Ah just got back from the latest audition.
What was supposed to take 34 minutes, took more like 1 3/4 hours to drive 1 way.
Did I mention Map Quest is sh*t?
Oh man, I have to hang my head low. The news is not good. lol This is what you get when you spend less than 1 day preparing.
1) The sh*t lasted to 2.5 hours, maybe 3 and my vocals are blasted.
2) I never even got to touch my guitar. The one guy told me that he just wanted me to try out as a vocalist.
3) The set list was f**k up! Let me illustrate..
They gave me a set list that reads;
Proud Mary...CCR/Ike & Tina Turner
Mustang Sally.........Wilson pickett or anybody
I'd Love To Change The World....Ten Years After
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynrd
Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynrd
Road House Blues - Doors
She - Green Day
About A Girl - Nirvana
Bring it On Home - Led Zeppelin
Custard Pie - Led Zeppelin
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
Jumpin Jack Flash - Rollin Stones
Sympathy For The Devil - Rollin Stones
My Worst enemy---lit
American idiot---Green Day
Back in the USSR....The Beatles
Bad Moon Rising.....CCR
Bang a Gong.........T. Rex
Birthday..............The Beatles
Dead Flowers..........The Rolling Stones
Who'll Stop the Rain?..Creedence Clearwater Revival
Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry
I read it initially and cringed. I figured later, why not? What is the worst that could happen? ugghhhhhhh Oh man.
SO i get in there and the list has changed. I have all this music, cause i don't play most of this stuff. I like southern rock, yeah i think so. lol
So we end up playing; - means bad/+ is passable/0 is neutral
Bad Moon Rising.....CCR - (my voice tightened up and I did it an octave higher than usual)
I'd Love To Change The World....Ten Years After +
Roadhouse Blues +
Gimme 3 Steps +
Sweet Home Alabama +
About a girl 0
My own enemy - Lit - (omg my voice cracked) -
Sympathy For the devil +
Jumpin Jack Flash +
Proud Mary +
Back in the USSR +
Sunshine of your love -
Bad moon Rising -again this time an octave lower 0
Hey Joe +
Tush +
They omitted a lot;
Mustang Sally.........Wilson pickett or anybody
Custard Pie - Led Zeppelin (If they were to sink Levee, then forget the LZ)
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
When the levee Breaks (this was my add and they just omitted it)
She - Green Day (the bass player didn't know either green day)
American idiot---Green Day(the bass player didn't know either green day)
Bang a Gong.........T. Rex (i was looking forward to this)
Birthday..............The Beatles (get real)
Dead Flowers..........The Rolling Stones ( nuh-uh)
Who'll Stop the Rain?..Creedence Clearwater Revival
Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry (big veto on that)
Please don't Judas me - Nazereth (wtf is wrong with Nazareth?)
Hurdy Gurdy man- Donavan (they said no to hurdy gurdy)
SO bad Moon rising gave me issues, which is a first.
I did a Nirvana tune. ecchhh. I need a shower to feel clean again. lol
I have to laugh, the one guy asked me if this was my first time singing Rolling Stones, I said yes it was and he said he was shocked and that he liked it. I hate Mick Jagger. lol
Eccccchhhh Proud Mary.. I should shoot myself now!
Back in the USSR - was actually good. No one more shocked than I.
Impromptu Hey Joe sounded like a cross between that and Pride and Joy. lol
So I guess I can safely figure i won't get a call back on that setup, but if I have to do all that damn CCR, I won't shed a tear.
They didn't even know "SUSIE Q" which is a cool tune. No "GREEN RIVER". They wanted WHO WILL STOP THE RAIN, echh. The wanted Down on the corner. ecchh/
They threw out all the Green Day. I was kind of looking forward to experimenting with it.
And they stripped me down to NO VOCAL effects at all. Yet I had to bring my mic/a back up and a dsp 128.
Then the guy goes to me, "Well let's just say that you didn't sound like the recording on your my space page".
I felt like saying, "without any effects, you wouldn't either genius".
I suggested "Albatross" and "Clean my wounds". He let me know they were too heavy. uggghhhhh
I threw out, RADAR LOVE. Nope, they didn't know it.
