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Ryan

#1 December 15, 2008, 04:53:44 am

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hello music forum its your friendly neighborhood moderator!!!

My band is going to tour this summer as a cover band (we need money for equipment, basically.)

We're trying to come up with a setlist that people would want to hear in a bar or a club or wherever. Basically: if you were in a bar with some buds trying to have a good time, what would you want to hear from the band playing? this is a serious topic so no shitty replies please (ie ANAL CUNT - I CUM BLOOD HEH HEH) Also note that we are touring Southern Virginia. that means people like southern rock around here.

Some songs we already have down:

Red hot chili peppers- Fight like a brave, Taste the pain
Days of the New- Touch, Peel, and Stand
Janes Addiction- Jane Says, Just because
Rage against the machine- Bulls on Parade
Blind Melon- No Rain
Steve Miller band- Jungle love, Jet airliner
Alice in Chains - Man In The Box
Pearl Jam - Alive
Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
Black Sabbath - NIB
Tool - Schism
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing

thanks!!!

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Vellfire

#2 December 15, 2008, 05:15:29 am

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Steve Miller Band rocks, my dad has been in a few different cover bands over the years (usually with other doctors, they do a lot of charity stuff) and they always did Jungle Love. I can't really vouch for any of those other songs but especially in the south Steve Miller Band will go over just fine. It's music that people in those areas like that aren't total shit to hear or play.

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headphonics

#3 December 15, 2008, 05:32:17 am

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i feel bad for you lol

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Ryan

#4 December 15, 2008, 06:00:02 am

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Quote from: headphonics on December 15, 2008, 05:32:17 am

i feel bad for you lol

..why, exactly?

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Farren

#5 December 15, 2008, 06:14:13 am

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why don't you just play a couple of those songs that people generally like and then like play something YOU like to sort of introduce them to it? If people are drunk and the song sounds good they aren't really going to complain about it much, they might not know the words but I honestly wouldn't give a shit if it was good music.

I cant think of much other than Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, The Who ect... That people would generally be into and familiar with. I'd also make my OWN covers of those songs too, so you could practice some music writing and shit like that.

DEUCE: MEETING THE URINE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND REALIZING IT'S JUST LIKE ME AND MY PREJUDICES THIS WHOLE TIME WERE COMPLETELY FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF PTTTTHTHTHH GOD IT'S EVERYWHERE DEUCE: FUCK THIS TASTES LIKE PISS PANTS: WHERE IT SHOULD TASTE LIKE COTTON CANDY OR PICKLES DEUCE: OR AT LEAST LIKE URINE NOT PISS

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#6 December 15, 2008, 06:16:29 am

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Quote from: Ryan on December 15, 2008, 06:00:02 am

..why, exactly?

cover bands are........how you say........"gay as fuck"

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Ryan

#7 December 15, 2008, 06:20:05 am

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I'd also make my OWN covers of those songs too, so you could practice some music writing and shit like that.

what does this mean? If you mean like writing our own version of SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT or whatever that is a terrible idea. I think you're missing the point! We do write our own music, we're just gonna tour for a summer to get our local popularity up and to raise some funds for stuff like studio time (to make a demo) and to maybe pay for new equipment like new amps, mics, etc. It will also help us get tight and accustomed to each other's playing styles so when we do start touring for our own material we'll be really tight and concise.

Cover bands typically make boatloads more money than just a typical band. Of course I'd much rather write and play my own stuff, but I don't mind playing covers. I don't really hate any of the songs I listed in my first post. (I don't really like Steve Miller and Blind Melon, but it's not like we're playing Green Day and Linkin Park and shit.)

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headphonics

#8 December 15, 2008, 06:23:45 am

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idk every time i've seen a cover band (as in, a band that plays NO ORIGINAL MATERIAL WHATSOEVER) i cannot help but find them kind of pathetic. i understand it since you need $$$ for equipment but if i had to get up on stage and play a bunch of lame covers of TOOL SONGS and shit i would feel like an incredibly huge douche hence I FEEL BAD FOR YOU LOL

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Farren

#9 December 15, 2008, 06:24:25 am

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No it isn't look at atari, couchfiend, or ptizzle they covered those kinds of songs for that GW album.

I'm not saying rewrite it or whatever but you could adapt it to the kind of sound you guys make imo playing the same shit is really boring and bland but if you added your own spin to it then it could be pretty cool.

DEUCE: MEETING THE URINE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND REALIZING IT'S JUST LIKE ME AND MY PREJUDICES THIS WHOLE TIME WERE COMPLETELY FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF PTTTTHTHTHH GOD IT'S EVERYWHERE DEUCE: FUCK THIS TASTES LIKE PISS PANTS: WHERE IT SHOULD TASTE LIKE COTTON CANDY OR PICKLES DEUCE: OR AT LEAST LIKE URINE NOT PISS

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#10 December 15, 2008, 06:27:21 am

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Yeah I agree it would be kinda stink and a lil pathetic or whatever, but as long as you have fun and play songs you actually like then I don't really see the problem. Its just like any other job like working in a video or grocery store or something.

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headphonics

#11 December 15, 2008, 06:28:49 am

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youre music isnt saving anyone...................::l,ights strat on fire, throws it off stage::

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Ryan

#12 December 15, 2008, 06:29:34 am

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Quote from: Coxswain on December 15, 2008, 06:24:25 am

No it isn't look at atari, couchfiend, or ptizzle they covered those kinds of songs for that GW album.

