Monday, May 18, 2009

Session #3: May 23 in Clover Park

2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 11am-6pm

Set:
  • barre chords in 4 shapes: E, A, Em, Am
  • Lay Lady Lay
  • Lola
  • Hotel California
  • Knockin' on Heaven's Door
  • Ziggy Stardust
  • Chord progressions with Circle of Fifths
  • Singing to pedestrians, and dogs, in C,G,D,A
  • "Why is y a Function of x?" by Seth
  • Chinese Psychedelia
Players:
Gear:
  • Greg's amp, Vox amp, old mic, stand, leads
  • song binder, chairs (one left up in a tree for next time)
  • batteries (Vox needs them already, even though it uses 6 "C" batteries)

Friday, May 15, 2009

To-Learn (partial listing)

Song Artist Chords
Feel Flows The Beach Boys
Something The Beatles
Ticket To Ride The Beatles (G...Am,D7...Em,C7...Em,Fmaj7...Em,D7,G...G...Am,D7...C7,D7)
Across The Universe The Beatles
I Am The Walrus The Beatles
All You Need Is Love The Beatles (G,D/F#,Em...D7/A,G,D7/A)
Rocky Racoon The Beatles
Blowin' in the Wind Bob Dylan G,C,G,G...G,C,G,D...G,C,D...C,D...G,C...C,D,G
Lay Lady Lay Bob Dylan G,Bm,F,Am...D,Em,G...Bm,D,G...Bm,Am,G
I Shall Be Released Bob Dylan G,Am...Bm,Am,G,D7
Knockin' On Heaven's Door Bob Dylan G,D,Am...G,D,C
I Shot The Sheriff Bob Marley Gm,Cm,Gm...Eb,Dm,Gm...Eb,Dm7,Gm
Jamming Bob Marley ,Bm,E7,G,F#m7...Bm,Em,Bm,E7
Ziggy Stardust David Bowie
Soul Kitchen The Doors A,D,A,D7...Am,D7,A,D7...Em...D7,Em,D7...D,E7...A,D6...Am,D,A,D6
Riders On The Storm The Doors Em,Bm...Am,Bm...Em,Bm...Am,C..,Em,Bm
The Musical Box Genesis
My Sweet Lord George Harrison
Gimme Danger Iggy Pop
Beast Of Burden The Rolling Stones
Fly By Night Rush
My Favorite Mistake Sheryl Crow
Soak Up The Sun Sheryl Crow
The First Cut Is The Deepest Sheryl Crow
Leaving Las Vegas Sheryl Crow
Strong Enough Sheryl Crow
All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow
Soak up the Sun Sheryl Crow
Lady Picture Show Stone Temple Pilots
Something in the Air Thunderclap Newman
Wild Thing The Troggs
Even Better Than The Real Thing U2 A,Dsus4,D,A...D,Dsus4,D,A,Gadd9,Bm7...D,Dsus4,D,A...A,G,D

Session #2: May 16 in Venice

800 Ocean Front Walk, Los Angeles, 90291, 11am-4pm (freezing)

Set:
  • Folsom Prison Blues (E,A7,B7,E or F,Bb7,C7,F)
  • Ripple
  • Box of Rain
  • Knockin' on Heaven's Door
  • Lay Lady Lay
  • (Rappin' with Blake)
  • Stir It Up (A,D,E)
  • Lola
  • No Woman No Cry [C,G/B Am,F] C,F,C,G)
  • Others
Players:
Gear:
  • All from Gig #1 plus...
  • songbook and stand w/clips
For next session:
  • Rendevouz at parking spot then shuttle in one car to dropoff gear/people at gig
  • Bring 2 or 3 extra clips for songbook/wind
  • Bring jacket/shoes/flannel
  • Re-solder loose input jack on black guitar
  • Chair with better back support
  • Set up on the boardwalk for publicity

