spongebob Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 With the originals project on a slow burn (looking more at 2022), I've been looking around for something else to get my teeth into alongside. Spotted an ad looking for a bassist. Musically, it's faith music - not something I've ever done before - but I'm always open to anything if the band's right. In my head I was thinking Aretha/Curtis.....classic spirituals which are fine with me. As it turned out, I asked for a potential list of what they're going to do. They sent me a list of what to look at......83 songs! None of which were on my radar. Don't think I'll be following this one up.....distance is an issue (always willing to compromise for the right project).....but they come across like they don't really know what's going on! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Phew that’s a lot! Out interest what kind of songs were they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 Very much modern, Christian rock. I'm all for trying new things, but.....! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, spongebob said: Very much modern, Christian rock. I'm all for trying new things, but.....! Yeah, I’d probably give that a miss….. wouldn’t mind having a go at a bit of gospel though 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 My thoughts exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I think you’ve dodged a bullet there. I spent a few years in that type of band. A lot of the modern worship songs are musically dire. If you have no underpinning religious faith I think it would have been excruciating. All my just personal opinion, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtcat Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Jesus Christ that's a lot. Our function band has a repertoire of about 200 but 1) they're all well known and 2) only about 45 ever see the light of day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 15 hours ago, spongebob said: They sent me a list of what to look at......83 songs! Would they be supplying any kind of sheet music, eg melody with guitar chords? Or would they expect you simply to know the tunes and busk along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share Posted October 23, 2021 Nope, nothing. Just a huge list, and asked to get going on them! Won't be going any further with me..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 On 23/10/2021 at 13:44, spongebob said: Nope, nothing. Just a huge list, and asked to get going on them! No keys? No chord charts? No YouTube videos as a point of reference? In that case, I can see why you won't be taking it further. I play in a church band, and I would struggle with 83 songs with no help given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aDx Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 i learnt 53 songs only to be told they were in different keys and arrangements were different! would have been nice to be told before i learnt them all wrongly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 On 22/10/2021 at 22:32, mrtcat said: Jesus Christ that's a lot. Our function band has a repertoire of about 200 but 1) they're all well known and 2) only about 45 ever see the light of day. This ^^^ PS 'Jesus Christ that's a lot' - please let the OP tell us that's the reply he sent... 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Muzz said: This ^^^ PS 'Jesus Christ that's a lot' - please let the OP tell us that's the reply he sent... 😁 There can't be many gigs where you can speak directly to management about the number of songs . . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Muzz said: This ^^^ PS 'Jesus Christ that's a lot' - please let the OP tell us that's the reply he sent... 😁 Wish I had! 😄 4 hours ago, bass_dinger said: No keys? No chord charts? No YouTube videos as a point of reference? In that case, I can see why you won't be taking it further. I play in a church band, and I would struggle with 83 songs with no help given. No to all of the above - just the list. In all my years of playing, this was a new one even for me. Quite shocking, really - thought it was worth sharing with the BC collective - certainly the first time I've been given such bizarre instructions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 3 hours ago, aDx said: i learnt 53 songs only to be told they were in different keys and arrangements were different! would have been nice to be told before i learnt them all wrongly! My guess is that you learnt them all correctly - the keys, the bass runs, the fills, the interplay between the drummer and the bassist. Sadly, the rest of the band then learnt them wrongly, or simplified the arrangements, or decided that every song should be in G. If it's any consolation, my church band regularly used to send out the sheet music in one key, a chord chart in another key, and a YouTube video in a third key. We would then rehearse it in a fourth key, before changing it to a 5th key to suit the vocalists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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