SONG FIGHT BIG BAND

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:54 pm

blue wrote:
Caravan Ray wrote:I could only offer vocals.

See
http://www.songfight.org/music/looking_ ... lgihmd.mp3

for my audition tape
where did you get that bass?

Its a pretend bass. Garage Band loop

Bolio · Post by **Bolio** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:58 pm

blue wrote:are you both tenor?

I am. & searching for an alto.

blue wrote:the more sexes the gooder.

Can't argue with that.

Steve Durand · Post by **Steve Durand** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:46 pm

I can arrange and play trumpet and trombone parts. I was raised on big band stuff.

But it's a matter of timing for me. I won't be able to do it this week.

Steve

blue · Post by **blue** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:39 am

i replied to you in PM, steve, but we would LOVE to have you and your specific set of instrumentation.

and it's for next week at the earliest.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 2:21 pm

this is exciting, but i'd be like 20th trumpet, my intonation and such suck now.
-bill

blue · Post by **blue** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:40 pm

So, sorry to turn down singing offers, but Frank Bennett (http://www.frankbennett.com) himself has agreed to have a shot at singing on the tune. We will probably still need chorus singers, tho.

I think Spud and I are going to do the writing and arranging, hopefully this week if Spud has some time.

Come on new titles!

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:02 pm

will it be to a click?

I'm getting stoked about this idea...

blue · Post by **blue** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:09 pm

yes @ click. titles aren't up till thurs or friday. i'm fighting the temptation to pull a jim and start working early. .. and hoping spud doesn't post a 3 day fight to spite me.

Post by jb » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:10 pm

Albatross wrote:
jb wrote:how many drummers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Two. One to hold the bulb and one to spin the throne.

100. One to screw in the bulb and 99 to stand around talking about how much better Neil Peart could've done it.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:25 pm

If I only had an alto sax again, I could help out in such circumstances.

Alas... I do not.

Give me a year or two. I will start playing again.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

Stolar Skye · Post by **Stolar Skye** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:24 am

Holy crap, this is a great idea, I love swing.

I haven't played in a really long time, but I would love to bring out my Alto Sax for another hurrah. And I going out to buy a real mic today, too.

I also played electric bass in my high school jazz band, so if you guys are willing to settle for that, I'd love to. Vocals are also available, though I think my voice is a little too thin for that great swing/lounge Bobby Darrin type sound. But I can imitate Royal Crown Revue pretty well

.

j$ · Post by j$ » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:44 pm

Count me in for something - words / backing vocals /anything - I do a mean pom-pom routine if you need encouraging

j$

Me$$iah · Post by **Me$$iah** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:40 pm

I can offer some guitar, bad violin, backing vox or anything else that you may need that I have
Guitar is my main thing tho, jazzy big band stuff, oh yeh.

Messiah

blue · Post by **blue** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:56 am

Me$$iah wrote:I can offer some guitar, bad violin, backing vox or anything else that you may need that I have
Guitar is my main thing tho, jazzy big band stuff, oh yeh.

Messiah

how bad is bad on the violin? we're way short of strings.

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:07 am

j$ wrote:I do a mean pom-pom routine if you need encouraging

"Brave Sir Robin ran away."
"No I didn't!"
MP&HG

Post by **Spud** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:08 am

Have you compiled the instrumentaion available yet, blue? PM me.
Is this thing gonna have lyrics?

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:23 am

so...uh....did this happen? Is it happening?

blue · Post by **blue** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:27 am

looks like we're not gonna make it for the fight, but i still want to do it.

Dan-O from Five-O · Post by **Dan-O from Five-O** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:40 pm

How about a sidefight project? With all this talent and instrumentation available it might work out better. I can offer guitar and vox and I have access to one badass bass player, a mean saxophonist that has and can play alto, tenor and baritone, as well as clarinet and flute, and a keyboard / trumpet / trombone playing master arranger. I shouldn't speak for them but if we're willing to work without a one week deadline I could probably persuade them.

j$ · Post by j$ » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:59 pm

Oh, I had an idea, Blue, why don't we big band-up songfight classics, like frank bennett turns indie classics into big band swing. We could start with More Than Soup

j$

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:34 pm

Just saw this.

I'll throw in an offer for piano/b3/rhodes.

My keyboard also has a killer (and varied) selection of vibe sounds.

And bg vocals, why not?

Steve Durand · Post by **Steve Durand** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:20 pm

Bump!

Is anything happening with this?

Steve