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Just so y'all are aware, the Long Road to Rock is really only the name of this blog, not the project Cam and I have committed ourselves to. In fact we're in the process of defining our identity as a musical project and the toughest part of that is finding a name. A name that will stand out in the listeners' heads, a name that will (to paraphrase Mark Wallberg...) "cut like glass".
The idea is to come up with 5 to 10 names we're willing to consider and then pick the best of the best. By all means if you have any ideas, dear reader, simply comment on this post or message us on facebook and let us know your thoughts.
In the mean time, we're getting together for a 3rd time tonight. We've decided on 4 songs we're going to focus on. The titles are as follows: Josephine, Fireworks, Maybe someday and Headway.
From here we'll work out a clear structure, backings, dynamics and accents for these tunes and move on to the next 2 tunes. The goal is to have a good 7 or 8 tunes to record in the new year. This recording will be bare bones vocals and acoustics but will be the catalyst to form a full band with bass, drums and keys (... and any other percussion, wind and string instruments that come along).
As for shows, well we have to get something finished first but we are in beginning discussions to help decide how we want to launch this project. Perhaps a very small friends and family show that we podcast on the net? Maybe we'll simply hit a couple open stages to start. It's all open and undecided right now.
We have a couple more audio clips for you to check out to see how we're doing and where we're going.
Here's a sound byte of one of Cam's tunes that feature yours truly on backings:
The idea is to come up with 5 to 10 names we're willing to consider and then pick the best of the best. By all means if you have any ideas, dear reader, simply comment on this post or message us on facebook and let us know your thoughts.
In the mean time, we're getting together for a 3rd time tonight. We've decided on 4 songs we're going to focus on. The titles are as follows: Josephine, Fireworks, Maybe someday and Headway.
From here we'll work out a clear structure, backings, dynamics and accents for these tunes and move on to the next 2 tunes. The goal is to have a good 7 or 8 tunes to record in the new year. This recording will be bare bones vocals and acoustics but will be the catalyst to form a full band with bass, drums and keys (... and any other percussion, wind and string instruments that come along).
As for shows, well we have to get something finished first but we are in beginning discussions to help decide how we want to launch this project. Perhaps a very small friends and family show that we podcast on the net? Maybe we'll simply hit a couple open stages to start. It's all open and undecided right now.
We have a couple more audio clips for you to check out to see how we're doing and where we're going.
Here's a sound byte of one of Cam's tunes that feature yours truly on backings:
This one is a tune I've been writing about getting back together and playing again:
Here's an interesting little note, in a past post I mentioned that I hadn't ever written anything in drop D tuning... well I still haven't. When I wrote this, I made a mistake. I wanted to tune to drop D and ended up tuning to G instead. But sometimes little mistakes like this work out for the better, because the song Headway was born.
Stay tuned for a report on the outcome of tonight's rehearsal. Cam and I are keeping a keen eye... on the long road to rock.
Stay tuned for a report on the outcome of tonight's rehearsal. Cam and I are keeping a keen eye... on the long road to rock.
