Patience (cover)

Anita left us early Friday night to try and beat the storm home...but she was too late. She also left her sun-roof open, so she had soggy bottoms by the time she got home. Chuck and I had one more left in us and we gave Patience another shot.

Patience (practice)

So Chuck taught me Patience on Tuesday but I didn't get to practice this week. Anita on the other hand, she has NEVER heard this song. The song doesn't even have drums on the original track. First time hearing the song and she was able to add drums to it on the fly and make it sound REALLY good. This video hear is what our practice jam session is like...

Don't Look Back In Anger (acoustic)

We played I Alone (posted below) and then stayed on the acoustics and worked on Don't Look Back In Anger by Oasis.

I Alone (acoustic)

Grilled some burgers, Anita brought some queso...it was a good Friday night. We screwed around with Come Out and Play and Porch. Then we moved to the acoustics and we played some I Alone.

I couldn't sleep...

Messing around with rhythm and lead and video. Oh well, it was a good thought :)

Songs for thought?

So I, Anita, am actually posting on our blog. Shocking no? So I know we have so many songs we're working on, but I wanted your input on Oasis "Live Forever" (some fun solos can be extended) and Cake "I Will Survive" (GREAT bass part in song). I'll work on Creep, Porch, Your Love's drum part while singing, and I alone.

Kids Aren't Allright

I've become addicted to this song now :) I've been learning it by ear and I have a transcription of it just about done. I'll post it as soon as I write it all down. Oh yeah, and Frank, no cheating with online TABS :)


The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright - The funniest videos are a click away

# intro #!use palm-muting!                                          
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----6-6-65-55556----6-6-65-55556----6-6-65-55556--688886665-55556---| 
D|-----8-8-88-88888----4-4-44-44444----6-6-66-66666--666666666-66666---| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
# intro #B !play all notes X16 palm-muted!                                               
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---6---------------6---------------6---------------6-----------------| 
D|---8---------------4---------------6---------------6-----------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
: 
# intro2 #B   !GuitarA plays introA! 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---3-------------------------------6---------------------------------| 
D|---3---------------4---------------6---------------6-----------------| 
A|---1---------------4---------------4---------------6-----------------| 
E|-------------------2-------------------------------4-----------------| 
 
# riff #A X2  
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|  
A|--1----1-3--4--------3--4------------3--4---6---4---3---4------------| 
E|----------------2---2--------4---6-----------------------------------| 
 
# riff #B X2  !play all notes X12! 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------11---------------6---------------------------------| 
D|---8--------------11---------------6---------------6-----------------| 
A|---8---------------9---------------4---------------6-----------------| 
E|---6-----------------------------------------------4-----------------| 
 
 
 
verso 1: 
 
     Bbm          F# 
   When we were young the future was so bright, woh woh 
             Db 
   The old neighborhood was so alive, woh woh 
      Ab 
   And every kid on the whole damn street, woh woh 
   Was gonna make it big and not be beat 
 
     Bbm         F# 
 Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn, woh woh 
       Db 
 The kids are grown up but their lives are worn, woh woh 
 How can one little street 
      Ab 
 Swallow so many lives 
 
Refrão: 
  Bbm 
 Chances thrown  
    F# 
 Nothing's free 
  Db   Ab 
 Longing for what used to be 
        Bbm 
 Still it's hard 
  F# 
 Hard to see 
  Db  Ab 
 Fragile lives shattered dreams 
 
  
 (Repete Solo A 2x) 
 
 
Verso 2: 
     Bbm      F# 
 Jamie had a chance, well she really did, woh woh 
         Db 
 Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids, woh woh 
       Ab 
 Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job, woh woh 
 He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot 
 
     Bbm         F# 
 Jay committed suicide, woh woh 
          Db  
 Brandon OD'd and died, woh woh 
      Ab 
 What the hell is going on 
 The cruelest dream, reality 
 
   
 (Repete o Refrão) 
 
 
Solo : 
h=hammer-on  b=bend-up to next note 
E|-----------------------------------------------9--11--13--16--13h16-----> 
B|---------------------------------------9--11-----------------------16---> 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------> 
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------> 
A|---1-----1-3-----3-4-----4-6-6-6-8-8-8----------------------------------> 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------> 
 
k=keep on bending    r=release bending 
 
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------> 
>-14-16b18-16k16k16k16k16k-16k1614--141614-------------------14--1411--------> 
>---------------------------------15----------13-13-11----13---------131013--> 
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------> 
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------> 
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------> 
 
>-------------------------------------| 
>-14-16b18-16k16k-16k1614--16b18r16---| 
>-------------------------------------| 
>-------------------------------------| 
>-------------------------------------| 
>-------------------------------------|

I Alone

After some not so great attempts at Don't Look Back In Anger and Better Man, we finished off the night with some Live. I screwed up the ending trying to get some feedback...accidentally muted the sound and blew it. Was a good laugh though...



Past attempts at I Alone:
- 04.13.2008
- 04.06.2008

Porch (cover)

Woop woop! Some more Pearl Jam tunes! Porch...we're still working out how to screw around with the break and solos.

Riff 1 Jam

Just screwing around to riff that needs more work...i guess this 8 minute marathon wasn't enough.

Your Love (cover)

Friday Jam was 2 days ago...we started this off with Your Love and Anita out did herself on the mic. (compare to our first attempt)

Come Out and Play

I had started learning this last week, figure its about time I got around to posting it!



