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On the subject of being the weakest link in the band, because I play in several bands I find myself in different places in the musical pecking order. One of my bands I’m been the most experienced member and it’s been a pleasure seeing them develop as players and performers over the years I’ve been with them. They’re a much better band now than when I joined them and they’re still improving. Working on songs within the limitations of the players experience is actually really rewarding.
I have another band where I’m definitely the weakest link. That really pushes me to improve and I love playing with people who are way better than me. I’m learning a lot.
RE covers, I personally think that you have to try them in rehearsal and see what works. We've tried some simple songs that didn't work and some difficult ones that don't.
If it ain't working dump it.
On a side note, wasn't there a thread on here a while back about how the intro to SoF is a lot harder to get right than you'd think?
When we've mentioned it to him he's been defensive, but then at other times promised to work on it. He's a good club drummer - he nails the 50s, 60s stuff but on the rockier tunes he can get lost.
We don't try and nail songs precisely but at least try and get in the wheelhouse.
The intro to Sex On Fire though comes under my heading of "do it as close as you can" - much like me playing the Hotel California solo - it's a part that needs to be close enough ... if you get my gist.
No intention of dropping the song though - it's one of the few songs down the Dog and Duck that get's a reaction from anyone born when John Major was still Prime Minister.
Additionally murdering the drummer is not an option - though there have been times when I've considered it.
This, 100%. Once we worked out it starts on the "4-and", we got it down.
Pure laziness in one example being the intro to Stay with me.
Butchered every time with him saying “Yeah, that's close enough"
It wasn't, it was bloody awful and I used to wince involuntarily when it was next up on the list
The other was just wilfull cocknuggetry.
We played Sympathy for the devil ( different band ) and the other guitarist had chosen the parts he wanted to play but then a few practises in decided he wanted to play the parts I did.
Said he found the particular part hard to play and made a meal of fucking it up every practise to get his way. The rest of the band could see what was happening but just put their heads down and I should have done the adult thing and switched parts but he was such an annoying, self centred little arse part I put my guitar in the case at the end of the last practise, apologised to the rest of the lads and said I'd had enough.
Then again, I do seem to be the common denominator.
Great fun though and everywhere you play, people always get up and dance.
At the brief set-up everything seemed fine - no monitors, but nice loud bass amp, and audible enough vocals. The one thing we didn't have time for was running through an actual song.
Started the set and found that somehow I couldn't hear *anything* except my own amp and the drum kit.
Oops. I was at least in time...
So now, instead of playing guitar in a rock'n'roll band I play bass in a punk-ish band that does Nirvana covers. Problem solved .
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