Author: Bruce Gresham

These practic pages help us learn the songs better.  Listen at your own risk! : )

WARNING: These are raw sound files . For practice only.

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Top Songs

• Bertha
• You Can’t Always Get What You want
• Ohio
• Stand By Me
• Your No Good.

Interesting 

Looper test

Rider

Already Gone VERY Slow.  65 BPM   should be  73

• Who sings I will sing this victory song.

• Nice solo. 
• Try a faster Version  Eagles  Get drums goings.

Kodachrome.  Love IT!!!!

• Practice The transitions.   
• Dan, practice Lyrics . 

Bertha, New Warm Up Song 

• Love it   
• Back up Vocals more exact. June moree
•   Fallin Fallin (only two)
• All shout ARREST ME. 

Your No Good

• One of our better songs
• June starts out strong  Dan, Watch and follow her 
• Got a nice Groove 114
• Work on Intelude and  Ending.  Tight  

Stand By Me.

• This version is 112   Let’s do want it faster – 120 BPM 

• Dan  nice guitar work
• Solid and tight. 

Can’t Get what you want

• Maybe June looper intro.
• Dan watch and set the next beat  89
• Have fun 
• Try to Imitate Mick Jagger.
• Everyone sing DEAD

Notable:

First time Kodachorme.  Lyrics  watch each other..

Cant’ you see.  Got the parts, just need the powerful vocals

Tim joins Dan and Bruce.   A wonderful summer evening with  — Several driveway dancers! 

Dance like no one’s watching.

Try just one main guitar.

• • Peaceful     Just awful ! Tim sounded good. Dan and I did not match him.  ;(   Need a great beat. Amazing how one  of our best songs went south so quickly. 
  • Walk on the wild side   Awesome Listen and practice lyrics.  Work on Ending. 
  • The way you make me feel   Great groove.  Work on the call response part.  Each do lead   Maybe Two people on the call,  crowd on the response.  We had a dancer. 
  • Can’t Get What you Want.   Just keep listening to this version.  Be Mick Jagger.  Top song of the summer.
  • I know you Rider. Solid. Tim started with Carry on (add dropped D.)  Go right to Rider. 
  • For What  good  bass a little loud.   Love 

• Panama Red  Solid  Beat was great.

• Stand by me.   Solid   my bass part too loud.   

• Take it Easy — ok version   Play it more.   

• Kodachrome   Blend  the fast and slow Chorus.   Do the fast with dancing.  HOMEWORK is the the intro and the riff.  Dan and Tim need to watch each other to get in Synch  Fix Chords   and ENDING
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Key of D lesson   TIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC0EnK6p1nQ

Strum lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYy7PK91Zwc

Ending — https://youtu.be/RGK19Pg6sB0

• • Good Lovin  Dan –organize the ending!  Either Dead or Rascals. 
  • Going up the country is slow.  

• Land Down Under  ok  had dancer and fun beat

• Friend Devil    Ok practice 10 min before recording.  Maybe switch tempo? 

• Already Gone  solid

• The Chain.  Will that be in the setlist?

Can’t you See.   Practice the Chorus.

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June 1
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June 10
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best sounds
Vocals louder than guitars

June 17
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lower full step for Can’t always get what you want

Tips

• Try 1/2 step down for New Speedway Boogie.
• Make the 2 channels work   Vocal and Guitars.
• Mics were turned off.
• Keyboard did not come through.
• Keyboard   Timing Practice Note
• Dan responsible for Tempo. 
• Turn down the Reverb on Lava Guitar. 

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Proposed Summer Schedule

June 24 Thurs Moon Solstice

July 1 rooftop or Practice

Maine

July 15 practice

July 24. Long Beach 

El Gato  La Playa

Aug 6 thurs. Whitney Returns

Practice

Aug 20 something         Catalina 

Sept 24. Laybrith Ventura Ranch      how big is the space?