Probably Rubbish...

...but I think it sounds kinda pretty. Then again, my guitar may be out of tune, but I'm too lazy to fix it right now.

F C Dm Am Bb F Bb C

(Edit: This has a chorus now!

C* Am7 C F C G
C* Am7 C F C ?

where C* is

e -3-
B -1-
G -0-
D -2-
A -3-
E -0-

I'm just to lazy to look up what that chord is actually called)

I don't have anything this goes to either. Heh.

Hey, now no one can say I didn't contribute!

Master List

Here is the master list (as far as I know) of songs we have worked on and what we have worked out on them. Please correct this list if I forgot anything.

why?
some lyrics, some rhythm guitar

Blue Jeans Song
lyrics, some rhythm guitar

ricky ricky
lyrics, rhythm guitar

survive
lyrics, rhythm guitar, some bass

good-bye
lyrics, rhythm guitar

damocles
lyrics, rhythm guitar

the puppet master
lyrics, rhythm guitar, some background vox

reality
lyrics, rhythm guitar

nos caemos bien
lyrics, rhythm guitar

brown paper bag
some lyrics, rhythm guitar

crap of the world
lyrics, rhythm guitar

Disclaimer
some lyrics, some rhythm guitar

Listen
lyrics, piano/rhythm guitar(?)

in or out
lyrics, rhythm guitar

when she smiles that smile
lyrics

scrap time
lyrics, rhythm guitar

the leech
lyrics, rhythm guitar

worst boyfriend ever
lyrics, rhythm guitar

piety
lyrics, rhythm guitar

You'll never know
lyrics, rhythm guitar

Katharine
lyrics, rhythm guitar, piano, bass

take you in
lyrics, rhythm guitar, bass, lead guitar outro

second chance
lyrics, rhythm guitar, bass, some lead guitar

under the mango tree
lyrics, rhythm guitar, some lead guitar, bass

I got this list directly off this website so if I forgot anything it's because no one has posted the lyrics on here yet. According to this list we have 24 songs. We need to aim for about 10 to work on... although some of these songs are really, really short... more like half a song... so we could probably comfortably fit more than 10 in to a set and not seem like we are going on forever.

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CAPITOL LETTERS mean Major Chords
lowercase mean minor chords

d G
If I had to choose
a F G
between my favorite jeans and you
d G
I think it might be close,
a F G
but I know its time to throw them both
C
away

The fabric has worn thin
the holes are tearing further open
there's more to life than comfort
and this verse is unfinished as heck-pen

Chorus?
I love apples, but I wouldn't eat a rotten one
I feel like and asshole, but
this run? its done. I'm gone

Bridge?
d G a
I'll never settle for less
d G C
I'll never settle at all

ricky ricky

verse 1:
sitting in the corner
wearing your fancy fur coat
you smugly glance my way
seeming rather pleased with yourself

we play a staring game
damn, you're pretty good
with those mismatched eyes
you stare right back,
and you kinda freak me out

chorus:
i wonder what's going on
in that little brain of yours
you're fickle, you little brat
but still i love you

verse 2:
when i come home
late at night, weary from the day
you dart around, chasing shadows
and all you want to do is play

ricky, ricky, you're so weird
in all your quirky ways
you're so vain you think
i wrote this song for you
oh wait, i guess i did

refrain:
sometimes you shit on my carpet
and you leave your hair everywhere

Some Recordings

Eh, its easier than email, and I don't have any CDs.



Second Chance is fresh - the timing's a little off but I don't want to sit here and fix it. Its late and there's a delay on Audacity. It is actually fairly accurate after the first little bit. Eh, you get the idea.

Take You In test 1 - the early cut of Hansel and Gretel before it had a name (and may be getting another name change)

Mango - Liz, the guitar, and a microphone. I haven't edited the new one yet but it'll be up tomorrow (in the same flash box).

In or Out - same as Mango.

We also have Survive recorded, and Katharine... um... I think that's it.

Structure!!