Come Out and Play (Keep'em Seperated)
The Offspring
[ CHORD CHART ]

Fill 1
e |----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|
G |----------------------------|
D |-------1-2-4-2-1------------|
A |-2/h\3-----------3-2---3-2--|
E |----------------------------|

Riff 1
     B    D  F# A     B    D  F# A
e |----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|
G |--4----7-----------4----7---------|
D |--4----7---4-7-----4----7---4-7---|
A |--2----5---4-7-----2----5---4-7---|
E |-----------2-5--------------2-5---|

Fill 2
e |----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|
G |-9-9-9---12/s\7---9-9-9--12/s\7---|
D |-7-7-7---10/s\5---7-7-7--10/s\5---|
A |----------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|

Riff 2
e |----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|
G |-4-4--7-7--6-6-6-------2----------|
D |-2-2--5-5--4-4-4--4-4--0----------|
A |------------------2-2-------------|
E |----------------------------------|

Fill 3
e |---------------|
B |---------------|
G |-7-7-7--4-4-4--|
D |-5-5-5--2-2-2--|
A |---------------|
E |---------------|

E5 [x x 2 4 x x]




You gotta keep'm separated

|:  B - D - F# - A  :|   (end w/Fill 2)

Fill 1

B   F#   A   B   D   F#   A
They're like the latest fashion
They're like a spreading disease
The kids are strappin' on their way to the classroom
Getting weapons with the greatest of ease

Riff 2
The gangs stake out their own campus locale
And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal

B   F#   A   B   D   F#   A
If one guy's colors and the other's don't mix

E5
They're gonna |: bash it up :|


B  D  #F  A
Hey, man you talkin' back to me
Take him out
(You gotta keep'em separated)
Hey, man you disrespecting me
take him out
(You gotta keep'em separated)
Hey, they don't pay no mind

Fill 3
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time

B  D  #F  A
Hey, come out and play


Fill 1


B   F#   A   B   D   F#   A
By the time you hear the siren
It's already too late
One goes to the morgue and the other jail
One guy's wasted and the other's a waste

(REPEAT BELOW x2)

Riff 2
It goes down the same as the thousand before
No one's getting smarter, No one's learning the score

B   F#   A   B   D   F#   A
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate

E5
Is gonna |: tie your own rope :|


B  D  #F  A
Hey, man you disrespecting me
take him out
(You gotta keeep'em separated)
Hey, man you talkin' back to me
take him out
(You gotta keep'em separated)
Hey, don't pay no mind

Fill 3
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time

B  D  #F  A
Hey, come out and play


Fill 1

Offspring

Hey folks,

I've been practicing a little Offspring. I know Anita really likes them, and I've been messing around more with your love. Anyhow, that's my focus this week. Come Out and Play and Your Love.

Jam Riffs 1 and 2

Here is a couple of riffs I came up with from our jam last Saturday. I kinda liked them so I wanted to make sure I didn't forget them like all the others. Now it is up to you guys to come up with some beats, licks and phat base lines for them. Still not feeling great, so I didn't work on them or try to perfect them. For a lack of a better name, heres Riff 1:



And Riff 2:

I Alone: The Lost Files

Chuck thought there was more to our jam session a couple weeks ago. I went back over the tape and found our I Alone jam and then another full cover of it. So without further adu...

I Alone, we're just jammin' at the bridge and letting Chuck do his thing.




After the jam we gave the cover a shot.

10 Awesome Guitarists You Should Know

A friend passed this link on to me...and now I do the same to you. As is the never-ending-circle of the interweb.

Oh sure, I could talk all day about Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Jimmy Page, Steve Vai, Brian May, Carlos Santana, Eddie Van Halen, Slash and the rest of them - all of them great guitarists. But these guitarists are the commercial heroes, and it’s about time to move the spotlight over to a few guitarists who have perhaps been overlooked by the general public for far too long. Thanks to the wonders of YouTube, I don’t have to make each and every one of you a mix tape.

Let’s get on with it, then… in no particular order, 10 guitarists you should really check out before you die: [ FULL ARTICLE ]

Jose Feliciano's "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" video is amazing!

Porch by Pearl Jam (chord chart & music)

Porch by Pearl Jam

A5       C5       G5
What the ffff is this world
Running to? You didn't
Leave a message
At least I...
could have learned your voice one last time.
Daily minefield, this could
Be my time, how 'bout you?
Would you hit me?
Would you hit me?

G   A   Bb   A
Oh  oh  oh...oh...
G   A   Bb   C
whoa whoaaa  oww

A5   C5   G5  (x4)

A5      C5       G5
All the bills go by and
Initiatives are taken up
By the middle
There ain't gonna be any middle any more
And the cross I'm bearing home
Ain't indicative of my place
Left the porch
Left the porch

G           A        Bb         A
Ohhh        ohhhh    ohhhhh
G           A        Bb         C
Hear my name, Take a good look, This could be the day
Hold my hand, Walk beside me I just need to say...
G           A        Bb         C

(solo)

G           A        Bb         C
Hear my name, Take a good look, This could be the day
Hold my hand, Lie beside me, I just need to say
G               A
What can I take? I just want to be
B             C
I know that i would not ever
G                    A              Bb    C
Touch you, Hold you, Feel you, Ever hold, Never again

G   A   Bb   C (x3)
Yeah....
G   A   Bb   C

I Alone (cover)

Finished off the night with I Alone...

I Alone Jam Session

Getting ready to give I Alone a try and we just jammed for a bit...

My Own Worst Enemy (cover)

And once again...Lit...

Better Man (cover)

Once again...still working on Better Man. Kind of liking the sound with both electrics. And now with back up vocals...

Your Love (cover)

Had some more fun last night. Chuck got us started by playing the opening riff for Your Love by the Outfied. Then Anita brought her iPod and played it and here is what happened:



Got a couple more from this evening to post, so check back.

Drummers

This one is for Anita...for those of you who don't know her, this is the high quality standard for the art of drumming that she strives for! All you gotta do is watch the drummer is the vid. Great stuff!