Scrap Time 2.0

SCRAP TIME

[verse 1]
can i tell you it hurts
to be on your list
just another of a thousand items
that you have to do
i can see it's true

you fill up your life
with so much shit
that when i call
it always goes to voicemail
just another fail


[chorus]
i want to be more
and i want to mean more
yes i need to be more than
'drop off the laundry and go the store'

Why do I take
oh why do i take
why do i take
your scrap time?

why can't i mean
why can't i mean
as much to you
as you mean to me?


[verse 2]
do you realize that i cry
when i'm all alone
like your scorned little dog
begging at the door
how can you ignore?

so i'll write you a song
maybe you'll listen now
to what this cruel neglect does to me
I hope you feel guilty


[chorus]
i want to be more
and i want to mean more
yes i need to be more than
'drop of the laundry and go to the store'

Why do I take
oh why do i take
why do i take
your scrap time?

why can't i mean
why can't i mean
as much to you
as you mean to me?


(musical interlude)

[chorus]
i want to be more
and i want to mean more
yes i need to be more than
'rewrite my essay and read Sir Thomas More'

i just can't stop
i just can't stop
making my heart long to be with you

so i will keep on
i will keep on
savoring scrap time with you

Gray

Gray

(v1)
Midnight in London
Eighteen ninety three
tucked away from prying eyes
worshiping beauty

I was so earnest
you were so pale
as I fingered dancing curls
with a trembling exhale

I earned your laughter
with some offhand witty phrase
and you crept into my blood
with your opulent gaze


(chorus)
No one could see what you had hidden away
stashed in your closet, painted to betray
your gilded armor was to cover the decay
and I watched those blue eyes I adored fade to gray


(v2)
Midday in London,
Eighteen ninety five
the gavel crashed straight down
in an eloquent nosedive

your father reddened
but we never felt the shame
the wind was hot with whispers
they dared not speak its name

I can't remember
how I used to make you smile
you ask me not to try
you'd like to cry for a while


(chorus)
No one could see what you had hidden away
stashed in your closet, painted to betray
your gilded armor was to cover the decay
and I watched those blue eyes I adored fade to gray


I couldn't see what you had hidden away
stashed in your closet, painted to betray
your gilded armor was to cover the decay
and I watched those blue eyes I adored fade to gray

28 Sept 08

This week we are working on:

Nos Caemos Bien
Scrap Time

Amber is off all day on Sunday so we can meet whenever is good for Sarah.

Sarah... when would you like us to come over?

Setlist for 17 Sept gig @ HCD

Is this agreeable to everyone?


Dreaming with a Broken Heart (John Mayer cover)
Under the Mango Tree
Take You In
Apologize (OneRepublic cover)
The Puppet Master
In or Out
The Scientist (Coldplay cover)
Goodbye
Survive
Katharine
This Love (Maroon 5 cover)

HEY SARAH

Does your laptop have USB 2.0??? Also Liz too if you want to check.

Hog City Deli open mic 17 Sept

We need a setlist for the Deli Gig. We have no idea how many songs we will have time to play. Here are the songs we have enough parts on and some covers that I think would be good. OY.

Here are my suggestions:

Sorting Debris
Under the Mango Tree (Complete)
In or Out (Complete)
The Puppetmaster (Complete)
Katharine (Complete)
Survive (Sarah can play the guitar part b/c I can't nail the bridge yet)
Second Chance (We had worked out something earlier... otherwise Sarah can play my part)
Take You In (I think we can rig up a piano part pretty easy... I have some ideas)


Covers
Apologize -OneRepublic
Dreaming with a broken heart -John Mayer
The Scientist -Coldplay
Don't Stop Believing -Journey
This Love - Maroon 5
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -Elton John

07 Sept Meeting

We will be working on getting parts for everyone on Katharine, In or Out, and Puppet Master.

Katharine:
Completed: lyrics, vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, piano
Needs: a part for Noah. We have a little bit of a lead guitar worked out but it needs work. Also needs background vocals.

In or Out:
Completed: lyrics, vocals, rhythm guitar
Needs: bass, Sarah and Noah need parts... or one of them can take my part and I'll just sing or do something else. also needs background vocals. Did any of you have ideas for any parts at the last band meeting that you put in your notes?

