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I Went To Plan B + Thin Lizzy Fun!

10/3/2017

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I didn't know I had a plan B but apparently I did, just hours after surrendering and deciding to wait till next week I came up with a plan.  To use Staffpad to lay down the song, in part so I actually had it written up so in the future when I forget it I can relearn it and also because I can try to fit drums over the top without having to sit at the kit and work it out.  Told you my reset button comes in handy - it can also be a royal pain in the butt.

The first thing I noticed was there is a lot of syncopated playing going on in the piano which explains why I'm find it sooooo hard to lay down drums.  The second may stay or not but I found I didn't like the closed high hat sound over it I preferred cymbals - a lot more.  But that may change if everyone else disagrees!

I used my bit of paper to lay down a chart of sorts showing where the feel of the beat was and then used that to put the drums in place then filled them out to make them funky.  I don't know yet if this is a victory but at least now I've got drums over the song and I can see it working.  Personally I still want to take this song and "Elton John" the hell out of it as well though!

I've also put in a taste of bass just to see where that could go and it's working too although that will be 100% redone but it will help to know where the beat is I need to work to.  I'll probably write that part eventually that way too once I've got some ideas.

I'm waiting on an ok from my teacher or I could very well be back at stage one and even then it's going to be no mean feat to actually learn and play it.  I said I wanted more drums - be careful what you wish for!
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Not out of the meltdown danger zone yet but feeling much better.  I'm such a yo-yo but what can you do, keeps all this interesting at least! :)

Also remember I said I had a tonne of work on for the wonderful Zak well I'm getting in touch with my cheesy (yet awesome) rock side with a Thin Lizzy song I'm learning.  I'm getting close to getting the main riff down and then I need to do the easy guitar solo.  As always timing is going to be the main struggle.  Once I get the nod on the drums (if!) then I'll upload the WIP song for you to get a sneaky peak at but it depends on the drums.
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