Bad Influence

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Well tonight was the first rehearsal of the new band.

I think we were all a little apprehensive as some of us hadn’t played in bands for a number of years.

Back story:

The band was formed to play a charity night, as a colleague and a colleague’s husband have both beaten testicular Cancer.

We decided to play some covers that the audience could dance to, so the set list is mainly Soul/Groove based songs.

We all gathered at our practice venue this evening and to our pleasant surprise, we made acceptable progress, running through half of a 12 song set.

Don’t get me wrong, we were by no means “tight”, but for a first rehearsal it was very promising and everyone went away buzzing.

Line up is 2 guitars, Bass, Drums, 4 vocals (2 Female, 2 Male) and Trumpet. We can cover quite a lot with that.

Everyone is really enthusiastic and excited to be playing music, so ideas are flowing.

There’s hard work to be done, but that’s part of the fun of having those light bulb moments, when things really start to gel.

Epilogue:

So I got home tonight and we were talking via a group chat I’ve set up for the band. A couple of the guys were having a wee dram before turning in. I joked that I would be having one too and they said go for it.

One of the guys joked:

“We’re a bad influence!”

and then said:

“How about the band name?!”

Could it be that easy?
 
So a choice has been made and this is our logo, courtesy of our talented drummer Andy -

https://photos.app.goo.gl/UTQaAnGvKgXXmx4Y6

Rehearsals going well, some Queen and Free added in for good measure, to mix it up.

And last night we practiced “Bad Influence” by Pink. Forgot what a great song that is.

My old fingers and lips are getting there slowly! I’m sure I used to be able to nail songs a lot faster 25 years ago haha!

Must admit I’m dead proud of my daughter, who has a great voice like her mum.
 
So a choice has been made and this is our logo, courtesy of our talented drummer Andy -

https://photos.app.goo.gl/UTQaAnGvKgXXmx4Y6

Rehearsals going well, some Queen and Free added in for good measure, to mix it up.

And last night we practiced “Bad Influence” by Pink. Forgot what a great song that is.

My old fingers and lips are getting there slowly! I’m sure I used to be able to nail songs a lot faster 25 years ago haha!

Must admit I’m dead proud of my daughter, who has a great voice like her mum.

Cool! Glad to hear things are progressing well.
 
So after four rehearsals, we’re actually playing like a band. Really making an effort to listen to each other, maintaining eye contact at pivotal points in a song and trying to get down the groove and feel.

Andy our drummer brought his SLR to practice, set up the shot and had my son Scott take the photo.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/TeNciJoMagyA9rJR9
 
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