Western Jam 7th October 2023 @ Firebird Studios, Bristol

Brocco · October 2023

stratman3142 said:

Here's the final song list, unless anyone spots any errors.

Things to watch out for

'Talk Dirty To Me' is in F# a semitone lower than the original, which I believe is at the request of @bobblehat (correct me if I'm wrong)
So a heads up to @mart and @Vibetronic ;;;

'Lil' Devil' is in C#, a semitone lower than the original, which I believe is at the request of @bobblehat (correct me if I'm wrong)
So a heads up to @mart and @Brocco ;;;

If the above two cause any problems, there's the option of tuning down a semitone. I'll bring a couple of spare guitars that can be tuned down if required. I'll also bring a bass that could be tuned down.

I believe @roberty is OK with 'The Boys Are Back In Town' is in A, which makes life easier and avoids tuning down a semitone.
@Neilybob and @Brocco do you need to agree who takes the top harmony line and who takes the bottom harmony line or are we just going to wing it ? I can help if needed because I've played it before and have a chart I created for it.

https://i.imgur.com/ceO6ToG.png

@stratman3142 it would be interesting to see your chart, especially for the outro. @Neilybob, so far I have been focused on learning the lower harmony as it seems to be the easier of the two

stratman3142 · October 2023

Brocco said:

stratman3142 said:

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I believe @roberty is OK with 'The Boys Are Back In Town' is in A, which makes life easier and avoids tuning down a semitone.
@Neilybob and @Brocco do you need to agree who takes the top harmony line and who takes the bottom harmony line or are we just going to wing it ? I can help if needed because I've played it before and have a chart I created for it...

@stratman3142 it would be interesting to see your chart, especially for the outro. @Neilybob, so far I have been focused on learning the lower harmony as it seems to be the easier of the two

To be honest, I've just notated the start of the outro harmony, then written 'keep going up', as I couldn't be bothered to notate the whole section

There are some tutorials on YouTube.

But I'll email you what I've got, as I think I've still got your email from previously.

guitargeek62 · October 2023

oops - forgot I put myself in for Champagne Supernova... I'd best get learning that loop

roberty · October 2023

guitargeek62 said:

oops - forgot I put myself in for Champagne Supernova... I'd best get learning that loop

The challenge is to stay awake. The bass part to Comfortably Numb is a particular challenge in this regard

guitargeek62 · October 2023

lol, too true indeed - there was a good reason for me to skip that one!

I'm assuming you'll cover the lead parts throughout CS? I'll bring my HBII, that way I can give you two rythm tones for support at once if I run the piezo direct into FoH (and probably back the tone off a bit), with the mags going into something crunchy as & when needed

roberty · October 2023

guitargeek62 said:

lol, too true indeed - there was a good reason for me to skip that one!

I'm assuming you'll cover the lead parts throughout CS? I'll bring my HBII, that way I can give you two rythm tones for support at once if I run the piezo direct into FoH (and probably back the tone off a bit), with the mags going into something crunchy as & when needed

I'm doing bass on CS

guitargeek62 · October 2023

oops, meant to tag that at @Neilybob ;

stratman3142 · October 2023

roberty said:

guitargeek62 said:

oops - forgot I put myself in for Champagne Supernova... I'd best get learning that loop

The challenge is to stay awake. The bass part to Comfortably Numb is a particular challenge in this regard

I don't mind dropping Comfortably Numb, if there's no enthusiasm for it. I've played it so many times.

roberty · October 2023

stratman3142 said:

roberty said:

guitargeek62 said:

oops - forgot I put myself in for Champagne Supernova... I'd best get learning that loop

The challenge is to stay awake. The bass part to Comfortably Numb is a particular challenge in this regard
I don't mind dropping Comfortably Numb, if there's no enthusiasm for it. I've played it so many times.

Let's see how we go. I was amused to learn this week that Gilmour played the bass parts on the Animals studio recordings

mart · October 2023

roberty said:

stratman3142 said:

roberty said:

guitargeek62 said:

oops - forgot I put myself in for Champagne Supernova... I'd best get learning that loop

The challenge is to stay awake. The bass part to Comfortably Numb is a particular challenge in this regard
I don't mind dropping Comfortably Numb, if there's no enthusiasm for it. I've played it so many times.

Let's see how we go. I was amused to learn this week that Gilmour played the bass parts on the Animals studio recordings

I'd be happy to take the bass part on Comfy if somebody else wants to strum some chords. I'll be bringing a fretless for the Bad Company stuff, and thought that might work well on Comfy and make it more fun to play.

stratman3142 · October 2023

I've ended up with quite a few songs with improvised guitar solos. Well at least I'll be improvising and not playing things note for note, as my memory isn't that good

It would be good to take turns and share things out. So if anyone fancies a go at some of the solos on songs I'm doing, I'll step aside or revert to rhythm.

