2019 (Bristol) South West Jam Song List Discussion

Brocco · May 2019

Brocco said:
As we have two rhythm guitarists for All Right Now I will move myself to Line Up #2. This creates an opportunity for anyone not in Line Up #1 to step up and take the other band roles - who anyone like to join me in Line Up #2?

pasting my mis-post from the main discussion here which hopefully makes my Teenage Kicks post make sense!

roberty has kindly offered to play lead in Line Up #2 of All Right Now - anyone up for vox, drums or bass?

spark240 · May 2019

Funkfingers said:

Four weeks to go, folks.

CONFIRMED SONG LIST
All Right Now
Born to Be Wild
Comfortably Numb
Ironman
Just Like Heaven
Motorcycle Emptiness
My Hero
Rock And Roll
Rocks
Sit Down
Teenage Kicks
You Really Got Me

ONE PERSON SHORT OF CONFIRMED SONG LIST
Alive
Be Yourself
Girl From Mars
Pump It Up

If you have not already done so, please put your name down for any songs on which you wish to play. Where there is sufficient demand, there will be more than one opportunity to perform each song.

If there is any song that you feel strongly should be reinstated to the lists above, use private messaging to assemble a line-up for that song, then, contact me or Brocco.

Ithenkew.

Is that also the official running order?

assume we play through the set list ...then start again in same order with changes of players to suit?

im happy to play 2nd or 3rd time round as well if it helps keep things moving.

Brocco · May 2019

Thanks @spark240, this is a good question.

The actual running order will be decided upon when we have a more complete picture regarding who wishes to play what in the live room, how many versions of each song will be performed, who signs up for the workshop (we need just one more person to make that viable), etc.

The assumption is that those in Line-Up #1 will be happy to play in subsequent line ups as needed in order to ensure that we have a complete band each time. This will hopefully encourage everyone who wishes to play drums, bass, guitar or provide vox to come forward knowing that they will have a band around them.

Brocco · May 2019

Anyone up for Bass on Be Yourself (we have a full band otherwise)?

Brocco · May 2019

Other than @mrkb on Comfy, are there any other potential drumming requests out there (would help with organisational aspects to know asap)?

roberty · May 2019

Brocco said:

Anyone up for Bass on Be Yourself (we have a full band otherwise)?

Go on then

Brocco · May 2019

Thank you @roberty!

Funkfingers · May 2019

roberty said:

Brocco said:

Anyone up for Bass on ____________________ ?

Go on then

How many of the press ganged volunteer bassists have a bass guitar of their own to play on the day?

The instrument that I would choose for myself to play Pump It Up is not the one I would choose to lend out as the performance room village bicycle. Apart from anything else, it would be unfair of me to hamstring others with a one-sound plank whose strings are a long distance apart.

Legionreturns · May 2019

@Funkfingers I'll be bringing my Jag with nice, kind to your fingers, chrome flats on. It's a Chinese Fender that gets regular use on YBTB sessions by kids, so I'm not precious about it. It plays pretty well though. It won't be the first tFB jam where it's served as the community bass!

roberty · May 2019

Legionreturns said:

@Funkfingers I'll be bringing my Jag with nice, kind to your fingers, chrome flats on. It's a Chinese Fender that gets regular use on YBTB sessions by kids, so I'm not precious about it. It plays pretty well though. It won't be the first tFB jam where it's served as the community bass!

I plan to bring my Mexi 50's P Bass too. It has round wounds and a DiMazrio Model P pickup, it's a bit of a monster!

mart · May 2019

I’ll be bringing my own bass, but since it’s fretless, and tuned down, I’m not sure how many people will want to play it.

roberty · May 2019

That's enough bass guitars to give this a go

Brocco · May 2019

@mart - out of interest how do you have your bass tuned?

mart · May 2019

Brocco said:

@mart - out of interest how do you have your bass tuned?

DGCF. I seemed to end up playing so many things in Eb or D that I thought it’d be useful having those extra low notes. But kept the 4th tuning to save having to learn new scale patterns.

roberty · May 2019

mart said:

Brocco said:

@mart - out of interest how do you have your bass tuned?

DGCF. I seemed to end up playing so many things in Eb or D that I thought it’d be useful having those extra low notes. But kept the 4th tuning to save having to learn new scale patterns.

Mine's in D standard too, it'll go to E tho

Funkfingers · May 2019

Thank you, @Legionreturns, @roberty, and @mart ;

I still detect a need for something fretted, active and with roundwound strings - possibly more than four of them. Maybe a Stingray, maybe a MIG Warwick Corvette. Both of these have a Hipshot D-Tuner / X-Tender machinehead for the E string.

nickos236 · May 2019

Hi,

I will be coming along to the jam Day with Spark240, happy to play a bit of guitar on some of the songs and also happy to sing I know Spark240 has suggested My Hero by foo fighters quite happy to play along on this one and sing too if no one else wanted to.

nickos

Funkfingers · May 2019

Welcome to tFB and the forthcoming Western Jam at Bristol.