The Puppet Master:
Completed: lyrics, vocals, rhythm guitar, bass
Needs: more work on background vocals, part for noah, possible fourth part? any ideas here?

Please use this post to put in suggestions, ideas, comments, criticism, praise... whatever... so people can start getting ready for working on this stuff at the band meeting!

THE LIST

Here are the songs in order of number of votes and alphabetically.

BJ Song
in or out
Katharine
Puppet Master
Under the Mango Tree
Nos Caemos Bien
Scrap Time
Second Chance
Survive
Goodbye
Listen
Take you in
Why?
dada
damocles
worst bf ever
walmart
brown paper bag
disclaimer
piety
reality
the leech
you'll never know
ricky ricky
when she smiles that smile


I will use this, roughly, to make the schedule. I am going to give Noah a little more time to work on the blue jeans song so we'll skip it for a couple weeks.

This week we will be working on:

in or out
Katharine
Puppet Master

Katharine and Puppet Master are basically done so that will be easy. In or Out needs more parts. =P

I am going to open a new thread to discuss.

Janice

Janice thinks we should cover:

Covers!

Ben Folds - Still (from over the hedge)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-39eLRMqYg

Ben Folds - Tiny Dancer (Elton John cover!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g06RXYsksRg



Ben Folds - Jesusland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjqiQQ2L1qA&feature=user

Just some ideas. <3

In Addition

...to Elizabeth's list of various covers (the only one I think is completely silly is Rocket Man - seriously... when Shatner's done a song that way, one cannot go back), I'm going to propose these songs:

Don't Stop Believing - Journey

Fragile - Sting

Don't Let the Sun (Go Down on Me) - Elton John

Um... and some more I can't remember. Because its 2:30 in the morning. More later.

Liz's possible covers!!

Here are the songs I want to cover!
(besides sarah's awesome picks of apologize and dreaming with a broken heart)

My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ls8Mhoafn0
I want Noah to sing leads and the rest of us background vocals. This will be the greatest thing ever. This song comes on in the deli a lot and I heard it on the radio today. It's a total ear worm. LOL.
((OMG. here's a john mayer version!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPxiF330HSY))


Fields of Gold - Sting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UppX6vP3c4g
A beautiful classic song. Amber already has the bass and I know I can sing it. It'll make the audience sway.


Bend and Break - Keane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke6iwn71l0I&feature=related
Keane fucking rocks. It was this one or 'everybody's changing' and this one is more upbeat. We'd have to improv a guitar part, tho. LOL.


The Scientist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Kd7IGPyeg
Gorgeous song and it was a popular single! We have some parts already and I can sing it ... well... I like to think so. LOL.

Oh wow. I just found an awesome female vocal version of the scientist...
Natasha Bedingfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsUK4mlv9m0&feature=related

Viva La Vida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm1xWPE
Yes, I know this song has instruments that we can only dream of... but we can do an acoustic version! This song comes on the radio like every 15 minutes right now so the audience should definitely be surprised to hear our version. I've played it with guitar only and sang and it sounds fab. LOL.

Rocket Man - Sir Elton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzrKlEtxTx4
I haven't actually tried to sing this one yet... but I think it would rock. =D

Calling You - Blue October
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsvoTkx1mQY


Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xvl5NIYRMo
This was my very favorite song a couple years ago.

summer squeeze

verse 1:
you were my summer squeeze
my muse, my little tease
you had me tripping out
with those sweet lips of yours
(repeat)

chorus 1:
now it's fall and we've both moved on
but i can't say i regret
those secret kisses
and special hugs

verse 2:
though i wish i could still
be your little plaything
i'm glad you've found your
full-time squeeze

i never got a chance
to taste your honey pot
i never got past
first base with you

chorus 2:
if you'd like a third for company
you know i'm up for it baby
but i'm just glad i found
such a good friend in you

back to verse 1 (play only once this time)


(posted the mp3 in the box to your right)
*Edit: The up tempo version is up now

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.

tfhfdhdsfhd

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.