Category: Practice

Pick Photos you like.

Some great sounds.  I have enjoyed the listen.

Love Mary “conducting” the close.

We need to work just as hard on the opening as we do on the close

We rock have some rocking songs.

• Born Bayou
• Green River (the harmony is featured on the track.)
• Boots
• When will I be Loved. (ending is featured)\
• Already Gone is strong.
• Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin was a Pleasant surprise.

Keep practicing.

My Jan goals are to:

• Get the beat into Muscle Memory
• Sort out the scroll on the iPads.
• Update the setlist

Muscle Memory  Practice at Speed

1 All practice notes are  in Google Docs. Its easy for me to update this way. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16kFHHJrEUQwutTNfjkkckA5qt3KLjrx2ySK4ZkSdeIw/edit

2 All “working” Songs in One Drive This is from our set list on the Winter Solstice.  (Only the best  songs make it to the website. )  

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgMZpWWoddLyiKdKElpYN63H5_YxpA?e=14aPci

3. Note the difference in the Published BPM and what we are playing at.

Target BPM  (our BPM)

Already Gone – 146  (140)  practice harmonies

The Joker 164 (160) 

1. Going Up The Country 170 (153)
2. Friend of the Devil 95 (88)
3. Mercy – Maoli   154  (?)   note beat time on  the transitions 
4. Walk on the Wild Side 101  (88) (94)
5. Lodi – 128  (128)
6. California Dreaming -113  (110)
7. Down Under-G capo2 – 85  (85)

____2nd  Set_____ -Plan 15 min back in 10  get song to play

1. Folsom Prison Blues – 110  (105)
2. Me and Julio Down by The School Yard – 105 
3. You Can’t Always Get What You Wan- 83/90  (70/77) Fix wav file:30
4. Panama Red – New Riders of The Purple Sage   (100)
5. Good Lovin / La Bamba C – 153   (?)Get this down   good timing 
6. For What Its Worth – 93  (93)
7. Your Only Lonely – J D Souther  (110?)
8. Bertha –  (165)

Country Roads G – 77  (82)

___Encore___ – Last Call

Jingle Bells – Christmas

Brown Eyed Girl -(151)

Margaritaville   124   (124)

First time through some new songs
My guitar battery died
Top Songs
Only Lonely

Tim recommended we try the songs tuned 1/2 step down.  What do you think?

We also revised some fun old songs. 

Back up on the Roof for a great session with Tim, June, Dan and Bruce    Great Turn out of Taquitos Fans.

Cajon Mic’d

Aug 3
All hands on deck
35 people on the lawn
Roof was great with tilted speakers
Great recordings. All harmonies were so nice.

Home page
Already Gone 2
Land Under
Ohio
Your No Good
Friend
Walk

Dead
Update Bertha
Panama Red
Friend

Bad
Country Road… not in synch
Sweet Caroline

Peaceful intro then switch to A

trio

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

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

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AgMZpWWoddLyhqhPCnG0_XNBRDz56A?e=fJgIJa

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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