a day in the life of a cure tribute band
edgar and i got tattoos. they are the boys don't cry icon. his is on his arm, mine's on the leg (which is huge). my pics are here.
back to the band. last night, we learned three new songs. i'm impressed with the ability for all the members to pick up on songs that quickly. we also are rejiggering our set list to include more variety. we'll be taking out some old standbys and putting in some new ones. we worked on the walk last night and i'm always impressed with how great daniel is on the drums. raven is crack on both keys and guitar--that fleXibility is kind of awe-inspiring.
normally, we don't have practice on a wednesday night, but we were planning on putting on a last-minute show at a venue on the 3rd. alas, it seems that isn't happening. there seems to be some confusion, so no show quite yet. we'll be looking into november/december for our neXt show.
putting a new set together is an interesting process for us. there's the balance of pop/slow, there's the balance of songs that people like and dislike, etc. but we always seem to pull it off. lately, we've come up with an idea to really challenge ourselves by having each member pick a song that they want to do with no vetos. more of the top will get represented in our next ~20-song set. in the spring, i hope to get a percussion-heavy set going with hanging garden, give me it, and even six different ways. we'll have to see how it goes, though. for the record, my pick was halo, a song i've been wanting to do for years.
i'm eXcited about this!
oh, and by the way, we may be looking for more members soon, so drop me a line if you're interested. i'm not sure about it, but we all have a feeling that we're going to lose someone soon.
back to the band. last night, we learned three new songs. i'm impressed with the ability for all the members to pick up on songs that quickly. we also are rejiggering our set list to include more variety. we'll be taking out some old standbys and putting in some new ones. we worked on the walk last night and i'm always impressed with how great daniel is on the drums. raven is crack on both keys and guitar--that fleXibility is kind of awe-inspiring.
normally, we don't have practice on a wednesday night, but we were planning on putting on a last-minute show at a venue on the 3rd. alas, it seems that isn't happening. there seems to be some confusion, so no show quite yet. we'll be looking into november/december for our neXt show.
putting a new set together is an interesting process for us. there's the balance of pop/slow, there's the balance of songs that people like and dislike, etc. but we always seem to pull it off. lately, we've come up with an idea to really challenge ourselves by having each member pick a song that they want to do with no vetos. more of the top will get represented in our next ~20-song set. in the spring, i hope to get a percussion-heavy set going with hanging garden, give me it, and even six different ways. we'll have to see how it goes, though. for the record, my pick was halo, a song i've been wanting to do for years.
i'm eXcited about this!
oh, and by the way, we may be looking for more members soon, so drop me a line if you're interested. i'm not sure about it, but we all have a feeling that we're going to lose someone soon.