crashlanding Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Me and my band are looking for some simple songs to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 what kind of band, what instrumentation, what skill levels? And what do you like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashlanding Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 rock/alternative beginner 2 guitars drums vocals bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 John Mellencamp Tom Petty Bob Seger Bob Dylan Neil Young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashlanding Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 John MellencampTom Petty Bob Seger Bob Dylan Neil Young any in particular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 John M. = Pink Houses Petty = Break Down Young = Old Man Bob Seger = Night Moves or Main Street Bob Dylan = Knockin' on Heavens door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Screw Easy. Challenge yourself with the songs you want to hear your band play. You're beginners so you have nothing but time, and it's not like you'll be gigging in a week so you don't have to come up with a 40 song set list to get in the bars. Each of you pick two of your favorite songs and work on 'em till you get 'em. Of course you won't want to try "The Rain Song" or "The Song Remains The Same", but you'll find most Alternative and Rock Music fits into the "Easy" category. Remember, "Easy" is a relative term. "Whole Lotta Love" is easy compared to most Zep Tunes, but that doesn't mean it's as easy as playing the radio or dancing. Music is difficult and you should push yourselves. There's my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashlanding Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 Screw Easy. Challenge yourself with the songs you want to hear your band play. You're beginners so you have nothing but time' date=' and it's not like you'll be gigging in a week so you don't have to come up with a 40 song set list to get in the bars. Each of you pick two of your favorite songs and work on 'em till you get 'em. Of course you won't want to try "The Rain Song" or "The Song Remains The Same", but you'll find most Alternative and Rock Music fits into the "Easy" category. Remember, "Easy" is a relative term. "Whole Lotta Love" is easy compared to most Zep Tunes, but that doesn't mean it's as easy as playing the radio or dancing. Music is difficult and you should push yourselves. There's my two cents.[/quote'] I like it maybe we'll do some zep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 You could always do country. I mean if Murph can do it how tough can it be? :- :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashlanding Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 You could always do country. I mean if Murph can do it how tough can it be? :- :- ill pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 ill pass 3 chords and a couple of yee haaaas and you could be the opening band for Kenny Chesney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashlanding Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 3 chords and a couple of yee haaaas and you could be the opening band for Kenny Chesney. thats the dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swmcv2007 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Try adapting classic Motown songs to work for your band. They are so simple that you can re-arrange them anyway you want and people will love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrosion of conformity Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 3 chords and a couple of yee haaaas and you could be the opening band for Kenny Chesney. forget the opening band' date=' 3 chords and a couple of yee haaaas and you could [b']be[/b] Kenny Chesney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Rocky Mountain Way is pretty easy. So are many Judas Priest hits (Breakin' the Law; Metal Gods; Livin' After Midnight; etc. Turn the Page is another pretty easy tune. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicked1 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Screw Easy. Challenge yourself with the songs you want to hear your band play. You're beginners so you have nothing but time' date=' and it's not like you'll be gigging in a week so you don't have to come up with a 40 song set list to get in the bars. Each of you pick two of your favorite songs and work on 'em till you get 'em. Of course you won't want to try "The Rain Song" or "The Song Remains The Same", but you'll find most Alternative and Rock Music fits into the "Easy" category. Remember, "Easy" is a relative term. "Whole Lotta Love" is easy compared to most Zep Tunes, but that doesn't mean it's as easy as playing the radio or dancing. Music is difficult and you should push yourselves. There's my two cents.[/quote'] I say mix it up a little. Get a few "easier" songs under your belt and you'll have that warm fuzzy feeling of accomplishment which should get you through the rest when you're wondering why in the world you ever thought you could learn <Insert name of insanely difficult song here>. Keep it fresh. Every couple of months one of us pulls out some song we've never done before or something we haven't done for a while. Much more interesting than playing "Sweet Home Alabama" for the bazillionth time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callen3615 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 John M. = Pink HousesPetty = Break Down Young = Old Man Bob Seger = Night Moves or Main Street Bob Dylan = Knockin' on Heavens door Id do mary janes last dance. that song is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I agree with Wicked1, get a few easy songs under your belt so you don't get frustrated and then mix it up. Some other easy ones are: Better Than Ezra - Good Tom Petty - Free Falling and Won't Back Down Bush - Glycerine Quite a few tunes from Green Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echostu Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 any early clash songs, you looking to please crowds or just jam out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankafru Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Mordecai by Between the Buried and Me should be easy or My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Momma by Frank Zappa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vourot Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Some friends and I get together every few weeks to jam. Our set list now includes: Tommi Tutone - Jenny Elvis Presley- Burning Love Neil Young- Rockin in the free world Oh Boy ! - Buddy Holly Sex pistols - Pretty Vacant The Cult- Wild Flower Me and the other guitarist are new to playing in a band setting while the drummer and bass play in their own band with their own songs. Man do we have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Drop a bomb on your audience with "One In A Million" and "I Used To Lover Her" by Guns and Roses. "Police and Niggers, get out of my way... Immigrants and faggots they make no sense to me..." "I used to lover her, but I had to kill her. I used to lover her, but I had to kill her. She *****ed so much, she drove me nuts, She's buried right in my back yard." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Back in my day it was "Gloria" and "Louie, Louie". Simple stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Actually in a way I agree with Wicked too, in mixing it up easier and harder but then - what's easy and what's hard? Sometimes it's harder to make the easy sound good... As for style, I know some folks may pillory me for this comment, but at my age I don't see all that much difference in ways between a lot of what I hear on rock and country stations. So... if you like a song, do it if you can. The Web offers help with lyrics and even some chords for a lotta stuff, so it's a lot easier than when I started. Then too... figure that "style" is relative. For example the old mariachi thing "Malaguena salerosa" has been done as rock, and so have a lot of otherwise "folk" songs. Muleskinner blues was a rock hit and Bill Monroe did it as bluegrass. Some 1920s stuff has been done as rock, too, and ditto with some 50s/60s rock done as country. The problem for startup rock bands is the old thing that you tend to feel you're supposed to do covers of current stuff and sound as close as possible to the well-known artists. Been there, done that. But... in the long run, doing what you like in a style you like is what got the well-known artists to be well known. Again, don't feel bad about doing old stuff in your own way. That's made a lot of money for a lot of groups. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesBonfire Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 3 Decent songs that I'm sure you're familiar with and sound good as well as aren't too difficult are: 1. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 2. Radiohead - Karma Police 3. Led Zeppelin - The Ocean (Improvise ur own solo) People will know the songs and they aren't that hard to screw up...cheers from the Tdot lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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