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Undertoad · 08-24-2012, 08:01 PM

First rehearsal after we've gotten going is totally productive, and we shoot for an early October "test gig" which will go not really announced. I think.

The guys throw me into a totally new situation, where I'm learning songs not by listening to them over and over, but actually having them tell me what the riff is during rehearsal. The lead singer, who is a manic sort, sings me the riff. I play what I think he's singing. "No, no, it's like nah nah na-na-na nahhh. If you can hum it you know it." He's right.

These guys are all about jamming out different ideas until they coalesce into a song. We mess around with ideas for the first 30 minutes of rehearsal. A song idea approaches. It's all down on tape for us to remember the next time. Creativity flows and is permitted.

It's pretty glorious to be in a new situation. It's exactly like being with a new [appropriate sex goes here]friend. You know, there's being with someone for 15 years and there's being with someone two weeks, and both are exciting in different ways. This is the two weeks version, and we are infatuated with each other. The old bass player brought skills and ideas -- I bring different ones. It's not that one is better than the other, it's just different, and that's very interesting for everyone.

limey · 08-25-2012, 07:28 AM

Sounds great!

Undertoad · 08-27-2012, 06:32 PM

And electric but with no amps.

We're practicing at low volumes in an attic! It's totally different.

Undertoad · 09-29-2012, 07:55 PM

The test gig is First Friday Phoenixville. We are at Iron Eagle Antiques which is two doors down from the Colonial Theater. I am thinking we go on at 6, 7 and 8 because the idea of First Friday is people are moving around, stay 15 minutes at one place and then move on. Our set is like 30 minutes or so, so we'll just re-run it a few times.

Undertoad · 10-08-2012, 02:21 PM

Rhianne · 10-08-2012, 02:48 PM

Is that a real cyberman or just some guy in a costume?

Griff · 10-08-2012, 05:02 PM

ZenGum · 10-08-2012, 06:12 PM

See, the three guys who know how to play instruments just dress casual and stand at the back and do their stuff.

Now, the other guy...

Undertoad · 10-08-2012, 07:46 PM

We might get an open spot Friday night at The Fire

which would be really nice, one of the finest original band rooms in town on Friday prime time... hope it happens

orthodoc · 10-08-2012, 10:20 PM

Nice ... hope it comes through.

Undertoad · 10-09-2012, 10:14 AM

Not happening, one of our guys can't make it

I didn't know we were that bookable. We'll play that room someday.

ZenGum · 10-09-2012, 07:38 PM

Bother.

It's a good sign to be booked like that though.

orthodoc · 10-09-2012, 09:29 PM

Too bad. But if they wanted to book you this week, you'll get the chance again.

Undertoad · 12-20-2013, 06:46 PM

I have left this band and will be pursuing other things.

sexobon · 12-20-2013, 07:26 PM

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08-25-2012, 07:28 AM	#2
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Sounds great! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-08-2012, 05:02 PM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	__________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-08-2012, 06:12 PM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	See, the three guys who know how to play instruments just dress casual and stand at the back and do their stuff. Now, the other guy... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-08-2012, 10:20 PM	#10
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Nice ... hope it comes through. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

10-09-2012, 07:38 PM	#12
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Bother. It's a good sign to be booked like that though. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-24-2012, 08:01 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	First rehearsal after we've gotten going is totally productive, and we shoot for an early October "test gig" which will go not really announced. I think. The guys throw me into a totally new situation, where I'm learning songs not by listening to them over and over, but actually having them tell me what the riff is during rehearsal. The lead singer, who is a manic sort, sings me the riff. I play what I think he's singing. "No, no, it's like nah nah na-na-na nahhh. If you can hum it you know it." He's right. These guys are all about jamming out different ideas until they coalesce into a song. We mess around with ideas for the first 30 minutes of rehearsal. A song idea approaches. It's all down on tape for us to remember the next time. Creativity flows and is permitted. It's pretty glorious to be in a new situation. It's exactly like being with a new [appropriate sex goes here]friend. You know, there's being with someone for 15 years and there's being with someone two weeks, and both are exciting in different ways. This is the two weeks version, and we are infatuated with each other. The old bass player brought skills and ideas -- I bring different ones. It's not that one is better than the other, it's just different, and that's very interesting for everyone.

08-27-2012, 06:32 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	And electric but with no amps. We're practicing at low volumes in an attic! It's totally different.

09-29-2012, 07:55 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The test gig is First Friday Phoenixville. We are at Iron Eagle Antiques which is two doors down from the Colonial Theater. I am thinking we go on at 6, 7 and 8 because the idea of First Friday is people are moving around, stay 15 minutes at one place and then move on. Our set is like 30 minutes or so, so we'll just re-run it a few times.

10-08-2012, 02:21 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423

10-08-2012, 02:48 PM	#6
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Is that a real cyberman or just some guy in a costume?

10-08-2012, 07:46 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	We might get an open spot Friday night at The Fire which would be really nice, one of the finest original band rooms in town on Friday prime time... hope it happens

10-09-2012, 10:14 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Not happening, one of our guys can't make it I didn't know we were that bookable. We'll play that room someday.

10-09-2012, 09:29 PM	#13
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Too bad. But if they wanted to book you this week, you'll get the chance again. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

12-20-2013, 06:46 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I have left this band and will be pursuing other things.

12-20-2013, 07:26 PM	#15
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793

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