ... 2, 3, 4 go!" and be able to pull it off well enough for the vocalists to sing it. I never dreamed that I'd ever be able to make music at all and this has been simply amazing, and they told me last night that they've had several calls from moms about kids' lessons from our ads and have had a few new kids start already. They're really happy with the trade too. I come home from every practice just amazed.
They talked me into playing "Some Kind of Wonderful" with the bass teacher calling chord changes for me since i was the only 6 string... (I was reluctant because I'd be the only guitar and i don't know the song well...but it went better than i thought it would with me on lead). We messed around for a bit and then it was "hey let's try _____ it's only 3 chords". Someone brought the laptop down and we played 4 NonBlonde's "What's Up" and DeLites' "Groove Is In The Heart" (two chords for me, teacher on the bass line and another on keys). It was funny after that time with him telling us we shouldn't use my chord charts to see him and the girls huddled around the laptop though. Sometimes the changes in players is fun and sometimes it’s unsettling. We had me, the girls, and three teachers… pretty much only me and the bass teacher on guitar this week, but we did make it work better than I thought it would. A is taking a break and B will be gone for over a year. I’m going to have to deal with the fact that this is more of a jam session than a working band situation, people are going to come and go.
Never in my wildest dreams did i ever think I'd be able to stand in with a band, have someone say "hey, let's try ____ it's G, Am and C ... 2, 3, 4 go!" and be able to pull it off well enough for the vocalists to sing it. I never dreamed that I'd ever be able to make music at all and this has been simply amazing, and they told me last night that they've had several calls from moms about kids' lessons from our ads and have had a few new kids start already. They're really happy with the trade too. I come home from every practice just amazed.
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