Scariness

[ericcoleman]

I just sat down and made up set lists for the shows this weekend.

I finished the first one (probably a little too long) and realized ... I have enough songs left over for another entire hour show. And this isn't digging too much into the backlog of songs, the things I wrote a long time ago that I really would rather not do (and that have mostly never been heard at a con anyway).

So I am doing two completely different sets this weekend, including some songs that I don't do much. Could be interesting.

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[freeimprov.livejournal.com]

Part of our problem is that we're doing mostly Jamie's originals, and she's nothing if not concise. That means songs that clock in at 2-3 minutes. And I'm not gonna noodle away at a "solo" for 16 bars (even if she'd let me) just to fill space.

On the other hand, the amount of electric guitar fill stuff I'm doing now has been really interesting. I haven't been "lead guitar" in a band in many years. I really haven't played electric to speak of for two years now, so I'm re-aquiring a whole set of abandoned chops. We just spent the evening working on one of the tunes we're recording. My parts are all fast, distorted, rock and roll lead guitar. I'm having fun. :}