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Posted: March 07 2005 at 13:09 |
As kind of a counterpart to the "What are you currently listening to" thread, I thought I'd start one about what songs we are currently trying to learn. Here are mine (I play guitar):
Clap- by Steve Howe off The Yes Album (an awesome acoustic number)
Animate-Rush (off the Counterparts album)
all of "The Wall"-Pink Floyd
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Posted: March 07 2005 at 17:16 |
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Echoes by pink floyd, and perfecting stuff ive already written. (Bass btw)
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Posted: March 07 2005 at 17:49 |
Trilogy by ELP - I can just about pass it off (minus improv, or at least decent improv!) but only on piano - still getting used to changing patches and using effects on keyboard,
The Sheriff by ELP - in the beginning stages 
Mad Man Moon and One for the Vine by Genesis - sound awesome in the bits I can play right, lots of work to be done though.
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Posted: March 07 2005 at 20:34 |
Heart of the Sunrise and South Side of the Sky- Yes
21st Century Schizoid Man, In The Court..., Red, and Starless- KC
A buncha Who songs...
Metropolis Pt. 1- Dream Theater.
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Posted: March 07 2005 at 20:59 |
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I play bass-
Rush - Freewill
Rush - Grand Designs
Rush - Xanadu
Geddy Lee is my bass god.
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Posted: March 07 2005 at 21:49 |
Rush eh....
Not a bad idea at all sweetnighter!
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Posted: March 08 2005 at 00:57 |
 Sweetnighter wrote:
I play bass-
Rush - Freewill
Rush - Grand Designs
Rush - Xanadu
Geddy Lee is my bass god.
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You haven't really tried your bass skills out till you try YYZ, that song is a bitch on the bass.
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Posted: March 11 2005 at 09:15 |
The band I was in back in the 80's used to do a verion of YYZ but I
always used to count if off too fast and I remember the looks of death
I'd get from the band as their fingers worked away in a frantic blur of
hyper speed.
Bless them.
If you can't do a song at least 10bpm faster than the original, you shouldn't be playing it!
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Posted: March 11 2005 at 18:10 |
I'm having trouble working out some Nick Drake songs...seems easy until you realize he tuned his guitar differently for almost every song. Even worse than Jimmy Page!
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Posted: March 12 2005 at 04:57 |
I'm doing Fire Garden Suite - Steve Vai at the momment on guitar.
Got to agree on the Rush stuff for bass! Primus is worth a shot at too.
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Posted: March 13 2005 at 10:01 |
Hi All,
Our band is currently working on "Dance of Eternity" by Dream Theater (hard song to get down) . Other songs we cover are As I am, Stream of Consciousness, Endless Sacrifice, New Millenium, Trial Of Tears, Lines in the Sand and quite a few others. I find its a real challenge to learn Myung's stuff, we also do alot of Rush songs some Satriani etc...
TR
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Posted: March 13 2005 at 11:04 |
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Posted: March 13 2005 at 11:26 |
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Posted: March 13 2005 at 11:54 |
The unfinished ...........Thursday 
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Posted: March 13 2005 at 12:29 |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
Sweetnighter wrote:
I play bass-
Rush - Freewill
Rush - Grand Designs
Rush - Xanadu
Geddy Lee is my bass god.
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You haven't really tried your bass skills out till you try YYZ, that song is a bitch on the bass. |
Yeah, I can't play those fast fills, they're ridiculous. The ones at
the beginning of YYZ and at the beginning of The Spirit of Radio are
f**king out of this world! How the hell does he pull that sh*t off!?!?
But hey, practice makes perfect... I've also been working on Closer to
the Heart, which is significantly easier... and I've made much progress
on the instrumental section of Freewill as well.
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I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die.
"Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend
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Posted: March 13 2005 at 12:45 |
Sweetnighter wrote:
Yeah, I can't play those fast fills, they're ridiculous. The ones at the beginning of YYZ and at the beginning of The Spirit of Radio are f**king out of this world! How the hell does he pull that sh*t off!?!? But hey, practice makes perfect... I've also been working on Closer to the Heart, which is significantly easier... and I've made much progress on the instrumental section of Freewill as well.
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You should try Anthem... that's a wicked song on bass. The Fountain of Lamneth is also pretty cool.
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Posted: March 15 2005 at 09:23 |
The songs for our gig this saturady
And also Cavatina by John Williams.
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Posted: March 16 2005 at 13:20 |
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I'm struggling with the piano intro to Genesis Firth of Fifth.
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Posted: March 16 2005 at 14:45 |
I managed to transcribe 'Theme 1' by VDGG a while ago - well, the main theme, anyway 
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Posted: March 17 2005 at 16:18 |
Hey Rock Chick, I used to play Firth of Fifth in a band I was in, "Mozart's Tights".
Luckely for me I am the guitarist lol.
Our keyboardist was always playing it perfect at practice, when it come to the gig he would always mess it up lol.
What band are you in?
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What songs are you trying to learn?
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