Band Formation (Page 1 of 2)

Daddycool is in your locality, he has not been around so much lately so I will P.M. him to see if he is interested.

Welcome to Chordie,

Roger.

I could double on either drums or easy rhythm, but unfortunately, I'm in Georgia, USA, Bruce.

I do wish you better luck than I have had re-forming a band, though.

My music room has everything needed. No one need bring a thing but their instrument, and not even that if they don't happen to have one. I have my drums, 2 guitars, 2 basses, 3 amps, keyboard and a mic (loaned out at present). Ads were placed in the local fish-wrap, but only one response from a 12 year old just learning guitar. I invited him over, but he never showed.

Being that I am 65 myself, I too miss the music -- which is why I am here -- If I can't play with a band, at least I can talk about it and learn to play better on my own from my friends here on Chordie.

Best of luck, let us know how it goes and welcome to the "family", Bruce.

Bill

Phill if  you  remember   last  year  I  mentioned  the  idea  of   a  uk  chordie  fest , why not have  a  rethink  about  the  idea  then Bruce  can get  the  opportunity  to  play  in a  band  situation  albeit  for  one  day .I'm currently  putting  a  UK  band  together and  Im sure    the  guys  would be  happy  to  take  part  all though they  are  not  chordie members .I'm hoping  to be  able  to host   a  regular  open mic session at  the Victoria  Hall at  Settle   with  my lot  as  the  "house band ".We  had  agreed  on a  monthly  event  on a  friday  or  saturday  before  my illness . Having  spoken to  the  manageress   a  couple  of  weeks  ago   it  is  still  on the  cards  when I am deemed  fit  enough   by the   hospital .This  would  be  an opportunity  for  people to  play in a  real  theatre  with a  proper  sound  system.

I'll  keep every  one  posted   with  dates  as  to  when we  will  start  doing these  nights  then.

I would'nt mind a trip to sunny Settle one weekend Graham. Sounds a champion idea.

Sounds great. I also wish I were closer. I love old country and John Denver style. I wish I were a little better and closer. Dino, you need to save for your Martin before you go off to England.

Never a doubt. I live in Langley Mill and I am 62. Will be in touch. Just a brief history of Ripley. It was the birthplace of the industrial revolution.
Graham, Settle, I just love that train journey from Carlisle. Ok it is cold and wet, but well worth a visit.

BJ thats one of the reasons I want too see it and also Ireland and Italy. My dad was all over there in world war two and said it was great in areas they had not destroyed.I have wanted a Martin D 28 and want too get it first.I am saving for now.

I have a coupla questions - initially for Bruce, but as it goes along, perhaps one of our other UK Chordiers/Chordites/Chordsmen/Chordulators/Chordists/Chordswomen/Chordutrons could answer...

Bruce: Why, specifically, John Denver? Is it that his music resonates with a certain period in your life? It's interesting to me that an Englishman would be so into the late Mr. Denver...

Speaking of Englishmen (this is open to the panel), Derbyshire is considered part of the Midlands, yeah? Wikipedia tells me it's Amber Valley, East Midlands. So, does that mean there's a West (...or North or South) Midlands? I mean, I get it that a resident of that area would not be considered a Northerner, at least not defined in the way I've come to learn it (Yorkshire, yes?)...

And, if the above is correct, where does Manchester fall into that scheme (Midlands/Northern)? I know that a Mancunian would be angry being called a "fookin' Scouser"...

FYI: Back to Ripley, Derbyshire (and the surrounding/nearby areas) - Johnny Marr (formerly the guitarist for the Smiths, in case anyone's been livng under a rock or in a cave the last 30 years…) will be playing live this Friday, the 10th, at Rescue Rooms in Nottingham (LINK) if yer interested...

I guess that's it - any replies are appreciated.

Good luck gettin' your band together, Bruce - and make sure that when you do, you post up some of the songs here!

P.S. - I cannot tell you how much the "preview" button is your friend Especially when using an iPad (as opposed to a desktop or laptop 'puter).

Bruce -

Thanks for the quick replies! I had a feeling that your John Denver love was attached to some youthful event, and the story of the Air Force pilot with the cassette deck was delightful! I wonder if most of us don't have similar reasons for some of our musical choices that would otherwise seem... "odd."

So, a Southerner would call you a Northerner and vice versa, eh?  Heh.
What would you say is the prevailing accent in Derbyshire / Ripley?

Cool that you're going to see Marr - I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous - glad I could steer you (truth? Google steered me) toward the gig... of course, we'll expect a writeup of the evening afterward.

Me? I live in Richmond, California, which is across the Bay from San Francisco. We (the missus and the cat and I) moved here in October of last year from Chicago - me for the second time (I was raised [but not born] in Northern California), she (the wife) for her first (the cat? She lived with me in LA before we [the cat and I] moved to Chicago).

Phew.

... but I am, of course......

Roger