What ya workin on?

kayla · Post by **kayla** » Thursday Sep 08, 2011

Soooo musicians, what songs are you currently working on?

i've been workin on Jonny Lang - Rack Em Up. really love this song.

a few others are; The Weight - The Band, A Lonely September - Plain White T's, One Way Out - Allman Bros.

I'm always noodlin with different songs.

anyone?

- kayla.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Thursday Sep 08, 2011

Ace Frehley - Rock Soldiers

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Other than that we are just working on original material.

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Thursday Sep 08, 2011

A swamp-blues song called "Leaving Mississippi." I started it a couple years ago, and lost the original lyric somewhere, so I wrote some new ones. It's about a guy who shot someone who was trying to steal his car, and now he has to go on the run. I wrote it in Open D on dobro, but play it in Open G with the band, so the vocal is far more challenging... it's harder to play up there, too, as Open G sounds more country than blues, but the band plays it easier up there, so that's the key.
The Mommies debuted another of my songs, " 'Nother Couple Days," last weekend at a day-fest near the PA Grand Canyon... it's a Texas-swing/blues hybrid, and the crowd was very nice to us for playing it.
You blues-pickers, I'm seeing a definite rise in the popularity of blues-based material, especially outside the bar scene. Somebody needs to form an acoustic blues combo, and play Piedmont, Delta, and such. Your market would be restaurants, arts & community festivals, college-town bars & coffeehouses, and the like. A 3-or-4 piece could stay pretty busy, I think.

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Thursday Sep 08, 2011

we're doing an all acoustic blues set at the end of october for the Blues Gathering at VOMA and adding Keys for the evening, should be fun! well, thats the plan anyway!

and to answer kayla.... Leavin' trunk... you know what i'm sellin johnny!

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Thursday Sep 08, 2011

California covers for my solo act.

Hotel California
Dani California

robinhood · Post by **robinhood** » Thursday Sep 08, 2011

that's funny kayla, that's the next song on my list as well. Plus I'm working on starting to figure out some iron maiden.

kayla · Post by **kayla** » Friday Sep 09, 2011

mjb wrote:we're doing an all acoustic blues set at the end of october for the Blues Gathering at VOMA and adding Keys for the evening, should be fun! well, thats the plan anyway!

id like to hear that! im a sucker for acoustic anything. and then add blues and im all in

i suspect after practice on monday i will have more tunes to work on

- kayla.

Hawk · Post by **Hawk** » Friday Sep 09, 2011

Working on a 1930s song called Sing, Sing, Sing. Hoping The Hawks can update / re-orchestrate it and make it a Krupa rocker...

MeYatch · Post by **MeYatch** » Friday Sep 09, 2011

Hawk wrote:Working on a 1930s song called Sing, Sing, Sing. Hoping The Hawks can update / re-orchestrate it and make it a Krupa rocker...

And give out Chips-a-hoy to the audience?

Hawk · Post by **Hawk** » Friday Sep 09, 2011

MeYatch wrote:
Hawk wrote:Working on a 1930s song called Sing, Sing, Sing. Hoping The Hawks can update / re-orchestrate it and make it a Krupa rocker...
And give out Chips-a-hoy to the audience?

Sorry, I don't get it. Help me out.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Friday Sep 09, 2011

Hawk wrote:
MeYatch wrote:
Hawk wrote:Working on a 1930s song called Sing, Sing, Sing. Hoping The Hawks can update / re-orchestrate it and make it a Krupa rocker...
And give out Chips-a-hoy to the audience?
Sorry, I don't get it. Help me out.

Sing, Sing, Sing used to be featured in a Chips-a-hoy commercial back in the 90s.

Wow, I guess that's good marketing, since I remembered that.

Geetarzz · Post by **Geetarzz** » Friday Sep 09, 2011

My picking speed. I used to be able to pick pretty fast. I must be slowing down in my old age......

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Friday Sep 09, 2011

Working on walking with a torn calf muscle and also being tired of the damn rain.

Bloodsong · Post by **Bloodsong** » Friday Sep 09, 2011

the greatest Embalmed cd ever made...

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Sunday Sep 11, 2011

A case of Miller Lite. Oh yeah, and some Elvis and Metallica. (Did I just say Elvis and Metallica??)

FrigoRecording · Post by **FrigoRecording** » Monday Sep 12, 2011

ToonaRockGuy wrote:Working on walking with a torn calf muscle and also being tired of the damn rain.

And how is that calf muscle healing up? That has got to be extremely painful, man! I imagine the recording date is going to be postponed. Would not be good to come in without being sure you're at 100%!

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Monday Sep 12, 2011

Working on? Hmmmmm....
I was actually fortunate enough to "work" with some great players this weekend, if they frequent ROCKPAGE they know who they are. Anyway, all the different songs we were playing really made me want to start working on lot of things that I know I personally can do so much better on. Also, it made me want to stay away from the "filler" shit we all have played in our past. I really want to collaborate with other people to create something because I never really did it before. Don't get me wrong, I've jammed with dude's that could write songs from licks to lyrics in 5 minutes and sound awesome...but that was them. I want to put what I feel down with some sense of accomplishment and have the people that work with me to feel the same. I know it's easier said than done but hey, what the fuck.
So I'll conclude with this, I'm working on being the best that I can and hoping and wanting to play with people who can set aside the FACT that "Skeezerboy" is !00% ASSHOLE, but Steve is a guy who wants to create some good fuckin' music with some good fuckin' people....what are you fuckers doin?

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Monday Sep 12, 2011

FrigoRecording wrote:
ToonaRockGuy wrote:Working on walking with a torn calf muscle and also being tired of the damn rain.
And how is that calf muscle healing up? That has got to be extremely painful, man! I imagine the recording date is going to be postponed. Would not be good to come in without being sure you're at 100%!

Marc,

It's definitely hurtin'. The band is taking a "wait and see" stance for the moment, we want to see how it is in a couple of weeks before we postpone anything. I'm trying to have sticks in my hands as much as possible, but I'm afraid the double bass chops are going away and I am gonna have to really work to get them back. We'll see what happens. Thanks for asking!

Kevin

kayla · Post by **kayla** » Monday Sep 12, 2011

SkeezerBoy wrote:I really want to collaborate with other people to create something because I never really did it before.

i'd be interested in just jammin some and seein what we can come up with. i know our styles are completey different, but ya never know what would come outta it? let me know!

- kayla.

kayla · Post by **kayla** » Monday Sep 12, 2011

Geetarzz wrote:My picking speed. I used to be able to pick pretty fast. I must be slowing down in my old age......

i have trouble alternate picking - my fretting hand always gets ahead of my picking. just another thing i gotta work on

- kayla.

TheBMC · Post by **TheBMC** » Monday Sep 12, 2011

Maxwell Murder - Rancid

Matthew Freeman is a great bass player! I have a feeling this one will take a good bit of work.

KeithReynolds · Post by **KeithReynolds** » Monday Sep 12, 2011

I am just practicing to join a pocket-pool league. Forearms of Fury!