The Musicians thread

[jayswin]

There's probably a lot of us on here, so I thought we could have a thread where we state our favorite songs to play.

I realize that a lot of musicians hate playing other people's music and like to only focus on their own work, but I really couldn't think of another way to make this thread interesting. So just name the instrument you play, and your three favorite songs to play/play along to....

Drums

1. Spirit of the Radio - Rush (little bit tricky in a couple spots, but lots of fun parts)
2. Everlong - Foo FIghters (c'mon, what drummer doesn't love to play this song?)
3. Run to the hills - Iron Maiden (easy, but great for building endurance)

Guitar

1. Over the hills and far away - Led Zeppelin (forces you to change chords quickly, and has lots of hammer ons/offs)
2. In the Ghetto - Elvis (Awesome chord progressions)
3. Don't stop believing - Journey (Fun to play along to)

[Sample00]

cool thread.

umm, favourite songs to play...

Guitar -
Heart of the matter - Don Henley
Detroit Rock City - Kiss
No matter what - Badfinger/Def Leppard

Keyboard
Turn me loose - Loverboy
Another brick in the wall - Pink Floyd (small part of keyboards, but the crowd sure likes it when I start the song off with a helicopter sound off the keyboard )

[troutman]

I proposed a Guitar Tab draft in the contest forum.

How many would be interersted in that? Are there copyright problems for CP in posting or linking guitar tabs?

Acoustic Guitar

1) If I Can't Change Your Mind - Sugar
2) Spread Your Wings - Queen
3) Dust In The Wind - Kansas
4) Redemption Song - Bob Marley
5) In The City - Eagles
6) Jane Says - Jane's Addiction
7) Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
8) La Bamba - Los Lobos
9) Jack And Diane - John Cougar
10) Harvest Moon - Neil Young

[Boblobla]

Bass

46&2 or Schism - Tool
Little Bones - The Tragically Hip
Orion - Metallica

[habernac]

I play a mean air guitar. Van Halen's Eruption is my specialty. Especially after about a dozen or so beers.

[kermitology]

Guitar:
1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Beatles)
3. The Last Song We Need to Know (My own band)

Drums:
B-Anthem (Knucklehead)

[Engine09]

For the past 10 years+ I've been working on "Eugene's Trick Bag" from the Crossroads movie. Goes without saying that anything Steve Vai is very difficult, hopefully I'll be able to play it through before I'm 50.

Albums and songs I've been learning and playing:

Guns N' Roses - Appetite
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
The Cult - Sonic Temple
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Skid Row - Skid Row
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar
Rush - Limelight
Paul Gilbert - Get out of my yard
Van Halen - 1984
Living Colour - Time's Up
Propagandi
Killswitch Engage


Acoustic:

Tom Petty
Kathleen Edwards
Cosby, Stills, Nash & Young

[Hack&Lube]

I've spent about $3000 in guitar and keyboard stuff in the past 5 years (starting from not knowing how to play either at all, only started keyboard a month ago actually) and really, more than anything, I need some musical friends or people to play with or teach me new stuff.

It gets tiring just playing to tabs or sheetmusic and trying to learn on your own. I've really hit that wall where I want to play music but not having proper training and I just don't know how to play or I can't progress any further on my own.

I just play a mish-mash of things, no real full songs. The only 2 full songs I can play on guitar with even a mild approximation of the solos (but I will never be able to shred I don't think) is Dokken's "In My Dreams" and Whitesnake's "Love Ain't No Stranger". I play a few bars of Little Wing and Lennie from SRV. I'm trying to figure out how to play some Prince songs or learn some funk playing. I can only do the intro to "Purple Rain". I've got a funky groove for "Do Me Baby" and a simple progression for "Little Red Corvette". For acoustic songs I can sing along to, the only ones I can do are the joke song from the UK Office "Freelove Freeway" and John Waite's "Missing You". Otherwise, mostly what I do is just play lead and solo over backing tracks with pure improv as I have too much ADD to learn new songs note by note.