Take a look at the event song list Google Sheet. See whether there are any other proposed song that appeal to you.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hSy_Jj1QRBDN2J891bAiarYNVKkkcH7RhTGFzQMCnAI/edit?usp=sharing

The matching Spotify playlist of the song suggestions is here:-
https://open.spotify.com/user/mrkb/playlist/6kuy5a0gJWq4oVVX2BFgIk?si=5AM2BJKrTdi-6ww6AvBhDQhttp://

Brocco · May 2019

Questions for those with their names down for Comfortably Numb and Pump It Up:

Comfy - we have two rhythm guitarists, could one be moved to Line Up #2?

PIU - is this viable with a single guitarist (if so we can add it to the confirmed tracklist)?

Funkfingers · May 2019

Yes, Pump It Up is viable.

Brocco · May 2019

@nickos236 - have added you to the list of confirmed attendees - welcome! Payment info is on the first page of the main discussion for the Bristol Jam.

When you look at the google sheet, please do not be swayed in your choices if the roles you are interested in appear to already be taken, as we will create as many band line-ups as are required to ensure that everyone who wants to play on a particular track gets the chance to do so.

Brocco · May 2019

@Funkfingers - that you, the google sheet has been updated accordingly

Funkfingers · May 2019

Time for the song list to metamorphose from the order of nomination/rejection to a proper running order.

Wiser heads than mine suggested beginning with some of the less challenging songs. i.e. Sit Down, Teenage Kicks, You Really Got Me et cetera. For this idea to work, participants need to be well prepared. Where that preparation involves Alnico's workshop, the song in question will have to be slotted in afterwards.

Our drummer du jour, Conor, expressed interest in performing some improvised music. I am happy to participate in this. It should help him to loosen up before the cover versions begin. It may also help the sound engineering volunteers with the setting of levels.

To give Conor breaks without bringing the event to a standstill, it will be necessary to space the songs with alternative drummers at strategic intervals. So far, only Mark Blagdon has volunteered for drumming duties. We need a few more volunteer drummers, please.

mrkb · May 2019

Anyone volunteering for drumming needs to be pretty proficient, its very tricky to just 'jam along' to the tracks without throwing off the rest of the band. All the previous jams Ive been to have had the main drummer do 95%-100% of the songs, just give him a rest during the day in the timing (10 mins per hour?). I am happy to do some impromptu jams on the drums if needed, but wont commit to learning more songs as Im already doing 7 of them on either guitar or vocals.

Definitely start with simpler songs, firstly as they are usually pretty quick to run through, and aren't too bad on the vocals.

roberty · May 2019

Brocco said:

Questions for those with their names down for Comfortably Numb and Pump It Up:

Comfy - we have two rhythm guitarists, could one be moved to Line Up #2?

PIU - is this viable with a single guitarist (if so we can add it to the confirmed tracklist)?

Just nominated myself for comfy lead in lineup 2

mart · May 2019

Where are we with Fire? I had the impression that @FastEddie had volunteered to do some guitar on that, and I offered to do bass if nobody else wants to, although I got the idea @Funkfingers might also have offered in a roundabout way.

Legionreturns · May 2019

@Funkfingers if you want to slot some more improv jams into the day, I'll happily busk on drums for those. There aren't many songs where I've learned the drum part to the note, but I can carry a beat and improvise well enough.

Funkfingers · May 2019

mart said:

Where are we with Fire? I had the impression that @FastEddie had volunteered to do some guitar on that ...

Last time I visited the event Discussion, FastEddie had withdrawn from the Attendee list and, hence, was removed from the song list as a participant.

mart said:

... and I offered to do bass if nobody else wants to

It's all yours, sir.

Funkfingers · May 2019

spark240 said:
Is that also the official running order?

No. It is strictly (and self-evidently) alphabetical.

spark240 said:
assume we play through the set list ...then start again in same order with changes of players to suit?

I labour under the impression that multiple renditions of individual songs will be successive.

Even when there are enough volunteers for more than one performance of a given song, there is still likely to be some overlap of who plays on them. A paying attendee, pencilled in to tackle the solo on a particular song, has every right to expect a proficient backing band line-up. That will usually mean Conor on drums and a bassist who knows the song properly rather than is "having a go".

Moonrunner · May 2019

Good idea this! I hope it all goes well!

Hopefully, will be able to make it.

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