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If You Could Hear A Cover By Any Artist, Who Would It Be?
Rudi replied to AnthonyCeseri's topic in Musician's Lounge
I’ve already heard it. I was lucky enough to see the late John Martyn at a gig local to me, and he did Randy Newman’s ‘Gods Song’. I wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. Newman’s own delivery remained (surprisingly) more soulful. It was good to hear nevertheless. I saw a quiz show a little while ago and this music question arose: Who sang & recorded ‘Crash Bang Wallop’? The young guy didn’t have the first clue, but plumped for Bob Dylan. I laughed for 5 minutes. I would love to hear that. I can just imagine Dylan drawling “Stick it in yer family al-bumâ€.- 13 replies
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I am finding new ways to hold chords due to advancing arthritis in my thumbs. Its ok for a couple of songs, but I cant play 2 sets without pain. Sore fingers are no big deal, nothing to worry about. Bear with it.
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Anything by Dexys Midnight Runners. We still have 2 songs in our set. 'There There my dear' and 'Geno'. They are written in ways that owe nothing to any traditional structure. Learning them is not so bad, but when we have anybody depping on a gig, we usually leave them out. An old pal of mine once stood in for our bassist. He's a good musician and he wanted the challenge of busking the set. I told him he would have to learn these songs and gave him recordings. He didnt listen and he balled them up. We actually had to abandon one of them after starting. I use to be part of a host band for jam nights. We would often have to try to play songs we didnt know too well to accomodate a 'new' player. I recall someone wanted to do 'Smoke on the Water'. I knew the riff, but went blank on the rest of the song. Stuff like that will happen.
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Monster - Steppenwolf
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Truck Driving Man - New Riders of the Purple Sage
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Right. Also you can learn theory by personal discovery. Its a slow process and its 're-inventing the wheel', but it the surest way IMO. A discerning ear is more valuable than any amount of teaching.
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Mojo - Quicksilver Messenger Service.
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Englishman in New York - Sting
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Need Help. Co-Writer Changed Everything Of My Lyrics
Rudi replied to Lisa Gates's topic in Songwriting
Iguzda, 'fraid not. Ive not been in this position before, though I have been plagurised. It sounds as if you are being treated fairly and your contribution is being respected. Good luck. Let us know how it goes. -
The inference (question) is: Could you achieve success with a dull or unpronouncable name? The answer is yes. Just1L is quite right 'Engelbert Humperdinck' is a good example. In movies, the studios were always creating names for thier stars. But a some of them were having none of it; like Arnold Schwarzenegger for instance. Whether it makes it harder or not is a different question. I dont know. Rudi Plaguefoot has never held back my career as a Chicken Sexer though.
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Need Help. Co-Writer Changed Everything Of My Lyrics
Rudi replied to Lisa Gates's topic in Songwriting
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The whole notion seems a bit of laugh to be honest, but I'm sure an iconic name can one way to help people notice you. I have created more than one name for my recordings other than Rudi (not a stage names of course but the idea is the same). I agree with Layne, Topaz is a great name. There are obvious visual ways to reinforce the name on artwork and on stage. A certain person on this board once claimed his stage name was Jesus Martini (you know who you are!).
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(Great Change) SInce Ive Been Born - Stoneground One of my favourite rock songs
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It’s original. It speaks loud & clear. It conjures up images; and even some sounds. Wonderful job Bethany.
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Sister Contine - Rusted Root
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Steve's Les Paul copy (The OP #1) is better than all the half dozen real Les Pauls I've tried. What he didnt tell you is that he did his own set up on it using some unique home made tools. He should switch careers and become a luthier.
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Horses for courses. If you want to make song in a folk tradition or a country one, you can find out most of what you need to know musically (leaving out lyrics) by learning half a dozen songs well. By that stage you should see a commonality about those tunes that can inform your own compositions. Three or four time signatures, the relationship of tonic, dominant & subdominant chord structure, maybe a relative minor etc. Add two or three scales for melody, and you are set. You don’t need a 12 tone matrix chart, know chord substitutions or have any truck with 5/4 time. As Horras said in post #20 (where is he? One great post and he’s gone!). Theory is best thought of as a tool. A tool is made to do a specific job. A watchmaker has no use for a band-saw, and a shipwright doesn’t need any pruning shears. So if you need a make use of theory it should be with some notion of what it’s for; otherwise you may as well be a museum curator. I see theory as a tool shop. You make your choice according to need.
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Love Like a Man - Ten Years After
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Tre, nice link. Thanks. Its also worth remembering too, that the Beatles did plenty of idea pilfering too. I recall an interview where that much was revealed. eg: Finishing a minor tune with a major chord. This is mentioned on the site. I dont know how they arrived at the idea, but William Byrd used it with 'The Earl Of Salisbury' in Elizabethan times
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Lately I write out lyrical ideas in notebooks. There is no song idea or intentional rhythm or rhyming. I do this on holiday, when my partner is watching TV, or in hospital waiting rooms etc. I now tend to begin tunes with melodic ideas. Today the main idea was two notes with minimal interval (F# and E). Then I placed chords against the alternating notes and finalised an order of 4 chords. Next I will add more melody and cycle the chords into a time signiture. Only when this is done will I reach for the lyric notebook to see what suits the music. Then comes the bit I am weakest at; shoehorning the words into the melody. This takes longest of all, and the longer it takes, the less sucessful it is. So I try to work quickly.
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I expect he was replying to your Rob However I think it should have been Shakin Stevens with 'Green Door' not Alvin Stardust.
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New Article - A Guide To Song Forms - Aaa Song Form
Rudi replied to Songstuff's topic in Songwriting
Final Word is what it says on the banner John. I should have said SS. I realise that now. Cheers UB -
none were heavy duty enough. doing the job with a cheap flimsey cable would have taken at least 2 hours. I'm just not fit enough.
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Henry - New Riders of the Purple Sage
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Shine a Light - Rolling Stones
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