How Many Songs Do You Remember How To Play? |
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Mar 19 2013, 12:03 PM
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Over the years, I have learned and played a lot of cover songs with my band. We also relatively recently practiced for and played a private party kind of gig where we learned and practiced around 40-50 cover songs in just over a month of time.
Looking back now - I think I have forgot how to play the majority of these songs. Its kinda sad - those were such cool songs!  Good thing is that if I were to learn them now again - it would be so much easier and I think I would refresh the learned stuff relatively easily. How hard is for you to learn and remember new songs? How easy it is for you to forget them?
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Mar 19 2013, 12:47 PM
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I'm not sure if remember is the correct term, but I can play them from hearing the melody. Specific riffs etc usually come back quickly.
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If I don't keep playing it, over time I will probably forget it.
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Mar 19 2013, 04:59 PM
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I play in both covers and original bands - always have. And I too have a problem remembering everything ... when I'm away from the bandstand. I find that with the full band or at least having the lead vox there, most of it comes back to me.
Also, I need to be reminded of what songs I in fact do know. I keep a note in my wallet with a list of tunes that I 'know' but never remember that I know ... if that makes any sense? -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Most of the songs I learn, if I don't play them alot they just get pushed out of my memory.
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Mar 19 2013, 11:08 PM
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QUOTE (Bogdan Radovic @ Mar 19 2013, 11:03 AM)  Over the years, I have learned and played a lot of cover songs with my band. We also relatively recently practiced for and played a private party kind of gig where we learned and practiced around 40-50 cover songs in just over a month of time. Looking back now - I think I have forgot how to play the majority of these songs. Its kinda sad - those were such cool songs! Good thing is that if I were to learn them now again - it would be so much easier and I think I would refresh the learned stuff relatively easily. How hard is for you to learn and remember new songs? How easy it is for you to forget them? i work at a bar in vegas where we have a cover band play every night one of the bands is called the limit, check um out they are really good! they play mostly by request, its pretty amazing sometimes they get stumped on a song they dont know and it seems like a member of a band will sing the song or the guitar player will play the melody and the rest of the band follows, but they ussually know every request. i always wondered how the heck they remeber so many songs. i always pay close attention to when those guys play hoping some of there skill rubs off here is a vid of the band at the bar i work at http://youtu.be/4nyFbBhisG8 This post has been edited by dcz702: Mar 19 2013, 11:10 PM |
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Mar 20 2013, 12:49 AM
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QUOTE (dcz702 @ Mar 19 2013, 01:08 PM) i work at a bar in vegas where we have a cover band play every night one of the bands is called the limit, check um out they are really good! they play mostly by request, its pretty amazing sometimes they get stumped on a song they dont know and it seems like a member of a band will sing the song or the guitar player will play the melody and the rest of the band follows, but they ussually know every request. i always wondered how the heck they remeber so many songs. i always pay close attention to when those guys play hoping some of there skill rubs off here is a vid of the band at the bar i work at http://youtu.be/4nyFbBhisG8 Wow you work at a bar in Vegas? I know a few musicians who used to work up here in Alaska that work in Vegas now, You wouldn't happen to know a Bass player named Kenn Tonn would you? I know he has done some gigs with a band called Snake Charmers in Vegas. |
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Mar 20 2013, 02:14 AM
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I don't do it too much any more but I played in a cover band that worked mostly casinos. 4 sets a night, 6 nights a week which meant generally 60 tunes (some w/in medleys) a night. If we got a request, as long as one singer and one chordal inst player knew 'most of it' - we'd do it, damn the torpedos. The request was usually stuck to or written on a $50 or $100 and NEVER less than a $20.
It was actually on those gigs where I learned to not worry about what I think I don't know. And also learned that there are about 40 different tunes - everything else is just accessories and ornamentation ... seriously. *off topic but I played at a Celtic Festival in Eagle River about 4 years ago. Had a great time. Most of the band stayed for a few days after the fest so we could see some of Alaska. I would go back in a second. One of the most (if not the most) beautiful places I've ever seen. Breathtaking is not hyperbole. This post has been edited by klasaine: Mar 20 2013, 02:18 AM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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