Members rvschulz Posted July 6, 2012 Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 i decided to try to get into the group therapy of music again rather than my solo songwriting as ... i'm stuck in a rut. i like playing in a group ... but i didn;t want anything too serious as in "we are going to tour constantly" or " we play these songs exactly as (original artist) recorded them. so, i posted a CL ad stating something to the effect that i like a lot of different music, i play guitar and sing a little and i write some of my own stuff. i am looking to see if anyone else is more interested in tone and style than volume ... i got a couple of interesting responses from individuals but one is a little more forward. a trio looking to expand to a quartet wants another guitar. around the same age as me, and seem to be laidback which is a plus. we had a decent phone conversation where i explained that i am interested in being certain that we could get along from a personality perspective more than whether we were seriously good players. i am meeting the bassist and singer/guitar Saturday evening to discuss this further. i am a little curious because they can respond via e-mail but were not interested in sharing their set list yet. they did say they would bring their list and i can bring some things i like ... so i guess we'll get there. hoping this isn;t some Van Halen style situation as the bassist has really talked up the frontman audience capabilities ... can get the women dancing etc ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimiv Posted July 6, 2012 Members Share Posted July 6, 2012 Well, maybe it's just me, but I think it's kinda weird that they won't send set lists. I can't think of any reason not to, especially if you are auditioning/interviewing/discussing a future music project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkwire Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 Hard to tell without meeting them. Some guys think songlists are like alchemy...you have to keep them secret, or EVERYONE will have the power! It could be a sign of weirdness, but you can't tell until you're face to face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CliffordN Posted July 7, 2012 Members Share Posted July 7, 2012 If you live anywhere near Mandeville you can expect these things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rvschulz Posted July 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2012 well, we had a decent meeting Sat PM at a local bar to discuss things. these 3 guys are kind of typical 'cover band' musicians in a certain way ... they have a set list of songs - not necessarily a setlist - which they know like the back of their hands. bassist can play, and the drummer has quite a bit of style. the front man/singer sort of bothers me - i'm sure it's me and not him. he's a 'tom cat' dude in his mid 40s and has a lot of ego which is probably a good thing as he's sort of fearless about singing some of the songs they play one of the things they told me is that they all tune to 'drop-D' because the singer can't sing in E tuning or his voice won;t last. i decided to give them a try and see how they played by having an informal practice Sunday afternoon. practice area is the drummers living room. i decided not to detune but to have them tell me the chord sequence they are playing and i will 'transpose'. in any case, from my perspective as trying to play lead and be a second guitar ... i am not going to play the same frequencies as the front guy. frankly, i thought i did not play well. a lot of it was the on-the-fly transposition and the fact that i knew few of the songs before walking in. of particular interest to me was that the front guy told me the wrong chords for the songs more than once. i don;t appreciate having to stare at his hands to figure out what he is playing. i didn;t expect them to have anything written down ... but at least tell me the right stuff. not sure i want to play with them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rangefinder Posted July 9, 2012 Members Share Posted July 9, 2012 one of the things they told me is that they all tune to 'drop-D' because the singer can't sing in E tuning or his voice won;t last. "Drop-D" affects the lowest string only, and should have nothing to do with the key in which the front man sings... I assume you mean "detune" a half- (or whole?) step on EVERY string, which is very common to save the front man's voice, and the whole point is that you can keep the same fingering/"chords". Transposing on the fly just seems like asking for big trouble. This band might not be a good fit anyway, but you might want to push for more clarity in the tuning approach for auditions with other bands. Just my two cents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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