Western Jam, Firebird Studios, Bristol, 25th February 2024

Haych

What's the process for nominating songs to play?  Ta.

Brocco

Haych said:

What's the process for nominating songs to play?  Ta.

Everyone suggests a few tracks for consideration by the group, with the proposer stating what role they would like to take for each of their tunes. We then give it some time to see if we can attract volunteers for all necessary roles for each track. Eventually, tracks that do not attract a full 'band' get dropped.

bertie

roberty said:

May well be too wet if we do it in the middle of summer ;-) 

FTFY

on the BOC front, we used to do Reaper in the band at school.................  

 perhaps an idea to keep things "fresh" ,  "ban" any song that's been previously done ?  - (apologies for sounding like a take-over)

bertie

Haych said:

What's the process for nominating songs to play?  Ta.

 £10 per song to me

stratman3142

bertie said:

... perhaps an idea to keep things "fresh" ,  "ban" any song that's been previously done ?  - (apologies for sounding like a take-over)...

Not a bad idea.

The only slight problem is it puts a big burden on learning new stuff for @mrkb as the only drummer. Also, I attempt to chart all the songs, so I can cover on guitar or bass in the event that anyone can't make it at the last minute.

But yes to having new numbers where we can.

mrkb

bertie said:

on the BOC front, we used to do Reaper in the band at school.................  

 perhaps an idea to keep things "fresh" ,  "ban" any song that's been previously done ?  - (apologies for sounding like a take-over)

Wow - I assume youre volunteering to pickup up learning 30 drum tracks?? I look forward to getting back to playing the guitar again

We added 8 new songs this time, and people swapped around what they played on from last time, which seems enough to keep it fresh, but not waste weeks learning a new song only to play it once for 3 mins.

roberty

We paid a drummer to do one of these a long time ago. Could be an option?

mrkb

roberty said:

We paid a drummer to do one of these a long time ago. Could be an option?

I was thinking about hiring some guitar players that know when to end the song in the right place

bertie

mrkb said:

Wow - I assume youre volunteering to pickup up learning 30 drum tracks??

you learnt them ?   

yeah,  whoops I guess I didn't really think about that      

    

also I want it known,  I did play as many notes as Ben,   just took me 12 minutes longer

roberty

mrkb said:

roberty said:

We paid a drummer to do one of these a long time ago. Could be an option?

I was thinking about hiring some guitar players that know when to end the song in the right place

Lol you'll never get clean endings without rehearsals

Haych

bertie said:

Haych said:

What's the process for nominating songs to play?  Ta.

 £10 per song to me

All of a sudden I feel motivated to familiarise myself with the existing set list

mrkb

I’m hoping for future events we’ll get Andy back to full health, and maybe FastEddies son Harley would like to come back and take on more songs - he was great sitting in last weekend. That will give a wider range of songs we can cover on drums and allow more new stuff.

Then I can help out on vocals, as Rob and Darren have had to do loads to cover that recently. 

stratman3142

bertie said:

...also I want it known,  I did play as many notes as Ben,   just took me 12 minutes longer...

You played that cool slide down in the rhythm part of All Right Now perfectly. That's worth 10,000 notes for attention to detail.

Brocco

mrkb said:

I’m hoping for future events we’ll get Andy back to full health, and maybe FastEddies son Harley would like to come back and take on more songs - he was great sitting in last weekend. That will give a wider range of songs we can cover on drums and allow more new stuff.

Then I can help out on vocals, as Rob and Darren have had to do loads to cover that recently. 

We already have a pretty collaborative group, but potentially having three drummers is just incredible.

bertie

stratman3142 said:

bertie said:

...also I want it known,  I did play as many notes as Ben,   just took me 12 minutes longer...

You played that cool slide down in the rhythm part of All Right Now perfectly. That's worth 10,000 notes for attention to detail.

where shall I send the £10-er  ?    

Neilybob

mrkb said:

I’m hoping for future events we’ll get Andy back to full health, and maybe FastEddies son Harley would like to come back and take on more songs - he was great sitting in last weekend. That will give a wider range of songs we can cover on drums and allow more new stuff.

Then I can help out on vocals, as Rob and Darren have had to do loads to cover that recently. 

@Jonathangus how is Andy? 

bertie

for the next winter one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0793327G7?ref_=pfb_spv01_d7d2d266fc21038957990341c86a0dc2&tag=fbcmapntv-21&ascsubtag=pfb-NTA-P11-V01-O3-curazp-KDYWPF&mcid=06feb31f87bc3e458f656f9182ad493d&fbclid=IwAR3ootK7jQQvF2k9aC46wqf5IYE80uxZi-Uvk1wLQyVjd7d-joF-t7XCYjQ

Jonathangus

Neilybob said:

mrkb said:

I’m hoping for future events we’ll get Andy back to full health, and maybe FastEddies son Harley would like to come back and take on more songs - he was great sitting in last weekend. That will give a wider range of songs we can cover on drums and allow more new stuff.

Then I can help out on vocals, as Rob and Darren have had to do loads to cover that recently. 

@Jonathangus how is Andy? 

Well, he's doing lots of physio, and I think he's improving slightly - but not enough to get back behind a kit AFAIK.  I guess we could have a whip-round and get him a new hip.  About a grand each ought to cover it...

@onlyonebradders?

mrkb

bertie said:

for the next winter one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0793327G7?ref_=pfb_spv01_d7d2d266fc21038957990341c86a0dc2&tag=fbcmapntv-21&ascsubtag=pfb-NTA-P11-V01-O3-curazp-KDYWPF&mcid=06feb31f87bc3e458f656f9182ad493d&fbclid=IwAR3ootK7jQQvF2k9aC46wqf5IYE80uxZi-Uvk1wLQyVjd7d-joF-t7XCYjQ

We could change venue - these places are usually quite warm....

Bennyboy-UK

mrkb said:

bertie said:

for the next winter one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0793327G7?ref_=pfb_spv01_d7d2d266fc21038957990341c86a0dc2&tag=fbcmapntv-21&ascsubtag=pfb-NTA-P11-V01-O3-curazp-KDYWPF&mcid=06feb31f87bc3e458f656f9182ad493d&fbclid=IwAR3ootK7jQQvF2k9aC46wqf5IYE80uxZi-Uvk1wLQyVjd7d-joF-t7XCYjQ

We could change venue - these places are usually quite warm....

Terrifyingly accurate!