What new song are you currently learning / working on?

thecolourbox

I'm learning The Sun Is In Your Eyes by Jacob Collier on piano, and Sky is a Landfill by Jeff Buckley on guitar

Sporky

Cello club has restarted, so I'm trying to write for four cellos. Three is fairly easy, but fitting four parts in without using the tenor or treble clefs is tricky, and only one of us is much use at the dusty end. 

axisus

I'm back working on four instrumentals that I've had on the go for about a decade (keep giving up!):

Satriani - Always with me, always with you
Vai - the Crying machine
Thomas Blug - Beauty
Top Gun theme

I will never be able to play any of them like they should be played, but I'm happy to get something that sounds near enough! Needless to say they are all a bit beyond me. Three of them I can get through about half at the moment, the Crying game is a bit further off, and probably the one I will take most liberties with!

digitalkettle

axisus said:

Three of them I can get through about half at the moment, the Crying game [Machine] is a bit further off, and probably the one I will take most liberties with!

Sounds about right: with liberties and justice for all!

axisus

digitalkettle said:

axisus said:

Three of them I can get through about half at the moment, the Crying game [Machine] is a bit further off, and probably the one I will take most liberties with!

Sounds about right: with liberties and justice for all!

Ho ho! what was I thinking! Getting senile .....

jonnyburgo

Rolling Stones Can't you hear me knockin, open G, timing is a bit weird, easy to play but not easy to get right.

CHRISB50

Steely Dan - Kings solo

RHCP - Can't Stop

Handsome_Chris

fastonebaz said:

I'm having to learn Standing in the Way of Control by Gossip for a project. It's appallingly great. 

@fastonebaz , FTFY, and Wow awarded for choosing an awesome track.

TheBigDipper

I've just gone through learning 18 original songs written by the bandleader in my new band to the point where I can gig them and confidently play the solos and other parts I wrote for some of them (with an iPad for prompts, still, I'm afraid). Now it's my turn to get them to do the same with a dozen of mine before we shake down and consolidate ourselves into one unit. But I can't just do that all the time, I'd go crazy.

So, for relaxation, I'm revisiting some solo playing. I'm getting Horizons (Steve Hackett) back up to speed, learning a John Dowland lute piece (Orlando Sleepeth) and trying to work out a solo acoustic version of Red (King Crimson).

breakstuff

U2 - The Electric Co. I'm about 80% of the way there, just need to work on my timing and accuracy in a couple of places. 

axisus

TheBigDipper said:

 I'm getting Horizons (Steve Hackett) back up to speed

Nice!

BillDL

EricTheWeary said:

There’s a short BBC documentary on there somewhere as well about the original, Doug Wood had a home multi track set up and recorded all the instruments himself on the original. He was playing guitar in bar bands and having this used as the snooker theme started his career in music production. 

DaveJames

YYZ  RUSH.

duotone

Am trying to learn this by Tom Bukovac, he played it when he went to pick up his new Jeff Senn Stratocaster.

https://youtu.be/cD8NYEGWvMY

Here’s the tab if anyone else fancies learning it: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/592713f9d2b857857ae81de7/t/593be8799de4bbf286deec3f/1497098361618/Buk+-+Full+Score.pdf