I'm not saying rewrite it or whatever but you could adapt it to the kind of sound you guys make imo playing the same shit is really boring and bland but if you added your own spin to it then it could be pretty cool.

hahaha there's a difference between THE REAL WORLD and a GW troubadours album. I add my own spin to covers when we improv around them or when I play a solo. I'm not going to waste my time rewriting a cover! That kind of misses the point. I'M ONLY IN IT FOR DA MONEY

BACK ON TOPIC:

LYNYRD SKYNYRD - SWEET HOME ALABAMA

and yeah afura playing a summer of shows where I make $50-80 a night for playing my guitar for an hour really beats waiting tables or working at fucking walmart! it's killing two birds with one stone: my band gets better as a whole and we raise money to reinvest for later tours.

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Farren

#13 December 15, 2008, 06:34:10 am

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AHAHAH but then again I could just wait tables at a busy restaurant and make that much money more than ONE OR TWO days a week without being a whore for a bunch of drunk rednecks.

DEUCE: MEETING THE URINE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND REALIZING IT'S JUST LIKE ME AND MY PREJUDICES THIS WHOLE TIME WERE COMPLETELY FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF PTTTTHTHTHH GOD IT'S EVERYWHERE DEUCE: FUCK THIS TASTES LIKE PISS PANTS: WHERE IT SHOULD TASTE LIKE COTTON CANDY OR PICKLES DEUCE: OR AT LEAST LIKE URINE NOT PISS

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#14 December 15, 2008, 06:34:50 am

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Quote from: headphonics on December 15, 2008, 06:23:45 am

idk every time i've seen a cover band (as in, a band that plays NO ORIGINAL MATERIAL WHATSOEVER) i cannot help but find them kind of pathetic. i understand it since you need $$$ for equipment but if i had to get up on stage and play a bunch of lame covers of TOOL SONGS and shit i would feel like an incredibly huge douche hence I FEEL BAD FOR YOU LOL

i mean if i had it my way we'd be playing shit like sonic youth and dinosaur jr and stuff (well if i had it my way (burgerking..) we wouldn't be touring as a cover band) but you've got to look at it realistically! when you live in areas like i do (shitty ones) you've got to play stuff that lets you get booked. once you get more popularity and people are willing to book you you can start playing what you actually want to play but i figure since i've got to start playing stuff like this i'd much rather play the CREME DE LA CREME as opposed to 45 minutes of wake me up when september ends and sweet home alabama.

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Ryan

#15 December 15, 2008, 06:35:41 am

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Quote from: Coxswain on December 15, 2008, 06:34:10 am

AHAHAH but then again I could just wait tables at a busy restaurant and make that much money more than ONE OR TWO days a week without being a whore for a bunch of drunk rednecks.

yeah, you could! have fun doing that though, i'll be getting paid to play music.

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headphonics

#16 December 15, 2008, 06:49:47 am

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i dont think i differentiate in the quality of a job where you wait tables and one where you have to play sweet home alabama. i dont think there's anything objectively good about playing music for a living when theyre bad songs for a bunch of drunk yokels. seriously i think i would rather do what harry said and wait tables or something 2 days a week and make as much money as you would playing 4-5 gigs and PLAYING MUSIC the other 5 days than playing shitty covers 4-5 times a week and spending the rest of the time doing whatever. maybe playing music but then again maybe you are sick of it from playing tool 5 nights a week.

drop out of school and risk it all in a daring move to nyc to hit it big

actually thats a joke but i would try to think of what the people i like a lot would've done. would sonic youth have become a classic rock cover band to get booked? orrr would they have been like FUCK THIS maybe and moved to new york or someplace in an attempt to make it as musicians. idk i feel like a lot of the people i admire the most as musicians were less LOOK AT IT REALISTICALLY type people and more ROLL THE DICE AND GIVE IT A SHOT people

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#17 December 15, 2008, 06:52:29 am

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panda is very OPINIONATED ABOUT SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, who really cares man summer work is never the coolest but as long as you have fun with it whats the big deal?

eat a bowl full of numerous mixed dicks imo

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Ryan

#18 December 15, 2008, 06:58:20 am

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really? you would really rather wait tables than play shows? i don't really understand that!

also i'm pretty sure Thurston Moore and Lee ranaldo played in tons of bands before actually forming Sonic Youth. and for every DARING ROLL OF THE DICE that succeeds there's hundreds more than run out of money and have to call mom to come get them. Sonic Youth also started in NYC which is much more open and accustomed to people playing GOOD MUSIC than shitty dive bars in Lynchburg are. (also fuck you i like Tool!)

i'd much rather play several gigs a week where i am at least free to be as creative as i want (we jam quite a bit as a band) than waiting tables, but whatever!

plus.. the beatles started as a cover band...

also i think you guys don't really understand how expensive it is to have an even remotely successful band. to even get booked at most places you need a decent quality demo and a PRESS KIT. that includes posters, buttons, shirts, stickers.

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#19 December 15, 2008, 06:58:34 am

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if youre playing at bars with people who like southern rock how many of them are gonna recognize stuff like fight like a brave? might as well throw in a few originals

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Ryan

#20 December 15, 2008, 07:02:58 am

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well, obv not everyone is just in to southern rock. we are going to start inserting originals in to the set list, we just need time to flesh them out and fully develop them.

this first 'tour' is going to be predominantly covers, but we're going to start adding in more and more originals as time goes by. i also figure the more we have played together the better our stuff will sound, we'll each recognize each other's styles more easily etc.

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