MY FIRST LOUNGE PIANO GIG

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:37 pm

Thanks dude! Added "Alison" by Elvis Costello, "One" by U2, and "Faces & Names" by Dave Pirner tonight. 'Twas a good night. Also ran into an old friend celebrating 5 years with his girl. Small town!

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:39 pm

and by "just playin'" earlier, I meant I just play, no singing. Sorry if that was unclear.

squirefan01 · Post by **squirefan01** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:51 pm

I'd love to hear a recording of "Smells Like..." Jason. Any chance of posting that? I'd like to try to play along with it (maybe with some drums thrown in but if not no biggie).

I sure respect your drive to succeed in your business.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:30 pm

Yes, I would love to hear many on that list played on piano.
I'm sure I would be blown away to walk into a lounge and hear those sets being played on a pi-anny.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:07 am

add a few members to the band and bill it as "Murph and the Magic Tones"

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:58 am

That is quite the repertoire J dog.

You must sneak in the intro to First of Fifth.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:19 am

I'm too rusty for that one. 13/8 in F# major and Bb major? Yeah, I'll stick to 1 4 5's!

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:31 am

It sounded pretty good when you played it for me..

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:19 pm

There She Goes (Sixpence n t r)

The La's

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:24 am

True! Alan's got eyes on. I knew it was someone else but couldn't remember until I googled it the other day. Also learned it's about heroin! Go figure!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:56 am

So do you sight read these tunes? Or did you mostly prepare and practice ahead of time.

I think if it were me, i'd use a program like Sibelius, write out the melodies, and just go with chord symbols on top.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:02 pm

I see no one commented on Jeff R's Blues Brothers Ref?

Well, I will!

Cool!

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:15 pm

Um, well, I don't know how to say this without sounding like a showoff, but since you asked, I just remember what they sounded like on the CD or radio and play 'em. Fifteen years of intense ear training have paid off, thankfully.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:19 pm

I could understand doing that to a degree, but you don't bring any sort of notes with you, other than a setlist? It's really a lot of songs, i'd at least like to have that crutch to lean on.

If you can do it all from memory, Bravo!

lyle_from_minneapolis · Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:06 pm

Going from "I Wanna Be Sedated" to "In My Life" is just a fantastic segue.

Bravo!