I arrived at practice Thursday to the band playing 867-5309 (Jenny). I'd heard that song on the radio the other day and I thought it was a fun song, but obviously male-specific.
Took turns picking songs to sing.They like my rendition of House of the Rising Sun. "When you put yourself into your song, when you cut loose, it's great," R said.
I love What I like about you, but was the last song of our "gig" songs picked. This time I hit all the Heys, and that helped the band stay on rhythm. Band seemed pleasantly surprised to hear me sing I wanna be sedated and What's so funny. L said I wanna be sedated sounds good with my voice. They had me sing an original composition of L's, Bad Drivers, and that was fun.
I'm feeling like "one of the boys".
As I left, they picked up again on 867-5309, and I couldn't help but wonder if they miss that all-guy jamming atmosphere. I mean they seem to be having fun, but I'm sure it's different.
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New things this week:
I will be learning the harmonica (or 'harp' in rock lingo). I got one, but it's in the wrong key (C). I need one in A for What I like about you. I didn't know this about harps!
I dusted off my guitar from years ago and was excited to be able to play Michael Buble's Home and recognize the chords.
I play the piano with more confidence nowadays. For example, I am trying some Elton John songs on the piano that I hadn't even cracked open before.
My husband says I am "music-obsessed" nowadays.I think the difference is, this band validation makes me play/sing/try with more confidence.
Monday, April 20, 2009
One Of the Boys?
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4 comments:
That is so cool! I can totally picture you jumping around on the "hey'"s. :)
Yeah, it's a fun song.
I need to get my hey deeper. I didn't realize there were so many ways of saying hey :-)
Wow. This is totally awesome! It sounds like you're having fun! I think I wish I could sing better, LOL!
Spy: It is fun!! I found out that the only way to sing better is to...sing! :-)
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