Planetguy wrote:a new tune, technique, learning a new instrument or piece of recording equipment, increasing your chord vocab????
like many on here i play a few instruments and so i always have a running list of things i'm "working on"...usually technique type stuff and keeping my meager chops somewhat up.
my new project is learning some traditional fiddle tunes on mando. Mere Mortals (the bluegrass band i play w) has recently acquired a very fine fiddler. i do believe she knows and can capably play EVERY fiddle tune and bluegrass song known to man.
so, it's pretty much been her playing the correct melody and then it's me soloing over the changes ...which is ok but let's face it, that's NOT the same as "knowing the tune" if you can't actually play the melody.
i've been working w this very excellent book "Fiddle Tunes For Flatpickers: Mandolin" and right now i'm working on a medley of a cpl tunes (hmmm. d'ya need three to make a medley?). i pretty much have Old Joe Clark and Sailor's Hornpipe under my fingers and committed to my feeble memory. i'm looking forward to springing the "medley" on the gang.
so, what are you knuckleheads working on?
A very experienced drummer in Ann Arbor seems to be very interested in doing something with us.
He's currently playing in a band heavily influenced by the Black Keys and it's driving him nuts.
He's way more into bands like The Jesus Lizard, Big Black, Ministry, etc. and wants to do something NOISIER.
He's also supposed to be pretty good at songwriting.
So, maybe he can help us out in that department a bit.
I need to get out of this writer's block that's bugging me.
He's currently taking care of his mom.
So, he's got a lot of spare time and a groovy practice space without any neighbors.
He wants to meet us somewhere and hang out awhile.
So, we will see where this goes.