For the keyboard I just got, I'm just fooling around. Playing with reworking some oldschool jazz and funky sounds like the rhodes piano melody that you can hear in Warren G's "The Regulators" that comes from "Sign of the Times" by Bob James and the slap bass bassline that comes from Michael McDonald's "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" that was performed by Louis Johnson.

If these are all strange combinations of music choices, you are right! And even wierder is I'm a mid 20s asian kid!

[Biff]

Piano / Keyboards

Play pretty much anything.

Like playing:

Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Pathetique Sonata
Bach: French suites, some of the well-tempered clavier
Mendellsohn: Some really pretty melodies
Mozart: First and second movements of Sonata #15

80s keyboard music: Jump, Final countdown, Billy Joel, Chicago, etc...
specialty / unique: Live keyboard drumming, Lead guitar stuff (thunderstruck)

[Hack&Lube]

I mentioned this in another thread a long time ago but nobody seemed interested.

CP has(had?) a book club. How about a CP music club or some way to get together. At least for me, I'd like to meet some other amateur or beginner musicians and just jam or help each other out or to share tips, etc. or learn. None of my other friends are interested in music or instruments.

If I make a Calgary Pluckers group on FB, anybody want to join?

[MonsieurFish]

I'd join for sure.

[stang]

I wouldnt be able to come very often but I could probally get away when I do come up once in a while
Edit: And H&L thats sounds pretty much that same as me... except I found some people to jam with... its way better then playing over backing tracks.

I don know many songs in their entirity either... it gets too boring to me...

[stang]

Oh yeah and H&L there are a couple groups of Musicians form Calgary

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/gr...324&ref=search

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/gr...863&ref=search

Thats where I found the guys I jam with... (well in Lloydminster anyways...)

[Coach]

GUITAR

Jumping Jack Flash - Stones
Gimme Shelter - Stones
Rock N Roll Star - Oasis
Classical Gas - Eric Clapton

[PsYcNeT]

Bass

Go Away - 88 Fingers Louie
Bobcaygeon - The Tragically Hip
Southbound Pachyderm/Over The Falls - Primus


Guitar

American Jesus - Bad Religion
Haille Sellasse, Up Your @$$ (Quick version) - Propaghandi
Friend Is A Four-Letter Word - Cake

Drums

Everlong - Foo Fighters
Blue Monday - Orgy (hahaha)
Cherub Rock - The Smashing Pumpkins

[Gundo]

Guitar
Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd
Wish you Were Here - Pink Floyd
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
Young - Hollywood Undead
and ill defiantly second Rock n Roll Star - Oasis.

[flaming_potato]

Bass:
Limelight - Rush
The Four Horsemen - Metallica
Hummer - Smashing Pumpkins
Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden
Soul to Squeeze - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Not Enough - Face to Face
Breaking Glass - David Bowie
Know Your Enemy - Rage Against the Machine
I'll Do For You Anything You Want Me To - Barry White
Today's Empire's Tomorrow's Ashes - Propagandhi
Fertile Fields - Good Riddance
Warning Signs - Talking Heads
Part of Me - Tool

Air Drums:
Tom Sawyer - Rush
YYZ - Rush
46&2 - Tool
The Black Page - Frank Zappa
Inca Roads - Frank Zappa

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by habernac

I play a mean air guitar. Van Halen's Eruption is my specialty. Especially after about a dozen or so beers.

That's awesome. I'm usually pretty good at drum-rolling my fingers to the opening of "Hot For Teacher." We should start a Van Halen cover band.

[Coach]

Air Drums

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
Hot For Teacher - Van Halen (who DOESN'T air drum this song?)

[RougeUnderoos]

When I was a kid my dad would pull the same gag every year-- "I got you an air guitar for Christmas ha ha ha".

The punchline was that he really didn't buy me anything. "Maybe next year, son..."