Bo Eder
Platinum Member
I am basking after a first rehearsal of a new project. We were scheduled for a four-hour go-around, with 15 songs on a list we all picked out last week. Got through 11 songs and had a pizza for lunch.
I think I am now officially spoiled. Both the guys (guitarist and bassist) are not only experts on their axes, they both sing really well and we were also figuring who should sing what in a harmony. I'm being forced to take all the high parts. Gear-wise, these guys know how to get the right sounds too.
But this is a new thing for me: to be in a band of humans, playing Steely Dan tunes, and actually hearing the CORRECT CHORDS! I called a couple of Squeeze songs to find out those chord progressions are pretty difficult in the voicing department, but having the horsepower to play them right. I'm not sure I can join another fun-time garage band now. I'll be seething the whole time I don't hear what's supposed to be there. We're doing The Police' Murder By Numbers and to hear the guitar go from chugga-funk stuff, to super clean chorusey Andy Summers with the right voicings was just fun.
We're getting together every Wednesday this month with a gig lined up for October already, and I plan to do some recording on the next rehearsal for proof. If anything I have a week to get my stuff together - I used to skate in cover bands - not anymore.
I think I am now officially spoiled. Both the guys (guitarist and bassist) are not only experts on their axes, they both sing really well and we were also figuring who should sing what in a harmony. I'm being forced to take all the high parts. Gear-wise, these guys know how to get the right sounds too.
But this is a new thing for me: to be in a band of humans, playing Steely Dan tunes, and actually hearing the CORRECT CHORDS! I called a couple of Squeeze songs to find out those chord progressions are pretty difficult in the voicing department, but having the horsepower to play them right. I'm not sure I can join another fun-time garage band now. I'll be seething the whole time I don't hear what's supposed to be there. We're doing The Police' Murder By Numbers and to hear the guitar go from chugga-funk stuff, to super clean chorusey Andy Summers with the right voicings was just fun.
We're getting together every Wednesday this month with a gig lined up for October already, and I plan to do some recording on the next rehearsal for proof. If anything I have a week to get my stuff together - I used to skate in cover bands - not anymore.