Setlist Potbelly Sandwich Works 03/13/09 (+ some musically geeky nattering)
Today was my first set at the North College Park location. Hopefully it won't be my last.
In true snafular fashion, the fellow who hired me in Laurel did not *fully* consult with the manager here before penciling me in for Fridays. Fortunately there wasn't a double booking.
Unfortunately, because of the economy and the footprint of a new, bigger restaurant in the same plaza, I've been informed that it's not 100% certain that I'll be here every Friday.
Oh well.
I played today and it was well. Here's the set:
Notable things:
Again, I was well-recieved and got some nice applause and compliments.
The additional performance time I'm getting lately is starting to show. My arrangements are tightening back up and my voice is *very* recovered from the last cold. Now to get back more of the high end, and (re)memorise more songs.
jmax315 dropped in!
Last Saturday, I tried out their new standard issue amplification system, which is a nifty Fender two channel acoustic/vocal amp, which was pretty nice. It has built in effects for both channels and sounds alright. But my guitar's pickup, if it's not buffered thru something that can take it's impedance, is all bass all the time. I bought this guitar for the bass response and I bought the pickup I used for it's bass response, but that was too much. It was a little boomy on Saturday even turning the bass control all the way down. Today I brought in one of my Tube MPs (the tube preamp that I swear by and have a bunch of) and plugged the guitar into it first.
Ahhhhhh. Next time, I'm bringing my mic as well.
Some musically geeky nattering
The Assisted living gigs have caused me to expedite a song that I'd put on my agenda to learn.
Recently, Mouse pointed me to a John Denver video on Youtube where he's singing a nifty little old number called "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie". She thought it would be a good song for me, and danged if I don't agree with her a whole lot. And for the gigs at the ALC, this will be a perfect addition.
What *was* going to be the slowdown for learning it is that the song uses all kinds of jazzy, ragtimey chord progressions that are not in my normal milleu. I *have* some songs in the repertoire that use *some* ragtime/jazz, like "Frog Kissin'", "Summertime", "When I'm 64", "Honey Pie", and "Daydream",etc. But even so, jazz is sometimes a little out of my comfort zone and what I wind up doing sometimes is sort of playing "trained monkey style" where I just memorise the chords from a lead sheet or book. (Which is what I'll be doing with a really cool arrangement of "Tiptoe Thru The Tulips" that my voice teacher found for me.)
SOMETIMES I've been able to eke out some nice substitutions on a basic progression (like my arrangement for "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright". I honestly have little idea what makes some of my weird substitution chords work so nice), but for songs like this, I often need help. To that end, I'd printed out a nice arrangement I'd found on Chordie, but hadn't really gotten past skimming it. But because I wanted to expedite the learning, I've listened to the video a few more times, and quite unexpectedly, last night, some things started to click. I was just noodling while watching TV and suddenly, I actually managed to *hear* some chord changes that were not the kind of chord changes that I usually suss out without a chart.
I haven't had a chance to check it against the arrangement from Chordie yet, and it is a first draft. I'm pretty sure that there are some "between" chords and some juicy substitutions still waiting for me.
In the meantime, I'm pretty happy with this:
(edit. Dagnabbed font won't line up my chords when viewed.
Take THAT!)
This is so geekily cool!
In true snafular fashion, the fellow who hired me in Laurel did not *fully* consult with the manager here before penciling me in for Fridays. Fortunately there wasn't a double booking.
Unfortunately, because of the economy and the footprint of a new, bigger restaurant in the same plaza, I've been informed that it's not 100% certain that I'll be here every Friday.
Oh well.
I played today and it was well. Here's the set:
3/13/09 Potbelly Sandwich Works (N. College Park Store) 01) Workin' At The Carwash Blues 02) Son Of A Son Of A Sailor 03) Wild World 04) Frog Kissin' 05) While My Guitar Gently Weeps 06) Ruby Tuesday 07) Me & Bobby McGee 08) Sugar Magnolia 09) Big Yellow Taxi 10) Heart Of Gold 11) Dixie Chicken 12) Dock Of A Bay 13) Brown Eyed Girl 14) Sunshine Superman 15) Uncle John's Band 16) Margaritaville 17) Romeo & Juliet 18) Thank You 19) Can't Buy Me Love 20) Gimme Three Steps 21) The Joker 22) Can't Find My Way Home 23) Don't Go Back To Rockvile 24) Maggie Mae 25) The Whistler +(inst)Banish Misfortune 26) Jambalaya 27) Women Are Smarter
Notable things:
Again, I was well-recieved and got some nice applause and compliments.