I feel so dirty after that episode. I feel like I slept with the whole football team, 1 at a time. LOL
What was supposed to take 34 minutes, took more like 1 3/4 hours to drive 1 way.
Did I mention Map Quest is sh*t?
Oh man, I have to hang my head low. The news is not good. lol This is what you get when you spend less than 1 day preparing.
1) The sh*t lasted to 2.5 hours, maybe 3 and my vocals are blasted.
2) I never even got to touch my guitar. The one guy told me that he just wanted me to try out as a vocalist.
3) The set list was f**k up! Let me illustrate..
They gave me a set list that reads;
Proud Mary...CCR/Ike & Tina Turner
Mustang Sally.........Wilson pickett or anybody
I'd Love To Change The World....Ten Years After
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynrd
Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynrd
Road House Blues - Doors
She - Green Day
About A Girl - Nirvana
Bring it On Home - Led Zeppelin
Custard Pie - Led Zeppelin
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
Jumpin Jack Flash - Rollin Stones
Sympathy For The Devil - Rollin Stones
My Worst enemy---lit
American idiot---Green Day
Back in the USSR....The Beatles
Bad Moon Rising.....CCR
Bang a Gong.........T. Rex
Birthday..............The Beatles
Dead Flowers..........The Rolling Stones
Who'll Stop the Rain?..Creedence Clearwater Revival
Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry
I read it initially and cringed. I figured later, why not? What is the worst that could happen? ugghhhhhhh Oh man.
SO i get in there and the list has changed. I have all this music, cause i don't play most of this stuff. I like southern rock, yeah i think so. lol
So we end up playing; - means bad/+ is passable/0 is neutral
Bad Moon Rising.....CCR - (my voice tightened up and I did it an octave higher than usual)
I'd Love To Change The World....Ten Years After +
Roadhouse Blues +
Gimme 3 Steps +
Sweet Home Alabama +
About a girl 0
My own enemy - Lit - (omg my voice cracked) -
Sympathy For the devil +
Jumpin Jack Flash +
Proud Mary +
Back in the USSR +
Sunshine of your love -
Bad moon Rising -again this time an octave lower 0
Hey Joe +
Tush +
They omitted a lot;
Mustang Sally.........Wilson pickett or anybody
Custard Pie - Led Zeppelin (If they were to sink Levee, then forget the LZ)
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
When the levee Breaks (this was my add and they just omitted it)
She - Green Day (the bass player didn't know either green day)
American idiot---Green Day(the bass player didn't know either green day)
Bang a Gong.........T. Rex (i was looking forward to this)
Birthday..............The Beatles (get real)
Dead Flowers..........The Rolling Stones ( nuh-uh)
Who'll Stop the Rain?..Creedence Clearwater Revival
Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry (big veto on that)
Please don't Judas me - Nazereth (wtf is wrong with Nazareth?)
Hurdy Gurdy man- Donavan (they said no to hurdy gurdy)
SO bad Moon rising gave me issues, which is a first.
I did a Nirvana tune. ecchhh. I need a shower to feel clean again. lol
I have to laugh, the one guy asked me if this was my first time singing Rolling Stones, I said yes it was and he said he was shocked and that he liked it. I hate Mick Jagger. lol
Eccccchhhh Proud Mary.. I should shoot myself now!
Back in the USSR - was actually good. No one more shocked than I.
Impromptu Hey Joe sounded like a cross between that and Pride and Joy. lol
So I guess I can safely figure i won't get a call back on that setup, but if I have to do all that damn CCR, I won't shed a tear.
They didn't even know "SUSIE Q" which is a cool tune. No "GREEN RIVER". They wanted WHO WILL STOP THE RAIN, echh. The wanted Down on the corner. ecchh/
They threw out all the Green Day. I was kind of looking forward to experimenting with it.
And they stripped me down to NO VOCAL effects at all. Yet I had to bring my mic/a back up and a dsp 128.
Then the guy goes to me, "Well let's just say that you didn't sound like the recording on your my space page".
I felt like saying, "without any effects, you wouldn't either genius".
I suggested "Albatross" and "Clean my wounds". He let me know they were too heavy. uggghhhhh
I threw out, RADAR LOVE. Nope, they didn't know it.
I feel so dirty after that episode. I feel like I slept with the whole football team, 1 at a time. LOL