Paul S Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 My blues/rock trio start with 'Confidence Man', a nice up-tempo song with some nice guitar solo opportunities. Much like the other 110 minutes. Bon Jovi tribute used to start with 'Lay Your Hands On Me' with some nice backing tracks/back projections to accompany it but more recently at more modest venues 'Raise Your Hands', which is an absolute belter. My recent defunct covers band started with 'Superstition'. Drummer would start off. Guitarist #1 would pick out the riff, I'd join in on the beat, rhythm player would join in once he'd finished tuning up, making sure his notes were in order, got his in-ears adjusted to his liking and hitched up his trousers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 We do mainly 80s, with a fair bit of ska and reggae in the mix. So our first song is always "Space Oddity", which is from the 60s unlike anything else we do and is also the song with the most chords in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 7 hours ago, super al said: You have a guy who plays just the harmonica? Does he do anything else? Shaker, make tea, drive the singer to gigs? Yes, he drives the singer to the gig, sings and plays Cajon. He also drives her home, unloads the gear and gets into bed with her ( I assume), they are married. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 10 hours ago, dave moffat said: I'd never heard that before but love it, simple but hypnotic bassline. I'd love to start with that if I ever join a band. Added to lyric and chords sheet list. To be fair it’s a good warm up bass line as well , with a nice deep but clunky tone you can own that song , got be on it rhythmically as it is driven by the low end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 As an original power metal band, the kind of gigs we play mean having to make 30 mins really count. Line-check-only is the norm, so our version of settling in is a song where the drums start, one guitar comes in with the rhythm, second guitar joins in with rhythm, I come in on bass and first guitar switches to lead solo, then the whole thing goes once through the verse riff and the singer comes in at full bore. If the sound guy is any good, it’s basically a mini sound check inside the first 32 bars and then we know where we stand; if it’s sorted by that point then we’re fine for the rest of the set.. if it’s not then experience tells us it’s probably going to be a bit of a battle. At least being power metal the lyrics are apt for such situations! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Our first song starts with 24 bars of solo bass, which means I can freak the rest of the band out by varying the tempo up until the very last 2 notes... So far audiences have politely indulged us for starting with a bass solo - perhaps because (unusually for us!) it's almost got a hummable melody. Almost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 4 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: Our first song starts with 24 bars of solo bass, which means I can freak the rest of the band out by varying the tempo up until the very last 2 notes... So far audiences have politely indulged us for starting with a bass solo - perhaps because (unusually for us!) it's almost got a hummable melody. Almost! You are going to have to drop Seven Nation Army soon though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, Phil Starr said: You are going to have to drop Seven Nation Army soon though It's called "Buried Alive", and from what I understand is about shopping in Bury Market. Though I'm notoriously bad at completely mis-hearing and/or mis-interpreting/making-up lyrics so it could be about the Roger Corman/Ray Milland film, or some phobia or someone's first pet for all I know! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainS Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Where The Streets Have No Name tends to kick our gigs off with a plodding rumble. Not the most exciting way to start a gig but I feel fairly settled in afterwards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 We've decided unanimously on Going Back Home because it's dead easy but great fun to play, really energetic and the sort of song that feels familiar even if you don't know it... Basically a 12 bar in A with a few extra bars and some simple stops so really easy to find your place if something goes AWOL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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