"i think "the clap" is not a band that caves in to what the man wants to hear, we play the songs that we love and are good and the man will grow to like them, or the man, and the woman, will grow to like them,and if not fuck them."
FUCK YEAH!
But seriously though brogger, your comment raises the question, "What is the direction of this band?"
Do we want to get consistent gigs and make money playing covers? If yes, then we need to play more classic rock/top 40 covers. Personally, I hate doing that. I already do that in another band...and at the end of the night (10-2am)...it's work!
Or do we want to eventually incorporate original music and grow a fan base...that seems more appealing to me...money's great, but I've found that bastardizing what I love to do, only leaves me burnt out and makes me resent music.
i think it would be nice to make a little extra money...more importantly for me is playing out....i agree- i don't want to play top 40 covers....we should continue FOR NOW to play stuff we like, BUT is easily accessible to a general audience....because if we don't we'll never get the chance to play out period....this way we'll build up a small fan base hopefully AND THEN we can start to incorporate songs that we really enjoy and maybe even some original stuff....the songs you suggested juder are good ones because they are easy to listen to...with maybe the exception of "pearly"....i think "maquilladora" is better FOR NOW and "pearly" would be better a little later....does this make any sense?
you're missing my point....lesser known tunes are great, but they need to be immediately likeable- much like "valerie" or "suzanne"....this way we can mix in some stuff that we really want to play without emptying a room...at least FOR NOW
Cool. continuing on from the last post,
ReplyDelete"i think "the clap" is not a band that caves in to what the man wants to hear, we play the songs that we love and are good and the man will grow to like them, or the man, and the woman, will grow to like them,and if not fuck them."
FUCK YEAH!
But seriously though brogger, your comment raises the question, "What is the direction of this band?"
Do we want to get consistent gigs and make money playing covers? If yes, then we need to play more classic rock/top 40 covers. Personally, I hate doing that. I already do that in another band...and at the end of the night (10-2am)...it's work!
Or do we want to eventually incorporate original music and grow a fan base...that seems more appealing to me...money's great, but I've found that bastardizing what I love to do, only leaves me burnt out and makes me resent music.
Namaste
i think it would be nice to make a little extra money...more importantly for me is playing out....i agree- i don't want to play top 40 covers....we should continue FOR NOW to play stuff we like, BUT is easily accessible to a general audience....because if we don't we'll never get the chance to play out period....this way we'll build up a small fan base hopefully AND THEN we can start to incorporate songs that we really enjoy and maybe even some original stuff....the songs you suggested juder are good ones because they are easy to listen to...with maybe the exception of "pearly"....i think "maquilladora" is better FOR NOW and "pearly" would be better a little later....does this make any sense?
ReplyDeleteDoes it make sense?
ReplyDeleteYes and No
Playing out for a little extra dough-great
How can we expect to gain a following as cover band? We're basically a human jukebox
that's why I think playing some great lesser known tunes would go over well
you're missing my point....lesser known tunes are great, but they need to be immediately likeable- much like "valerie" or "suzanne"....this way we can mix in some stuff that we really want to play without emptying a room...at least FOR NOW
ReplyDeleteI'm into it
ReplyDeletecool...so i'm thinking we play "oily water" by blur....kidding...haha
ReplyDeletenow seriously...how bout paranoid android? it's alittle ambitious but i think we could pull it off....also i think cherub rock
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