Alright, alright! I hear you!! It has been brought to my attention that the band needs to start getting some structure in meetings so that we can work towards our goal of playing for more people than can fit in my bedroom.

This is what we are going to do.

The next full band meeting we have... where everyone can make it:

We will play every single song we have written so far (even songs we played once then wandered away from). Everyone will have paper and pens and will take notes. Everyone get all your songs and song ideas together and bring them to rehearsal.

After that meeting everyone will go on their own and make a list of their ideal setlist. Pick 10 original songs that we have and type them on this blog. These are not the songs that you necessarily like the best or think are the best... they are the songs that you think would make the best set. We will need a mix of slow, fast, happy, sad, etc, etc....

Obviously we have more than 10 songs that we are working on so some songs will be left out. We just all need to agree not to get defensive or hurt if a song we write doesn't make the cut. This is business time so no feelings!! (Yes, I am talking to myself.)

We can then take the lists and cross-reference them. The songs that get the least number of votes get eliminated. I figure we will probably end up with a list of 10-15 songs. These will be the songs we need to work on.

Other band rehearsals:

Each band rehearsal we will pick 2 songs that we really focus on but we will play all the songs that we have worked on so far at least once.

Band Rehearsal Schedule:

1. Everyone show any new material they are working on. New chord progressions or lyrics. We can discuss new stuff as a band and see what's going on.

2. Play one - three songs that we have worked on so far.

3. Rehearse last week's focus song. This should be the song that we worked on at the end of the last band meeting. We can work on getting all the timing smoothed out and making sure we can play it together flawlessly.

4. Play one - 3 songs

5. Work on this week's focus song. Now we will work on getting everyone parts to a song that we haven't focused on yet. This will be the most creative part as we try to get a song together. We can also take this time to record the parts that we have down and email them to everyone so we can practice. Then everyone can individually work on their part at home and be ready for working on playing it together at the next band meeting....

5. Play the rest of the songs we haven't played yet.

6. Go hang out and act stupid.

This would be the schedule for each week's main band meeting... as long as everyone is there. If there is a week when someone can't make it than we can just work on individual parts to which ever songs.

Once we create our 'set list' I can make a schedule of when we will work on which song and post it on this blog. The set list we make isn't set in stone... but I think it will be a good starting point to make sure that we get songs going.

Is everyone in agreement about this? Please post a comment and let me know if you agree to this... have any modifications... hate it... love it... whatever...

An addendum:

Noah pointed out in the comments that I forgot to mention covers. He has a great idea.

We need to schedule a band meeting where we get together and everyone brings 5 cover songs that they would like to put in for consideration. We can take some time and listen to them all and discuss. This way we can choose which songs we are going to cover as an informed group. Start looking around for songs that we can cover and get them on a CD.

Try to pick songs that are widely known, that we can actually pull off playing, and that I can actually sing. LOL. Obviously we can take songs and modify them to suit us but let's not get too ambitious just yet.

Oh, and bonus points if you bring a Coldplay song. =P~

Of Covers and Gigs

I know we have a bit to go before we start playing outside someone's living room, but I think we need to kind of kick it in gear. It seems to me we work on our stuff during the week alone, but at the meetings we play maybe two or three songs once through and then call it a day.

Elizabeth spoke to a girl that played at the HCD the other day, and she said she plays about one cover to every two original songs when she plays shows. An average (short) set is about 45 minutes, so a rough estimate is 12 songs total. 8 SD songs and 4 covers, and some chatting with the audience. We should really have about 10 SD songs and 5 covers just to make sure.

Running through a tally, here's what we have:

Katharine: Pretty much done. It has guitar, piano, and a bass line. My opinion is that it needs lead guitar during the musical interlude more than it needs a drum line. I don't know if anyone agrees with me on that - but when I hear the interlude I hear Sarah's kick ass piano, me and Liz trying to keep the rhythm, and a really clean, clear, melody-esque lead guitar bit.

