Arrived at practice Thursday to the band singing Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix. Made me second-guess why they have me do their other lead songs, when L can sing pretty well. And man-songs at that.
Sigh. Is there no end to my insecurities?
Got over this soon after we started singing. Some highlights:
-Rearranged Lean on Me. What a riot that was. Started out acapella for first verse, then did the rest in a rock beat. Much better than our previous ballad attempts. I love being able to experiment.
L is the most open to experimenting. D is always open to anything I suggest. R is usually skeptical. B is supportive so long as he likes the song.
-We keep pushing our practice time to an hour past scheduled. Last week, we went through 18 songs. It is hard to stick to two hours when we are doing well.
-Sang Should I Stay or Should I Go. Surprise pick by L. Decided we need to practice outside of band practice time. I am excited to try this next time.
-I love rock n roll is hard to maintain at slower pace. I like this song a lot, but it is WORK.
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We need a new band name. A chance for me to leave an imprint on our band. I love thinking up clever names, though nothing has come to me yet. I have been thinking of names that don't necessarily reflect that we have a female singer.
Our band plays classic rock. Any suggestions?
Monday, June 1, 2009
Need a New Name
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JP and the Crimson Clay Ensemble
or sticking with the red theme:
Crimsonica (okay, that sounds really, really punk!)
The Chordvettes (okay, stolen from a movie, and waaaayyy to surfer dude)
Retro - something?
RedRo Rocks?
okay, so I'm really bad at naming things! I can't even come up with decent titles to my own books!!
In the words of the same movie I ripped of earlier:
"Let's just call us The Band You're About to Hear!"
It has to come out of nowhere. Like there used to be a giant 70's green car parked outside our house and it seemed like people lived there. So we nicknamed it "The Green Car Motel," which ended up as the name of a friend's band.
Or another friend who used to play on his red porch, so his publishing company became Red Porch Music.
Is there something peculiar about where you rehearse? Something you can pull a name out of?
Great suggestions, Wendy!! Oh, how you made my laugh.
Suzanne: You are so right. I will have a chat with the guys to see what we can come up with. I love band names with a story behind them.
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