For example:
'Call Me The Breeze' and 'Keep Your Hands To Yourself' are just 12 bar type songs in A, so they're good for improvising over.

Also, I'm happy to stand aside for the Outro solo on Comfortably Numb, if anyone else fancies a go.

Vibetronic · October 2023

All sounds great - I should be there c.11-1130 once we've got our daughter up and through the bath! Gear-wise I'll have my AX8 again, but have a big Fender Champion now that I used as a power amp instead of a frfr.....anyone welcome to use but sounds like there'll be loads of stuff there. Oh and a couple of guitars, but @stratman3142 I might take you up to the Eb tuned one for the Poison song

Vibetronic · October 2023

Btw for anyone coming from north of Bristol down the m5 ( @Brocco for one!), the traffic there is particularly crap at the moment. As far as I recall it's nearer Cribbs - roadworks making it go down to one lane, taken me ages to get through on a couple of recent trips - but the tailbacks went back quite a long way....

Brocco · October 2023

cheers @Vibetronic, I experienced that myself yesterday, and whilst travelling along at a glacial pace, I had time to read the advance notice announcing that the M48 Severn Bridge is closed for this entire weekend, which may be worth knowing for @bobblehat and @mart.

mart · October 2023

Brocco said:

cheers @Vibetronic, I experienced that myself yesterday, and whilst travelling along at a glacial pace, I had time to read the advance notice announcing that the M48 Severn Bridge is closed for this entire weekend, which may be worth knowing for @bobblehat and @mart.

Thanks for heads-up, but hopefully the M4 bridge and M49 will be open.

Vibetronic · October 2023

Brocco said:

cheers @Vibetronic, I experienced that myself yesterday, and whilst travelling along at a glacial pace, I had time to read the advance notice announcing that the M48 Severn Bridge is closed for this entire weekend, which may be worth knowing for @bobblehat and @mart.

No worries. Having posted that, I’ve somewhat belatedly realised that I may have to change my own departure time a bit!

stratman3142 · October 2023

Just checking the key of 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love' with @Neilybob ;, @Vibetronic and @roberty to make sure everyone's learned it in the same key.

On my song list, I put the key of F#m for 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love'. Can I just double check that, as there a versions in Gm?

I'm pretty certain we did it in F#m previously.

mrkb · October 2023

Make Rob sing it as high as possible

his delivery is superb.

Bennyboy-UK · October 2023

I’m really looking forward to meeting eveyone!

guitargeek62 · October 2023

Same! It’ll be my first tFB/MR group meetup in a loooooooooong time.

Also rather looking forward to making some proper noise too, as it’s been about six years since I last played* with others

*Guitar

guitargeek62 · October 2023

Oooh - shall we do name badges? I’m useless with names but I’ll recognise your handles/usernames

Vibetronic · October 2023

stratman3142 said:

Just checking the key of 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love' with @Neilybob ;, @Vibetronic and @roberty to make sure everyone's learned it in the same key.

On my song list, I put the key of F#m for 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love'. Can I just double check that, as there a versions in Gm?

I'm pretty certain we did it in F#m previously.

That’s the first chord I have so all good

roberty · October 2023

I am really bad at names

roberty · October 2023

mrkb said:

Make Rob sing it as high as possible his delivery is superb.

Might be a bit less screechy if I'm not trying to play the riff at the same time

Neilybob · October 2023

Apologies all, I can't make it to this jam.

stratman3142 · October 2023

Neilybob said:

Apologies all, I can't make it to this jam.

That's a pity after you were the one to drive things to make it happen, which is much appreciated. So thanks for making it happen.

Hope to see you at the next one.

roberty · October 2023

Neilybob said:

Apologies all, I can't make it to this jam.

No worries mate. We will catch you next time

Jonathangus · October 2023

Neilybob said:

Apologies all, I can't make it to this jam.

Aw, crap. Hope everything's OK, dude.

Vibetronic · October 2023

Neilybob said:

Apologies all, I can't make it to this jam.

Bad luck mate, you’ll be missed. Hope everything is ok.

Vibetronic · October 2023

My route is now telling me to avoid the m5 so will take slightly longer (although I suspect if I did take the motorway I’d be even later!). Still hope to be there c.1130 but potentially may be slightly later. We are moving relatively quickly for a Saturday morning though!

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