Second Chance: Also pretty much done. Rhythm and bass are for the most part where we want it to be, and the lead guitar is coming along - I had a bit of trouble hearing it when we jammed last time because I was right next to my amp and could only hear myself (heh). I think this one would sound killer with some type of deep rhythmic something.

That's basically it. And it isn't for lack of trying - but the problem we're facing right now is most of the songs only one person knows how to play. I think that maybe we should take the next few band meetings to really pick only one song to really focus on. We need to all know the songs. This means that whoever wrote the song needs to kind of take the helm and make sure the other members know how it is supposed to sound and how to play it. We all play guitar (some better than others), there's no reason why we shouldn't know how to play the rhythm of each song. The recordings are great, but nothing compared to serious one on one, slowing down the tempo and learning.

I think we should take the next couple months and get intimately familiar with the rest of our song base. According to the girl that played the deli we need about 6-8 more original songs and about 4 covers. I know we all kind of agreed that we wanted to do Across the Universe, so that's one. Elizabeth and I want to do Don't Stop Believin' by Journey. I know its silly but Elizabeth's voice sounds really cool singing it, and I already know the bass line so that's a step forward. I know Sarah has mentioned Happy Together by The Turtles. There's three. But can we play them? Do we know them inside out?

This upcoming Sunday I think we should take some time and decide which songs we want to focus on to prepare for lives. I think Katharine and Second Chance are a given, I submit those two. So we need 6-8 more. I think everyone should have a say and pick two songs each that we should focus on to get us to 10? I don't know how we are going to want to approach that.

I dunno. I didn't really anticipate this post being this long, either.

some noises I guess

These are various chord progressions I wrote in my harry potter book i hope you like them.

• G#/D#, D#sus4, G#/C, Cm
  D#/A#, A#sus4, D#/G, Gm
• E, G, A, G, F#, E (If you repeat the bolded part it makes a pretty slick vamp fyi)
• G, C, G, C, G#, F, G, C
  A#, G#, G, D#, D-D#, D, C
  C+, F, Cmaj, F#maj, and then some weird-ass symbol that looks like this. I think I already have a song for this one but I can't remember it right now.
  
• F, Fm, C
• Cm, G, F#, F
• Here are some melodies that I tried to make while forcing myself to write in B Locrian:
  C, B, D, E, F, B
  B(Octave), A, EFE (triplet), B
  EBEAGEDAB (Bdim chord on the end)
• Here is some crummy unrelated tablature i wrote next to the cliffnotes of my version of the mango tree song:
  EADGBE
  1 X03400
  2 X30200
  3 022000
  EADGBE
  1 4030XX
  2 230XXX
• I've already shown all these to Elizabeth but here they are again.
• Dm, G, Am, F, F, G, C
• E, G, A, G-F#, E
• GGE, DA, GGE
• Gonna Draw this one as it is on the paper because I can't figure out what I meant by it.
  
  

survive

Here is an almost finished song... I already have guitar for it. I'm working on the rest of the verses now. ciao.



she was a young girl who needed to believe
that she belonged to something bigger than herself
he was a young boy who always had the feeling
that he could be bigger than anybody else

the fates conspired to bring them to each other
a couple kindred spirits in a small Texas town
Together they wandered aimlessly through empty streets
weaving mass conspiracies about everything around

(CHORUS)
and they were running through the graveyard
making up stories and chasing demons
running through the churchyard
searching for signs that god's alive

living in that small town
trying not to lose themselves
living in their own world
just trying to survive

(v2) (or a musical interlude?)
(verses)
(verses)
(verses)
(verses)

She never noticed dark circles underneath his eyes
etched there by the secrets that he thought he couldn't share
Sometimes he noticed a glimpse of shame darken her face
he wanted to ask her why, but he didn't dare

(CHORUS)

(BRIDGE)
Midsummer evenings can cast a spell to ease teenage pain
Tucked away graveyards can become magic lands in the mind
They didn't know that the secrets that they kept were the same
When will they realize that beneath it they were two of a kind

(CHORUS)