who's on your practice CD

[Aussie Mark]

Right now my MP3 player is loaded with demos of originals that we're polishing up to record in the next month or two. The Bali Tourism Authority wants to use one of our tunes for a TV commercial, and on that basis there are 2500 copies of our as yet unrecorded CD presold to hotels and tourist shops in Bali. If another 2000 can be presold we'll have enough cash to make a music video

 

[drgroovenstein]

Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiroquai
Erykah Badu Live

And various songs for my band, mostly originals and:
Heaven - Los Lonely Boys
Shine - Collective Soul
Spirit in the Sky - that dude whom I can't remember his name.
Come Like you Promised - Delirious?
Consuming Fire - 3rd Day

 

[Wasabi]

I just usually pick up an album and start playing a lot of the songs on it. Currently its Stadium Arcadium, and there are a ton of great basslines in there...

Right now, learning some classic stuff to prep for teaching at Rock School. On tap, and almost all the way through...YYZ by Rush!

 

[barkatozz]

Well...since I've been getting to know my 5 string better I've been going over the following:
Let It Rain - Eric Clapton
The Real Me - The Who
Stone In Love - Journey
I Don't Know - Ozzy
Mr. Crowley - Ozzy
Bark At The Moon - Ozzy
La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Freewill - Rush
Red Barchetta - Rush
YYZ - Rush
Limelight - Rush
China Grove - Doobie Bros.
Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
Lights Out - UFO
All Right Now - Free
Freeride - Edgar Winter
Jump Into The Fire - Harry Nillson
Over My Head - Kings X
What Is & What Should Never Be - Led Zeppelin
Mystery Achievement - Tthe Pretenders
Funk #49 - James Gang

 

[tiffles]

Hysteria - Muse
is killing me... my fat little fingers haven't worked this hard in a while - I think smoke is coming off the fretboard and trying to remember which run goes where will ensure a night of not drinking

I ADORE THAT SONG. when you have it worked out let me know then i can look like a genius.

ps i love coldplay as well.


so besides those 2 obvious bands....i also mess around with

the shins
radiohead
any jazz/big band/swing i have lying around.
hillsong
barlow girl
jive express
paul colman trio

(third day is fantastic. love playing their songs with my old band. wish someone sounded like mac powell though)

 

[James Hill]

These are the songs I've been working on lately. Would like to get the guys to add them all to our set but I think the only ones we will all agree on are the Gov't Mule tunes.

Effigy - Gov't Mule
Soulshine - Gov't Mule
Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones
Can't You See - Marshall Tucker Band

 

[Lazybite]

the shins
radiohead
any jazz/big band/swing i have lying around.
hillsong
barlow girl
jive express
paul colman trio

The girlfriend absolutely loves the shins at the moment (not my cup of tea though)... if you like folky stuff I strongly reccomend Iron and Wine.... brilliant!!

 

[sir funkytown]

my MD is my teacher

oh man...I'm doing some weird stuff these days...these are all on my MD player

the soundtrack for the Rocky Horror Picture Show...side project(some wicked ass bass playing)
Tom Jones greatest hits(gig coming up with tribute artist)
various old school R&B hits from the 60's and 70's(ongoing project)
lots of jazz tunes for another side project with a vocalist and guitarist
the latin bass book CD's
...and a bunch of stuff I routinly skip that I should really delete.

 

[RockinRayDuke]

Raspberries-Let's Pretend, Go All The Way, Tonight, Ecstacy
Donnie Iris-Oh Leah
Eurythmics-There Must Be An Angel, Here Comes The Rain Again
Outfield-Your Love, All The Love In The World
Nena-99 Luftballoons
Elvis Costello-Veronica
Eric Burdon & the Animals-Sky Pilot
Shadows-Thunderbirds Theme
Los Straitjackets w/Exene Cervenka-I'll Go Down Swinging
Jeff Beck-Tallyman
Neil Young-The Loner
Weezer-Buddy Holly
X-White Girl
Who-Behind Blue Eyes
Ten Years After-I'd Love To Change The World


I make an mp3 disc and play along. Keeps me off the streets, takes my mind off problems.

 

[shamus63]

Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiroquai
Erykah Badu Live

And various songs for my band, mostly originals and:
Heaven - Los Lonely Boys
Shine - Collective Soul
Spirit in the Sky - that dude whom I can't remember his name.
Come Like you Promised - Delirious?
Consuming Fire - 3rd Day

Oh man, I love playing along to "Tyrone"; it's got the coolest groove!

I also have Goapele's "First Love" on my Roku playlist; the bass line really shines in that song!

 

[tiffles]

The girlfriend absolutely loves the shins at the moment (not my cup of tea though)... if you like folky stuff I strongly reccomend Iron and Wine.... brilliant!!

the shins arent really folky..not in the traditional sense of the word.... i do like what ive heard of iron and wine though...

for some reason all i can think of is "theres evan, hes a young guy, he likes the sterophonics and rides a scooter"

 

[SR5EasyPiezos]

Faves Of The Moment

Albums:

A-Town Blues
http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artists/waynehancock

Revival, Time (The Revelator)
http://www.gillianwelch.com/discography/index.htm

Absolute Torch and Twang
http://www.kdlang.com/discography/1989.htm


Single:

The Pusher
http://www.steppenwolf.com/s/w/CD124

 

[Mobay45]

Albums:

A-Town Blues
http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artists/waynehancock

Revival, Time (The Revelator)
http://www.gillianwelch.com/discography/index.htm

Absolute Torch and Twang
http://www.kdlang.com/discography/1989.htm


Single:

The Pusher
http://www.steppenwolf.com/s/w/CD124

k.d. Lang's Ingenue is a fantastic CD. Everything on it is good.

I need to find my copy and try to play along with some of it.

Barkatozz: Listen closely to the bridge on "China Grove". It takes a few times to hear everything, but it really adds to the song to get it all in.

 

[SharonG]

Hmm - it varies between whatever the band is learning this week and whatever strikes my fancy from my iTunes collection on my PC - that's anything from Patsy Cline to Steely Dan to Jimi Hendrix. Often I'm just playin through the playlist of band songs to keep them fresh - hitting trouble spots

If I have the time, regular faves are

any Allman Bros
SRV- House keeps a rockin
Miles Davis -All blues
Miles Davis - So What
And sometimes just flippin through the real book.....