The additional performance time I'm getting lately is starting to show. My arrangements are tightening back up and my voice is *very* recovered from the last cold. Now to get back more of the high end, and (re)memorise more songs.
jmax315 dropped in!Last Saturday, I tried out their new standard issue amplification system, which is a nifty Fender two channel acoustic/vocal amp, which was pretty nice. It has built in effects for both channels and sounds alright. But my guitar's pickup, if it's not buffered thru something that can take it's impedance, is all bass all the time. I bought this guitar for the bass response and I bought the pickup I used for it's bass response, but that was too much. It was a little boomy on Saturday even turning the bass control all the way down. Today I brought in one of my Tube MPs (the tube preamp that I swear by and have a bunch of) and plugged the guitar into it first.
Ahhhhhh. Next time, I'm bringing my mic as well.
Some musically geeky nattering
The Assisted living gigs have caused me to expedite a song that I'd put on my agenda to learn.
Recently, Mouse pointed me to a John Denver video on Youtube where he's singing a nifty little old number called "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie". She thought it would be a good song for me, and danged if I don't agree with her a whole lot. And for the gigs at the ALC, this will be a perfect addition.
What *was* going to be the slowdown for learning it is that the song uses all kinds of jazzy, ragtimey chord progressions that are not in my normal milleu. I *have* some songs in the repertoire that use *some* ragtime/jazz, like "Frog Kissin'", "Summertime", "When I'm 64", "Honey Pie", and "Daydream",etc. But even so, jazz is sometimes a little out of my comfort zone and what I wind up doing sometimes is sort of playing "trained monkey style" where I just memorise the chords from a lead sheet or book. (Which is what I'll be doing with a really cool arrangement of "Tiptoe Thru The Tulips" that my voice teacher found for me.)
SOMETIMES I've been able to eke out some nice substitutions on a basic progression (like my arrangement for "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright". I honestly have little idea what makes some of my weird substitution chords work so nice), but for songs like this, I often need help. To that end, I'd printed out a nice arrangement I'd found on Chordie, but hadn't really gotten past skimming it. But because I wanted to expedite the learning, I've listened to the video a few more times, and quite unexpectedly, last night, some things started to click. I was just noodling while watching TV and suddenly, I actually managed to *hear* some chord changes that were not the kind of chord changes that I usually suss out without a chart.
I haven't had a chance to check it against the arrangement from Chordie yet, and it is a first draft. I'm pretty sure that there are some "between" chords and some juicy substitutions still waiting for me.
In the meantime, I'm pretty happy with this:
(edit. Dagnabbed font won't line up my chords when viewed.
Take THAT!)
G7.............C.............E.....Am....Em Make sure it's true when you say "I love you" .......Dm.....A7.....Dm It's a sin to tell a lie G............................F...G Millions of hearts have been broken F.....Fm...........A7...Dm7..D7..G7 All because these words were spoken G7.....C..........E......Am...Em I love you, yes I do. I love you .......Dm.......A7.........Dm If you break my heart I'll die .......F.............Fm............C...........A7 So be sure that it's true when you say "I love you" ........F......G.....C It's a sin to tell a lie. And I also figured out that "false ending" bit where you substitute into and and repeat the last line: ........F.....G......C C B Bb A7 It's a sin to tell a lie------ ........F......G.....C It's a sin to tell a lie And then there's a final substitution for that last line that I can use as a coda. This is copped from that the aforementioned purely "sounds good but I don't know why" arrangement of "Don't Think Twice It's Alright". I have no idea what to call some of these chords. (In guitar tab. The numbers represent fret positions on the string) A7|U1|U2|U3 0 |0 |0 |0 2 |1 |0 |0 0 |0 |2 |1 2 |1 |0 |0 0 |0 |2 |1 0 |0 |0 |0 .......A7.U1..U2..U3.C It's a sin to tell a lie
This is so geekily cool!
