#52199 by ColorsFade
Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:35 pm
Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:35 pm
Hey folks,
Brief background to this question: I co-founded a local rock cover band with a great drummer about a year ago. It took us a long time to find a singer and bass player, but we finally found two great folks. We've got almost enough songs learned to start booking gigs; I think we've got a show lined up for February if we want it.
Our bass player, who has a lot of gigging experience, suggested that we cultivate some more tunes that people can dance to. Or, like he says, we won't be invited back to some bars if we can't get people buying drinks and dancing on the floor.
Most of our songs are stuff like Creed, Alter Bridge, Stone Temple Pilots, 3 Doors Down, Foo Fighters, etc.
After our last rehearsal we all sat around real casually and they started throwing out a host of dance songs ("party rock", as my bassist likes to call it) for me to look up on YouTube (since I am unfamiliar with a lot of music like this). Some of the suggested music I can dig playing (Poison's "Nothing But A Good Time", Van Halen's "Panama", AC/DC's "Shook Me All Night Long", Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me", I can enjoy that stuff).
But some of the suggestions... were songs I actually never want to disgrace my guitar with... Like Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal"... I think my guitar visibly shuddered when that came over my speakers.
Anyway. I don't want to sound like an elitist snob or anything; I've got no problem learning some dance-rock tunes (I learned Poison's "Nothing But A Good Time" and two Bryan Adams' songs last night). But I've got some standards...
So I was hoping for suggestions from the much-more-experienced-than-me crowd. I figured if maybe I posted this, with an idea of what we're already playing and what I don't mind playing, if people could throw out the tunes that they have personal experience with. If you've covered a good rock song that you know gets people on the floor, by all means - please suggest!
Thanks gang, you guys are the best.
Brief background to this question: I co-founded a local rock cover band with a great drummer about a year ago. It took us a long time to find a singer and bass player, but we finally found two great folks. We've got almost enough songs learned to start booking gigs; I think we've got a show lined up for February if we want it.
Our bass player, who has a lot of gigging experience, suggested that we cultivate some more tunes that people can dance to. Or, like he says, we won't be invited back to some bars if we can't get people buying drinks and dancing on the floor.
Most of our songs are stuff like Creed, Alter Bridge, Stone Temple Pilots, 3 Doors Down, Foo Fighters, etc.
After our last rehearsal we all sat around real casually and they started throwing out a host of dance songs ("party rock", as my bassist likes to call it) for me to look up on YouTube (since I am unfamiliar with a lot of music like this). Some of the suggested music I can dig playing (Poison's "Nothing But A Good Time", Van Halen's "Panama", AC/DC's "Shook Me All Night Long", Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me", I can enjoy that stuff).
But some of the suggestions... were songs I actually never want to disgrace my guitar with... Like Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal"... I think my guitar visibly shuddered when that came over my speakers.
Anyway. I don't want to sound like an elitist snob or anything; I've got no problem learning some dance-rock tunes (I learned Poison's "Nothing But A Good Time" and two Bryan Adams' songs last night). But I've got some standards...
So I was hoping for suggestions from the much-more-experienced-than-me crowd. I figured if maybe I posted this, with an idea of what we're already playing and what I don't mind playing, if people could throw out the tunes that they have personal experience with. If you've covered a good rock song that you know gets people on the floor, by all means - please suggest!
Thanks gang, you guys are the best.