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Session #1: May 9 in Venice


800 Ocean Front Walk, Los Angeles, 90291, 10am - 5pm

Set:
  • Warming up and testing gear/volume
  • Folsom Prison Blues (E,A7,B7,E or F,Bb7,C7,F)
  • Stir It Up (A,D,E)
  • Eight Days a Week (D,E,G,D...Bm,G,Bm,E... A,Bm,E,G,A)
  • Lola [E,A,D,E] (A,D or C,D,E)...B,F#,A...A,C#m,B...E,G#m,C#m,B)
  • Angie (Am,E7,G, B,F,C..Am,G,Dm...)
  • Noodling around on scales in a spacey 10min set
  • Redemption Song (G,Em,C,G/B,Am, G C D G)
  • No Woman No Cry [C,G/B Am,F] C,F,C,G)
  • Wish You Were Here (C,D,Am,G.…D,C,Am,G)
Players:
Gear:
  • Vox amp
  • Greg's amp
  • mic & stand
  • leads
  • permit

For next session:
  • Bring chairs/stools, extra batteries
  • Staple song sheets so they're steady in the wind
  • Fix/Replace bad guitar lead
  • Carpool?
  • Learn lyrics to Stir it Up

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Group cover set (partial)

Eight Days a Week The Beatles (D,E,G,D...Bm,G,Bm,E... A,Bm,E,G,A)
I saw here standing there The Beatles (E7,A7,E7,B7...E,E7,A,C...E7,B7,E///A7,B7,A7)
All My Loving The Beatles (F#m,B7,E,C#m...A,F#m,D,B7...A,B7,E...C#m,C+,E)
Redemption Song Bob Marley (G,Em,C,G/B,Am, G C D G)
Stir It Up Bob Marley (A,D,E)
No Woman No Cry Bob Marley (G C G/B Am7 F C F C G)
Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash (G,C,G...D,C,G)
Folsom Prison Johnny Cash (F,Bb7,C7,F or E,A7,B7,E)
Can't You See Marshall Tucker Band (D,G/B/G,D)
Champagne Supernova Oasis (A G F#M E)
Angie The Rolling Stones (Am,E?,G, B,F,C..Am,G,Dm...)
Staring At The Sun U2 (Am,G,F,Em...F,G,F,G...C,Am,D,F)
Wonderwall Oasis
Time of your Life Green Day

Monday, May 4, 2009

Resources

Covering Songs (chords / tablature / lyrics)
Chord structure
How to:
Adding hosted audio to blog:
  • Record track(s) using Logic, and bounce (save) MP3 to filesystem
  • If hosting file (e.g. MP3, M4a) externally on Imeem...
  • Upload file to Imeem
  • From my profile, select song
  • Embed this song on... More
  • "Link to or embed this song"...
  • Pick color
  • "Use the following code to embed in your webpage, blog"
  • Copy the embeddable HTML
  • Remove (only) comment tag from final HREF
  • Paste HTML into blog entry ("Edit HTML" vs. "Compose")

Matthew's cover set (partial)

A Horse With No Name America (Em, D9/6, Em9, Dmaj9)
Polythene Pam The Beatles (D,A,G...B,C,D,E)
Across The Universe The Beatles
Rocky Racoon The Beatles
More than a feeling Boston
Panic In Detroit David Bowie
Soul Love David Bowie
Lady Stardust David Bowie
Your Song Elton John
Tiny Dancer Elton John
Rocket Man Elton John
Daniel Elton John (C,Dm,G,E?7,Am,F,G,A,F,G,G7,C...Ab,Bb,Gm,Cm,Ab,Bb)
Feeling That Way Journey
Anytime Journey (E,D,A,G,E...E,F#m,A)
Over The Hills And Far Away Led Zeppelin
Hey Hey What Can I Do Led Zeppelin (G,D,F,C...G,G,F,F,C)
Cymbaline Pink Floyd (C?,F,Em...Am,Bm)
Grantchester Meadows Pink Floyd
Fat Old Sun Pink Floyd
Time Pink Floyd (F#m,A,E...D7)
Pigs on the Wing - part 1 Pink Floyd
Waiting On A Friend The Rolling Stones (G/B,F...Am,F,G,C,G,C)
The Necromancer Rush
In The End Rush (D,G,F,C,D,G...F,A,F,G)
Coast to Coast Scorpions
In Trance Scorpions
If It Makes You Happy Sheryl Crow
Leaving Las Vegas Sheryl Crow
Plush Stone Temple Pilots
Lady Picture Show Stone Temple Pilots
Plush (Acoustic Version) Stone Temple Pilots
Freefallin' Tom Petty
Dear Mr Fantasy Traffic (A,G,D,D... F#m,A)