Western Jam 2022, Saturday 1st October, Factory Studios, Bristol

Crazed_Fandango

stratman3142 said:

@Brocco I'm wondering how we manage the ever increasing list. Ideas from anyone are welcome on how we manage the list.

When people say they can play guitar on a song, it would be good to identify whether they just want to play rhythm or are happy to play lead (if there's any lead playing on that song).

 Perhaps I'll just post the list I've made so far and people who've said what role they can take.

Well, Teenage Kicks barely has a lead part and even I can manage that.  Happy to do lead/rhythm guitar and/or sing.

Rocking in the Free World has 2 lead parts.  I'm happy to lead/rhythm guitar and/or sing, but when I've jammed it in the past, the solos weren't done as per the song and the outro one was an extended jam which seemed to get longer every time we played it  =)=)=)=)

Brocco

bertie said:

Brocco said:

Would also like to propose Strange Brew and Wishing Well  

if you're talking Free - Wishing Well and not Terrance Trent  -   Im happy to geetar along with that one

yep, the Free/Nimmo Brothers vibe

Brocco

Think we just simply let the setlist emerge based on demand, especially so far as drums and vox are concerned.

Would like to play rhythm on Wishing Well and Rocking In The Free World

bertie

Brocco said:

bertie said:

Brocco said:

Would also like to propose Strange Brew and Wishing Well  

if you're talking Free - Wishing Well and not Terrance Trent  -   Im happy to geetar along with that one

yep, the Free/Nimmo Brothers vibe

ok, well Ive never heard of them so Id best have a listen then 

EDIT  -  Well,  me waistline fits in OK    

cant find a copy of them doing W/Well tho

stratman3142

Brocco said:

...Think we just simply let the setlist emerge based on demand, especially so far as drums and vox are concerned.

It would be good to see where we can fill the VOCALS, DRUMS and BASS roles. I suspect we've got plenty of options for the guitar roles.

I'll remove the distinction between LEAD and RHYTHM for some songs and just list who's expressed an interest. We can sort that out later.

btw. I said I'd do a list to help organise things, which is what we did last time and it seemed to work well. I'm not trying to dictate what happens and it's very much a democracy. I'll do my best to keep track of what people think, if it's helping. 

Here's the latest list. Let me know if you've got any comments or spot any errors.

https://i.imgur.com/idqSL7D.png

Neilybob

This is sounding epic. I might drive down to have a listen and meet some of you. 

Brocco

bertie said:

Brocco said:

bertie said:

Brocco said:

Would also like to propose Strange Brew and Wishing Well  

if you're talking Free - Wishing Well and not Terrance Trent  -   Im happy to geetar along with that one

yep, the Free/Nimmo Brothers vibe

ok, well Ive never heard of them so Id best have a listen then 

EDIT  -  Well,  me waistline fits in OK    

cant find a copy of them doing W/Well tho

it's on the Brother To Brother album

mrkb

Have had a look at drum notation and can probably drum Wishing Well ok

Crazed_Fandango

If you're stuck for vocals on anything in the higher range, I might be able to cover them.

You Shook Me All Night Long and Wishing Well don't have anyone allocated on vocals, so I don't mind those.  I can go fairly high, but I don't have a voice that has gargled broken glass; I try to sing like Glenn Hughes (if you know him), so fairly clean tone.

Crazed_Fandango

Separate Q....

What do you usually do for equipment in these?  Are we hiring amps, or is it bring & share?

Jonathangus

Last time we brought our own amps, but hired a kit as @onlyonebradders 's kit is (a) here in Reading, and (b) would need a load spent for new heads.

stratman3142

Happy to share my gear.

bertie

stratman3142 said:

Happy to share my gear.

very generous but what about the amps ?

Brocco

usually some of us take along our amps and a simple pedal set up which "the band" plugs into to minimise downtime

stratman3142

Jonathangus said:

Last time we brought our own amps, but hired a kit as @onlyonebradders 's kit is (a) here in Reading, and (b) would need a load spent for new heads.

Can you ask your brother which songs he's happy to drum on from the list. @mrkb has got some covered but there are still a few gaps. Also, it doesn't matter if there's duplication because (like last time) we can play the same song with different line-ups.
 

Jonathangus

stratman3142 said:

Jonathangus said:

Last time we brought our own amps, but hired a kit as @onlyonebradders 's kit is (a) here in Reading, and (b) would need a load spent for new heads.

Can you ask your brother which songs he's happy to drum on from the list. @mrkb has got some covered but there are still a few gaps. Also, it doesn't matter if there's duplication because (like last time) we can play the same song with different line-ups.
 

Will do.

mrkb

I can bring cymbals, kick pedal and snare for drums if needed. Just need studio to provide basic drum kit shells

Jonathangus

Andy has cymbals and kick pedal in Bristol, I think.  Not sure about a snare.

mart

I'm certainly happy to cover the bass for Rocks, Hard to handle, You give love, Lil devil, Keep your hands, Is she really, Rebel rebel, My hero, You shook me, Get back, Somewhere, Run to you, Rocking in the free world, Teenage kicks. 

I might be able to do bass for some of the others too, but I'll need to have a good listen first to check as I just don't the bass parts well enough. 

Neilybob

Jonathangus said:

Last time we brought our own amps, but hired a kit as @onlyonebradders 's kit is (a) here in Reading, and (b) would need a load spent for new heads.

Hey up. Another Reading-ite here. Car share?