Morning All, We had our performance on Sat night and I did two short brackets with different teams. The first stint was a blast and my accompaniment needed no music so we ripped through it without a hitch. The second stint was with a different guitar and a fiddle and the guitarist had his lyrics on the floor. In the tune that he sang he was not pitching too well. I believe he was so worried about reading the words that his mind wasn’t where it should’ve been, but that’s the way it goes, it was still fun but a more inhibited effort on his part. Better next time.
We played a few traditional tunes and several Louvin numbers which have harmonies. I found that a lot of the groups had good pickers but weak vocals. The jam is once a month so we aim to learn new tunes for each performance until the number steadily grows. It was interesting to see that most other groups had music stands and it seemed to be the norm. Out of interest, I read about How To Improve Your Memory and they talk about Goal Setting, Mind Mapping, Mind Mechanics and so on. I wonder if there are any school teachers that are in this group, and are there any special techniques to apply to music? I’m pretty hopeless with names on first encounter because I take in the description and features of a person, always forgetting the seemingly most important thing, the name! When I make a conscious effort to remember their name, attribute something to it, it works…but I usually forget to do this, it’s not a habit. How ironic. I better start using my Mind Tools better. H On Jul 4, 12:20 am, Robin Gravina <robin.grav...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have to tell you all that our guitarist invented a new mnemnonic technique > based on using fish to remember the order of the verses: for example 'two > dollar bill': > > *L*obster (Lost all my money..) > *C*od (Cloudy in the west..) > *D*ogfish (Dark and it's raining..) > *H*ake (Homesick and lonesome...) > *B*ass (Black smoke a rising..) > > My question is whether he should be institutionalised, or whether some kind > of medication would sort him out... > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 4:11 PM, The Holstein Kid > <st...@senatorgroup.com.au>wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks Everyone, terrific feedback. I hope my guitarist comes through > > tomorrow night, I'll keep y'all informed. > > There is a tune where I kept confusing the verses, and in Take Your > > Shoes Off Moses the Fiddle asked what the word Smite meant. After > > several comments, laughter, discussion etc, I then always remembered > > that word to be in the 2nd verse and it stuck like glue. I also used > > to be a bit lazy with I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby (Louvin) and > > after deciding to learn it properly, I began rehearsing without paper > > and then started singing in the shower and in the car, which did the > > trick. I started to imagine the plot to the story and Bingo. But my > > poor family :-) > > > Chef, that RS link sums it all up . . . . now what was I > > sayin' . . . . > > HK > > > On Jul 3, 10:03 pm, ljt <lj...@intas.net.au> wrote: > > > The Foggy Memory Boys....great name, great concept...sure would love > > > to see one of your ...efforts, sounds like lots of fun for all. > > > > On Jul 3, 5:24 pm, Robin Gravina <robin.grav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > It seems as if a lot of Tater folk have a band going - why don't we > > share > > > > songs & videos and so on? I'd be interested to hear what everyone's > > doing - > > > > seems like there are a lot of creative people here, and that people are > > > > applying their mandolin to some different styles. > > > > > How about it? > > > > Robin > > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Val Mindel <vmin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > The sheet flat on the stage for prompting purposes is a good tip for > > > > > songs that have lyrics that are easy to screw up, but it seems like > > > > > learning the words is a fairly early and necessary step along the way > > > > > to getting on top of a song, getting it performance ready. I too have > > > > > failing-memory issues at times, but going over problem words > > > > > immediately before a gig seems to work, and I'm much happier not > > > > > having to try to read something while on stage...particularly since > > > > > the advent of trifocals, which do really disturbing things to lines > > of > > > > > type, especially at critical moments. I do better with my aging > > > > > memory. > > > > > On Jul 2, 1:42 pm, Pat Murphree <phreem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > Our band chose the name "The Foggy Memory Boys" so we can get away > > with > > > > > things like forgotten lyrics and other screw-ups. It also excuses the > > use of > > > > > stands. > > > > > > > Murph > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "The Holstein Kid" <st...@senatorgroup.com.au> > > > > > > To: "Taterbugmando" <taterbugmando@googlegroups.com> > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2009 4:58:00 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada > > Pacific > > > > > > Subject: To stand, or not?? > > > > > > > Thought I might throw this out there. The new group I’m in is > > having a > > > > > > little trouble remembering lyrics to our tunes at this stage, and > > > > > > we’ve got a performance on Sat night. Because we’re only doing up > > to > > > > > > six tunes, I suggested we shouldn’t have a music stand in sight. I > > > > > > think it looks more professional not to have a stand and you should > > > > > > know your music. Right or not so? > > > > > > > Perhaps if we were doing several sets it might be a different > > story. I > > > > > > noticed a photo of EC and Co. on his recent tour with music stands > > on > > > > > > stage. It’s obviously acceptable to do this and I wonder if that > > was > > > > > > for a full show which is what it looked like. > > > > > > > Any opinion or rule of thumb you guys go by? > > > > > > > HK- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. 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