So last night was our second to last rehearsal at the music store. Our bass player was out...we knew ahead of time. Our third guitar player was out unexpectedly. He neglected to tell us he was on vacation! Just part of the reason he won't be continuing on with us.
Depite the missing players, it was a decent session. We worked on Start Me Up. Lots of little wierd stuff going on in that song despite its simplicity. There is some strangeness with drums on the intro that even had our mentor (who is a drummer) baffled. I'm sure that will get sorted out. I need to learn some of Ron Wood's riffs and fills in the song to make it more interesting.
For myself personally, all of my guitar parts are in the bag and old hat at this point. I just run through them each day to keep them fresh under my fingers. As a band, we need to tighten some of the songs up, but that just takes time and practice. I'm so glad we are doing China Grove - for some reason I just love playing that song. I'm really looking forward to performing that song in front of an audience. I'll get to do that twice since it will be in our set at the park and at the open mic. I'm also glad that we took on the challenge of Whole Lotta Love. It shows that we can take on a challenge and work through it together as a band.
Next week I have us (Radio Gap) booked for 2 2 hour rehearsal sessions. Then Friday is our debut performance at a concert in the park. The following week we have our final rehearsal at the music store, then our final open mic performance. After that we'll take a breather for a week and then start working on new songs for Radio Gap. We'll also start trolling for some open mics in the area that we can hit and start spreading the word.
In no particular order, our setlist at the moment for the concert in the park will be:
Day Tripper
China Grove
Hard to Handle
Honky Tonk Women
For our open mic performance at the music store, the setlist will be:
Day Tripper
China Grove
Honky Tonk Women
Start Me up
Whole Lotta Love
Your Momma Don't Dance
It's gonna be a crazy couple of weeks!
